Why can't my friends connect by address?

The game's direct connect box is unreliable with dedicated servers. Ask them to search the dedicated server list by its exact name instead.

Can I switch difficulty after the first start?

No, the world keeps the difficulty it was created with. To try another one, wipe the world from the Worlds tab, change the setting and start again.

How do I kick or ban someone?

Set an admin password, then type /AdminLogin and that password in the game chat. After that, /KickPlayer and /BanPlayer followed by the player name do the job.

Is progress lost when the server stops?

At most the last few minutes. The game saves every five minutes of play and whenever a player returns to orbit, so stopping after everyone has left keeps everything.

Icarus server from €10.00/month, in 60 seconds.

Name: Icarus server
Brand: 1up-servers
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Drop onto Olympus with seven friends on the official Icarus server. From Pro, 24/7 with anti-DDoS included.

Create a Icarus server From Pro · €10.00

×3on Free · 1 h of play a day · 24/7 from PRO · €10.00/month

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Icarus is in beta: you can create your server already, but we are still tuning its image and it may change without notice.

Guide · Icarus

Host an Icarus server

Icarus drops prospectors from an orbital station onto a planet whose terraforming went wrong, and the Olympus open world is the one map where nothing expires: forests, red deserts and frozen peaks wait under storms that flatten weak walls, while bears, wolves and worse hunt anyone who strays from the base. RocketWerkz publishes the dedicated server only for Windows, so on our nodes it runs inside a compatibility layer with a virtual screen and Steam patches it on every start.

The whole outpost, from the first wooden shack to the last electric furnace, lives in one prospect file named Olympus. The game writes it every five minutes while somebody plays and when a prospector heads back to orbit, and our backups copy the prospect folder without the 10 GB game.

From an empty panel to your first drop

In the panel, choose Icarus and a plan of at least 6 GB.
Pick a difficulty: Easy forgives mistakes, Medium is the balance the studio tuned, Hard and Extreme hit back with tougher creatures and harsher weather.
Set the number of slots, up to eight, a join password if the group is private and an admin password for yourself.
Start the server. The first boot fetches about 10 GB and then raises Olympus, so give it several minutes.
When the console says the server is now empty, the world is loaded and waiting for its first prospector.

Getting your group onto the planet

Each player opens Play, then Join, and looks under the dedicated servers list for the server name you chose. Searching by name is the reliable route, since the game's direct address field often fails to find dedicated hosts. With a join password, the game asks for it before the drop. Everyone lands with the character they already own, and the station keeps their talents and blueprints between visits.

What you can tune from the panel

Difficulty is read only once, when the server builds Olympus from nothing; after that the world keeps it, and the Worlds tab is the place to wipe and start over. Slots, the join password and the admin password are written into the server settings on every start, so a change applies after one restart.

How much RAM Icarus needs

With Olympus loaded and nobody online, the server held about 3.5 GB in our measurements. Every prospector who wanders off streams more terrain, creatures and buildings into memory, which is why the floor is 6 GB and we suggest 8 GB for a full group of eight. The 16 GB of disk fits the 10 GB game, the compatibility layer and a growing prospect.

Taking charge as the owner

Icarus listens for admin commands only in its own chat, so the panel console shows the server log rather than accepting input. In the game, type /AdminLogin followed by your admin password; from then on /KickPlayer, /BanPlayer and /AdminSay work for you until you leave. Bans are kept with the server data and travel in our backups.

When the drop does not go to plan

A server missing from the list usually means Olympus has not finished loading: wait for the empty-server line in the console and refresh. A version warning means the game patched before the server did, and a restart pulls the update. If the first start ends early, read the last red line; a disk that fills during the large download is the usual cause.

Icarus Dedicated Server: Setup, Olympus, Admin Commands and RAM

Versions

Icarus versions

latestDefault

Switch versions from the panel: we back the server up first and tell you what will be left behind.

Loaders

Icarus loaders and templates

VanillaVersion latestThe game exactly as the studio ships it.

Pick the template when you create the server: we install it, configure it and hand it over running.

Data

Icarus server data

Minimum RAM	6 GB
Recommended RAM	8 GB
Disk	16 GB
Port	Assigned to each server; the panel shows it
Free plan	Yes, with the hourglass
24/7 from	Pro · €10.00/month
Crossplay	No switch in the panel
Mods	No one-click catalogue
Templates	Vanilla

Requirements

How much RAM does your Icarus server need?

Icarus boots on 6 GB and has room to spare on 8 GB. This is the RAM each plan gives you and whether the game fits in it.

Up to 4 friends, no plugins×36 GBFREE
Up to 8 players or mid-size modpacks8 GBPRO
Up to 8 players and several worlds at once16 GBSTUDIO
Heavy modpacks and large communities32 GBULTRA

FAQ · Icarus

Questions about Icarus servers

Yes. The Free plan asks for no card, and the panel shows what it includes before you create the server. To keep it up 24/7, Pro and the plans above it keep it running. On Free this game runs with the hourglass at ×3: your 3 h a day are 1 h of play. No hourglass and 24/7 from Pro at €10.00/month.