How to: Connect To A Starbound Server Via IP

You've just finished setting up your server! Now you want to play, but how do you do that?

Finding Your Connection Info

It's super easy to get right into the action. All you have to do is locate your server's IP address to get started. To find this, head over to your Gameserverkings Manager Panel and login.

From there, click Game Services listed within the "Game & Voice Services" tab on the navbar to the left. Select your Starbound server, and now you can see the IP listed as "Connection Info" towards the top.

Copy this IP address, and move over to your Starbound game client.

Connecting To Your Server

Once it's loaded up, click Join Game on the title screen.

Follow the on-screen instructions to make your character, and choose your name. This character will be your "account" and you can use more than one to log in with if you would like. Select your difficulty, and press Done when you're ready.

Now you'll be promtped to enter the Server IP and Port. If you have an admin account, log in with your administrator username and password.

Double check that the info you entered is correct, then click "Join Server" and you'll be added to the game!