Talk:Guides/Don’t Starve Together Dedicated Servers/@comment-184.157.223.141-20150127022301/@comment-96953-20150127043609

If you just want to play Don't Starve Together now on either a Klei-hosted server or someone else's dedicated server, you can buy a copy buy a copy on the Steam store. If you already have Don't Starve, just buy the $5.00 Frontier Pack. If you don't have a copy of Don't Starve, you'll need the full $22.99 Mega Pack. PLEASE NOTE that what you are paying for is early access; Don't Starve Together is planned to be released as a free add-on to Don't Starve eventually, after beta testing is complete!

What this page is discussing is running your own Don't Starve Together server to host other players. Again, please note that you can set up your own server on Klei's hosted server network to run while you're playing. Running a persistent server is only useful if you want your server running 24x7 so that other people to be able to play in your games if you're logged out.

Right now, that feature is in closed beta testing, which means that you can only get a key from one of the devs. If you're interested in testing this feature, you can try posting in this thread to become part of the closed beta testing group. (But please note that you will still need a copy of Don't Starve Together, which means buying either the Frontier Pack or Mega Pack referenced above.)