How to Host a V Rising Dedicated Server for Free

By FreeGameHost Team • Updated May 2026 • 8 min read

Setting up your own game server provides total creative freedom, direct folder access, and a custom multiplayer experience. Awaken your vampire clan. Learn how to host a free dedicated V Rising server to keep your castle and territory online 24/7. Whether you are planning to host a small coop world for your close friends or build a public gaming community, configuring the server correctly is essential for maintaining 20 TPS (Ticks Per Second) and low connection latency.

In this comprehensive tutorial, we cover the exact system specifications, command blocks, configuration file lines, and plugin files required to get How to Host a V Rising Dedicated Server for Free running. Follow each step carefully to prevent server crash loops, OutOfMemory exceptions, and common connection issues.

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Step-by-Step Configuration Guide

Install V Rising Egg

Initialize a game instance in your panel and select the V Rising template. SteamCMD will fetch files. This step is critical for proper server operation. Ensure that you have taken a manual file backup before committing these changes to disk.

Configure Game Settings

Open 'VRisingServer_Data/StreamingAssets/Settings/ServerGameSettings.json' to customize multipliers and rules. This step is critical for proper server operation. Ensure that you have taken a manual file backup before committing these changes to disk.

Set Castle Decay rates

Set blood essence consumption rates inside the settings file to prevent castle hearts from decaying when players are offline. This step is critical for proper server operation. Ensure that you have taken a manual file backup before committing these changes to disk.

Launch and join

Start the server, open V Rising, select 'Play', choose 'Online Play', and enter your server IP and UDP port 9876. Check the server console panel logs as the startup sequence runs to verify that no error exceptions or missing dependency logs are thrown.

Recommended Configurations and Setup Files

To configure your server files correctly, navigate to the File Manager in your control panel and open the corresponding configuration files. Paste or modify the settings as shown in the configuration block below. These lines help prevent database thread blockages, optimize tick timing performance, and reduce entity rendering overhead on the game host:

# ServerGameSettings.json parameters: { "GameModeType": "PvE", "CastleDecayTimeMultiplier": 0.5, "TeleportBoundItems": false, "InventoryStacksMultiplier": 2.0 }

Pro Tip: V Rising dedicated servers run on UDP ports 9876 and 9877. Ensure both ports are allowed through your host firewall allocations. Pre-generating world chunks using plugin utilities (like Chunky) is highly recommended for reducing startup lag during exploration.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my castle decay if the server is offline?

No. Castle decay only progresses when the server software is running. Dedicated servers keep it running continuously, so keep your Castle Heart supplied with blood essence.

Is a free server powerful enough?

Yes, a free 4GB RAM server on FreeGameHost runs V Rising smoothly for a clan of 4 players.

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