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| '''Servers''' allow players to play online with other people. They can be hosted by the players themselves or by an external hosting service.
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| Servers should optimally allow up to around 20 players - although larger severs can be configured, they will become significantly slower and the game may become unbalanced.
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| =Server Browser=
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| The Server Browser is used to display all verified servers sorted by ping/location, with official servers in the player's region always being shown first.<br>
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| At the top of the Server Browser are five filter options. These options include:
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| *Internet - Shows all Listed Servers
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| *Favourites - Shows all Favourited Servers
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| *Official - List all Official Servers
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| *History - List all the servers you have recently played
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| *Friends - List all the server that currently have friends playing on them.
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| Above the server list are multiple different buttons.
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| *[[File:SearchIcon.png]] Search for a server by name
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| *[[File:CreateServer.png]] Create a temporarily server
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| *[[File:RejoinIcon.png]] Rejoin the last played server
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| *[[File:Direct Connect Icon.png]] Directly Connect to a server by IP
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| *[[File:RefreshIcon.png]] Refresh Server list
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| Filter options are found to the right of these buttons.<br>
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| These filter options can be used to hide empty games, hide full games, and hide servers that use a whitelist.
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| When you click on a server, the information about the server will pop up to the right of the server list.<br>
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| Most servers will have their rules stored in the information section, so it is important to read them before joining a server.
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| The Server Browser will also show any other important information about the server, such as
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| *[[File:ServerOfficial.png|25px]] Official Server
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| *[[File:ServerFriendlyfire.png|25px]] Servers with Friendly Fire on
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| *[[File:ServerModded.png|25px]] Servers that make use of plugins
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| *[[File:ServerWhitelist.png|25px]] Servers that contain a whitelist of players that can join them.
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| =Hosting a server=
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| A server must be hosted on a machine to be playable, this can be done in a number of ways.
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| ==Hosting from home or using a VPS==
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| {{Related|Guide:Hosting a server|Hosting a server}}
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| * Hosting from home is an easy task and is mostly free, but will require a dedicated computer to host the server and have [[Guide:Hosting a server#Server Specifications|acceptable specifications]] of both hardware and internet speed.
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| * Hosting on a VPS is more complex and has upkeep costs, but it is the most flexible option - fully dedicated, has a static IP address and requires no port forwarding.
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| Both home hosting and VPS hosting follow the same instructions, the only difference being that a VPS server setup will be done over a FTP client and doesn't require port forwarding.
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| ==Renting a game server==
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| Renting a game server is the simplest way to host a server, as almost everything is done for you. It is similar to VPS hosting with the differences being a proper UI and autoverification ''(note that autoverification is done '''only''' on the servers rented from one of the providers mentioned below).''
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| Official server provider:
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| *[https://zap-hosting.com/scpwik ZAP-Hosting]
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| List of alternative providers with autoverification (in alphabetical order):
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| *[https://clans.hu/ Clans.hu]
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| *[https://www.exiled.host/ EXILED]
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| *[https://inovaperf.fr/ Inovaperf.fr]
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| *[https://ips-hosting.com/ IPS Hosting]
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| *[https://liveserver.pl/ LiveServer.pl]
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| *[https://quickcentralhosting.com/ QuickCentralHosting]
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| =Verification=
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| For a server to be visible on the server browser, it has to be verified.
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| Verification is a mostly manual process in which the server's config is checked to ensure that it follows the [https://scpslgame.com/Verified_server_rules.pdf Verified Server Rules]. If it does, the server is issued a verification key which the server uses to authorize itself to the server browser.
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| This is bypassed on the aforementioned game server hosting services.
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| =Server Moderation=
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| To moderate their server, owners and assigned server staff have access to the [[Remote Admin]] panel. This allows general moderation features such as kick, ban and mute as well as more "cheaty" options such as spawning items, giving godmode or door bypasses.
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| =Server Configuration=
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| {{Main|Docs:Server Config|Server Config}}
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| After installing the server can be configured and settings such as the server name, info tab, player count and similar can be set.
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| All of these settings can be changed in the '''config_gameplay.txt/config.txt''' file.
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| *On Windows: '''%AppData%\Roaming\SCP Secret Laboratory\config\<port>\config_gameplay.txt'''
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| *On Linux: '''\home\{username}\.config\SCP Secret Laboratory\config\<port>\config_gameplay.txt'''
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