# Change Player Count

<p class="callout warning">**Before following these steps, make sure to stop your server first. This is to avoiding breaking anything on your server while you edit.** </p>

 **Step 1:** Head to your game panel and look for your **Startup** **icon** on the left hand side.  
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**Step 2:** In the Startup area, look for the box that says: MAX PLAYERS  
Here you can change your player count to any number.

<p class="callout danger">HOWEVER, do not do more the 29 players. The reason for this, is that you server will very likely start breaking **game save file** and **player save file**. You won't be able to fix this, if you start getting corrupted files. So to be on the safe side do **29 and lower.**</p>

  
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<p class="callout warning">**Do not edit your serverconfig.xml for MaxPlayers. Your Startup will keep overriding your player count if you do.**</p>

<p class="callout success">**After Completing these steps, you can now go and start you server.**</p>

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