Conan Exiles Mods – How to Install Them

INTRODUCTION TO CONAN EXILES MODS

Conan Exiles brings forth a fun and barbaric adventure as you set out across a dangerous quest fighting other barbarians to survive and conquer the Exiled Lands. While enjoying the epic quest brought by Conan Exiles, more endless content and excitement await when you introduce mods to your game and server for you and your friends to enjoy.

Conan mods will take your gaming experience and server to a new level by adding nearly anything you can imagine! You can install mods of all sorts, whether you’re looking to add new pets, unique weapons, custom maps, or even new features like a role-playing gamemode. Take your server to the next level today by learning how you can install Conan mods to your game and Conan Exiles server!

INSTALLING MODS TO YOUR CONAN EXILES GAME

Installing mods to Conan Exiles can be done for both the game and Conan Exiles servers. When playing on Conan Exiles modded servers, your game will need to have the same mods installed as that server. You can start by installing mods to your game using the Conan Exiles Steam Workshop. After mods are on your Conan Exiles game, you’ll be able to add the mods to your server with ease. Follow the steps shown below to add mods to your Conan Exiles game.

1. On Steam access to your game library, select Conan Exiles. You can then press the “Workshop” option to open the Conan Exiles Steam Workshop.
2. In the Steam Workshop, use the search feature to look for and find Conan mods you’d like to use.
3. Once you have found a mod, click on that mod and then press “Subscribe”.
   
4. Subscribe to all of the mods you’d like to add to your game and server.
5. Once done, start your Conan Exiles game until you reach the game launcher.
6. On the Conan Exiles game launcher, select the “Mods” tab. You can now drag and drop mods from the “Available” section to the “Selected” section to activate those mods.
   
   • You can also start up Conan Exiles fully and, from the main menu, click “MODS” and move mods from “Available Mods” to “Selected Mods” to activate them. This method will require you to restart your game to load those mods.
     
7. Your selected mods will now load on your Conan Exiles game! To enjoy mods on your server with other players, continue below to learn how to add Conan Exiles mods to your server!

ADDING MODS TO YOUR CONAN EXILES SERVER

With your Conan mods ready, it is now time to add those mods to your game server. If you are a Nitrado server owner, you will gain access to an easy-to-install menu to easily add mods to your Conan Exiles server. Learn how to install mods automatically with a Nitrado server and manually with a Conan Exiles dedicated server.

HOW TO INSTALL CONAN EXILES SERVER MODS AUTOMATICALLY

1. First, go on Steam and access the Conan Exiles Steam Workshop.
2. Find and view each Conan Exiles mod you’d like to add to your server and view that mod’s description.
3. In the description, you can find the mod ID of each mod you’d like to add. Subscribe to each mod to add them to your Conan Exiles game. While doing this, save the mod IDs of each of those mods in a list for step 6.
   
4. Once you are ready with that list of Conan Exiles mod IDs, continue to your server panel.
5. On your Conan Exiles server to the left, under “SETTINGS”, select the “Mods + Workshop” option.
   
6. In the “Active Mods (IDs)” section, add the Conan Exiles mod IDs of each mod you’d like to add to your server just like this:
   
   • When adding the mod IDs, the mod IDs will need to be in the same order as they are listed in your game:
     
7. After adding those mod IDs, press “Save changes” at the bottom. Those mods will now appear next to “Installed Mods” in that order within your server mod settings.
   
8. Lastly, restart your server to load those mods, and you will now be able to connect to your modded Conan Exiles game server!

INSTALLING CONAN EXILES MODS TO SERVERS MANUALLY

1. To begin, on your computer, go to this location to find your Conan Exiles Steam workshop mod folders, each named after their mod IDs:
   \ProgramFiles(x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\440900\
   
2. You can find each Conan Exiles mod .pak file in these folders. You will need these .pak files to install them on your server.
   
3. Create a “Mods” folder on your computer and copy & paste each of those mod .pak files inside of that newly created folder.
   
4. While inside the “Mods” folder you created, right-click and create a new text document named modlist.
5. Edit that modlist.txt file and in that file, add your Conan Exiles server mods, one per line, with an asterix(*) in front of each mod:
   
6. You will now need to log in to your Conan Exiles server’s FTP using an external FTP program such as FileZilla.
7. In your Conan Exiles files, go to the location:
   \conan\ConanSandbox\
8. At this location, upload the “Mods” folder you created and allow all of the mod files to upload.
   
