The Front Server Setup: Choose, Host or Rent Your Own World

In The Front you play a time-displaced fighter pushing back against a tyrannical empire. Before you fire a single shot, the game asks you to pick or build a server, and that choice quietly shapes your difficulty, your social experience, and how hard your hardware has to work.

What kind of server fits your run?

Like DayZ and other survival peers, The Front gates the whole experience behind server selection. The studio rolled out three server flavors on October 11, and each one targets a different play style.

• Official servers. Free, region-based clusters running in Asia, Europe, and North America. There is a mix of PVP and PVE; the PVE pools wipe every 45 days, so plan your hoarding accordingly.
• Solo and hosted servers. Spin one up directly from your PC. You set the name, password, description, and anything else you want to tweak. Convenient, but it lives and dies with your machine.
• Dedicated servers. A rented box that scales for larger groups. The right pick if you want stable uptime, lower latency, and a friends list in the dozens.

Building a Dedicated Server

From the main menu, hit Create Dedicated Server and walk through the preferences. When the config looks right, click Start server to bring it online or Server save to keep the template for next time.

Below is the full menu of knobs you can twist. They are split into thematic groups so you do not have to scroll endlessly to find what you are looking for.

Basic Server Settings

• Server Password
• Server Player Limit
• Gameplay Mode
• Damage self?
• Damage allies?
• Server save interval
• Start server using P2P mode
• Game Port
• Lobby Port
• Closer server listening port

Advanced Server Settings

• Server save interval
• Item stack rate
• Unlock all recipes and talents
• Starting inventory size
• Items on respawn
• Drop item on death?
• Corpse loot permission
• Creatures/Constructs drop items
• Allow item discard?
• Discarded item despawn
• Initial respawn cooldown
• Respawn cooldown panel
• Death penalty times
• Death penalty respawn time
• Set Construct decay
• Monster raid cooldown
• Show all Spacetime Beacons
• Allow chat (including voice)?
• Toggle blood effects
• Enable profanity?
• Enable wounded state?
• Enable anticheat?
• Add admin account
• Label admin

Survival

• Heat RES Boost rate
• Cold RES Boost rate
• Friendly name display distance
• Non-friendly name display distance
• Inventory item DUR death penalty
• Hotbar item DUR death penalty
• Crafting/repair time rate
• All XP rate
• Kill XP rate
• Collection XP rate
• Crafting XP rate
• Movement speed rate
• Jump height rate
• Fall DMG boost
• HP multiplier
• HP recovery multiplier
• Stamina multiplier
• Stamina recovery multiplier
• Stamina loss multiplier
• Max fullness multiplier
• Fullness loss multiplier
• Fullness from food multiplier
• Max hydration multiplier
• Hydration loss multiplier
• Hydration from water multiplier
• Max O2 multiplier
• O2 recovery multiplier
• O2 loss speed rate
• Med recovery multiplier
• Food and med duration rate

NPCs

• All monster respawn time
• Monster NPC corpse disappearance rate
• Human NPC corpse disappearance rate
• Wild NPC corpse drop rate
• Wild NPC starting lv. Rate
• Wild NPC DMG rate
• Wild NPC HP rate
• Wild NPC speed rate
• Raid NPC lv. Rate
• Raid NPC DMG rate
• Raid NPC HP rate
• Raid NPC speed multiplier
• Raid NPC amt rate
• NPC name display distance
• Collectible resource spawn rate
• Raid corpse drop rate

Construct DEF

• Player Beacon limit
• Player work Construct limit
• Beacon trap limit
• Beacon turret limit
• Non-trap Construct DMG
• Trap DMG RES rate
• Turret DMG RES rate
• Trap DMG rate
• Turret DMG rate
• Construct DUR rate
• Construct DUR recovery
• Spacetime Beacon auto-recovery rate
• Oil Well work production multiplier
• Dew Collector work production multiplier
• Mine work production multiplier
• Fish Basket work production multiplier
• Beacon player gun DMG received multiplier
• Beacon player vehicle DMG received multiplier
• Beacon NPC DMG RES received multiplier
• Beacon daily non-protection period

Resources

• Resource collection rate
• Wood collection rate
• Plant production rate
• Ore production rate
• Crop production rate
• Animal production rate
• Crop growth speed

Combat

• Melee DMG vs. NPC rate
• Ranged DMG vs. NPC rate
• Melee PVP DMG rate
• Ranged PVP DMG rate
• Melee DMG vs. Construct rate
• Ranged DMG vs. Construct rate
• Collection tool DMG multiplier
• Durability loss multiplier

Vehicles

• Vehicle vs. player DMG rate
• Vehicle vs. Construct DMG rate
• Vehicle collection rate

Heads up: the Workshop and Mod Manager tabs were still marked as under development at the time of writing.

