How to Enable Free Roblox Private Servers and Detect Server Type

Roblox private servers can be free or paid. Before enabling them, the experience must be public to all users.

Enable private servers

In Roblox Studio:

1. Open File → Experience Settings.
2. Select Monetization.
3. Enable Private Servers.
4. Select Free or Paid. For paid private servers, enter the Robux price.
5. Click Save.

Roblox does not allow private servers and paid access—whether in Robux or local currency—to be enabled simultaneously. The price of a paid private server can be changed only once every 60 days.

Players under 13 may be unable to join private servers because of their privacy and parental-control settings.

Detect the server type

The official DataModel reference demonstrates how to distinguish standard, reserved, and private VIP servers with game.PrivateServerId and game.PrivateServerOwnerId:

local function getServerType()
    if game.PrivateServerId ~= "" then
        if game.PrivateServerOwnerId ~= 0 then
            return "VIPServer"
        else
            return "ReservedServer"
        end
    else
        return "StandardServer"
    end
end

In this check:

• A non-empty PrivateServerId and nonzero PrivateServerOwnerId identify a private VIP server.
• A non-empty PrivateServerId and zero PrivateServerOwnerId identify a reserved server.
• An empty PrivateServerId identifies a standard server.

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