How to Join Your Colony Survival Server

You do not connect to your Colony Survival server via IP address and port. Instead you use the in-game server browser: search for the name of your server there and join it with a click.

Join the server in the game

1. Start Colony Survival
   Launch the game and wait until the main menu has loaded.

2. Open Multiplayer
   Select Multiplayer in the main menu.

3. Choose the right list
   At the top you will find several tabs:

   Tab	Content
   Internet	All publicly listed servers – this is where you find your own server
   Friends	Servers of players on your Steam friends list
   LAN	Servers in the same local network
   History	Servers you joined most recently

4. Search for the server
   Look for the name of your server in the list. Use the filters above the list – such as Show Empty or Show Full – to narrow down the selection.

5. Join
   Select your server and click Join.

6. Enter the password
   If a password is set for your server, you will be asked for it now.

Why don't you need a port?

Server does not show up

If your server does not appear in the list, work through the following points:

1. Is the server running?
   Check in the dashboard whether your server is started and whether the console shows any errors.

2. Refresh the list
   Leave the multiplayer menu and open it again. After a server start it takes a moment until the server shows up in the public list.

3. Search for the exact name
   Search for a distinctive part of your server name. The list is long – without searching you will hardly find your server.

4. Join through friends
   If someone from your Steam friends list is already on the server, you can also find it through the Friends tab.