9. Once those mod files have completed uploading, go on your Conan Exiles server control panel and restart your server.
10. Once online, your Conan Exiles server will now be modded!

LOADING CONAN EXILES MAP MODS TO SERVERS

1. Start by using the steps above to install the Conan Exiles map mod to your server.
2. Head to your Conan Exiles web interface and stop your server.
3. Next, to the left under “TOOLS”, select “File Browser” to access your server files.
   
4. In your File Browser, go to this location:
   \conan\ConanSandbox\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\
   
5. Inside the WindowsServer folder, click Engine.ini to edit that file.
6. At the bottom of the Engine.ini file, add these lines to edit the server map:
   [/Script/EngineSettings.GameMapsSettings]
ServerDefaultMap=
7. You can find the name of that Conan Exiles mod’s map on its mod Steam page. For our example with Kalimdor Exile, that map’s name is:
   
8. Set that map name as the ServerDefaultMap like this:
   
9. After adding those lines and inserting the map name, press “Save changes” at the bottom and start your Conan Exiles server.
10. You will now be able to join and play that modded Conan Exiles map on your server!

HOW TO FIX CONAN EXILES MOD MISMATCH ERRORS

OUT OF ORDER MODLIST.TXT

The error mod mismatch is commonly caused by your modlist.txt on your game and server not matching. When adding mods, the mod lists of the Conan Exiles game and the Conan Exiles server will need to be in the same order.

To ensure your mod lists are the same, edit your mod list orders in your Conan Exiles game and on your server modlist.txt. While looking at your mod lists for your game and Conan Exiles server, ensure they are in the same order. If you have a Nitrado server, you can use the convenient “Mods + Workshop” area to efficiently re-order the mod IDs to fix the ordering. Thankfully, until you repair the order of your Conan mods, you will still be able to join your server after the game running a quick mod check and restart to help temporarily correct the issue.

MODS OUTDATED / NOT UPDATED

Mod authors will update mods in the Steam Workshop that provide fixes for bugs, new features, and improvements. When mods update, they will need to be updated for both the Conan Exiles game and the Conan Exiles server if you’re playing with friends. You can follow each section below to ensure your mods are up-to-date on Steam and your Conan Exiles dedicated server!

STEAM & CONAN EXILES GAME

To update your mods on Steam and Conan Exiles, check your Steam “DOWNLOADS” section. If Conan Exiles needs to be updated, press that download icon next to that game. Pressing the download icon will install any Conan Exiles game updates and mod updates available for download.

NITRADO GAME SERVERS

Conan Exiles servers at Nitrado keep your server mods updated automatically. When one of your Conan mod requires an update, simply restart your Conan Exiles server. That Conan Exiles mod will then automatically update to the latest version. Additionally, you can go to your server’s “Mods + Workshop” section and press “Force Update” on a mod to force that mod to update. When performing a force update, the next time you restart your Conan Exiles game server, that mod will update to the latest available version.

SERVERS WITH MODS MANUALLY INSTALLED

When Conan mods are installed manually to a server, these mods will not automatically update when a new version of that mod releases. Therefore, to update mods on a Conan Exiles server with manually installed mods, you will need to remove those mods from your server files and then reinstall them using the latest mod .pak files from your Steam game files. You can repeat the steps in the section “INSTALLING CONAN EXILES MODS TO SERVERS MANUALLY” to reinstall and update a Conan Exiles mod on your server.

EXPERIENCE CONAN EXILES MODS ON SERVERS

Now that you know how to install Conan Exiles mods, you can try some of the nearly 3,000 Conan Exiles mods available to be installed! Trying mods on Conan Exiles will expand your adventure for you and your players with almost anything imaginable. The mods you and your players can use on your Conan Exiles server include new weapons such as a magic sword, custom maps taking you to worlds like Kalimdor from World of Warcraft, and even the Armor of the Sun armor set from Dark Souls. Get started with adding Conan Exiles mods to your Conan Exiles game server to see what server adventures you will create with your friends!