The Forest

Game

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first-person survival horror simulator.

Author: admin@softwarenoob.comSource: pterodactyl/game-eggsUpdated: 5/24/2026

Startup Command

winetricks sound=disabled; xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args='-screen 0 640x480x24:32' wine ./TheForestDedicatedServer.exe -batchmode -nographics -serverPasswordAdmin {{ADMIN_PASS}} -inittype {{INIT_TYPE}} -nosteamclient -savefolderpath /home/container/TheForestDedicatedServer_Data -configfilepath /home/container/TheForestDedicatedServer_Data/forest/config/config.cfg |grep -v 'RenderTexture.Create failed: format unsupported - 2.'

Docker Images

Label	Image
ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:wine_latest	ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/yolks:wine_latest

Environment Variables

Name	Variable	Default	Rules
APP ID The ID corresponding to the game to download.	SRCDS_APPID	556450	required\|numeric\|digits_between:1,6
Server Name Name of the server, appears in Steam browser.	SERVER_NAME	Pterodactyl Forest Server	required\|string\|max:64
Steam Port Steam port	STEAM_PORT	8766	required\|string\|max:20
[Connection Port] Query Port Query port, this port is also used for connecting to the server	QUERY_PORT	27016	required\|string\|max:20
Max Players Server player cap	MAX_PLAYERS	10	required\|string\|max:20
Difficulty Server difficulty setting, Peaceful, Normal or Hard.	SERVER_DIFFICULTY	Normal	required\|string\|in:Peaceful,Normal,Hard
Steam Account Token The Steam Account Token is required for the server to save player progress. Use APP ID 242760 for the token generation. You can generate the token on steam at https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers	STEAM_ACC	none	nullable\|string
Server Password Password protects the server if set, any player must enter the password to join	SERVER_PASS	none	nullable\|string\|max:20
Admin Password A password that will be used to gain admin access to the server in-game	ADMIN_PASS	cHanGetHePaSwWord	required\|string\|max:20
Enable VAC	VAC	off	required\|string\|max:3
Windows Install This is required to install the correct Forest version. Removing or touching this will overwrite the files with a non-existing Linux releases.	WINDOWS_INSTALL	1	required\|string\|in:1
Auto-Update 0 disables auto-update on each server startup, while 1 enables it.	AUTO_UPDATE	1	required\|boolean
[SYSTEM] WINEDEBUG don't change this !!!	WINEDEBUG	-all	required\|string\|max:20
[SYSTEM] WINEARCH	WINEARCH	win64	required\|string\|max:20
Init Type Init Type when starting server. New to start fresh or Continue to preload the saved game	INIT_TYPE	New	required\|string\|in:New,Continue

Features

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