How to Change the Tick Rate on Your Mordhau Server

Updated 10 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

Tick rate controls how often your Mordhau server processes and sends game state updates to connected clients. A higher tick rate improves combat accuracy and responsiveness, while a lower tick rate reduces CPU load. You can adjust this setting at any time through the Engine.ini configuration file.

See the FTP client guide if you prefer to edit files directly on your server.

Change the tick rate

  1. Log in to the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.
  2. Click Configuration Files in the left-hand menu.
  3. Click Text Editor next to Engine.ini.
  4. Add the following section with your chosen tick rate value.
    Tick rate of 30:
    [/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver]
NetServerMaxTickRate=30

    Tick rate of 60:
    [/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver]
NetServerMaxTickRate=60

    Tick rate of 128:
    [/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver]
NetServerMaxTickRate=128
  5. Save the file and restart your server for the change to take effect.

Troubleshooting

  • If the section header [/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver] already exists in Engine.ini, add NetServerMaxTickRate=<value> under the existing header rather than duplicating it.
  • Running at 128 tick requires significantly more CPU. If your server experiences lag after the change, consider reducing to 60.