Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust. It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.
Here's what you need to run a Veloren dedicated server.
Small server, 1-8 players
Medium server, 8-16 players
Large server, 16-32 players
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Set your server settings, then install Docker, and pull the Veloren 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 # Server configuration export VERSION="weekly" # Pull the container image docker pull ubuntu:24.04
Veloren uses a custom install script to download and configure the server files.
#!/bin/bash
apt update
apt install -y curl wget unzip git jq
mkdir -p /opt/gameserver
cd /opt/gameserver
ARCH=$([[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]] && echo "x86_64" || echo "aarch64")
if [ -z "${VERSION}" ] || [ "${VERSION}" == "weekly" ]; then
echo -e "weekly"
DOWNLOAD_URL=https://download.veloren.net/latest/linux/${ARCH}/weekly
elif [ "${VERSION}" == "nightly" ]; then
echo -e "nightly"
DOWNLOAD_URL=https://download.veloren.net/latest/linux/${ARCH}/nightly
else
echo -e "something went wrong"
fi
echo -e "download url: ${DOWNLOAD_URL}"
wget ${DOWNLOAD_URL} -O files.zip
unzip -o files.zip
rm files.zip
chmod +x veloren-server-cli
mkdir -p /opt/gameserver/assets/plugins
mkdir -p /opt/gameserver/.certs
if [ -f /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt ]; then cp /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /opt/gameserver/.certs/cacert.pem; else curl -sSL https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem -o /opt/gameserver/.certs/cacert.pem || wget -q https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem -O /opt/gameserver/.certs/cacert.pem; fi
## generate config because there is no better way to get it.
mkdir -p /opt/gameserver/userdata/server/server_config/
if [ ! -f /opt/gameserver/userdata/server/server_config/settings.ron ]; then
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ptero-eggs/game-eggs/main/veloren/settings.ron -O /tmp/settings.ron
sed "s/14004/${SERVER_PORT}/g" /tmp/settings.ron > /opt/gameserver/userdata/server/server_config/settings.ron
rm /tmp/settings.ron
echo "config file pulled"
fi
echo "-----------------------------------------"
echo "Installation completed..."
echo "-----------------------------------------"Veloren requires 3 ports to be open for game traffic and queries.
sudo ufw allow 14004/both sudo ufw allow 14005/tcp sudo ufw allow 14006/tcp
Start the Veloren server using the configuration from Step 1.
docker run -d \ --name veloren-server \ -p 14004:14004/both \ -p 14005:14005/tcp \ -p 14006:14006/tcp \ -e VERSION="weekly" \ -v /opt/gameserver:/opt/gameserver \ -w /opt/gameserver \ ubuntu:24.04 \ ./veloren-server-cli
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