Join a Hytale dedicated server
Add a Hytale dedicated server by its address and port, fix "Server authentication unavailable" and version errors, and become an operator.
You join a Hytale dedicated server by its address: an IP address or a host name, and the port after a colon, such as 203.0.113.24:5520. The server's owner can give it to you.
1. Add the server
- Start Hytale and open Servers.
- Choose Add Server.
- Give it any name, and enter the address with its port. Without a port, the game uses 5520.
- Save it, then select it and join.
If the server has a password, the game asks for it as you join.
2. If you can't join
- Server authentication unavailable: the server is not signed in to Hytale. Its owner signs it in from the server console with
/auth login device. - A different version: you and the server must run the same release. Update your game in the launcher, or ask the owner to update the server.
- No answer at all: check the address and port, and that the server is running. On a self-hosted server, UDP 5520 must be forwarded to it; the server uses no TCP port.
- Not on the whitelist: the owner adds you with
/whitelist addand your username.
3. Becoming an operator
Operators can run admin commands in the game. The owner makes you one from the server console with /op add and your username; it is kept in the server's permissions.json.
Where to find the address
On HostForge, the server page shows the address and password to share, with a copy button. Every HostForge server is signed in to Hytale when it starts, and stays on the current release. The owner runs /op add and /whitelist add in the Console tab. To set up your own, see setting up a Hytale dedicated server.