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Getting started with your Conan Exiles server

This guide takes you from your order to your first connection: choosing a plan, getting around the Game Panel, joining from the game and making the first settings. The other pages of this section then cover configuration, administration, mods and backups in detail.

Choosing a plan​

YorkHost offers Conan Exiles server hosting on AMD Ryzen or Intel CPUs, NVMe storage and a 10 Gbps network, with Anti-DDoS protection and 7/7 support on Discord. Four plans are available:

PlanvCoresRAMStorageIndicative priceBest for
Exile312 GB60 GB NVMe€12.99/monthSmall group of 1 to 10 players, vanilla
Barbarian416 GB80 GB NVMe€18.99/month10 to 20 players, Steam Workshop mods: Funcom's recommended minimum
Chieftain624 GB120 GB NVMe€25.99/month20 to 40 players, modded servers and big bases
Avatar832 GB160 GB NVMe€34.99/month40 to 70 players, large communities and big modpacks
Up-to-date pricing

The reference prices and specifications are the ones shown on the Conan Exiles page of the YorkHost website at the time of ordering. You can upgrade from your client area whenever your community grows.

Since May 2026, Conan Exiles runs on Unreal Engine 5 (Conan Exiles Enhanced). The server uses noticeably more RAM and CPU than on the old engine, and Funcom recommends 16 GB of RAM for the server.

  • Exile (12 GB) works for a small vanilla group.
  • For mods or more than 10 players, go for Barbarian or higher.
  • Big bases, lots of thralls and pets, and Purges also put a heavy load on the CPU.

A server for PC players​

The Conan Exiles dedicated server is for PC (Steam) players. PlayStation and Xbox players cannot join a PC dedicated server.

The official dedicated server is a Windows application: YorkHost runs that environment for you, so there's nothing to install.

Accessing the Game Panel​

Your server is managed from the Game Panel (Wisp):

  1. Log in to your Game Panel:
  2. Select your Conan Exiles server
  3. You land on the Console: this is where you start, stop and restart the server, and follow its startup in real time

The most useful tabs for Conan Exiles:

TabUse
ConsoleStart / stop the server, follow the logs
FilesFile manager: ServerSettings.ini, Mods/ folder, game.db save
StartupStartup parameters exposed by the panel
BackupsServer backups
SchedulesScheduled tasks, for example an automatic restart

To transfer large files (.pak mods, game.db save), SFTP access is more convenient than the web file manager. The credentials are in Settings → SFTP Details: see SFTP extension for VSCode or use a client such as FileZilla or WinSCP.

Longer first start

On the very first launch, the server has to install itself, then create its configuration files and its database (game.db). This can take several minutes. Let the console run without restarting until the server is ready.

Finding the IP address and port​

The connection address is shown in the Game Panel, on your server's page, in the IP:PORT format.

By default, Conan Exiles uses game port 7777 and Steam query port 27015, but at YorkHost the ports are assigned by the panel and are different. Always use the ones shown in the panel. Opening the required ports is handled on our side (see Are all ports open?).

Do not change the ports manually

Do not change the ports in the game's configuration files (Engine.ini, Game.ini…): the server must listen on the ports assigned by the panel, otherwise it will be unreachable.

Joining the server from the game​

Once the panel console has settled (the server has finished starting):

  1. Launch Conan Exiles
  2. From the main menu, choose Play Online to open the server list
  3. Click the Direct Connect button at the bottom of the list
  4. Enter the IP and port shown in the panel, in the IP:PORT format
  5. Enter the password if you set one

You can also search for your server by name in the server list. A new server may take a few minutes to show up there: in the meantime, use Direct Connect.

Same version and same mods as the server

The client must be on the same version as the server and have the same mods. After a game or mod update, the connection may be refused until the server and every player are up to date. See Troubleshooting.

The first three things to set up​

  1. Name, password and game mode: PvE, PvP or PvE-Conflict, harvest and XP rates, see Configure ServerSettings.ini.
  2. Your admin rights: set AdminPassword, then type MakeMeAdmin in game, see Become an admin.
  3. Your mods: install them before your players start building, see Install Steam Workshop mods.

Going further​

Need help?

Our team is available 7 days a week on Discord or through your client area.