Hosting a Solo or Hosted Server

The development team is upfront about it: solo and hosted servers can be unstable. Expect lag, stutters, and the occasional weird behavior, since the game itself is still in Early Access. For a smoother run, official or dedicated boxes remain the safer bet.

The setup screen looks similar to the dedicated one, but the option list is trimmed and reshuffled. Here is what shows up:

Basic Server Settings

• Password
• Server Name
• Server Player Limit
• Gameplay Mode
• Damage Self?
• Damage Allies?
• Map
• Start server using P2P mode

Advanced Server Settings

• Allow chat (incl. voice)?
• Server save interval
• Unlock all recipes and talents for new charcters
• Starting inventory size
• Enable novice protection?
• Items gained on spawn and respawn
• Item stack rate
• Corpse loot permission
• Drop items on death?
• Set structure decay
• Creatures/structures drop items on death?
• Allow item discard?
• Show blood?
• Enable profanity Enable wounded state?
• Enable anticheat?
• Discarded items despawn
• Dropped items despawn after death
• Monster raid cooldown rate
• Initial respawn cooldown
• Respawn cooldown penalty
• Death penalty times
• Death penalty respawn time
• Show all Spacetime Beacons

Survival

• Heat RES Boost rate
• Cold RES Boost rate
• Friendly name display distance
• Non-friendly name display distance
• Inventory item DUR death penalty
• Hotbar item DUR death penalty
• Crafting/repair time rate
• All XP rate
• Kill XP rate
• Collection XP rate
• Crafting XP rate
• Movement speed rate
• Jump height rate
• Fall DMG boost
• HP multiplier
• HP recovery multiplier
• Stamina multiplier
• Stamina recovery multiplier
• Stamina loss multiplier
• Max fullness multiplier
• Fullness loss multiplier
• Fullness from food multiplier
• Max hydration multiplier
• Hydration loss multiplier
• Hydration from water multiplier
• Max O2 multiplier
• O2 recovery multiplier
• O2 loss speed rate
• Med recovery multiplier
• Food and med duration rate

Vehicles

• Vehicle vs. player DMG rate
• Vehicle vs. Construct DMG rate
• Vehicle collection rate

NPCs

• All monster respawn time
• Monster NPC corpse disappearance rate
• Human NPC corpse disappearance rate
• Wild NPC corpse drop rate
• Wild NPC starting lv. Rate
• Wild NPC DMG rate
• Wild NPC HP rate
• Wild NPC speed rate
• Raid NPC lv. Rate
• Raid NPC DMG rate
• Raid NPC HP rate
• Raid NPC speed multiplier
• Raid NPC amt rate
• NPC name display distance
• Collectible resource spawn rate
• Raid corpse drop rate

Weapon ATK

• Melee DMG vs. NPC rate
• Ranged DMG vs. NPC rate
• Melee PVP DMG rate
• Ranged PVP DMG rate
• Melee DMG vs. Construct rate
• Ranged DMG vs. Construct rate
• Collection tool DMG multiplier
• Durability loss multiplier

Structure DEF

• Player Beacon limit
• Player work Construct limit
• Beacon trap limit
• Beacon turret limit
• Non-trap Construct DMG
• Trap DMG RES rate
• Turret DMG RES rate
• Trap DMG rate
• Turret DMG rate
• Construct DUR rate
• Construct DUR recovery
• Spacetime Beacon auto-recovery rate
• Oil Well work production multiplier
• Dew Collector work production multiplier
• Mine work production multiplier
• Fish Basket work production multiplier
• Beacon player gun DMG received multiplier
• Beacon player vehicle DMG received multiplier
• Beacon NPC DMG RES received multiplier
• Beacon daily non-protection period

Collection

• Resource collection rate
• Wood production rate
• Plant production rate
• Ore production rate
• Crop production rate
• Animal production rate
• Crop growth speed

Need a hand getting your server live?

The config screen is generous, and stepping through every parameter can feel like a full spreadsheet review. HolyHosting handles the heavy lifting if you want it. Click the Create Server button below to start building your dedicated The Front instance, with 24/7 live chat on standby whenever a setting refuses to cooperate.