Hello server owners! Every week we look at what’s actually happening in the self-hosted gaming world \u2014 server-relevant updates, new mods, and community highlights worth your click. Here’s your week.<\/p>\n
The week’s big builder story: a community tool that turns real places into B42 maps<\/a> \u2014 screenshot in, custom terrain out. If you run a dedicated server on a custom map, this is a shortcut worth a look. (B42 is still the development milestone, so test maps before you ship them to your community.)<\/p>\n New this week: a play-as-a-kid mod<\/a> \u2014 smaller hitbox, slower stats, a fresh way to suffer. Workshop mods work on dedicated servers too: add them to your server’s mod list and players pick them up on join. And a classic community reminder: corpse sickness is no joke<\/strong> \u2014 several threads this week on players dying to rot, not zombies. Tune your server’s disease and corpse-handling settings if freshies keep wiping.<\/p>\n The week’s headline for modded servers: Wesley’s Moons, the mod that follows the in-game version numbers, dropped a fresh update<\/strong> \u2014 new moon content for communities that want a persistent, custom LC experience. It’s one of the most downloaded mods on Thunderstore, so expect more players asking for it on your server.<\/p>\n Community corner: the maneater meta keeps turning<\/a> \u2014 how do you actually stop one? \u2014 and a spicy item theory that spray paint is the best utility item in the game<\/a>. Small stuff, but it shapes your server’s loadout rules.<\/p>\n Palworld<\/a> is huge at Tokyo Game Show 2026<\/strong> (the show runs this very week): Pocketpair announced its largest-ever booth<\/a> \u2014 23 cosplayers, a life-size Pal statue, and the Dynamoff card game<\/strong> with animated cards on display. The franchise momentum keeps climbing, which keeps pushing players into dedicated servers when the public infrastructure buckles.<\/p>\n Also trending: new player woes<\/strong> and the evergreen food-decay-in-the-nutshell<\/strong> threads \u2014 if you host, these are the two things your server rules should answer in the welcome message.<\/p>\n The server-relevant item this week: new motorbikes plus improved ragdoll physics<\/a>. New vehicles on a dedicated server means new roleplay, new heists, and new arguments about what’s allowed in the spawn zone. Patch notes and vehicle tuning are worth a read before you update.<\/p>\nLethal Company \u2014 Wesley’s Moons Ships<\/h2>\n
Palworld \u2014 Tokyo Game Show, Pocketpair’s Biggest Booth Ever<\/h2>\n
DayZ \u2014 New Motorbikes, Better Ragdolls<\/h2>\n