How to Password Protect Your RuneScape: Dragonwilds Server

Context

By default, a Winheberg RuneScape: Dragonwilds server is open. Anyone who knows the world name can find it in the Public tab of the worlds screen and join it. For a server among friends, a password is enough to keep control over who comes in.

The password is set in the Startup tab of the game panel, with the WORLD PASSWORD variable. It takes precedence over any password stored in the world itself, for example in a game imported from your computer.

Requirements

An active RuneScape: Dragonwilds server on the Winheberg game panel
Access to the server's Startup tab on panel.winheberg.com

1. Enter the password

In the server's side menu, under CONFIGURATION, open the Startup tab. Type your password into the WORLD PASSWORD variable. The panel saves it automatically.

WORLD PASSWORD variable of the Startup tab on the Winheberg panel outlined in red

Stick to letters, digits and hyphens. Your players will type the password by hand, and a mistyped special character is the first cause of refusal.

2. Restart the server

The password only applies at launch. Click Restart at the top of the page and wait for the server to be back online.

Restart button of the Winheberg panel outlined in red

From now on, your players will need this password to enter the world.

3. Remove the password

To open the server to everyone again, clear the WORLD PASSWORD variable completely, then restart. An empty field means open access.

Troubleshooting

❌ The password is refused

Check that the server was restarted after saving
Have the password typed by hand rather than pasted, an invisible character is enough to make it fail
Check the capital letters and that no space sits at the start or end of the value

❌ The password was added to DedicatedServer.ini

On a Winheberg server, this file is not used for this setting, the Startup tab value replaces it on every start
Copy the password into the WORLD PASSWORD variable, then restart

Best practices

Never use your ADMIN PASSWORD as the world password, anyone who gets in could then grant themselves admin rights
Change the password when a player leaves the group, it is the only protection it offers
Set your Owner ID before locking the server, you will keep the ability to ban and unban whatever happens

Need help

If the password is still refused after these checks, open a ticket with our support team from your client area, Technical department, with the server in the Related Product field. Our team can check the server configuration with you.

Your world is no longer open to all comers. 🔒