How to install a custom Unturned map

Unturned Custom Maps

The Unturned Steam Workshop offers thousands of custom maps such as A6 Polaris, Arid and Elver. This guide will show you how to install a custom map on your Unturned Game Server in a few simple steps.

Decide on a map

First, you need to decide which map you want to play on and get the workshop file ID of the map. You can find a list of all available maps on the Unturned Steam Workshop.

You can find the workshop file ID at the end of the Steam workshop URL. Here is an example:

steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2136497468

Curated maps

In case you don’t want to search for a map yourself, here is a list of some of the most popular maps:

Map Name Workshop File ID
A6 Polaris 2898548949
Athens Arena 1454125991
Arid 2683620106
Belgium 1727125581
Bunker Arena 1257784170
California 1905768396
Canyon Arena 1850209768
Carpat 1497352180
Cyprus Arena 1647991167
Cyprus Survival 1647986053
Dango 1850228333
Easter Island 1983200271
Elver 2136497468
France 1975500516
Greece 1702240229
Hawaii 1753134636
Ireland 1411633953
Kuwait 2483365750
Rio de Janeiro 1821848824

Install the map

  1. Start your server
  2. Browse your server’s files from within the app
  3. Edit the WorkshopDownloadConfig.json file under gameserver/Server/MyServer/server/
  4. Add the maps workshop file ID to the File_IDs list
  5. Edit the Commands.dat file under gameserver/Servers/MyServer/Server/
  6. Add the line map MAPNAME to the file and replace MAPNAME with the name of the map you want to play
  7. Restart your server and enjoy your new map!

Example files for A6 Polaris

In case you’re unsure how the files should look like, here’s an example for the A6 Polaris map.

Your WorkshopDownloadConfig.json file should look like this:

{
  "File_IDs": ["2898548949"]
}

And your Commands.dat file should look like this:

map A6 Polaris