Dimraeth Dedicated Servers: Official Status + the Waygate Option
The official answer and the community answer are different — and most sites only tell you one of them. Here's the complete picture for running a persistent Dimraeth world.
Quick answer
Officially, Dimraeth EA uses peer-to-peer drop-in co-op: the world lives on the host's machine, and when the host logs off, the world sleeps. There is no official dedicated server yet. Unofficially, the open-source Waygate project lets you run a persistent Dimraeth server that stays online when nobody is logged in — and game-server hosts have started offering one-click Dimraeth servers based on it.
Your three options, compared
| Option | World uptime | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host from your own PC (official P2P) | Only while you play | Free | Duos and groups who always play together on schedule |
| Waygate self-hosted (community, open-source) | 24/7 on your own hardware/VPS | Free (+ VPS cost if rented) | Tinkerers who want a persistent world for their group |
| Paid game-server hosting | 24/7, managed | Monthly fee | Communities that want uptime without maintenance |
Remember how Dimraeth saves work regardless of option: your character follows you between worlds, while the world state follows the host (or the server). A dedicated server solves the world's availability — your character progress was never the problem. Full mechanics in the co-op guide.
Waygate: what it is and what to expect
Waygate is an open-source, community-built dedicated server implementation for Dimraeth — the headline feature being a world that keeps running even when nobody is logged in. It's early software: expect manual setup (command line, ports, config files), rough edges after game patches, and no official support from Mudtek. If you've ever run a Valheim or Palworld server, the shape of the job will feel familiar.
- Self-host: run it on a home machine that's always on, or rent a small VPS.
- Managed hosting: providers like SurvivalServers began listing Dimraeth servers within days of EA launch — one-click setup, per-slot pricing.
- Save-sharing alternative: if all you want is "let my friend host while I'm away", tools like savesync games (community save-sync) can hand the world file between hosts — clunkier than a server, but zero setup.
Will there be official dedicated servers?
Mudtek's EA FAQ describes the multiplayer model as P2P and hasn't promised dedicated servers on the public roadmap — the roadmap is focused on content (Q4 2026 patch, new races/classes, Act 2 in 2027). Historically, co-op survival games of this size tend to ship official server support around 1.0 if community demand stays loud. We'll update this page the moment the official answer changes.