Free Starbound Server Hosting

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  • Free thanks to carefully placed ads
  • No artificial player slot limits
  • App for super simple server management
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How to get a free server?

Squadnox hosts free Starbound servers for you and your friends. All you need is the Squadnox App, Starbound, and maybe some friends. Create your own dedicated private server for free today and colonize the universe.

Step 1
Get the app
Step 2
Create server
Step 3
Boost server
Play
Play the game

Squadnox automatically takes care of the server installation, game updates, and hardware management. Our game servers have up to 8 CPU cores and 16GB of RAM available and use super fast NVME SSDs. Never worry about your server again, just invite your friends to boost and start playing.

Join your free Starbound server

The Starbound main menu

First start your free Starbound server from the Squadnox app. Then open Starbound and click the "JOIN GAME" button in the main menu.

The Starbound character selection

Select the character you want to join your server with or create a new one. Make sure your character looks fancy to impress your friends.

The Starbound server join dialog

Look up your servers current IP address in the Squadnox app. Then enter the IP address in the "Server Address" field and click the "Join server" button.

Note that your servers IP address is likely to change between server starts. You and your friends can see the servers current IP address in the Squadnox app after starting the server.