How to Change Your Unturned Server Name, Map and Settings

Unturned keeps its server settings in a per instance folder. The main file is Commands.dat, a plain list of one command per line that the server runs at startup.

Where the files live

In the panel open Files and go to:

Servers/<InstanceName>/Server/

The instance name is usually the one your server was created with. Inside you will find Commands.dat, Config.json, Admins.dat, Bans.dat and Whitelist.dat.

Stop the server before editing. Unturned writes some of these files on shutdown.

Commands.dat

Each line is a command with its value after a slash:

Name/My PlayNHost Unturned Server
Map/PEI
MaxPlayers/24
Password/
Owner/76561198000000000
Perspective/Both
Mode/Normal
Cheats/Off
Loot/2
Welcome/Welcome to the server.
Sync/Off

• Map takes a built-in map name such as PEI, Washington, Yukon, Russia, Hawaii, Germany, Greece, or the folder name of a workshop map.
• Mode takes Easy, Normal or Hard.
• Perspective takes First, Third, Both or Vehicle.
• Loot is a multiplier on loot spawn amounts.
• Owner takes your SteamID64 and makes you the server owner. See our guide on becoming an admin.

Changing the map

Changing Map/ loads a different world. Each map keeps its own save under the instance folder, so switching back to a previous map restores that world rather than losing it.

Slots

Your plan's slot count is applied through the MAX_PLAYERS variable on your server's Startup Settings page, reachable from the server overview. Raising MaxPlayers in Commands.dat on its own does not add slots. Upgrade the plan in the billing area to run more players.

Config.json

Config.json holds the deeper gameplay rules that Commands.dat does not cover, grouped into sections for Server, Players, Objects, Vehicles and Events. Useful values include health and stamina regeneration, vehicle limits, item and vehicle despawn timers, and zombie behaviour. It is JSON, so a missing comma stops the server loading, and the console names the line.

Apply the changes

Save, then start the server and check the console for a line reporting the map it loaded and the settings it applied.