Enshrouded guides
Everything you need to run a Enshrouded server: settings, updates, and more.
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Getting started
Get your Enshrouded server running, join it with your friends from the server list or your Steam favorites, and learn the four role passwords and what an Enshrouded server can't do.
Updates and matching versions
Why the server must match the game version, how we update your server, and what to do when your friends see server version too old.
Features
Server settings
The server name, max players, tags, chat, difficulty and passwords, when each one applies, and what to watch for in the settings file.
Roles and passwords
The four roles and their rights, how the password decides each player's role, where to set and read the passwords, and when a change applies.
Players, kick and ban
Who's on now, kicking and banning from inside the game, keeping a player out with a new password, and the console commands.
Your world and moving it
The world file, downloading it, moving a world from your PC to your server, wiping it, and why characters stay on players' PCs.
Backups
How Enshrouded saves, what a backup holds, clean and mid-play backups, and restoring one.
Performance and RAM
The RAM, CPU and disk an Enshrouded server needs, a daily restart at a quiet hour, and when to lower max players.