Don't Starve Together

Don't Starve Together server guides: get a Klei cluster token, run the Caves shard, add Workshop mods, edit cluster.ini, admin, RAM and world resets.

• Set a password and keep a Don't Starve Together server private

  A password is one field in Startup settings, but there are three different kinds of private in Don't Starve Together, and picking the wrong one either leaves your world open or hides it from your own friends.

  6 min read · dont-starve-together, password, privacy · Updated Oct 21, 2026

• Improve Don't Starve Together server performance

  A Don't Starve Together server runs two worlds at once and simulates every creature, plant and dropped item in both, so the fixes that work are the ones that reduce what it has to think about.

  6 min read · dont-starve-together, performance, lag · Updated Oct 21, 2026

• Making Yourself Admin on a Don't Starve Together Server

  Admins are listed by Klei user ID in adminlist.txt. Get your ID from the game, add it to the file, restart.

  2 min read · dont-starve-together, admin, moderation · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• How the Caves Work on a Don't Starve Together Server

  Your server runs two worlds at once, the surface and the caves, each on its own port. Here is what that means in practice.

  3 min read · dont-starve-together, caves, shards · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Don't Starve Together Server Settings: cluster.ini

  Your game mode, player cap, PvP setting, name and password all live in cluster.ini. The common ones are fields in Startup settings in the panel.

  3 min read · dont-starve-together, config, cluster · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Getting Your Klei Cluster Token for Don't Starve Together

  A Don't Starve Together server will not start without a cluster token from your Klei account. It is free and takes about a minute to get.

  2 min read · dont-starve-together, token, klei · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• How to Connect to Your Don't Starve Together Server

  Find your server in the in game browser, or connect straight to its address from the console. Both take a few seconds.

  2 min read · dont-starve-together, connect, multiplayer · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Game Modes and PvP on a Don't Starve Together Server

  Survival, wilderness or endless, plus a PvP switch. Both are fields in Startup settings in the panel, and both change how your group plays.

  2 min read · dont-starve-together, game mode, pvp · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Don't Starve Together Server Not Showing? Fixes

  Nearly always one of four things: no cluster token, the server is still generating, a browser filter is hiding it, or a mod has stopped the boot.

  3 min read · dont-starve-together, troubleshooting, browser · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Don't Starve Together Server RAM: How Much You Need

  2 GB is the honest minimum for a Don't Starve Together server, 4 GB suits a real mod list or a bigger group, and 6 GB a large public server.

  2 min read · dont-starve-together, ram, performance · Updated Oct 24, 2026

• Install Workshop Mods on a Don't Starve Together Server

  Add Workshop mods on your server's Mods page in the control panel. On each start, the server sets them up for the surface and the caves.

  4 min read · dont-starve-together, mods, workshop · Updated Sep 24, 2026

• Don't Starve Together: Regenerate or Roll Back a World

  Type c_rollback() in the console to undo the last save, or c_regenerateworld() for a brand new map. Both are permanent in game, so take a backup first.

  3 min read · dont-starve-together, rollback, regenerate · Updated Oct 24, 2026

About these guides

A Don't Starve Together server needs two things before it will run at all: a Klei cluster token from your Klei account, and an understanding that Caves is a second server sharing one world. Those are the first two guides, and nothing else here will make sense without them.

After that: cluster.ini for the server settings, admin and ban lists, game modes and PvP, Workshop mods and the configuration they need on both shards, how much RAM two shards want, and regenerating or rolling back a world. A server missing from the browse list is usually the token or the cluster configuration rather than the server itself.

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