starmade Server HostingStarMade Server Hosting
Host a persistent StarMade universe where factions claim systems, capital ships leave the shipyard and every block your crew places stays saved.
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Select from our wide range of optimized game servers. Each server is configured for maximum performance and comes with DDoS protection.
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Bronze 4GB
Silver 6GB
Gold 8GB
Platinum 10GB
Diamond 12GB
Emerald 16GB
Xtreme 32GB
Which starmade Plan Is Right for You?
Compare recommended use, plan hardware and monthly prices.
| Plan | Recommended for | Hardware | Monthly price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze 4GB | 2–6 players, small and mid-size shipsEnough heap for a small crew exploring a fresh universe with modest builds. | 4 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 4 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 50 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺240.00/mo |
| Silver 6GB | 5–10 players, first faction stationsRoom for more loaded sectors as players spread out and dock ships to stations. | 4 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 6 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 60 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺345.00/mo |
| Gold 8GB | 10–16 players, factions and fleetsOur pick for an active faction server where fleets and shops are loaded at once. | 4 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 8 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 70 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺440.00/mo |
| Platinum 10GB | 15–25 players, large capital shipsExtra heap for ships with huge block counts and many docked turrets. | 4 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 10 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 100 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺530.00/mo |
| Diamond 12GB | 20–30 players, sprawling older universeHeadroom for long-running universes with many stations and settled systems. | 4 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 12 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 110 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺617.50/mo |
| Emerald 16GB | 30+ players, public PvP server6 vCores give physics and chunk threads breathing room during big fleet battles. | 6 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 16 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 120 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺840.00/mo |
| Xtreme 32GB | Huge public universe or events12 vCores and 32 GB go beyond most StarMade servers; meant for large public universes. | 12 vCore Ryzen 9950X · 32 GB DDR5 6000MHz · 200 GB NVMe SSD Samsung 990 PRO | ₺1520.00/mo |
Why TheCrewHost for starmade?
A StarMade setup built around block-by-block ships, crowded sectors and universes that live for years.
Every server.cfg Rule
Adjust MAX_CLIENTS, THRUST_SPEED_LIMIT, SECTOR_AUTOSAVE_SEC, ENEMY_SPAWNING and dozens more from the file manager, from death penalties to shop prices and asteroid resource density.
Blueprint Catalog Control
Decide whether players may upload local blueprints, cap catalog slots per player, and auto-kick or ban anyone spawning a blueprint that was modified outside the game.
Physics and Chunk Threads
Big ships stress collision and physics checks; follow the config's own advice and set CHUNK_REQUEST_THREAD_POOL_SIZE_CPU near your vCore count minus one to spread sector generation.
NVMe for server-database
Every sector players visit is written into server-database, and NVMe keeps autosaves and chunk loading quick even after months of exploration and station building.
Whitelist, Admins and Accounts
Use whitelist.txt with USE_WHITELIST, promote staff with /add_admin, and require StarMade accounts so nobody can log in under a faction leader's name.
Turkish Support Around the Clock
When a sector refuses to load or the server stalls on startup, our team reads the logs with you over ticket, Discord, WhatsApp, phone or live chat, at any hour.
A StarMade server at TheCrewHost costs ₺240.00 ($6.00) per month on the entry plan, and every tier from 4 GB to 32 GB runs the Java-based StarMade server on a Ryzen 9 9950X with DDR5 memory and NVMe storage. You get the whole install folder: server.cfg with its long list of universe, physics and blueprint rules, the whitelist and admin files, and the server-database folder that holds your universe. Hosted in İstanbul, the server keeps dogfights and docking maneuvers responsive for pilots in Türkiye and nearby regions, while sector saves and chunk loading lean on fast NVMe drives.
What does a StarMade server host, and which server styles work?
A StarMade server hosts one persistent universe for Schine's voxel space sandbox. Players design ships block by block, build stations, mine planets, found factions and claim territory, and all of it carries on after the server restarts. With ENABLE_SIMULATION on in server.cfg, the server also simulates AI factions in the background, including the trading guild that delivers stock to shops.
That flexibility supports very different server styles. A faction PvP server revolves around territory and fleet clashes; a builder community might turn ENEMY_SPAWNING off and soften death penalties so hours-long ship projects are not interrupted. PROTECT_STARTING_SECTOR shields the spawn sector so new players are not hunted the moment they arrive.
The config even includes a BATTLE_MODE for arena-style events, though the file itself flags it as expert-only. Renting your own server means every one of these decisions is made for your community rather than by whoever happens to be hosting from their PC that night.
How much RAM does a StarMade server need?
StarMade is a Java server, so what really matters is the heap the JVM gets, plus a little memory outside the heap for Java itself. Memory use is driven by how many sectors are loaded at once, the block counts of ships, docked turrets and how many players are spread across different sectors. A crew of five flying small ships in one region is comfortable on 4 GB; once capital ships with millions of blocks appear, the requirement grows quickly.
SECTOR_INACTIVE_TIMEOUT and SECTOR_INACTIVE_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT control how soon empty sectors go inactive and are dropped from memory, and on a busy server they are the settings that relieve memory the most.
