Ask us and we'll set up automated world backups for you. Frequency and retention are up to you. We keep a copy offsite so a disk failure doesn't mean a lost world.

Can I run multiple persistent worlds on one allocation?

Yes. If the allocation has the RAM and CPU headroom for it, run as many world processes as you want. We don't charge per world — you pay for compute.

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It runs.

Persistent worlds need consistent tick rates, zero noisy neighbours, and hardware that doesn't get migrated or rebooted at someone else's convenience. Dedicated bare metal solves all three. No surprises at 3am when your world is active.

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What we run

Always-on worlds, long-running survival maps, community servers that have been running for months. No world resets, no downtime windows, no per-player caps.

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Valheim

Valheim worlds grow over time and so does the save file. Fast disk and consistent CPU keep world saves instant and tick rates stable as the world fills up. No noisy neighbours causing random lag spikes during raids.

from £19/mo

4 GB RAW DDR4 · expandable · mods supported

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Minecraft

Vanilla Minecraft is the long-running SMP. A world that's been going for two years has a lot of chunks loaded, a lot of entities, a lot of redstone. Dedicated cores handle it without the tick jitter you get when your node is oversold.

from £28/mo

6 GB RAW DDR4 · Paper / Fabric / Spigot

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Terraria

Terraria servers are light but always-on communities need reliable uptime. A shared VPS that gets migrated or rebooted for maintenance kills a long-running playthrough. Dedicated hardware doesn't do that to you.

from £12/mo

2 GB RAW DDR4 · minimal overhead

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Stardew Valley

Co-op farm servers need to be up whenever someone wants to play. Low resource overhead, high uptime requirement. A small allocation on dedicated hardware is the right answer.

from £12/mo

2 GB RAW DDR4 · always-on

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The Forest / Sons of the Forest

Persistent horror survival worlds with long-running saves. Good fit for a small dedicated allocation — runs light, but needs to be consistently available for your group.

from £19/mo

4 GB RAW DDR4 · persistent world saves

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Something else?

If it has a dedicated server mode and runs on Linux or Windows, we can host it. Tell us the game and what you need — you'll get a straight answer.

Quote on request

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Why persistent worlds need dedicated hardware

It's not about raw performance. It's about consistency — the thing shared hosting fundamentally cannot guarantee.

No noisy neighbours

On a shared VPS, ten other tenants live on your node. When they spike — backups, updates, traffic bursts — your server feels it. Random lag at peak hours, 3am restarts, mystery stutters. On dedicated bare metal there are no other tenants. Your server's performance is entirely your own.

We don't migrate your server

Shared hosts move VMs between physical nodes to balance load. Your server gets a 2-minute downtime window with 10 minutes notice. We don't do that. Your allocation stays on the same physical machine until you ask us to move it.

World saves that don't lag

World saves are periodic disk writes. On a shared VPS with network-attached storage, a save can block the tick loop while it waits for the I/O queue. On direct NVMe SSD, saves are done before the tick loop notices they happened.

Month-to-month, no contracts

Persistent worlds sometimes run for years. You shouldn't be locked into a 12-month contract for something that might evolve. We do month-to-month by default. Cancel with 30 days notice. No penalty, no lock-in.

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FAQ

What uptime can I expect?

99.9% on the hardware side. The machine doesn't go down unless there's a hardware failure or scheduled maintenance — both of which you'd hear about in advance. We don't reboot nodes without notice and we don't migrate your server to balance load the way shared hosts do.

Do you do backups?

Ask us and we'll set up automated world backups. Frequency and retention are up to you. We keep a copy offsite so a disk failure doesn't mean a lost world.

Why does a persistent server randomly lag at 3am?

On shared hosting, other tenants on your node are more active at certain times — backups, restarts, traffic spikes. Your 3am lag is someone else's peak hour. On dedicated bare metal there are no other tenants. Your server at 3am performs identically to your server at peak.

Can I run multiple worlds on one allocation?

Yes. If the allocation has the RAM and CPU headroom, run as many world processes as you want. We don't charge per world — you pay for compute.

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