How to Set Up Automatic Restarts for Your Vintage Story Server

Updated 10 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

Automatic restarts keep your Vintage Story server running smoothly by clearing memory and applying any pending updates on a regular schedule. You can configure them directly in the Host Havoc game control panel.

Create a scheduled restart

  1. Log into the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.
  2. Click the Scheduled Tasks icon in the left sidebar.
  3. Click New at the top of the section, then choose Scheduled Start/Stop/Restart, and click New below that section.
  4. Enter a name for the task so you can identify it later. Ensure the Enabled checkbox is checked.
  5. Set the type to Daily to have the server restart at the same time each day.
  6. Set the start date and time. This time will repeat every day.
  7. Click Save.

Before you start: Scheduled task times are based on the game panel's time zone. If your time zone differs, see the game panel's time zone settings before configuring the schedule.

Repeat every few hours

To restart the server multiple times per day (for example, every 6 hours), expand the Advance Options section and enable the Repeat Task setting. Configure the repeat interval as needed, then save.

Example scheduled task configured to repeat every 6 hours using the Repeat Task option in the Host Havoc game panel