To change your Arma Reforger server name, edit the game.name field inside config.json and restart the server. The name you set is what appears in the in-game server browser and on any third-party listing that reads the server's A2S query, so it is the single most visible setting you control. This guide shows both the LPV5 panel route and the manual file-edit route, plus the character limits Reforger enforces.
Where the Server Name Lives
Arma Reforger stores every server setting in a single config.json file. The server name is the game.name field, nested inside the game object at the top level of the file. It is a plain string with a 100-character limit, and it is what the in-game multiplayer browser displays as the row title when players search for your server.
"name": "[NA] Loaf Conflict"- game.name has a 100-character maximum per the Reforger config spec
- The same name is returned by the A2S query, so it shows up in third-party browsers too
Change It from the LPV5 Panel
The LPV5 panel inside LoafHub at hub.loafhosts.com includes a Config Editor that opens config.json in your browser, so you do not need an FTP client. This is the fastest and safest route because the editor preserves JSON structure for you.
- Sign in to LoafHub at hub.loafhosts.com
- Open your Arma Reforger server in the LPV5 panel
- Open the Config Editor
- Find the name field under the game object
- Type your new server name inside the quotes
- Save the file
- Open the Console tab and restart the server
- Include a region tag like [NA], [EU], or [AU] so players can read latency at a glance
- Add your community tag or short slogan to stand out in the browser
Change It Manually via File Manager
If you prefer to work on the raw file, the LPV5 file manager lets you open config.json directly. The change is one quoted string in one field, but the file must remain valid JSON or the server will not boot.
- Stop the server from the LPV5 Console tab to avoid a write race
- Open the file manager and locate config.json
- Open the file and find the line that begins with "name":
- Replace the text inside the double quotes with your new name
- Save the file
- Start the server from the Console tab and watch it boot
- Do not remove the surrounding double quotes or the trailing comma
- One missing quote or comma will stop the server from starting
Restart So the New Name Shows
Reforger reads config.json on boot, so a name change only takes effect after a restart. Until the server cycles, the browser keeps showing the old name. The LPV5 Console tab has a Restart button that handles the stop, save flush, and start in one click.
- Open the Console tab in LPV5
- Press Restart
- Wait for the boot log to print the scenario load lines
- Open the in-game browser and search for the new name
- If you do not see the new name in the browser within a minute, refresh the server list
- Browsers cache; clear or refresh the in-game list rather than retyping the search
Naming Tips That Actually Help Players Find You
A good Reforger server name is short, scannable, and tells a player whether your server is for them before they click. The 100-character limit is generous, but the browser truncates long names, so the first 30 characters do most of the work.
- Lead with a region tag, then your community, then the scenario or theme
- Avoid filler like THE BEST SERVER EVER; it adds nothing and eats characters
- Avoid special characters that may not render in every browser font
- If you run multiple servers, number them clearly, e.g. [NA] Loaf Conflict 1 and 2
- Players almost always search by a few words rather than typing the full name, so put the searchable word early