CONAN
Exiles Enhanced
A Conan Exiles Enhanced dedicated server on the JCBX box. PvE, seventy seats, layered backups, Tailscale-only access.
Server
| Game | Conan Exiles Enhanced (UE5) |
|---|---|
| Map | Exiled Lands + Isle of Siptah (combined regions, Enhanced) |
| Mode | PvE · no PvP, no offline raids, no decay |
| Slots | 70 |
| Region | North America · Chicago, US |
| Address | 100.127.87.32:7777 (Tailscale) |
| Hardware | Ryzen 9 7950X3D · 192 GB DDR5 · NVMe |
| Mods | None (Enhanced is too new for stable Linux mod builds; revisited monthly) |
Tuning
Light QoL only. Combat, harvest rates, XP, and gathering all stay vanilla — the loop Funcom shipped is well-paced.
| Setting | Server | Vanilla | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly fire | 0× | 0.25× | Teammates can't damage each other |
| Crafting speed | 0.75× | 1.00× | 25% faster crafting timers |
| Wheel of Pain | 0.75× | 1.00× | 25% faster thrall conversion |
| Building decay | Disabled | Disabled | Bases never abandoned, no auto-demolish |
| Thrall decay | Disabled | Disabled | Followers don't disappear if you take a break |
| Living settlements | Enabled | Enabled | Workers wander, sleep, eat — immersion on |
Schedule
| When | Event |
|---|---|
| Daily · 04:00 CT | Server restart. RCON broadcasts at T−5 min, T−1 min, T−10 s. Save snapshot taken before stop. Back online within 60 s. |
| All other hours | Always PvE. No combat between players, no building damage from other players, no decay. |
Conan Exiles has known memory creep over multi-day uptime — a UE5-engine quirk Funcom hasn't fully eliminated. The 04:00 CT restart keeps it bounded; you'll be reconnected within a minute. If you're mid-fight or mid-craft when the warnings hit, find a wall first.
Backups
Four tiers stacked, each closing the gap left by the next coarser one. A bad pull, a corrupted save, or a regretted decision rolls back to whichever tier matches the elapsed time.
| Tier | Cadence | Coverage | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 min | 2.5 h | Engine rolling backups (30 slots) |
| 2a | 1 hour | 24 h | Live SQLite snapshot, integrity-checked |
| 2b | Daily | 14 d | Full save tarball at restart |
| 3 | Daily | 7 d | System rsync with hardlinks |
Security
The server is not on the public internet. Access is gated by a Tailscale (WireGuard) mesh — the public IP runs UFW deny-all on inbound, with the only exceptions being Tailscale's WireGuard handshake and mDNS. Game ports bind to the Tailscale interface, never to the public NIC.
| Public exposure | None — UFW deny-all on public NIC |
|---|---|
| Game traffic | Tailscale 100.127.87.32 only |
| RCON | Loopback only (127.0.0.1) |
| SSH | Key-only, no root, fail2ban |
| OS updates | Unattended security patches, daily |
| Watchdog | Hardware (IPMI) + kernel panic auto-reboot |
Roadmap
No wipes planned. The world, your character, your bases, and your thralls are permanent — nothing about your progress is going away.
| Phase | What |
|---|---|
| Now | Vanilla Conan Exiles Enhanced. This server tracks Funcom's Enhanced patches as they ship. No reset on patch. |
| Mods | Holding off until Pippi, Hosav's UI, Emberlight, or equivalent ports cleanly to UE5/Linux. Re-evaluated monthly; community will be polled before anything is added. |
| Long-term | This world stays online and patched for as long as people are still actively playing on it. If a future Funcom event ever forces a fresh-world option, the legacy world stays available alongside. |
Translation — if you're invested in this world, keep playing. Patches don't reset the save. Mods, when they happen, won't either.
Joining
| Step | What |
|---|---|
| 1 | Get a Tailscale invite from Discord. Free Tailscale account; takes ~2 minutes. |
| 2 | Install Tailscale on your machine and sign in. Verify you can ping 100.127.87.32. |
| 3 | In Conan Exiles: Play → Online → Direct Connect → 100.127.87.32:7777 |