Starbound is a space+sandbox+building+exploration game developed by Chucklefish, a London-based independent game studio! Steamspring is a surface mini-biome type that appears within Tundra and Snow Biomes. Pipes 'trees' grow here. When felled they drop Copper Gear Blocks. It is notable that many procedurally generated structures here appear to be Western-style, and Novakid characters tend to speak of the native Steamspring furniture fondly. Starbound has been built from the ground up to be multiplayer and easily moddable. You have the tools to make the universe your own and modify the game to suit your play style - add new items, races, planet types, dungeons, and quests - the possibilities are limitless. Starbound had Steam trading card support added on 6 October 2014. There are 15 cards in the series, and you'll receive 8 cards at random for purchasing and playing the game. 1 Trading Cards 2 Foil Cards 3 Badges 4 Booster Pack 5 Emoticons 6 Profile Backgrounds 7 Card Artwork.
- 3Server Setup
- 6Multiplayer Gameplay
- 7Advanced Server Configuration
- Steam (all OS)
The easiest way to connect to friends playing Starbound is through your Steam friend list. Simply right click a player's name in your friends list and select 'Join Game'. This will connect you to their in-progress game of Starbound and you'll appear in their universe. There you'll have everything on your ship with you, but anything on planets will appear as it does in their game, not yours.
Alternatively you can select 'Invite to game' which will invite them to join your game with whatever character they're playing with. You must be logged into the game with a character for this option to be available.
After selecting to open Starbound in Steam the option comes up to launch a dedicated server. This will launch starbound_server.exe which hosts a server from your machine. This allows players to connect to your machine to play Starbound, even if the game is closed (provided the server software is still running).
- Linux (Ubuntu)
- A guide for setting up a linux server can be found here Guide:LinuxServerSetup
If the computer you wish to run the server on has a private IP:
You will need administrative access to all routers between the server and the internet (In a typical home, you may have up to 2 or more. In some cases the modem itself has a built in router that is often overlooked)
You will also likely need administrative access to any firewalls between the server and the internet (In a typical home, this would just be the firewall built into your OS)
Manually
- Run the Starbound server in your Starbound directory. The default location is:
- On 32-bit Windows, C:Program FilesSteamsteamappscommonstarboundwin32starbound_server.exe
- On 64-bit Windows: C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonStarboundwin32starbound_server.exe
- On Mac OS, ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Starbound
- On 64-bit Linux, ~/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Starbound/linux/starbound_server (there is no 32-bit Linux server)
- If the Starbound server cannot be found at these locations, then right-click the game in Steam to find the Starbound directory.
To host a server you will need to forward/allow TCP port 21025 on your router and firewall (if enabled)
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See the resource section on a Remote Port Testing URLIf the resource reports that the port is closed then you will need to:
- Check your firewall(s) in your OS
- Check your forwarding rules on your router(s)
Locally, you should still be able to connect to your server using the IP 127.0.0.1 (Local Loopback) in the Starbound client, however your friends won't.
Once the remote tool reports that the port is open, then you may give your IP out to your friends to play. To locate your IP use this, or another similar URL
- Load the game, click 'Multiplayer' in the main menu
- Select the character you wish to use
- Server Address: Enter the IP or DNS name you wish to connect to.
- Enter the server account and password if this has been configured, otherwise it can be left blank
- Click on 'Join Server'
- Invite your friends to connect too!
Forming a Party
Once you're in-game, you and your friends will be on different ships and or planets. To CREATE a party, once the friends have joined your game, press the ( + ) icon in the upper right, below your character portrait, and put in your friend('s/s') character nickname. (If you do not know the friend's nickname, check the chat for it, displayed such as: '(Name) Has Connected'), and click on invite. To JOIN a party, once the owner of the party has sent you an invitation, simply click accept, or deny. In a few seconds, you should see the owner's Character Picture, as well as any other Player's Characters pictures that are already in the party.
Note: Once you're in a party with someone, you can warp to their ship by clicking on their portrait.
By editing the file 'starbound.config' in the giraffe_storage directory, players can adjust the settings for the server they're hosting. This method allows players to configure server passwords, ports, default game settings and much more by adjusting values.
Server Configuration | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Key | Description | Example | Default Value |
| gameServerPort | The server port | 21025 | |
| gameServerBind | '*' | ||
| bannedUuids | Ban List for Unique User Ids | [] | |
| bannedIPs | Ban List for IP Addresses | [] | |
| serverName | The server's name | A Starbound Server | |
| maxPlayers | Maximum allowed simultaneous sessions | 8 | |
| upnpPortForwarding | true | ||
| checkAssetsDigest | false | ||
| allowAdminCommands | Determines if admin commands can be used on the server | true | |
| allowAdminCommandsFromAnyone | Determines if all users can use admin commands | false | |
| runQueryServer | false | ||
| queryServerPort | 21025 | ||
| queryServerBind | '*' | ||
| runRconServer | false | ||
| rconServerPort | 21026 | ||
| rconServerBind | '*' | ||
| rconServerPassword | ' | ||
| rconServerTimeout | 500 | ||
Program | |||
| windowTitle | Game program window title | 'Starbound - Beta' | |
| vsync | Enables vertical synchronization | true | |
| renderSleep | true | ||
| maxFrameskip | Frame skip setting | 10 | |
| sampleRate | Audio sampling frequency | 44100 | |
| audioChannels | Number of audio channels | 2 | |
| audioChannelSeparation | Audio balance | [-25, 25] | |
Player Config | |||
| clearUniverseFiles | Forces players to use new universe data | false | |
| clearPlayerFiles | Forces players to use new characters | false | |
| playerBackupFileCount | 3 | ||
Default Menu settings | |||
| sfxVol | Sound effect volume level between 0-100 | 100 | |
| musicVol | Music volume level between 0-100 | 100 | |
| windowedResolution | Game resolution in windowed mode | [1000, 600] | |
| maximizedResolution | Game resolution in a maximized window | [1000, 600] | |
| fullscreenResolution | Game resolution when fullscreen | [1920, 1080] | |
| fullscreen | Full screen enable | false | |
| maximized | Game window maximized | true | |
| zoomLevel | Zoom level of game camera | 3.0 | |
| speechBubbles | Toggle for player speech bubbles | true | |
| crafting.filterHaveMaterials | Filtering of crafting lists to 'available to craft' | false | |
| title.connectionString | IP address of the last server connection | ' | |
- Remote Port Testing URLs:
- Help With Forwarding Ports on your Router:
- Other
Achievements are awarded by accomplishing certain objectives in Starbound. The system works through Steam and Xbox's achievement system. There are no achievements exclusive to either the Steam or Microsoft Store version. Xbox achievements are obtainable only through the Microsoft Store version of the game.
Each achievement is hidden in the listing for the game, only appearing once the conditions to earn it have been met. It will appear as a small message in the Steam overlay or as a system notification when the achievement is awarded.
Objectives
Starbound Steam Cloud
Collection
Tenants
Starbound Steam Mods
Crew
Misc
Starbound Wiki