Nightingale is a survival game in a Victorian fantasy world where you travel between Realms through portals. A dedicated server lets your group play in one world that is always online.
Settings in the panel (Startup)
All the important options are set in the game panel, without editing files:
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Connection Password | the password players enter when connecting |
| Admin Password | the administrator password |
| Difficulty | difficulty of the starting realm: easy, medium, hard, extreme |
| Max Players | the player limit |
Restart the server after a change.
Player limit
Nightingale is designed for small groups. More than 6 players is not officially supported and may be unstable. For most groups 4-6 people is the sweet spot.
Difficulty
The Difficulty setting applies to the starting realm of the world. On easier levels enemies deal less damage and survival forgives more mistakes. If it is your first playthrough, start with easy or medium.
In-game admin
A player who knows the Admin Password can authenticate in the game as an administrator and kick and ban other players. Set it even if you only play with friends - it helps when someone unwanted learns the server password.
Keep the admin password to yourself and trusted people.
Connecting
Players find the server in the in-game server list or connect directly by IP address and port from the Network tab. The game will ask for the Connection Password.
Updates
Nightingale gets regular updates. The server downloads them by itself on restart (the Auto Update option). Players with a newer game version than the server cannot join, so restart the server after a game update.
Before a big update, back up the world in the Backups tab. You can schedule a daily backup and restart in the client area or in the Schedules tab.
Performance
A Nightingale server for a few players needs about 6-8 GB of RAM. Large settlements and many open realms increase memory usage.
Connection problems
- Wrong password - check the Connection Password field in the Startup tab; the server has to be restarted after a change.
- Server not visible in the list - wait a few minutes after the start or connect directly by IP address and port.
- Version mismatch - restart the server so it downloads the update.
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Updated: 2026-09-28