How to Change Your Vintage Story Server Version

Want to change your Vintage Story server version or switch to a different release branch? This guide will walk you through the process on your Vintage Story server.

This is how you can play older versions, or play-test upcoming releases.

Danger

Make sure you back up your save before changing versions! Features from experimental pre-release versions are not expected to be supported on shared hosting as this is only a testing ground for the game developers. We officially only support the main, stable branch of the game.

Change Release Branch

1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and Stop your Vintage Story server.
2. In the sidebar, click on Startup Parameters.
3. Find the Release branch setting.
4. Select your desired branch:
   • stable - The latest stable release
   • unstable - Pre-release builds
   • pre - Experimental builds
5. In the sidebar, go to Configuration > Server Actions and click Reinstall Server.
   • (Consider deleting ALL Files and Folders in Files for a clean installation).

Change Specific Version

A community-maintained list of Vintage Story versions can be found here. Make sure Release branch is set to stable to select these versions.

1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and select your Vintage Story server.
2. In the sidebar, click on Startup Parameters.
3. Find the Release version setting.
4. Change the value from latest to your desired version number (e.g., 1.18.15).
5. In the sidebar, go to Configuration > Server Actions and click Reinstall Server.
   • (Consider deleting ALL Files and Folders in Files for a clean installation).

Note

When changing to a specific version, keep Release branch set to stable. When changing branches, keep Release version set to latest. Only modify both settings together if you can verify the specific version exists for that branch.