How To Configure Your The Forest Server

Customizing your The Forest server allows you to tailor the survival experience exactly to your community's liking. Whether you want to change the difficulty, enable vegetarian mode, or set up a password, MintServers gives you two easy ways to adjust your settings.

Method 1: Using the Game Settings Panel

The easiest way to manage your basic server settings is directly through your control panel.

1. Navigate to your server on the MintServers dashboard and click on the Game Settings tab on the left-hand sidebar.
2. Here, you can easily adjust core settings using the simple interface:
   • Server Name: How your server appears in the browser.
   • Steam Port and [Connection Port] Query Port: Essential network settings for server connectivity.
   • Difficulty: Choose between Peaceful, Normal, or Hard.
   • Server Password and Admin Password: Lock your server or gain admin powers in-game.
   • Steam Account Token: Required for the server to save player progress and appear in the public browser.
   • Init Type: Select New to start a fresh save or Continue to load your progress.
3. Make your changes, then go back to the Console and Start or Restart your server to apply them!

Method 2: Using the config.cfg File

For more advanced options like enabling cheats, toggling building destruction, or adjusting tree regrowth, you will need to edit the main configuration file.

1. Click Stop on your server to ensure files save correctly.
2. Go to the Files tab on the left-hand sidebar.
3. Navigate through the file manager using this exact directory path:
📁 server
📁 TheForestDedicatedServer_Data
📁 forest
📁 config
📄 config.cfg (Click to edit this file)
4. Inside the config.cfg text editor, you can adjust specific properties by altering the values next to the commands. Here are some popular options you might want to tweak:
   • veganMode on: Disables all enemies.
   • vegetarianMode on: Enemies only appear at night.
   • treeRegrowMode on: Regrows 10% of cut down trees when sleeping.
   • allowBuildingDestruction off: Prevents mutants from smashing your base.
   • allowCheats on: Allows clients to use the built-in development console.
5. Once you are done modifying the file, click Save Content at the top right, and then head to your Console to Start your server.