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# S&Box Server Hosting - Getting Started Guide

> Everything you need to know about S&Box server hosting at Wasabi Hosting - run your own persistent community server on Facepunch's Source 2 sandbox platform.

Welcome to S\&Box server hosting at Wasabi Hosting! S\&Box (pronounced "sandbox") is the modern sandbox game platform from Facepunch Studios — the team behind Garry's Mod and Rust. Widely seen as the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod, it's built on Source 2 and designed from day one as a platform where creators build entire games and gamemodes that communities can play together.

## What Makes S\&Box Different

S\&Box isn't a single game — it's a platform. Creators publish games, gamemodes, maps, and assets to the S\&Box ecosystem, and players jump between those experiences the way Garry's Mod players once hopped between DarkRP, TTT, and Prop Hunt servers. Compared to its predecessor, S\&Box brings:

* **Source 2** — modern rendering, physics, and tooling far beyond the original Source engine.
* **C# instead of Lua** — creators build with modern .NET tooling, which means more ambitious games and faster iteration.
* **A built-in content ecosystem** — games and assets are distributed through the official S\&Box hub, so servers and players pull the content they need automatically.

## Why Run a Dedicated S\&Box Server?

* **Your own persistent community server** — pick the game or gamemode your server runs and keep it online 24/7. Your community always has a home address to come back to.
* **You set the rules** — server settings, content, and moderation are yours to control.
* **Reliable performance** — a dedicated server on proper hardware beats a peer-hosted lobby, especially for physics-heavy Source 2 gameplay.
* **Full panel control** — the [Wasabi Hosting Game Panel](https://panel.wasabihosting.com) gives you a live console, File Manager, [backups](/server/backups), schedules, startup parameters, and [sub-users](/server/sub-users).

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  S\&Box is a young, fast-evolving platform. Server tooling, commands, and configuration details change as Facepunch iterates — our guides stay high-level where things are still moving, and the in-panel console plus official Facepunch news are your best sources for current specifics.
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## Guides

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    From ordering your server to your community playing — choose a gamemode, boot, and go.
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    Manage your server's files with the built-in File Manager or SFTP.
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## Why Host S\&Box at Wasabi Hosting?

* **Fast hardware** — AMD Ryzen 7950X3D and 9950X CPUs with DDR5 RAM and NVMe SSD storage. Source 2 servers love strong single-core performance.
* **DDoS protection included** — every server is protected by GCore with over 200 Tbps of filtering capacity, at no extra cost.
* **Three locations** — Amsterdam (NL), Frankfurt (DE), and Ashburn (US East), all on our own network (AS215370) and our own hardware.
* **Instant setup** — your server deploys automatically about 2 minutes after payment.
* **Painless upgrades** — grow your community, upgrade your plan anytime, and keep all your files.

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  S\&Box server hosting from **€10.00/month** — online roughly 2 minutes after payment, with DDoS protection and 24/7 support included.
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## Need Help?

Our team is available around the clock. Open a [support ticket](https://billing.wasabihosting.com/submitticket.php), join our [Discord](https://discord.wasabihosting.com), or email [hello@wasabihosting.com](mailto:hello@wasabihosting.com).