Eco Server Hosting

What do players do on an Eco server?

On an Eco server, players build a civilization together and develop the technology to stop an incoming meteor while trying not to wreck the planet's ecosystem. Everyone specializes in a few professions, so nobody can do it all alone: farmers grow food, miners dig ore, carpenters and smiths process goods, and everything is traded through player-run stores and player-made currencies.

The most interesting part is governance. Players pass laws, hold elections, set taxes and argue over rules such as limits on clear-cutting forests or on pollution. Overhunting can collapse animal populations, and pollution can affect the climate and sea level.

This simulation continues while players are offline: plants grow, animals breed and the meteor countdown keeps ticking. That is why Eco is designed around a persistent dedicated server. Communities usually plan seasons around the meteor cycle and regenerate the world when a season ends.

How much RAM does an Eco server need?

An Eco server's memory needs depend more on world size and world age than on player count, which is why our plans start at 8 GB with Gold. The world is loaded into memory while running, and every block, plant, animal and player structure takes up space. For a small group on a default-sized world, Gold 8GB runs comfortably.

As the world gets bigger, requirements rise quickly. Common sizes range from small co-op worlds around 72x72, through the 100x100 and 140x140 sizes popular on public servers, up to 160x160 as the largest option. For 140x140 and above, Emerald 16GB makes sense, and Xtreme 32GB suits the biggest worlds and long seasons.

Time matters too: as the weeks pass, cities grow, store and contract records pile up and the save file swells. A plan that is fine at the start of a season can struggle in its final weeks. On the CPU side, the simulation loop leans on single-core speed, which is where the Ryzen 9 9950X helps.

Which config files control an Eco server?

All Eco server settings live in .eco files in the Configs folder, each using a JSON-like structure. Stop the server from the panel before editing; changes are read on restart.

Network.eco is the server's identity: Name and Description set what appears in the list, PublicServer decides whether it shows up in the public browser and Password sets the join password. The game port GameServerPort and the web interface port WebServerPort are also here; the defaults are 3000 and 3001, but the ports assigned to your server are shown in the panel.

Difficulty.eco adjusts skill gain and experience multipliers, and groups planning a short season often raise them. WorldGenerator.eco sets world size and seed, but only takes effect when a new world is generated. In Disasters.eco, CreateMeteor turns the meteor on or off and MeteorImpactDays sets the days until impact. Users.eco holds your admins and whitelist.

A single missing comma can stop the server from starting, so check the structure carefully before saving.

How do mods, the web interface and backups work in Eco?

Eco mods are not distributed through the Steam Workshop; you upload them to the server's Mods folder by hand. Compiled .dll mods go straight into that folder, while C# files under Mods/UserCode are compiled when the server starts, letting you make server-side changes to recipes, items or game rules. Watch the console after adding a mod, because any compile errors are reported clearly there.

The Eco server also serves an interface on its web port. Players can open it in a browser to check economic data, laws, elections and world statistics, and sharing that link in your Discord makes governance debates much easier.

World data is stored in the Storage folder. To start a new season, back that folder up, edit WorldGenerator.eco with a new size or seed, clear Storage and restart the server. Automatic backups and extra ones you take from the panel let you return to an earlier state if anything unexpected happens.

How do players join an Eco server?

Players join an Eco server through the in-game server browser or by connecting directly with IP:port. With PublicServer enabled in Network.eco, your server appears in the list with its name and description; for a closed community you can turn that off and share the address only with members. If you set a password, players enter it when connecting.

Every player needs to launch the game with their own account; characters are tied to the world and stored on the server. In a new season everyone starts from scratch, which reshuffles professions and gives the community a fresh economy to build.

With the server in İstanbul, latency is low for players in Türkiye, and members connecting from Europe, the Middle East and the Caucasus generally get a good connection as well. If your community spans time zones, a server that is up 24/7 means nobody falls behind in the economy.