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A survivor on the cannibal island in Sons of the Forest
Available at launch

Sons of the Forest server hosting.

An island that keeps your base while you’re away, with memory reserved for it. 4 or 8 players, from £17.99 a month.

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Choose a plan

Sons of the Forest allows up to 8 players. Big bases need more memory.

Billing
6 months (save 10%) and yearly (save 15%) open in March 2027.
Community8 slots · 10 GBA full 8-player island
£22.99 a month
Renews monthly until you cancel
Memory10 GB, reserved
Player slots8
ProcessorAMD Ryzen CPU
Processor time1 thread always yours, bursts up to 4 threads when the machine is quiet
Disk35 GB NVMe
Automatic backupsHourly backups, kept for up to 48 hours (up to 20 GB)
Off-site backupsEvery 6 hours, encrypted, with 7 daily copies kept, plus 3 backups of your own
LocationUK
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Add-ons, any time from HQ
Extra burst, +2 CPU threads+£2.99 a month
Extra disk, +25 GB+£1.99 a month
Extra disk, +50 GB+£3.99 a month
5 more backups+£1.49 a month
Backup bundle+£2.99 a month
Sons of the Forest plans and monthly prices
PlanMemorySlotsProcessor threads, always yours / burstDiskSuitsMonthly
Friends8 GB41 thread / 330 GBUp to 4 players£17.99
Community10 GB81 thread / 435 GBA full 8-player island£22.99

Which size do I need?

The Sons of the Forest plan we suggest for each number of players
PlayersSuggested plan
1 to 4Friends · 4 slots · 8 GB
5 to 8Community · 8 slots · 10 GB
More than 8Bigger than our largest plan

Not sure? Start smaller: moving up charges only the difference for the days left. Bigger than our largest Sons of the Forest plan? Ask us.

Prices include everything, with nothing added at checkout. No VAT will be added to these prices. Each server renews automatically until you cancel, in one step in HQ, and we email you before each renewal. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Founder offer: 10% off your first 12 months (on your first server only, for the first 200 accounts that pay, one per person; closes at 200 or on 31 March 2027). 72-hour full refund on your first purchase (one per customer). A thread is half of a processor core; bursts use idle processor time on the machine, so they aren’t guaranteed.

What you get on Sons of the Forest

Sons of the Forest

Settings in plain words

Difficulty, save slot and autosave time from dedicatedserver.cfg; name, password and slots set from HQ on every start.

Sons of the Forest

Owners for in-game admin

Add Steam IDs to ownerswhitelist.txt to use the admin console in game.

On every Exclsv server

BackupsAutomatic backups every hour, kept for 48 hours, and off-site backups every 6 hours, with 7 daily copies kept.
Undo and the BinUndo this change takes back one settings save, and a roll-back can be undone too. Deleted files wait in the Bin for 7 days.
Saved setupsUp to 3 on one server, say a modded world and a vanilla one. Switch in seconds.
Crash careAfter a crash HQ starts the server again and tells you why it stopped. If it keeps crashing, HQ names the likely cause and offers to remove it.
Memory that’s yours8 to 10 GB of DDR4 ECC memory, never shared or oversold, plus CPU threads that are always yours.
UKAn AMD Ryzen CPU, 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory, NVMe storage and always-on network DDoS protection.
A person on supportBy ticket or email.

How players join

Players join from the address HQ shows on your server page, or the share link that opens a page with these steps.

Sons of the Forest
  1. Choose Multiplayer, then Join, then Dedicated.
  2. Search for your server’s name.
  3. Enter the password if you set one.
Sons of the Forest server guide: join, admins, settings and fixes Guides in the help centre

Mods

Sons of the Forest has no official mod support.

Server
The game’s own dedicated server (runs the Windows server through Wine)
Mods fromNone
Settings · Exclsv HQPreview
Server nameSite 2
DifficultyNormal
Max players8Set by your plan

HQ stops the server, writes the file, checks it and starts it again. Each save can be undone on its own with Undo this change.

Good to know before you buy

What Sons of the Forest on Exclsv can’t do, or does differently.

  • Sons of the Forest’s server runs on Windows only, so we run it through Wine. A big patch can occasionally stop it starting; if an update does, Undo update brings back the previous build and your world.
  • No mods. 8 players is the game’s maximum.

Questions about Sons of the Forest servers

When can I order a Sons of the Forest server?

We plan to open orders once the server has passed our tests. Nothing is on sale before then: put your email in the box on this page or join the Discord to hear first.

How much does a Sons of the Forest server cost?

From £17.99 for 4 players and 8 GB or £22.99 for 8 players and 10 GB a month.

Available at launch

Your Sons of the Forest server, ready in a few minutes.

Orders open soon. We test every game on our own machines before it goes on sale.

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