Farever servers run across five global regions managed by developer Shiro Games. When connectivity drops, authentication stalls, or error messages block your login, players can confirm whether the outage is global, regional, or local through live tracking tools, official patch notices, and community forums.
Live Farever Realm Overview
According to tracking data from MetaForge, Farever operates five primary regional server locations. Uptime is managed per region, meaning an outage in one territory does not necessarily take down servers elsewhere.
| Region | Server Location | Status Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| North America | Canada (NA) | Public API / Real-time tracking |
| Europe | France (EU) | Public API / Real-time tracking |
| Asia | Singapore (AS) | Public API / Real-time tracking |
| South America | São Paulo (SA) | Public API / Real-time tracking |
| Mainland China | Beijing (CN) | Public API / Real-time tracking |
Because each region operates its own infrastructure layer, players experiencing downtime in South America or Europe have occasionally observed normal operations continuing on North American or Asian realms.
How to Check If Farever Is Down
Before adjusting your local hardware or router settings, check these primary resources to verify whether Farever is undergoing maintenance or experiencing unplanned outages.
1. Steam Community Announcements and Discord
Shiro Games posts notices regarding overnight emergency maintenance, database migrations, and hotfixes through their official Steam Community announcement hub. Following launch instability, the developer used these channels to outline standalone database migrations, layer load-balancing updates, and patch schedules.
2. Live Third-Party Trackers
Aggregators like MetaForge provide real-time status indicators for all five server regions, refreshing connection health every 30 seconds. Outage trackers such as OutageScope and Gamebezz compile user-reported connection drops, regional degradation alerts, and concurrent player drops based on Steam's public API.
3. Steam Community Discussions
The Steam General Discussions board for Farever (App ID 3672400) is the fastest place to confirm unscheduled regional crashes. When individual server clusters fail, players immediately open threads logging error logs, such as specific socket handshake crashes or character select timeouts.
Known Server Issues and Error Messages
Since Farever entered Early Access, several specific network and server problems have been documented across official dev updates and player crash reports.
Generic SSL Socket Handshake Error
Players on the South American and European realms have reported sudden dungeon disconnects followed by a crash at the title screen with the message:
Called from sys.ssl.Socket.handshake (sys/ssl/Socket.hx line 153)
This error indicates an abrupt termination between the game client and the regional network host socket, preventing reconnection until the server host restarts or recovers.
Connecting Beyond Character Selection (Asia Server)
In official patch notes for update v0.3.0.30964 (Call to Glory), Shiro Games acknowledged an active investigation into network problems specific to the Asia server. Affected players experienced connection hangups right after choosing their character, prompting the development team to request community diagnostic reports in dedicated forum threads.
Open-World Desync, Rollbacks, and Memory Leaks
Early Access load surges revealed memory leaks in server reporting procedures, resulting in gradually escalating server strain that forced unplanned server restarts. In early post-launch updates, the team migrated the database to a dedicated, high-performance standalone server and overhauled the load balancer so individual world layers only receive manageable player counts. A post-launch fix also addressed severe database rollback glitches that previously caused lost character levels or item progress.
Troubleshooting Farever Connection Errors
If the global status trackers show operational servers but your client still refuses to connect, use the following verified workarounds.
Switch to an Off-Peak Region (Alt Character Method)
Farever allows players to select their server region from the main menu. If your primary regional realm is undergoing downtime or severe prime-time queue congestion, you can select an alternate region on the opposite side of the world where local hours are off-peak.
Keep in mind that character progression is not shared across regions or accounts. Starting on an alternate server requires making a new character, but it allows you to test gameplay and dungeons with minimal latency during home-region server maintenance.
Basic Network and Permission Checks
If connection failures persist on all realms:
- Close the Farever game client and shut down Steam completely.
- Verify your local internet connection by alternating between a wired Wi-Fi setup and a secondary connection if available.
- Right-click the Steam client executable and select "Run as administrator" to prevent local permission blocks on socket data transfers.
- Restart your PC to flush lingering network tasks and socket reservations before attempting another login.
Handling Lost Characters and Data Rollbacks
If a server crash causes a severe rollback or character profile deletion, Shiro Games support has assisted affected players in recovering lost profiles. For minor progression rollbacks (such as losing partial quest experience from a server restart), progression must simply be replayed once the instance stabilizes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are characters and bank inventories shared across all Farever server regions?
No. Character progress, bank storage, and guild items are restricted to the specific region where they were created. While banks are shared across alternate characters on the same server, they do not transfer if you switch between North America, Europe, Asia, South America, or Mainland China.
Where can I find real-time player counts to verify drops in server population?
Steam concurrent player statistics on SteamDB, MetaForge, and Gamebezz track live user totals globally through the Steam Web API. A sharp, vertical dip across global player counts typically indicates an unannounced server restart or widespread login gateway disruption.
What should I do if my character is stuck loading after the select screen?
This issue has been formally tracked by the development team on specific realms like the Asia server. If restarting the client does not resolve the infinite load, monitor the official Steam discussion boards for regional maintenance updates.
