Guides, tutorials, and tips for Enshrouded server hosting.
1.0 on Steam on 15 October 2026, the price rise of 8 September, the performance pass and the skill reset — and the list of things Keen has not said about dedicated servers, other platforms and a Linux build among them.
The savegame folder, the 10-minute autosave, why characters never move (Keen stores them client-side), the four-step transfer, what goes wrong, and the backup to take before and after.
Where user groups came from, the five flags, Keen’s Admin/Friend/Guest examples, reserved slots, the retired top-level password key, and why a fresh server ships closed with randomised passwords.
Keen’s numbers are 4.4 GB idle, 100 MB per player and no more than 6 GB, which is why 4 GB does not exist. What the figures cover, Keen’s CPU and disk guidance, what none of it tells you, and how to choose 6, 8 or 12 GB.
A running server nobody can join is almost always a build mismatch or the wrong role’s password. The checklist: patch notes, group passwords, UDP 15636/15637, IPv4 only, exact name, HostOnline in the log, free slots.
SteamCMD app 2278520, every key in enshrouded_server.json, UDP 15636 and 15637 on IPv4, how players join by name and role password, and the update routine that keeps the server on the players’ build — from Keen’s own articles.