# Squad server guides

> How to set up, join, configure, mod, back up and fix your Squad server, in plain words. 7 guides, checked against official docs.

By the Wilderack Crew. 7 guides. Last reviewed 2026-11-14.

_Wilderack is not affiliated with Offworld Industries. Squad's license rules out running servers commercially, so Squad servers open on Wilderack only once Offworld makes us a hosting partner._

_Squad is a trademark of Offworld Industries Ltd. Wilderack is not affiliated with or endorsed by Offworld Industries Ltd._

Everything you need to run a Squad server with friends: setting it up, getting everyone in, configs, mods, backups and fixes for common errors. Written by the Wilderack Crew and checked against Offworld Industries’s own documentation.

**Squad servers are coming soon.** Squad's license rules out running it commercially, Offworld Industries names the hosting companies it trusts, and its licensing rules don't accept servers in virtual machines. Squad opens on Wilderack once Offworld makes us a hosting partner. These guides are ready for the day Squad opens on Wilderack. Join the Squad waitlist: https://wilderack.com/waitlist/?game=squad

Squad server hosting: https://wilderack.com/squad-server-hosting/

## Start here

The same seven guides for every game, in the order most people need them.

1. [How to make a Squad dedicated server](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/getting-started/): What a Squad dedicated server needs, how it will work on Wilderack, how to make yourself admin, and why licensed and unlicensed servers differ.
2. [How to join your Squad server](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/how-to-connect/): Find your Squad server in the server browser, under Custom Servers or the main list, use the queue and reserved slots, and fix it when it won't show.
3. [Squad server config reference](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/config-reference/): Where a Squad server's config files live, what the main Server.cfg settings do, how layer rotation works, and how admins and bans are set up.
4. [How to add mods to a Squad server](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/mods/): How Squad mods work on a dedicated server, how to add Steam Workshop mods, set their load order in ModsConfig.cfg and add modded layers to your rotation.
5. [Squad server backups and moving a server](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/backups/): What a Squad server backup holds, how backups will work on Wilderack, and how to move your Server.cfg, admins, bans and rotations from another host.
6. [Squad server requirements and performance](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/performance/): How much RAM and CPU a Squad server needs for 50 or 100 players, what server tick rate means, and how to keep a full match smooth.
7. [Squad server errors and how to fix them](https://wilderack.com/wiki/squad/common-errors/): Fixes for common Squad server errors, like a server missing from the browser, admin commands that don't work, mods that won't load and players who can't join.

## Be first to host Squad

Squad's license rules out running it commercially, Offworld Industries names the hosting companies it trusts, and its licensing rules don't accept servers in virtual machines. Squad opens on Wilderack once Offworld makes us a hosting partner. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you the day it opens.

Squad hosting: https://wilderack.com/squad-server-hosting/

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