Enshrouded: connect to and set up your server

Here's how to connect to your Enshrouded server and adjust the most important settings.

Connecting

1. Open the server page in the client area and click Start.
2. Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console tab.
3. Copy the address (IP:Port) at the top of the server page.
4. Find the server by its name in the in-game server list and join with the server password.

Important settings

In the Startup variables tab:

• Server name (SRV_NAME) – name of the server.
• Server password (SRV_PW) – password for joining.
• Max. players (MAX_PLAYERS) – maximum number of players.
• Automatic update (AUTO_UPDATE) – updates the server on start.

More settings are in enshrouded_server.json in the Files tab. Changes in the Startup variables tab take effect on the next restart.

The most important entries in enshrouded_server.json

Stop the server before editing the file:

• "name" – server name
• "slotCount" – maximum number of players, at most 16
• "gameSettingsPreset" – game rules: Default, Relaxed, Hard, Survival or Custom
• "saveDirectory" – folder of the save, default ./savegame

With Custom you can set individual values yourself in the gameSettings section, for example enemy strength or hunger.

Uploading your own world

1. On your PC, your worlds are in %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Enshrouded\.
2. Stop the server and upload the world files to the savegame folder in the Files tab.
3. The files must have the same names as the server's world (default 3ad85aea and 3ad85aea-index). Rename your files if necessary.
4. Start the server.

Create a Backup first.

How much memory?

The base configuration is enough to start. The more players play at the same time and the bigger the bases get, the more memory the server needs – with a full server of 16 players we recommend considerably more.

Good to know

• The first start takes longer because the server files are downloaded and set up.