Physics is usually what limits the CPU. PHYSICS_SLOWDOWN_THRESHOLD sets how long a collision test may take before the server switches into anti-slowdown mode. The first five tiers share 4 vCores, while Emerald steps up to 6 and Xtreme to 12 for fleet-battle servers. On disk, the server-database folder grows with every sector explored, and reaching tens of gigabytes over months of play is normal.
Which server.cfg settings shape your universe?
server.cfg is StarMade's server settings file, hundreds of lines long, with a short comment on each; stop the server before you edit it. WORLD chooses which universe folder loads, and SECTOR_SIZE sets sector dimensions, though the file warns that shrinking it on an existing universe can cause problems.
THRUST_SPEED_LIMIT has the biggest gameplay impact: it caps ship speed, and values set too high can make objects tunnel through each other in the physics engine. COLLISION_DAMAGE decides whether ramming hurts, PLAYER_DEATH_CREDIT_PUNISHMENT sets the share of credits lost on death, and SHOP_SPAWNING_PROBABILITY sets how often shops appear in asteroid sectors. ASTEROID_SECTOR_REPLENISH_TIME_SEC controls whether mined-out asteroid sectors come back; the default of -1 means never.
To appear in the public server list, turn on ANNOUNCE_SERVER_TO_SERVERLIST and put your server's IP or hostname in HOST_NAME_TO_ANNOUNCE_TO_SERVER_LIST. SERVER_LIST_NAME takes up to 64 characters and SERVER_LIST_DESCRIPTION up to 128, and a tight, specific pitch attracts more players than a crammed one.
How do blueprints and community content work?
In StarMade, ships and stations are saved to the catalog as blueprints, and the server keeps that catalog for the whole universe. With ALLOW_UPLOAD_FROM_LOCAL_BLUEPRINTS on, players can upload designs they built on their own machines. BLUEPRINT_DEFAULT_PRIVATE decides whether new entries start private or public, and CATALOG_SLOTS_PER_PLAYER limits entries per player, with -1 meaning unlimited.
On public servers the real headache is blueprints edited outside the game. AUTO_KICK_MODIFIED_BLUEPRINT_USE, AUTO_BAN_ID_MODIFIED_BLUEPRINT_USE and REMOVE_MODIFIED_BLUEPRINTS let you kick or ban whoever spawns one, or delete the entry outright, while MODIFIED_BLUEPRINT_TOLERANCE allows a 10 percent deviation by default. With DEFAULT_BLUEPRINT_ENEMY_USE on, AI enemies may field designs from the catalog.
StarMade Dock is the community hub for thousands of ships and stations, plus templates, logic circuits, NPC faction packs and mods. Upload what you download through the file manager or SFTP; for mods, follow the author's install notes, check whether players need the same files, and take a backup first.
Admins, saves and how players join
The fastest way to add an admin on a StarMade server is running /add_admin with the player's name in the panel console; admin names are kept in admins.txt in the install folder. With USE_WHITELIST on, only names and IPs in whitelist.txt can join. Turning on both USE_STARMADE_AUTHENTICATION and REQUIRE_STARMADE_AUTHENTICATION forces every player to verify with an official StarMade account, so nobody can borrow a faction leader's name to slip in.
The server autosaves every SECTOR_AUTOSAVE_SEC seconds, 300 by default. Issuing /shutdown with a countdown in seconds gives players time to dock and lets the final save finish cleanly. For backups, the two folders that matter most are server-database, which is the universe itself, and blueprints, which holds saved designs.
Players add your server in StarMade's online play menu using the IP and port from your panel, or search its name if you announce it to the server list. The İstanbul location gives pilots in Türkiye and the surrounding region low latency.
How to Set Up a starmade Server
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Choose a plan that matches your ambitions
Bronze 4GB suits a small crew with mid-size ships; if you are planning faction wars and capital ships, look between Gold and Platinum.
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Check out and let the install finish
After payment the StarMade server files install automatically; the first boot creates server.cfg and the universe folder, all managed at gamepanel.hostingmerkezi.net.
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Stop the server and edit server.cfg
Set basics such as MAX_CLIENTS, THRUST_SPEED_LIMIT, ENEMY_SPAWNING and SERVER_LIST_NAME, and fill in the announce lines if the server will be public.
- 4
Make yourself an admin
With the server running, use /add_admin with your player name in the panel console, and populate whitelist.txt if you are building a closed community.
- 5
Upload ships and blueprints
Add your own designs or StarMade Dock downloads over SFTP, and switch on the modified-blueprint protections if strangers will be playing.
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Invite your pilots
Share the IP and port; players add the server in StarMade's online play menu and spawn into the starting sector.
Frequently Asked Questions
What people ask before opening a StarMade universe: memory, blueprints, admin tools and joining.
How much does StarMade server hosting cost?
How much RAM does StarMade need?
Can I bring my own ships to the server?
Can I add mods or StarMade Dock content?
How do players join my StarMade universe?
How long does setup take?
How is my universe backed up?
What should I do if big ships make the server lag?
Can a rival faction knock my StarMade server offline?
What happens to my universe if I upgrade?
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