Installing Mods on Don't Starve Together

Add your Klei server token first — the server won't start without it

1. Log in to your account on Klei's website and generate a dedicated-server token for Don't Starve Together — this is Klei's own authentication step, separate from Spawnly.
2. Open the Files tab (File Manager) on your server. You'll see a DST_Cluster_Config folder — Spawnly creates this automatically as a shortcut into your server's real configuration directory.
3. Inside it, create a new file named exactly cluster_token.txt.
4. Paste your Klei token into the file and save.
5. Start (or restart) the server.

Installing Steam Workshop mods

Once your server is running, mod installation itself is fully automated. Open the Mods tab, browse the Steam Workshop, and install or uninstall mods with a click. Spawnly reads what's actually present on disk (workshop/content/) as the source of truth, so what you see listed as installed is exactly what's live on the server — nothing is tracked separately. Restart the server after installing or removing mods for the change to take effect.

Good to know: the other auto-generated config files

The same DST_Cluster_Config folder holds two more files Spawnly generates automatically on first boot, both editable through the File Manager:

• cluster.ini — cluster-wide settings like game_mode, max_players, pvp, and cluster_name.
• Master/server.ini — shard-level settings, including server_port.

Edit either file, save, and restart the server to apply changes.

Next steps

See Getting Started with Your Don't Starve Together Server for the full setup walkthrough, or Installing Steam Workshop Mods for how the Workshop browser works across games. Back up your world before a big mod change — see Managing Backups & Restoring Your Server.