How to Host an ECO Server – Step-by-Step Guide for Builders & Ecologists
If you're ready to build a civilization, manage ecosystems, govern laws, run economies, and stop the meteor together, hosting your own ECO server is the best way to take full control of your world. Customize skill systems, laws, world generation, permissions, mods, and create a thriving multiplayer community.
This guide explains how to host your own ECO server and why Citadel Servers is an excellent partner for your environmental, economic, and political adventure.
Step 1: Choose a Reliable Hosting Provider
ECO is a detailed ecological civilization simulator featuring a dynamic environment, player-driven laws, economy systems, government, professions, and mod support. It requires strong hardware and stable networking to keep worlds responsive—especially with large player groups, advanced mods, or long-term saves.
Performance: Powerful CPU performance and fast NVMe SSD storage ensure smooth simulation ticks, fast world saves, responsive law and economy systems, and stable ecological updates.
Network Quality: Low-latency connections help maintain smooth multiplayer interactions, real-time collaboration, and consistent updates to the world’s ecosystem and government systems.
Ease of Management: A clean control panel makes it simple to adjust world settings, edit configs, install mods, manage backups, set permissions, and configure your server exactly the way you want.
Support Availability: 24/7 support ensures assistance is always available—especially useful for modded ECO servers or large community worlds.
Citadel Servers provides all of this, offering excellent stability and the performance required for long-term, modded, and community-driven ECO worlds.
Step 2: Order Your Hosting Plan
Setting up your ECO server is quick and easy:
1. Go to the ECO hosting page.
2. Choose how many player slots you want.
3. Pick your server location closest to your player base for the best ping.
4. Select any extras, like process priority, premium support, etc.
5. Proceed to checkout — once payment is confirmed, your server deploys automatically.
You’ll receive an email with your control panel login details and connection info within minutes.
Step 3: Configure Your Server
After deployment, it’s time to customize your Don’t Starve Together world:
- Follow our Quick Start Guide
Set your server name, description, password, and admin options.
Configure world size, meteor timer, skill progression, and ecosystem parameters.
Adjust difficulty settings such as collaboration levels, specialization speed, and environmental regeneration.
Set government features: laws, constitutions, elections, and permissions.
Use the built-in Mod Manager to install Steam Workshop mods or upload custom mods via FTP/SFTP.
Manage backups, schedules, and automatic world saves.
Edit any configuration file directly through the Citadel Control Panel.
All configuration is designed to be simple for both new ECO players and advanced server operators.
Step 4: Launch and Play
Once your configuration is complete, start your server with one click and invite your players.
They can join through the in-game browser or by entering your server’s IP and port directly.
You can monitor activity, manage players, review logs, restart the world, or apply new settings at any time—right from the control panel.
Why Host with Citadel Servers
Hosting ECO with Citadel Servers gives you the performance, stability, and control needed to build a thriving civilization. Our hosting platform ensures a smooth experience even with large communities, complex ecosystems, and heavily modded worlds.
What Makes Us Stand Out
Instant Setup: Your server deploys immediately after payment—start building your world within minutes.
High-Performance Hardware: Dedicated CPU power and NVMe SSD storage keep world simulation stable and prevent lag during ecological updates, elections, and large-scale builds.
Global Data Centers: Choose from worldwide locations for the best ping wherever your community is.
Full Access & Mod Freedom: Edit any config, law file, world generation settings, or mod configuration.
One-Click Mod Manager: Install, update, and manage Steam Workshop mods instantly.
Automated Backups & Easy Restarts: Protect your world and manage reboots directly through the control panel.
24/7 Expert Support: Our technical team is always available to help with setup, modding, optimization, and troubleshooting.
Your ECO world deserves a stable foundation — and Citadel Servers delivers the performance and reliability needed for serious long-term civilizations.
