Free game server hosting in Romania

Torchlite's servers are in Bucharest. For players in Romania, Moldova and the rest of Eastern Europe that means a short trip to the server, a site and panel in Romanian, and no card ever.

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At a glance

Location
Bucharest, Romania
DDoS protection
zero.ms
Network
1-10 Gbps
Languages
English and Romanian
Price
Free, with a short ad break to start and renew
A Minecraft forest at dusk
On this page
  1. Why the location matters
  2. What you can host
  3. In Romanian, from a Romanian company
  4. The hardware
  5. How it stays free
  6. Frequently asked questions

In short: Torchlite is a free game server host located in Bucharest, Romania. Minecraft, Terraria, Hytale, Factorio, Don't Starve Together, Unturned, Assetto Corsa, MTA: San Andreas, SA-MP, open.mp, Counter-Strike 1.6, TeamSpeak 6 and Discord bots run on two Intel Xeon Gold 6134 CPUs behind zero.ms DDoS protection, with a 1-10 Gbps network. It is run by ARTAD CREATIVE S.R.L., a Romanian company, and sponsored by TorchByte, a hosting company in Bucharest. It costs nothing: a short ad break in the panel pays for each start and renew.

Why the location matters

Ping is mostly distance. Many big free hosts run their servers in Western Europe or North America, so a player in Romania crosses half a continent or an ocean on every packet. With the server in Bucharest, players in Romania and Moldova, and in neighbouring countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine, usually reach it with a much shorter route. In fast games like Counter-Strike 1.6, MTA or a Minecraft PvP server, that is the difference you feel.

Players further away can still join, of course. Western Europe is a short hop from Bucharest too.

What you can host

GamePlans
Minecraft Java: Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Fabric, Folia, NeoForge, ForgeLite, Turbo; Max for Forge and NeoForge
Terraria: vanilla, TShock, tModLoaderLite, Turbo
HytaleMax
MTA: San Andreas, SA-MP, open.mpLite, Turbo
Counter-Strike 1.6Lite, Turbo
Factorio, Unturned, Don't Starve Together, Assetto CorsaLite, Turbo
TeamSpeak 6Lite, Turbo
Discord bots, Node.js or PythonBot

The GTA: San Andreas multiplayer mods and Counter-Strike 1.6 have long-running communities in Romania; a free server close to them is what Torchlite was built for.

In Romanian, from a Romanian company

The whole website, the guides and the emails are in Romanian as well as English. The company behind Torchlite is ARTAD CREATIVE S.R.L. (CUI 52756946), registered in Romania, so the terms and the privacy policy follow Romanian and EU law, and support answers in Romanian on Discord and at [email protected].

The hardware

  • CPU: two Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processors.
  • Memory: DDR4-2666 ECC.
  • Storage: enterprise HDDs.
  • Network: 1-10 Gbps, filtered by zero.ms DDoS protection.

The plans page lists how much of it each free server gets.

How it stays free

Each start and each renew shows a short ad break in the panel, 2 or 3 ads depending on the plan, and those ads pay for the servers. While a server runs, someone presses Renew every 30 to 50 minutes, or once a day for a Discord bot. The renewal guide has every rule.

Frequently asked questions

Where are Torchlite's servers?

In Bucharest, Romania. There is one location.

Is there a free Minecraft server in Romania?

Yes. Torchlite hosts free Minecraft Java servers in Bucharest, with Paper, Fabric, Forge and the other server types, from 1.5 GB of RAM.

Do I need a card or a Romanian ID?

No. You need an email address and nothing else. There is no paid plan to sign up for.

Can players outside Romania join?

Yes. Anyone can join from anywhere; the ping is just lowest for players in and around Romania.

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