Your free hostd.it / hostdservers.com address
Every server gets a friendly domain - short and shareable, included in every plan.
The short version
Every Hostd plan includes a free subdomain. Higher tiers within each game get the shorter yourname.hostd.it, lower tiers get yourname.hostdservers.com. You pick it at checkout and can rename it once every 30 days from the dashboard. There is no paid DNS add-on and no bare IP to memorise.
#What you get
Every server gets a free address. Which one you get depends on the tier you pick, not just the RAM number:
- Minecraft Java: The 10 GB and 14 GB plans get
yourname.hostd.it; 3 GB and 6 GB getyourname.hostdservers.com. - Minecraft Bedrock: Pro and Max get
hostd.it; Lite and Standard gethostdservers.com. - Valheim: Pro gets
hostd.it; Lite and Standard gethostdservers.com. - Palworld: Pro and Elite get
hostd.it; Standard getshostdservers.com. - Rust: Pro and Elite get
hostd.it; Standard getshostdservers.com. - ARK: Survival Ascended: Pro and Elite get
hostd.it; Standard getshostdservers.com. - CS2: Pro gets
hostd.it; Starter and Standard gethostdservers.com.
For Minecraft Java, clients auto-resolve the port via SRV records, so you share the bare name. Other games paste name.hostd.it:PORT (or name.hostdservers.com:PORT). The dashboard shows exactly what to send your friends.
#Changing the name
Dashboard → Change (next to the address) → pick a new name. Changes apply in 1 to 5 minutes (DNS propagation). You can rename once every 30 days - we enforce a cooldown so cached lookups have time to clear and your friends don't lose the old address.
#Using your own domain
Not a native feature yet. You can CNAME your domain to your *.hostd.it / *.hostdservers.com address for Bedrock and other non-Minecraft games. For Minecraft Java, you'd need to add a matching SRV record at your DNS provider.
For Java, the SRV record looks like this at most DNS providers:
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | SRV |
| Service | _minecraft |
| Protocol | _tcp |
| Name | play (for play.yourdomain.com) |
| Priority | 0 |
| Weight | 5 |
| Port | your server's port, from the dashboard |
| Target | yourname.hostd.it |
Some providers merge Service, Protocol and Name into one field, in which case it is _minecraft._tcp.play. Others want a trailing dot on the target. Read your provider's SRV documentation rather than assuming; every one of them formats this slightly differently, and a wrong format fails silently.
Point the SRV record at your Hostd address rather than at an IP. Then if the underlying address ever changes, your record keeps working.
#Picking a name people can actually type
The address is what your players will type, badly, on a phone, at midnight. It is worth thirty seconds of thought:
- Short beats clever. Every extra character is another chance to fumble it.
- Avoid characters that vanish when spoken aloud. Hyphens are invisible in speech, and
mc-serverandmcservergo to different places. - Avoid numbers standing in for letters. Nobody remembers whether it was
4orfor. - Do not pick something you will regret in six months. You can rename, but only once every 30 days, and everyone has to update.
#What happens when you rename
The old address stops working and the new one starts. There is no redirect: DNS does not have one, and a Minecraft client asking for a name that no longer exists gets an error rather than a forwarding notice.
So tell your players before you rename, not after. The 30-day cooldown exists partly to force that conversation rather than let addresses churn while people are still using the old one.
#Frequently asked questions
Can I use my own domain with my game server?
Yes. Point a CNAME at your Hostd address, or an A record at the server IP shown on your dashboard. For Minecraft Java on a non-standard port you will want an SRV record so players can join with the bare domain.
How often can I change my subdomain?
Once every 30 days. The limit exists because changing an address means everyone who saved the old one has to update it, and DNS caches take time to follow.
Why do some plans get hostd.it and others get hostdservers.com?
The shorter hostd.it address is included on the higher tiers within each game, and the exact cut-off varies by game. Both work identically; one is just less to type.
Written and maintained by the Hostd engineering team. Last updated 2026-08-05. Notice a mistake? Tell us.