Awaken as a vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Here's what you need to run a V Rising dedicated server.
Small server, 1-10 players
Medium server, 10-40 players
Large server, 40-70 players
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The full manual process to host a V Rising dedicated server on a VPS. Or install GameCP on your own computer and skip all of this.
Set your server settings, then install Docker, SteamCMD, and pull the V Rising container image.
# Update system and install Docker sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y docker.io sudo systemctl enable --now docker # Create game server directory sudo mkdir -p /opt/gameserver # Install SteamCMD sudo mkdir -p /opt/steamcmd curl -sqL "https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz" | sudo tar zxvf - -C /opt/steamcmd # Server configuration export SERVER_DESCRIPTION="Welcome to the server!" export MAX_ADMINS="4" export VAC_SECURE="true" export PUBLIC_SERVER="true" export RCON_ENABLED="false" export SAVE_NAME="world1" export GAME_PRESET="StandardPvP" export TARGET_FPS="30" export AUTOSAVE_COUNT="50" export AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL="600" export ADMIN_ONLY_DEBUG="true" export DISABLE_DEBUG="false" export AUTO_UPDATE="1" # Pull the container image docker pull ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:wine_latest
Download the V Rising dedicated server using Steam App ID 1829350.
# Download V Rising server files (App ID: 1829350) /opt/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh \ +force_install_dir /opt/gameserver \ +login anonymous \ +app_update 1829350 validate \ +quit
V Rising requires 3 ports to be open for game traffic and queries.
sudo ufw allow 9876/udp sudo ufw allow 9877/udp sudo ufw allow 25575/tcp
Start the V Rising server using the configuration from Step 1.
docker run -d \ --name v-rising-server \ -p 9876:9876/udp \ -p 9877:9877/udp \ -p 25575:25575/tcp \ -e SERVER_DESCRIPTION="Welcome to the server!" \ -e MAX_ADMINS="4" \ -e VAC_SECURE="true" \ -e PUBLIC_SERVER="true" \ -e RCON_ENABLED="false" \ -e SAVE_NAME="world1" \ -e GAME_PRESET="StandardPvP" \ -e TARGET_FPS="30" \ -e AUTOSAVE_COUNT="50" \ -e AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL="600" \ -e ADMIN_ONLY_DEBUG="true" \ -e DISABLE_DEBUG="false" \ -e AUTO_UPDATE="1" \ -v /opt/gameserver:/opt/gameserver \ -w /opt/gameserver \ ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:wine_latest \ xvfb-run wine ./VRisingServer.exe -persistentDataPath save-data -address 0.0.0.0
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