Create a Last Oasis private server – system re­quire­ments and tutorial

PvP battles for resources and fighting for survival aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. A Last Oasis private server with its own rules for PvE ad­ven­tures is the perfect solution. We’ll show you what hardware you need for your server and how to create a Last Oasis server.

Since its release on March 26, 2020, Last Oasis has had some ups and downs. Shortly after its release, the survival game quickly became one of the top sellers on Steam with up to 33,000 si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly active players at its peak. However, the initial euphoria faded fast, since many players weren’t up to the hardcore PvP aspect of the game. By adding new features, such as the pos­si­bil­i­ty to host your own Last Oasis dedicated servers, developer Donkey Crew was able to stem the downward trend. Explore how to set up your own Last Oasis server step by step.

You can choose to host a Last Oasis dedicated server on your PC or rent hardware from an external provider.

The advantage of using a private device is that you don’t need to purchase or rent ad­di­tion­al hardware. You’ll also retain full control over the server. However, hosting from home has sig­nif­i­cant dis­ad­van­tages that make running the Last Oasis server on rented resources a prefer­able option:

• Once you shut down your PC, the server stops au­to­mat­i­cal­ly. With the right plan, you can make an ex­ter­nal­ly hosted server available around the clock.
• Most home PCs lack the suitable hardware for running a dedicated server that par­tic­i­pants and they them­selves can join.
• Internet con­nec­tions available to private house­holds are often inferior to those provided by server hardware in data centers.

The developer does not provide official in­for­ma­tion on the hardware re­quire­ments for hosting the Last Oasis dedicated server software. As with other gaming servers, a good approach is to plan for ad­di­tion­al resources if multiple players are active on the server at the same time. The following minimum setup for 1 to 4 players is based on ex­pe­ri­ences with other gaming servers:

• CPU (Processor): AMD or Intel (2 cores) from 2.8 Gigahertz; strong single-core power preferred
• RAM (working storage): 4 Gigabyte RAM
• Hard disc space: 20 Gigabyte

If you plan on running a typical Last Oasis server with 50+ players attending, you should upgrade your hardware to at least:

• CPU (Processor): AMD or Intel (4 cores) ab 3,6 Gigahertz; strong single-core power preferred
• RAM (working storage): 8–16 Gigabyte RAM
• Hard disc space: 40 Gigabyte

Various providers offer hosting hardware for a Last Oasis private server. However, newcomers often find it difficult to choose a suitable provider, because there are not only different in­fra­struc­ture models, but also a wide variety of plans, which differ in terms of costs and per­for­mance.

IONOS offers three different plans as a basis for your Last Oasis server:

• Cloud Server: IONOS cloud servers rely on vir­tu­al­ized resources. Although the hardware is shared with other customers, this does not affect per­for­mance. Since you are billed by the minute, you only pay for the resources you actually use.
• vServer: With an IONOS vServer (Virtual Private Server, VPS) you can access vir­tu­al­ized resources. The decisive dif­fer­ence to the cloud server is monthly billing at a fixed rate.
• Dedicated Server: IONOS’s dedicated server option provides access to high single-core power (AMD or Intel) in a hardware setup. You can choose to pay monthly at a fixed rate or opt for pro-rata (by-the-minute billing).

Simple entry server for your closest friends? Medium adventure with regular clashes? Or even a giant server for PvP battles? Whatever scenario you have in mind for your Last Oasis dedicated server, IONOS offers suitable server solutions:

Once you’ve chosen your desired server setup, it’s time to create and configure your Last Oasis server. The following tutorial provides a deep dive into the in­di­vid­ual steps. In our example, we describe the process from the per­spec­tive of IONOS customers (vServer, Cloud Server, Dedicated Server) using Windows as the operating system.

Keep the option “Open with remote desktop con­nec­tion” and confirm the security notice by clicking “Connect” to continue the setup process. Enter the login cre­den­tials for the server (“More options” and “Use other account”) and rate the server’s cer­tifi­cate as trusted.

Now use the input line to connect to the Steam servers. To login all you need are the username and password of your Steam account. Connect with the following command – replace the place­hold­er username with your account name:

The password is requested and, when logging in to the Steam servers for the first time, also the Steam Guard code. This would have been shared to your linked email address.

Op­tion­al­ly, you can define the in­stal­la­tion directory for your Last Oasis server. With the following command you can place the server files in the directory C:\last-oasis-server:

Finally, use the command “app_update” and the Steam ID “920720” to download the Last Oasis server software. The pre­req­ui­site is that you have purchased Last Oasis on the Steam account with which you pre­vi­ous­ly logged into the servers.

Click “Get Started” and then “Hosting” and “Providers”. You will now find a pre-generated “Customer Key”. Copy it to a document of your choice.

Click to “Add key” in the “Provider Keys” window, enter a name and op­tion­al­ly a de­scrip­tion for the key and generate the key via “Add”. Copy the value and save it to an external document.

With the help of the two keys you can now create a batch file for the execution of your Last Oasis private server. To do this, create a text file in the server’s directory with the following content:

Enter the values from the previous steps in “Cus­tomerKey” and “ProviderKey”. Finally, save the file as a batch file, for example as last-oasis-server.bat.