modlist.txt is the list the game reads to know which mods to load. It holds one line for each mod pak, with the full path to the pak, and the game loads them from the top down. On Loafhosts the Mods page writes this file for you when you apply the list. Most people never open it.
Where it is
Open Files and go to ConanSandbox/Mods. The file is modlist.txt.
- modlist.txt
What a line looks like
Each line is the full path to a pak that Steam downloaded. For a mod from the Steam Workshop it looks like this:
/home/container/steamapps/workshop/content/440900/<id>/<Name>.pakThe parts are:
/home/containeris the server’s own folder.440900is the number of the Conan Exiles Workshop.<id>is the Workshop ID of the mod.<Name>.pakis the pak. A mod is one.pakfile.
The order of the lines is the load order. The top line loads first.
Who writes it
The panel does. When you choose Apply or Apply and restart on the Mods page, it:
- Downloads the mods you added.
- Writes
modlist.txt, one line a mod, in the order of your list. - Writes the same IDs, in the same order, into the
ServerModListsetting. Players’ games read that setting to know which mods to download. You will see it locked in the Config Editor, because the Mods page keeps it the same as the mods the server loads.
The game reads the file when it starts. A change to the list takes effect at the next start, and Apply and restart does that start for you.
Paks you list by hand
You can add a line yourself, for a pak you uploaded to ConanSandbox/Mods. Put the full path on its own line.
The panel leaves a line like that alone. When it writes the file, hand-listed paks stay at the top, in the order you gave them. The Workshop mods from your list go below them.
A pak listed by hand has no Workshop ID, so it is not part of ServerModList. Players’ games download only the mods named there, so players must install a hand-listed pak themselves. Whether the game refuses a player who lacks it was not checked on Enhanced, server build 25792439 as of 13 November 2026.
If it does not work
- The mod is on the list but does not load. The Mods page says “On the list, but the game did not load it at its last start.” Open its log from that start. A mod made for the old Conan Exiles never loads on Enhanced, and the game says nothing about it in the log.
- The file is empty or missing. Nothing has been applied yet. Add a mod and choose Apply.
- A pak you listed by hand is missing. Check that the path in the line matches the file in Files, letter for letter. Do not rename a mod pak: see do not rename mod pak files.
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