Avorion

Game

A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.

Author: iamkubi@gmail.comSource: pterodactyl/game-eggsUpdated: 5/24/2026

Startup Command

./bin/AvorionServer --galaxy-name {{GALAXY_NAME}} --admin {{ADMIN_ID}} --datapath galaxy --port {{SERVER_PORT}} --query-port {{QUERY_PORT}} --steam-master-port {{STEAM_MASTER_PORT}} --steam-query-port {{STEAM_QUERY_PORT}} --max-players {{MAX_PLAYERS}} --difficulty {{DIFFICULTY}} --collision-damage {{COLLISION_DMG}} --save-interval {{SAVE_INTERVAL}} --same-start-sector {{SAME_START_SECTOR}} --server-name "{{SERVER_NAME}}" --threads {{GAME_THREADS}} --listed {{SERVER_LISTED}}

Docker Images

Label	Image
ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/steamcmd:debian	ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/steamcmd:debian

Environment Variables

Name	Variable	Default	Rules
Galaxy Name Name of the Galaxy to create	GALAXY_NAME	Avorion	required\|string\|max:32
Server Name The name of the server, shown in the server list.	SERVER_NAME	Avorion Server	required\|string\|max:64
Admin ID Steam64 ID for the player to make Server Admin	ADMIN_ID	none	required\|string\|max:20
Max Players Maximum number of players allowed	MAX_PLAYERS	10	required\|int\|max:64
Game Difficulty Difficulty of the server, allowed values are: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 Default: 0	DIFFICULTY	0	required\|integer\|in:0,1,2,3,-1,-2,-3
Collision Damage A multiplier for damage to colliding objects. Accepts floating-point numbers, e.g. 0.5 is 50% collision damage. 0: no damage, 1: full damage. default: 1	COLLISION_DMG	1	required\|string\|max:20
Save Interval Time between automatic saves in seconds. Defaults to 300 (5 minutes).	SAVE_INTERVAL	300	required\|int
Same Start Sector Indicates if all players should start in the same sector. If false, a random empty sector on the outer rim is populated and used as the home sector for each new player.	SAME_START_SECTOR	true	required\|string\|in:true,false
Threads Number of concurrent threads that are used to update sectors. (Identical to the 'Threads' setting ingame.)	GAME_THREADS	1	required\|integer\|max:20
List Publicly Privacy setting. If enabled together with useSteam, the server will show up in public server lists. (Same as the ingame setting 'List Publicly')	SERVER_LISTED	true	required\|string\|in:true,false
Steam App ID	SRCDS_APPID	565060	required\|string\|in:565060
LD Library Path	LD_LIBRARY_PATH	./linux64	required\|string\|max:20
Steam Master Port	STEAM_MASTER_PORT	27021	required\|string\|max:20
Steam Query Port	STEAM_QUERY_PORT	27020	required\|string\|max:20
Query Port	QUERY_PORT	27003	required\|string\|max:20
Auto Update 1 = on; 0 = off	AUTO_UPDATE	1	required\|boolean
Beta branch Leave empty for the public branch, beta for the beta branch.	SRCDS_BETAID	none	nullable\|string\|in:,beta

Features

steam_disk_space