Stardew Valley Server Hosting

Pay-per-Use from about 0.0240 €/h for 2 GB RAM (Sprout) – a 4-hour farm session costs around 0.10 €. As a fixed plan from 6.00 €/month, with term discounts up to 20% at 360 days (effectively 3.36 €/month).

Since update 1.6, Stardew Valley supports up to 8 simultaneous players on PC – previously 4. Every co-op player needs their own cabin on the farm.

Not officially – normally one player has to host. Our server uses the SMAPI modding API with an always-on setup: the server takes the host role, your farm runs permanently and everyone joins whenever they want.

Yes – that's the point: the server keeps the world open permanently. No more waiting for the host, and progress lives centrally on the server instead of a private PC.

Yes. Upload your save folder via SFTP to the server and continue right where you left off – including buildings, animals and relationships.

Yes, the server is built on SMAPI. Simply upload mods to the Mods folder (via web interface or SFTP) and restart the server. Purely server-side mods don't need to be installed by your friends; content mods do.

Yes, on PC the Steam and GOG versions play together without issues. Switch, PS5 and Xbox have their own co-op (up to 4 players) but no crossplay with PC – so a PC server is the right choice for PC groups.

In normal co-op the host sends an invite code. On your server you join directly via the server IP instead (port UDP 24642, preconfigured with us) – you'll find the IP and access details in the web interface. Everyone joins anytime, no waiting for an invite.

Split-screen is a local mode on one screen and independent of the server. The server is for online co-op – but you can combine both: one household joins together, the rest over the internet.

Yes! Besides NPC marriages, players can marry each other in multiplayer: craft a wedding ring and give it to the other player. On your server the marriage persists permanently.

Stardew Valley is lightweight: 2 GB (Sprout) is plenty for vanilla co-op with 2-4 players. From 5 players or first mods we recommend 4 GB, for large SMAPI mod lists 6-8 GB.

By default the group shares one wallet. When creating the farm you can enable separate wallets instead and adjust the profit margin – useful against inflation with 8 busy farmers.

Only once all connected players are in bed. On an always-on server the world pauses while nobody is connected – so you don't miss anything overnight.

ConcernedApe has officially announced update 1.7 – with new marriage candidates Clint and Sandy, a new farm map and more social content. There's no release date yet. Your server pulls the update automatically on restart once it ships.

In Germany (Frankfurt, best pings across Europe) and in the USA (Salt Lake City). You pick the location when creating the server.

We create automatic backups of your save. You can also create manual backups and restore them with one click in the web interface – important before big mod changes.

The server stops automatically. Farm, save and mods are preserved. After topping up, everything continues right away.

No. There is no contract and no minimum term at RespawnHost. You top up balance and use it whenever you want.

A server restart is enough – our system checks for new versions at startup and installs them automatically. After SMAPI updates it's worth checking whether your mods are compatible yet.

Yes, full SFTP access to all server files – including saves, the Mods folder and logs.

The server itself is online in under 90 seconds. Installing the game files takes another 1-3 minutes depending on location.

Via Discord within minutes, via the ticket system within minutes to hours – usually even on weekends.