How to Play Update 8 on your Satisfactory Server

 

Experience everything that Satisfactory Update 8 has to offer with your friends on a Shockbyte server. This page contains all the required resources to help you get started with the upgrade.

Satisfactory Update 8 brings many exciting changes and new features to the game, including an update to Unreal 5, new power buildings and new game settings such as a flight mode, give item button and much more.


Backing Up your Save

Currently, Update 8 is only available on the Satisfactory Experimental branch. This means that there will still be potential world-breaking bugs. If you already have an existing save we highly recommend making sure that you have a backup of your world save before updating your server.

You can find more information on how to download a copy of your save in the following Knowledgebase article:


Updating your Server

In order to play Satisfactory Update 8 on your server you will need to select the Satisfactory Experimental server type in your server's control panel.

You can find a full step-by-step walkthrough of setting your server to experimental in the following Knowledgebase article:

To learn more about Satisfactory server hosting, you can browse our library of Knowledgebase articles here.

If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php

Mitchell Smith

Managing Director @ Shockbyte

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