Joining a Starbound Dedicated Server

Overview

Starbound throws you onto a fractured spaceship with one mission: beam down, survive, and rebuild. Whether you want to farm, raid dungeons, or stack absurdly tall castles, the game is designed for cooperative play and heavy modding. Running it on a dedicated server lets you and your crew chase the story campaign together without keeping the host's computer awake at all hours. This guide walks through the exact steps to join an existing Starbound server hosted on HolyHosting.

Finding the Server Address

Before you can connect, you need the IP and port from your control panel.

• Open the HolyHosting server panel and sign in.
• Confirm the Starbound server is showing as online.
• Scroll down on the main panel page to the IP Address:Port section.

Copy the address somewhere handy. You will need it in a second.

Splitting IP and Port

Starbound's join window expects the IP and the port in separate fields. The IP sits before the colon, and the five digits after it are the port.

Example: if your address is `149.56.106.37:25611`, then:

• IP Address: `149.56.106.37`
• Port: `25611`

Connecting from the Game

With both values ready, hop into Starbound.

• Launch Starbound from your library.
• On the main menu, press Join Game.

• Pick or create the character you want to play.
• In the first text field, paste your IP address.

• Drop the port into the smaller field beside it.
• If your server uses accounts, fill in the username and password fields. If it does not, leave them blank.
• Click Join Server to start playing.

Starbound remembers the last address you used, so reconnecting later is a single click. Connecting to a different server overwrites that memory, and you will need to enter the details again.

Common Issues

Join failed! Error connecting to X / Failed to determine address

The game cannot reach the server at all. Open your control panel and double check that the server is online and responsive. If you are not sure, restart it and watch the console to confirm a clean startup. Then re-verify the IP and port in the join window. A single mistyped digit, or putting the port in the IP field, is enough to break the lookup.

No such account or incorrect password

This pops up when the username or password you typed does not match anything on the server. If you never configured user accounts, leave both fields empty. If accounts are enabled, open the server settings file and match the credentials exactly.

Useful Links

• Starbound landing page
• Starbound on Steam
• Starbound guides