Host a DayZ server for your friends
Free, on your PC, no port forwarding. DayZ is planned for our launch catalog. Join the waitlist and we'll tell you the moment it's live.
Host a DayZ server free- RAM
- 8 GB vanilla, 16 GB modded
- Default server ports
- 2302-2305 (game), 27016 (query)
- Protocol
- UDP
- Server OS
- Windows, Linux
- Typical group
- small communities
You never forward any of these. The agent connects outward to our relay; the game's ports stay on your machine.
Bohemia allows community servers under their published server rules; monetizing a server needs their separate approval program.
Why host DayZ with Multiplayer Rally
A decade of persistent-server culture and a mod scene that defines the game. Vanilla is manageable on 8 GB; the big modpacks want 16. We handle the server files, you handle staying alive.
- Heavy server: DayZ is one of the bigger ones, around 8 GB vanilla, 16 GB modded. You'll want a PC with that much RAM to spare on top of everything else.
- DayZ uses several server ports, the classic spot people get stuck setting up by hand. We set every one of them for you.
- Runs the official DayZ server on Windows, Linux. We download it from the publisher and keep the runtime patched.
- Your DayZ world stays set up between sessions. The app handles restarts, updates, and the relay link so the squad can drop in whenever you're online.
How hosting DayZ works
- Step 01
Install Multiplayer Rally
One Windows app. It installs and manages the DayZ dedicated server for you. No command line, no config files.
- Step 02
Pick DayZ
We set the ports, the settings, and the restart schedule. You pick the world name and who's allowed in.
- Step 03
Share your link
You get one address your friends paste into the game, and they're in. Nothing to install on their side, no port forwarding on yours.
DayZ hosting questions
Plan on 8 GB vanilla, 16 GB modded of free RAM for a friend-group server. Your PC needs that on top of whatever else it's running; the app checks before installing.
2302-2305 (game), 27016 (query) (UDP). With Multiplayer Rally you don't forward any of them: the agent makes an outbound connection to our relay, and your friends connect to the relay address.
Yes, that's the whole point. The agent on your PC makes an outbound connection to our relay, so you never touch your router. Your friends connect to the relay address and the traffic is tunneled to your DayZ server. Nothing is exposed to the open internet.
Yes. Each player needs their own copy of DayZ to join your server. We host the server side; the game itself comes from the store like always.
DayZ is in our planned launch catalog. Join the waitlist, pick DayZ as your game, and we'll email you when it's live.
Your PC is the server, so the world is offline until you turn it back on, then it's right where you left it. The agent restarts DayZ for you automatically. An always-on managed tier on our hardware comes later.