The original Killing Floor is 6-player wave-survival co-op: you and your friends hold out against waves of Zeds, buy weapons from the Trader between waves, and try to take down the Patriarch. It has no in-game RCON console. You manage the server from a browser panel called XWebAdmin. You deployed the server, so you are the admin.
How your friends join
The server sits on a public IP, so there is no port-forwarding and no VPN. KF1 can host a listen server, but it needs port-forwarding and the host must stay in the game. A dedicated server avoids both. Friends join one of two ways:
- Open the console with the ~ key and run:
open IP:7707 - Or find it in the in-game server browser (Internet tab, or Favorites by IP). Your server name starts with 2hours.gg.
If you set a Join password on deploy, friends add it to the connect line: open IP:7707?Password=yourpass
Difficulty and maps
You choose the starting map and difficulty on the deploy form. KF has five difficulties, and they change the game a lot:
- Beginner / Normal: a relaxed run, good for learning the maps and perks.
- Hard / Suicidal: more Zeds, tougher specimens, real teamwork needed.
- Hell on Earth: the hardest setting, the full six-player nightmare.
You can pick from 16 official maps on deploy (Biotics Lab, West London, Manor, Farm and more). The rest of the stock maps are on the server too and can be loaded from WebAdmin. Nobody downloads anything. Change map or difficulty live from the WebAdmin panel below, or redeploy with different picks.
Admin from the WebAdmin panel
KF has no in-game admin console. You manage the server from XWebAdmin, a small web panel the server runs. Open it in a browser:
- Go to
http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8075/ - Log in as user
Adminwith the admin password shown on your server card. That password is the panel login, not an RCON password.
From the panel you can change the current map, switch difficulty, kick or ban players, and edit server settings. Changes apply to the running server.
What ships built in
- 16 official maps to pick on deploy, the rest loadable from WebAdmin, no downloads.
- The full perk system (Berserker, Commando, Support, Field Medic, Sharpshooter, Firebug, Demolitions). Players level perks by playing.
- Up to 6 players. That is the original co-op cap and this build keeps it, so the game plays as intended.
Custom community maps are not delivered automatically on this first release (that needs a redirect/download host). Everyone plays the maps that ship with the game.