Night of the Dead Server Hosting

Because the base is the point. On a player hosted game the world only exists while the host is online, so everything you built waits on one person's schedule. A dedicated server keeps the world running and lets anyone drop in and keep working on it.

The game is built around small co-op groups, and the plans state eight. Worth being straight about this one: Night of the Dead's server does not expose a setting for the player limit, so that number describes the game rather than a cap we enforce.

Memory, and nothing else. A bigger world with more built structures and more active traps needs more of it. Since the player count is not something the server lets us set, we do not pretend the plans differ on it.

We measured an idle server at roughly 2.1 GB, which is high for a survival game and is why the entry plan starts at 6 GB rather than the 2 GB or 4 GB you might expect. A server that is already near its ceiling before anyone joins is a server that falls over when they do.

Yes. Difficulty, PvP, the message of the day, the admin password and which save the server loads are all panel settings, and the config file is reachable over SFTP for anything else.

Yes, by default. It checks for a new build and validates its files on each start, so a restart brings it back current. You can turn that off if you would rather stay on a known build.

Night of the Dead plans start at US$20.99 (€18.49) a month with 6 GB RAM and 8 player slots, up to US$32.99 (€28.49) with 10 GB RAM and 8 player slots. That is the regular monthly price, before any first-month discount, and every plan includes DDoS protection, SFTP and 24/7 support.

A Night of the Dead server at PlayNHost comes with: In-Panel Settings Editor; Live Console Access. You choose the region when you order (Europe, North America, South America, Asia or Australia), and setup starts as soon as payment clears.