Best Romestead server hosting: how to choose

Three ways to run a Romestead server

Before you compare hosts, it’s worth knowing you might not need one. Here is how the three ways to play Romestead with friends compare.

What to look for in a Romestead host

These are the things that matter for Romestead in particular. Each one says why, links the guide with the details, and says honestly what Wilderack does about it. The checks that matter for every game, from ping to refunds, are in our guide to choosing a game server host.

1. 8 GB if you want a large world

   A large world needs 8 GB of RAM just to be made, even for a small group. On less, making it fails. After that, it settles to around 2 GB with a few players. Romestead server performance and RAM guide

   YesOn Wilderack: Plans are sold by RAM. Sprout 4 GB runs a small or standard world for 1 to 4 players, and we recommend Sprout 4 GB.

2. A password, because bans don’t last

   Romestead has no admin list, whitelist or ban file, and a ban ends when the server restarts. A password is how you keep a server to your group. Romestead server config reference

   YesOn Wilderack: Set the password in Settings and restart. Ban and kick players from the Console when you need to.

3. A world that waits for you

   On a dedicated server the world lives on the server, so friends can play without the host. How to make a Romestead dedicated server

   YesOn Wilderack: The server naps when nobody plays and wakes when someone joins by address, usually in a couple of seconds.

4. Your single-player world on the server

   Each world is a folder in saved_worlds, and only the whole folder is a usable save. Back up and move your Romestead world

   YesOn Wilderack: Zip the world’s folder and upload it in Games, Bring your world, then pick it in Settings.

5. Backups through Early Access updates

   Romestead keeps one rolling backup of each world, and it updates often while in Early Access. Back up and move your Romestead world

   YesOn Wilderack: A safe copy every time the server sleeps and every 10 minutes while it runs, plus a safety backup before each update. Restore or download any of them.

What a cheap Romestead server costs

A cheap server is one with enough memory for your group, not the lowest price on a page. These are the plans we sell for Romestead, with the group size each one suits.

Monthly plans renew at the price shown, and you can cancel any time. A 3-day pass is a one-time payment that doesn’t renew. Prices in US dollars + applicable taxes.

Romestead is cheap to host: Sprout 4 GB runs a small or standard world for up to 4 friends. Only a large world or a group of 5 to 8 needs 8 GB.

Part of why the price is low: your server naps when nobody is playing, so you don’t pay for hours of an empty world. Your world and settings stay exactly as you left them.

Where Wilderack falls short

No host is right for every group. These are the reasons we might not be the one for yours.

• No mods to search. Romestead has no official mod support yet, so mods are upload-only, and most are made for the game on your PC, not the server.
• Two regions open so far: US East and Europe. Groups in Asia, Oceania or South America will have higher ping than with a host nearby.
• We are new, so we can’t show you years of uptime yet. A 3-day pass is the cheap way to try us first.

How we checked

The facts about Romestead come from our own Romestead guides, which our team checks against Beartwigs / Three Friends’s documentation and patch notes, listed under Sources below. The facts about Wilderack come from our plans and the panel. Prices are read from our price list when this page is built, so they match the plans page. If something here is out of date, email support@wilderack.com and we will fix it.