Run a Mordhau dedicated server on the Windows or Linux PC you already have. NodeMesh installs it, sets the launch options and keeps it running. Mordhau is in Beta on NodeMesh, and we haven't run it on our own hardware yet.
Free on your own PC — one host, no time limit.
Sign up, then paste one command from your dashboard on the PC that will run the server — PowerShell on Windows, a terminal on Linux. The agent installs as a service and pairs with your account.
Choose the game in the panel. NodeMesh downloads the dedicated server, sets it up and starts it, and you watch every step in the live console.
Switch on the traffic relay for the server and the panel gives you a public address. Send it to your friends: their traffic goes through the relay to your PC, so you never open a port on your router.
The memory figures are for the game server alone. If you also play on the same PC, the game itself needs its own memory on top.
In Mordhau, open the server browser and look for the server's name (it appears only with Advertise via Steam on), or open the console with the ~ key and run open followed by the address the panel shows you. We don't know yet whether a join through the NodeMesh relay works: if it does not, forward UDP port 7777 on your router and share your own address.
The server is a download of about 5 GB, so NodeMesh asks for 8 GB of free disk before it creates one. The game has not been updated since November 2024. NodeMesh writes its own Game.ini at install and hands it to the game on every start, so the server name, passwords, slots and a few rules can be edited on the Config tab; the admin password is generated for you. The server is not listed in the in-game browser until you switch on "Advertise via Steam". Game port 7777 (UDP) goes through the relay; the beacon, query and RCON ports stay on your host. Mordhau has no world to back up. NodeMesh does not install mods or Workshop maps.
One host — your own PC — is free with no time limit, for as many game servers as your hardware can run: the web panel and console, the config editor, the mod manager, auto-restart on crash and the traffic relay. Extra hosts cost credits.
See pricing →Beta: you can create this server today, but we have not run it on our own hardware yet. Expect rough edges, and tell us what you find.
Attach it with one line and players join it directly, next to every other game on the same machine.
No. The dedicated server is a separate free Steam tool and NodeMesh downloads it anonymously, so no Steam login is stored on your PC. Your players need the game.
Advertise via Steam is off by default, as it is in the game's own settings file. Switch it on in the Config tab and restart the server. Players can always join with the console command open followed by the address.
Up to the slots you set: the presets offer 16 and 48, and the Config tab goes up to 64. We ask for 2 GB of memory at minimum and suggest 4 GB as our own starting point, not a measured figure.
Steam lists the dedicated server for both. NodeMesh has not run it on either yet, and we do not know yet whether the Windows launcher entry waits for the real server.
Yes, for one host. Running game servers on your own PC is free with no time limit — as many servers as your hardware can run, traffic relay included. You only pay, in credits, if you add more hosts.
Create an account, install the agent and pick the game. One host is free with no time limit.
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