Enshrouded server hosting

Is an Enshrouded dedicated server worth it instead of co-op through a host?

Yes, as soon as several of you play regularly. In regular co-op, the world lives on the host’s PC, and everyone else can only play while the host is online. An Enshrouded dedicated server keeps the world online permanently: anyone in your group can keep building, gathering resources or completing quests at any time.

A dedicated server is especially worth it if:

• your group plays at different times
• you are building a large base together
• you want to play with many players at once, up to 16 are possible
• the host PC should not have to run all the time

What does the Enshrouded server save and what stays with the player?

The Enshrouded server saves the world, and every player keeps their character. Bases, Flame Altars, chests, dug-up terrain, rescued survivors and quest progress live on the server and apply to everyone. Level, skill points and inventory belong to the character and travel with each player to other worlds.

• On the server: bases, Flame Altars, chests, terrain, NPCs in your base, quests
• With the player: level, skill tree, inventory and equipment

If a friend completes a quest while you are offline, it is completed for you too. Experience and skill points, on the other hand, everyone earns for themselves.

How do I transfer my co-op world to the Enshrouded server?

You upload your existing world to the Enshrouded server via FTP. Before that, you rename the world files from your save folder so the server recognizes them as its own world. Your character stays on your PC and automatically shows up on the server again when you connect from the same PC with the same Steam account.

Here is how:

1. Copy your save from the Saved Games\enshrouded folder
2. Rename the world files as described in the guide
3. Stop the server, upload the files to the savegame folder and start the server

You can also download the world at any time, as an extra backup or to keep playing locally.

• Upload your save
• Download your save

How do I set permissions and difficulty on my Enshrouded server?

You assign permissions through roles and difficulty through presets. Each role, such as Admin, Friend or Guest, has its own password and its own permissions. The password a player joins with decides what they are allowed to do. For difficulty, you pick one of the presets Default, Relaxed, Hard or Survival.

For each role you decide, among other things, whether players may:

• build and demolish in bases
• open chests and storage
• extend bases
• kick and ban other players

With the Custom preset, you set individual values yourself, such as player health or how much experience combat gives.

• Set roles and passwords
• Change game settings

Which version of Enshrouded can join the server?

An Enshrouded dedicated server runs with the PC version via Steam, and that includes the Steam Deck. Your friends find the server in the game’s server browser or add it via their Steam favorites. Keen Games plans crossplay with the PS5 version for a later update, with no date yet.

If the server does not appear in the server browser, connect directly via your Steam favorites using the query port.

• Connect directly to the server
• Fix connection problems

What changes with Enshrouded 1.0 for my server?

Enshrouded 1.0 releases on October 15, 2026. On your Enshrouded server at 4Netplayers, we install the update automatically, and you only need to restart the server afterwards. Your world and your progress so far stay intact, there is no need to start a new world.

The full release brings new areas, a reworked combat system and many building improvements. We have summed up exactly what changes in a separate article: (Enshrouded 1.0 Release: All new features, changes, and optimizations)