Change Location lets you move a game server you host with Loafhosts from one region to another without rebuilding it — your files come along with the server and your settings stay intact. If you searched for how to change your server location, move your server to another region, switch regions, or set up multi-region hosting, this guide walks through exactly what the Change Location screen does in the panel: which plans support it, where to find it, how to pick a new region, what it costs, and what happens to your server while it moves.
What Change Location Does
Change Location moves your server to a different geographic region — for example to cut ping for players who live closer to a different datacenter. When you pick a destination, the panel transfers your server to the emptiest available node in that region, brings your files with it, and brings the server back online there automatically. Your server goes offline for the duration of the move, which is usually a few minutes. The feature is self-serve: you start the move yourself from the server’s own pages, with no support ticket needed.
Note: Your files move with the server — you are not starting from scratch on the new node
Note: The server goes offline while it moves, usually for a few minutes
Note: The panel automatically places your server on the emptiest available node in the region you choose
Which Plans Can Change Location
Change Location is available on configurable game-server plans — the Shared and Loafbox plans whose checkout let you pick a region. The panel only shows the feature when your plan has more than one region to choose from; if a plan was sold for a single fixed location, there is nothing to switch to and the option does not appear. Servers that are not billed game-server services, such as dedicated self-serve machines, do not have the Change Location screen at all. If your particular plan cannot change location, the screen tells you so directly.
Note: The option only appears when your plan offers two or more regions
Note: Single-region plans and dedicated self-serve machines do not show Change Location
Tip: Picked the wrong region at checkout? This is the supported way to correct it after the fact
Where to Find Change Location in the Panel
Open the server you want to move, then look in the left sidebar under the Game group. Change Location sits right below Change Game, marked with a map-pin icon. Click it and the Change Location screen opens in place — the sidebar and header stay exactly where they are, so you can leave at any time just by clicking another sidebar item. You only see the Change Location item if your plan is eligible, and only if your account has permission to move the server: the server owner always does, and a sub-user needs the location-transfer permission granted to them first.
Tip: It is in the Game group, directly under Change Game, with a map-pin icon
Note: Read-only sub-users will not see Change Location — only the owner or a sub-user with transfer permission can use it
Picking a New Region
The screen opens on a grid of region cards. At the top you see your Current region with its flag, plus how many switches you have left this month, shown as a number out of three. Each region card shows that region’s flag and name along with a price badge: “No price change” when it costs the same, a green minus amount per month when it is cheaper, or an amber plus amount per month when it is more expensive. Your current region is marked “You are here” and cannot be selected. If a region is at capacity it shows “Region full” and is greyed out, and if you have used all of your monthly switches the buttons read “No switches left”. To choose a destination, click its “Move here” button.
Tip: The price badge shows the monthly difference between that region and your current one
Note: A region marked “Region full” has no free capacity right now — pick another or try again later
Note: The “Switches left this month” counter tells you how many moves you have remaining
Confirming the Move and What It Costs
After you click Move here, a confirmation appears explaining the billing for that region. Moving to a same-priced or cheaper region costs nothing now — a cheaper region simply renews at the lower price from your next billing date. Moving to a more expensive region charges the price difference, prorated over the rest of your current billing cycle, to your saved card, and the move only starts once that payment goes through; your plan then renews at the higher price each cycle from then on. The confirmation also restates that your server will go offline during the move and that the move uses one of your monthly switches. The confirm button reads “Move my server”, or “Pay [amount] & move” when there is an upfront charge.
Note: Same-price or cheaper regions are free to move to now; cheaper ones re-price your renewals downward
Note: A pricier region charges the prorated difference up front, and the move waits until that payment succeeds
Tip: If a charge cannot be taken from your saved card, add or update a payment method in Billing, then start the move again
What Happens While Your Server Moves
Once you confirm, the move begins. If another customer’s server is already moving to the same node, yours waits in a short queue and starts automatically — the screen shows your position in line, and you can still cancel while you are queued. When the transfer is actually running you see a “Moving your server…” progress bar; you can safely leave the page, and your server comes back online by itself when it is done. When the move finishes, the panel shows the result: a success panel confirming your server is back online in its new region and noting that future renewals bill at the new region’s price, or — if something went wrong — a panel telling you the server was left where it was and that any upgrade charge was refunded to your account credit, with a “Try again” option.
Note: While queued you can cancel; once the transfer is running it can no longer be cancelled
Tip: You do not have to watch the progress bar — the server finishes moving and comes back online on its own
Note: If a move fails, your server stays exactly where it was and any upfront charge is refunded as account credit
Servers With Extra Ports
If your server uses more than one port (multiple allocations), Change Location still moves it, with one thing to know: only the main port follows the server automatically. Your extra ports are re-created for you on the new region with new port numbers, and those new ports take effect the next time you fully stop and start the server. Both the confirmation and the success panel remind you of this, and you can see the new ports on the server’s network and allocations tab afterward. If anything connects to those extra ports directly, update it with the new numbers after the move.
Note: Only the main port moves automatically; extra ports are re-created on the new region with new numbers
Tip: Fully stop and start the server after the move so the new ports take effect, then check the network/allocations tab
Limits and Things to Know
Each server can change location up to three times per calendar month — both completed moves and any in-progress request count toward that limit, and it resets at the start of each month. You cannot start a move while the server is installing or already transferring, and a suspended server cannot be moved. Only one switch can be queued per server at a time, and you can cancel a switch only while it is still queued. There is also a brief per-account rate limit on starting switches, so if you fire several off in quick succession you may be asked to wait a moment before trying again.
Note: The limit is three location switches per server per calendar month, resetting monthly
Note: A server that is installing, already transferring, or suspended cannot be moved until it is idle and active
Tip: Plan your region before committing — switches are limited, so it is worth moving once to the right place