Hytale Server Hosting

What a Hytale Server Is

Hytale is a block-based sandbox adventure game from Hypixel Studios. It entered Early Access on 13 January 2026 for Windows, and Hytale's download page now also lists Linux and Apple Silicon Macs. Any world can be shared with friends, but a world hosted from your own game closes when you stop playing.

A dedicated Hytale server is a separate Java program, HytaleServer.jar, that runs alongside the game's Assets.zip and keeps a universe online with nobody playing on the machine. Hypixel Studios documents it in its Hytale Server Manual. You can run it at home, but you need Java 25, a machine left on day and night, and a forwarded UDP port. Renting a server puts the same official software in a data centre with a fixed address and a panel to manage it.

Authentication, Ports and the QUIC Protocol

Two things about Hytale servers surprise people coming from other games. The first is the network: Hytale uses QUIC over UDP, on port 5520 by default, rather than TCP. Firewalls that only allow TCP will block it, which is a common reason home servers fail. On our network the port is already open.

The second is sign-in. A Hytale server authenticates with Hypixel's services under a game licence, and the manual allows up to 500 servers per licence. The standard method is the device flow: type /auth login device in the console, open the link it prints, approve the request, and the server is signed in. The code expires after 15 minutes, so complete it straight away.

The Files That Control Your Server

Everything that matters lives in a handful of folders and JSON files next to the server program.

Memory, View Distance and Player Counts

Hypixel Studios gives 4GB as the minimum for a server and is clear about what uses it: the size of the loaded world, with view distance as the main driver. CPU load, on the other hand, follows how many players and creatures are active. That is why Hytale plans make more sense by memory than by slot count.

• View distance: the manual recommends at most 12 chunks, which is 384 blocks. Each step beyond that adds a ring of chunks around every player.
• Spread-out players: ten people in one village load far less than ten people exploring in different directions.
• Several worlds: each world in the universe runs on its own main thread with its own loaded chunks.
• Plugins: some add little, others keep large amounts of data in memory.

Start a friends server on 6GB, keep an eye on the memory graph during your busiest evening, and move up a size if it sits near the limit. Lowering the view distance by a couple of chunks is often enough to stay on the smaller plan.

Server-Side Mods, Plugins and Packs

Hytale's modding is built around the server. In its modding strategy post, Hypixel Studios describes three kinds of content: Java plugins that add logic and commands, JSON data assets that define blocks, items and creatures, and asset packs with models, textures and sounds. Client-side mods are not supported, and the aim is that players can join any modded server without downloading anything extra.

1. Find a mod built for your server's version, for example on CurseForge.
2. Stop the server and take a quick backup.
3. Upload the .jar or .zip into the mods folder with the File Manager or SFTP.
4. Start the server and read the log to confirm it loaded.
5. Join and test before you add the next one.

Early Access means plugins can break between updates. Update 6, released on 27 August 2026, moved the network protocol from hytale/2 to hytale/3, and server plugins had to be rebuilt for it. Before you update the server, check that the plugins you depend on have been updated too.

Updates, Backups and Moving a Universe

The client and server must run the same protocol version, so a Hytale update means updating the server the same day. The official server includes its own updater, which can take a backup before it applies a new build. Our panel snapshots give you a second safety net, and offsite copies cover the last 7 days.

The server's built-in backups run every 30 minutes by default and can be pointed at their own folder. To move a universe from a home server, stop both, copy the universe folder plus your config, permissions and whitelist files, upload them with SFTP, and start the server again. Players and builds come across together.

What to Compare Before You Rent a Hytale Server

Hytale hosting is new, and offers vary a lot. These are the details that decide whether the server still suits you a few updates from now.

1. RAM, not vague slot countsHytale has no official slot limit. Compare the memory you actually get, starting from Hypixel's 4GB minimum.
2. Full file accessYou need to edit config.json, permissions and each world's settings, and to upload plugins. Check the panel allows it.
3. Fast updatesEarly Access updates arrive often and players cannot join until the server matches. Ask how quickly you can update.
4. Backups you restore yourselfA plugin that breaks after an update is easier to undo when you can roll back without a ticket.
5. UDP-friendly protectionHytale runs over QUIC on UDP. DDoS filtering must let that traffic through cleanly.
6. Room to growCheck the largest memory size on offer, in case your server turns into a community.

Hytale Server Glossary

HytaleServer.jar

The official Hytale server program, which runs on Java 25.

Assets.zip

The game content the server loads alongside the jar.

Universe

The folder holding all of a server's worlds and player saves.

QUIC

The UDP-based network protocol Hytale servers use, on port 5520 by default.

Device login

The /auth login device flow that signs a server in to Hypixel's services.

View distance

How far around each player the server loads the world, measured in chunks.

Plugin

A Java .jar mod that adds server logic, commands or minigames.

Asset pack

A mod with models, textures or sounds, delivered by the server.

Hotfix

A small update that fixes bugs between the big numbered Hytale updates.

Hytale Server Help and Next Steps

Useful pages for setting up and running your Hytale server.

• Hytale Server Manual, Hypixel StudiosRequirements, files, authentication and backups.
• Hytale modding strategy and statusHow server-side modding is meant to work.
• Hytale newsUpdate notes and hotfixes.
• Gaming Deluxe control panelWhat the panel does and how to log in.
• Contact support24/7 help with setup, plugins and updates.