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There are two ways to connect to your Unturned server: the direct Connect screen (fastest and most reliable) and the in-game server browser. This guide covers both, plus how to favorite your server and what to do when a connection fails.

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Find Your Server Address

1

Open the Game Panel

Log in to the Wasabi Hosting Game Panel and select your Unturned server.
2

Copy the address

Your server’s address is shown at the top of the Console page in the format IP:PORT (for example 203.0.113.10:27015). The default Unturned port is 27015, but your assigned port may differ — always use the port shown in the panel.
1

Open the Connect screen

Launch Unturned and go to Play → Connect from the main menu.
2

Enter the address

Fill in the fields:
FieldValue
IPYour server’s IP (e.g. 203.0.113.10)
PortYour server’s port (default 27015)
PasswordOnly if your server has one set in Commands.dat
3

Connect

Click Connect. If the server runs Workshop content, your client downloads it automatically before loading in — the first join can take a few minutes with a long mod list.
Direct connect works even if your server hasn’t appeared in the server browser yet. Freshly started servers can take several minutes to show up in listings.

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Connect via the Server Browser

1

Open the browser

From the main menu, go to Play → Servers.
2

Filter the list

Use the filters to narrow the list — search by your server name (the Name value in Commands.dat) or filter by map, password protection, workshop usage, and more.
3

Join

Select your server in the list and connect. Enter the password if prompted.
If the server runs Workshop maps or mods, they download automatically when you join — there’s nothing to subscribe to manually. See Workshop mods for how server-side content works.

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Add Your Server to Favorites

So you don’t have to retype the address every time:
  • From the browser: open your server’s entry in Play → Servers and mark it as a favorite — it then appears under the Favorites filter/tab for one-click joining.
  • After a direct connect: recently joined servers show up in your history, from where you can favorite them as well.
Give your server a distinctive Name in Commands.dat so players can find it in the browser without typing the IP — and share the IP:PORT in your community’s Discord for direct connects.

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Troubleshooting Connection Issues

The most common cause is a wrong port. Double-check you’re using the exact port from the Game Panel — entering a neighboring port (or leaving the default when your server uses a custom one) fails silently. Also confirm in the panel Console that the server has finished loading the map.
If joining hangs while downloading Workshop items, an item may have been updated or removed on Steam. Restart your game client and try again; if it persists, restart the server so it re-validates its Workshop content, and check that every ID in WorkshopDownloadConfig.json still exists — see Workshop mods.
If Whitelisted mode is enabled in Commands.dat, only permitted players can join. Add each player from the server console with their Steam64 ID using the Permit command, or disable whitelist mode. See admin commands.
The password field must match the Password value in Commands.dat exactly (case-sensitive). If you recently changed it, restart the server so the change takes effect.
New and recently restarted servers take a few minutes to be listed. Check that your server isn’t set to LAN-only or hidden in its configuration (server configuration), and use direct connect in the meantime. If you’ve configured rules in the Firewall Manager, verify the game port isn’t blocked.
Unturned updates frequently. If your client updated but the server didn’t (or vice versa), joins will fail — restart the server from the Game Panel so it updates, and let Steam update your client.
Still stuck? Open a support ticket or ask in our Discord — we’re around 24/7.

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