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title: How to Quickly Join Your V Rising Dedicated Server
description: Learn how to quickly find and join your V Rising server to play with your friends!
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/v-rising/how-to-quickly-join-your-v-rising-dedicated-server"
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published: "2022-05-26T22:06:39.635Z"
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# How to Quickly Join Your V Rising Dedicated Server

Learn how to quickly find and join your V Rising server to play with your friends!

Having difficulty finding and joining your V Rising dedicated server? This article describes how you can quickly do that with a server from Nodecraft!

## Locate the Server List

On the game’s Main Menu click Play then select Online Play.

![V Rising client screen for selecting a gamemode with Online Play highlighted](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1408x919/5e3b700839/v-rising-online-play-2.PNG/m/1000x0/smart)Next select any Game Mode and click Find Servers in the bottom right-hand side.

![V Rising client screen for selecting the type of server, highlighting where to show all servers](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1801x1024/febdb0f3b8/v-rising-game-mode-find-servers-2.PNG/m/1000x0/smart)You will now see the entire list of V Rising servers.

## Direct Connect and Join Your Server

You can manually join the server quickly by searching through the server list for your Server Name in your Game Settings. Otherwise you can manually connect with the IP address or hostname. To do so, click on Direct Connect at the bottom of the server list.

![V Rising client screen of the server list, highlighting the Direct Connect button](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1782x1027/1a45167703/v-rising-display-server-list-2.PNG/m/1000x0/smart)In the Server text box enter in your server’s IP address or hostname.

![V Rising client direct connect through the IP address or hostname](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/627x325/ca6aa0c976/v-rising-direct-connect-2.PNG/m/)On Nodecraft Dedicated Servers, your IP Address will be located at the bottom of the Overview tab in your instance’s server panel.

Once that has been entered, click Connect and you will join your server!