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title: How to Find and Adjust Custom Server Settings for Your V Rising Dedicated Server
description: Learn how to set up and customize your V Rising dedicated server through the ServerGameSettings.json and the ServerHostSettings.json configuration files.
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updated: "2022-05-26T21:29:00.000Z"
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# How to Find and Adjust Custom Server Settings for Your V Rising Dedicated Server

Learn how to set up and customize your V Rising dedicated server through the ServerGameSettings.json and the ServerHostSettings.json configuration files.

Looking to adjust your dedicated server or world settings in V Rising? This article will explain where you can locate the default configuration files and how you can use those to customize your server.

## Create the Settings Folder

The folder where your config files need to be does not exist by default. In your File Manager go to the `/save-data` folder and create a new folder called `Settings`.

![Nodepanel File Manager explaining how to create a Settings folder for V Rising](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/910x276/c9cb2f3fbe/v_rising_create_settings_folder.png/m/)

## Locate Your Default Server Configuration Files

The two main configuration files that are used are the `ServerGameSettings.json` and the `ServerHostSettings.json`. These files are located in the `/VRisingServer_Data/StreamingAssets/Settings` directory.

While it is possible to edit these files directly in this folder, it is **not recommended**. Whenever the server is updated any changes to these files will be overwritten with updated settings.

![Nodepanel File Manager highlighting V Rising config files and their default directory](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/911x326/29160ed3ce/v_rising_default_configs.png/m/)

## Copy and Move the Files

Instead you’ll want to copy these files to the Main folder and then move them to `/save-data/Settings`, the folder created earlier.

![Nodepanel File Manager how to copy V Rising config files to the main folder](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/871x416/ca1c4ece02/v_rising_copy_configs_to_main.png/m/)

![Nodepanel File Manager showing V Rising config files in the correct folder](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/908x281/a4cc69fea7/v_rising_configs_in_settings.png/m/)

You can now look to customize both of these files.

## Customizing Your Configs

The `ServerHostSettings.json` contains settings specific for the dedicated server. Look here for adjusting your server name which appears in the server list, adding a password, etc.

![ServerHostSettings.json config with default settings in the Settings folder](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/496x369/c84d457f3e/v_rising_default_host_config.png/m/)

The `ServerGameSettings.json` contains specific in-game world settings. This [V Rising ServerGameSettings PDF](https://cdn.stunlock.com/blog/2022/05/25083113/Game-Server-Settings.pdf) has been created and announced through the V Rising Discord showing what these settings can be changed too.

![Discord message from a V Rising dev providing a PDF link](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/667x228/997ec7536d/v_rising_pdf_settings_discord_announcement.png/m/)