Lobby Layouts

The default lobby is a plain cabin interior. Add furniture, change wallpapers, set a custom spawn point.

What You Can Customize

• Furniture: chairs, tables, plants, rugs, lamps, decorations
• Wallpaper & Flooring: per-room customization
• Objects: craftables and machines (decorative only in the lobby)
• Spawn Point: where players appear when they join

Layout Editing Workflow

Creating Your First Layout

As an admin, type this command in chat:

!lobby create welcome-room

You'll be warped into an editing cabin with special protections: permanent daylight, sleep immunity, no stamina drain.

Now decorate! Place furniture, apply wallpaper, set up the flooring. Make it feel like home.

Setting the Spawn Point

Stand where you want players to appear and type:

!lobby spawn

Consider placing a sign near the spawn with instructions.

Saving Your Layout

When you're happy with your creation:

!lobby save

Your layout is saved and you're teleported back to where you were before editing.

Activating the Layout

!lobby set welcome-room

All new unauthenticated players will now see your custom lobby!

Edit Mode Features

When editing a layout, you enter a special editing state:

Feature	Description
Permanent Daylight	Time appears frozen for you, no rushing to bed
Sleep Immunity	Other players can sleep and end the day without affecting you
Stamina/Health Lock	No exhaustion or damage while decorating
Auto-Teleport	Returns you to your previous location on save/cancel

Other players can continue playing normally while you edit.

Layout Name Rules

Layout names must follow these rules:

• Allowed characters: Letters, numbers, dashes (-), underscores (_)
• Maximum length: 32 characters
• No spaces: Use dashes instead (e.g., my-cool-lobby)
• Reserved name: default cannot be renamed or deleted

Examples:

• ✅ welcome-room
• ✅ cozy_cabin_v2
• ✅ lobby01
• ❌ my cool lobby (no spaces)
• ❌ lobby@home! (no special characters)

Sharing Layouts

Created an amazing lobby? Share it with other server owners!

Exporting

!lobby export welcome-room

Returns a compressed, encoded layout string:

SDVL0H4sIAAAAAAAAA6tWKkktLlGyUNJR...

Importing

Got a layout string from someone? Import it:

!lobby import cozy-cabin SDVL0H4sIAAAAAAAAA6tWKkktLlGyUNJR...

The layout is now available on your server. Use !lobby set cozy-cabin to activate it.

The export also prints to the server console (SMAPI logs) for easier copying.