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Conan Exiles server files and folders: where things are

Where a Conan Exiles server keeps its world, settings, logs, mod list and Workshop mods in Files, and which files the panel rewrites at every start.

Updated , checked on Conan Exiles Enhanced, server build 25792439

Most of a Conan Exiles server is under ConanSandbox, in Files. The world is ConanSandbox/Saved/game_0.db, settings are in ConanSandbox/Saved/Config/LinuxServer, logs are in ConanSandbox/Saved/Logs, and Workshop mods are in steamapps/workshop.

Open Files

Open the Files tab of your server. Open the folders in the order below.

The world folder

Folder: ConanSandbox/Saved

This folder holds what changes while people play.

  • game_0.db is the world. The whole world, with every character, base and thrall, is this one file. See the world file.
  • game_0_backup_1.db, game_0_backup_2.db and so on are the game’s own copies of the world. The game makes one as the server starts and every 5 minutes while it runs. The number 1 is the newest. The World page lists them and puts one back.
  • whitelist.txt is the whitelist, one line for each player in the form id:name. A player the game has not seen shows the name Unknown.
  • blacklist.txt is the ban list.

The game reads the whitelist and the ban list at its start.

game_0.db-wal and game_0.db-shm sit beside the world and belong to it while the server runs. Move or copy the world only when the server is stopped. A world the panel set aside is named game_0_panel- followed by the reason (such as before-new-world), a time stamp and .db.

Files open at ConanSandbox/Saved, with the Config and Logs folders, the world file game_0.db and the game's backup copies
  1. The world file
  2. Connect for SFTP

The world file (1) is in the list after the folders. The Connect button (2) is how you reach these files from a file program.

The settings folder

Folder: ConanSandbox/Saved/Config/LinuxServer

These are the settings files. You can change them in the Config Editor, which is easier and checks values.

  • ServerSettings.ini holds the server settings: PvP, rates, whitelist switch, the message of the day and more.
  • Engine.ini holds the engine’s settings. The panel writes the server name here at every start. It also holds the line that leaves the Isle of Siptah out, when you turn it off.
  • Game.ini holds the remote console settings the panel uses.
  • ModHttp.ini lists the web addresses mods may reach. The World page edits it.

The panel writes some keys into these files every time the server starts: the passwords, the remote console settings and the server name. If you change one of those by hand, it is set back at the next start. Change passwords under Passwords in the Config Editor and the name on Startup.

The logs

Folder: ConanSandbox/Saved/Logs

  • ConanSandbox.log is the log of the current start.
  • ConanSandbox-backup- with a date and time is an older start. The game keeps the newest ten.
  • RconCommandLog.log records every command sent through the remote console.

See the Console page for how these relate to what you see on screen.

Crash reports

Folder: ConanSandbox/Saved/Crashes

If the game’s engine crashes, it writes a folder here with a crash report inside. The Crashes tab reads these for you.

The mod list

Folder: ConanSandbox/Mods

modlist.txt is the list of mods the game loads, one line for each, in order. The Mods tab writes it when you apply changes. See modlist.txt.

Downloaded mods

Folder: steamapps/workshop

Workshop mods download to steamapps/workshop/content/440900, in a folder named after each mod’s number. Inside is the mod’s .pak file. Do not rename a .pak file. Funcom says a renamed mod file fails to load.

Get a file out

To download a file, open its menu in Files and choose Download. To get a whole folder, choose Archive on it and download the archive. For many files, use the Connect menu, then via SFTP, which shows SFTP Details for a file program.

A file you delete goes to the Trash button on the Files page and can be restored with Restore to… for a limited time.

If it does not work

  • You cannot find game_0.db. A new server makes it at its first start. The World page says “Not made yet” until then.
  • A setting you changed by hand came back. It is one of the keys the panel sets at every start. Use Passwords or Startup instead.
  • A mod’s folder is empty. The mod was not downloaded yet. Apply it from the Mods tab.

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