Conan Exiles Dedicated Server Setup: Launcher, Settings, and SteamCMD

Conan Exiles Dedicated Server Setup: Get Your Server Running

Want to host your own Conan Exiles server? This guide walks through the practical SteamCMD route for a Conan Exiles dedicated server setup: install the dedicated server tool, start it once, then edit the generated server settings while the server is offline.

Funcom also provide a Conan dedicated server launcher if you prefer a guided tool. The manual setup path below is useful when you want repeatable updates, custom scripts, or a server that runs on your own Windows or Linux machine.

If you are searching after the Conan Exiles Enhanced update, the basics are the same: install the current dedicated server build, check the generated config files, and test ports before inviting players.

What you need

• SteamCMD
• A folder for your Conan Exiles server files
• Firewall/router access if players will connect from outside your network
• Enough CPU, RAM, disk, and upload bandwidth for your planned player count
• A server name, optional player password, and separate admin password

If you do not already have SteamCMD installed, start with the SteamCMD setup guide, then come back here.

Step 2: Install or update the server

Run Update.bat. SteamCMD will download or update the Conan Exiles dedicated server files in your chosen install folder.

If you prefer to run the SteamCMD command manually first, the core command looks like this:

D:\Tools\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir D:\GameServers\ConanExiles +login anonymous +app_update 443030 validate +quit

That command does four things:

1. chooses the install folder
2. logs in anonymously
3. installs or updates Conan Exiles Dedicated Server app 443030
4. validates the files before quitting SteamCMD

Step 3: Start the server once

After the install finishes, start the server once so it can generate folders and config files. On Windows, the server executable is commonly launched as:

D:\GameServers\ConanExiles\ConanSandboxServer.exe -log

Let the server finish creating its files, then shut it down cleanly before editing settings.

Step 4: Configure Conan Exiles dedicated server settings

Funcom's official manual guide points to two main config files for the first settings most server owners need:

• Engine.ini for the public server name and optional player password
• ServerSettings.ini for the in-game admin password

For a Windows install, the folder is usually:

D:\GameServers\ConanExiles\ConanSandbox\Saved\Config\WindowsServer

In Engine.ini, add or edit the online subsystem section:

[OnlineSubsystem]
ServerName=YOUR_SERVER_NAME_HERE
ServerPassword=YOUR_DESIRED_PASSWORD_HERE

In ServerSettings.ini, add or edit the server settings section:

[ServerSettings]
AdminPassword=YOUR_DESIRED_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HERE

Use a separate admin password. Do not reuse the public player password for administration.

Step 5: Open the right ports

For friends or public players to join from outside your network, your firewall and router need to allow the ports used by the server.

Funcom's official port table lists these defaults:

• 7777/UDP for the main game port
• 7778/UDP for the server browser pinger, which is always the game port plus one
• 27015/UDP for server query
• 7777/TCP for mod download, opened on demand when needed
• 25575/TCP for RCON if you use remote administration

At minimum, allow the game and query ports in your operating system firewall. If the server is behind a home or office router, forward the required ports to the server machine as well.