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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Conan Exiles Enhanced Server Migration Guide}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Conan Exiles Enhanced Server Migration Guide}}


This guide covers moving a Survival Servers Conan Exiles server from the original UE4 build to Conan Exiles Enhanced, the UE5 build scheduled for Funcom's public dedicated-server release on May 5, 2026.
This guide covers moving a Survival Servers Conan Exiles Legacy server to Conan Exiles Enhanced.


== What changes in Enhanced ==
== What's different in Enhanced ==


* The public Conan Exiles Steam app becomes Conan Exiles Enhanced on May 5, 2026.
* The Conan Exiles Enhanced server reads your existing Legacy <code>game.db</code> save on first startup and writes a new save file.
* The original UE4 build remains available through the Conan-Exiles-Legacy branch.
* After that first startup, the new save file is no longer readable by the original Legacy server.
* Enhanced reads the UE4 Exiled Lands save database on first startup.
* Isle of Siptah is no longer a separate dedicated-server map. Siptah-only data files are not used by the Enhanced server.
* During first Enhanced startup, the server copies <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\game.db</code> to a UE5 save named <code>game_0.db</code>.
* The original Legacy build is still available as a separate Conan Exiles product on Survival Servers, pinned to the <code>conan-exiles-legacy</code> Steam branch so it stays on the classic version.
* After conversion, <code>game_0.db</code> is not readable by the UE4 Legacy server.
* Isle of Siptah is not launched as a separate UE5 dedicated-server map. Siptah-specific <code>dlc_siptah.db</code> data is not used by the UE5 server.


== Before you migrate ==
== Before you migrate ==


# Make sure the source Conan Exiles server is using Exiled Lands, not Isle of Siptah.
# Make sure your source Conan Exiles Legacy server is using Exiled Lands, not Isle of Siptah. Move characters off Siptah first if needed.
# Stop the source Conan Exiles server.
# Stop the source Legacy server.
# Stop the target Conan Exiles Enhanced server.
# Stop the target Enhanced server.
# Create or download a backup of the source server's <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> folder.
# Create or download a backup of the source server's <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> folder.
# Keep that UE4 backup until you have joined the Enhanced server and verified your characters, buildings, and settings.
# Keep that Legacy backup until you have joined the Enhanced server and verified your characters, buildings, and settings.


Do not delete your UE4 server or backup immediately after the first Enhanced startup. The UE5 conversion is one-way.
The first Enhanced startup is a one-way conversion of the copied save. Do not delete your Legacy server or Legacy backup immediately afterward.


== Automatic same-machine copy ==
== Easiest path: in-panel migration tool ==


If your Conan Exiles server and Conan Exiles Enhanced server are on the same machine and under the same account, the Enhanced control panel can copy the UE4 save for you.
If your Conan Exiles Legacy server and Conan Exiles Enhanced server are on the same machine and on the same Survival Servers account, the Enhanced control panel can copy the save for you.


# Open the Conan Exiles Enhanced server in the control panel.
# Open the Conan Exiles Enhanced server in the [https://www.survivalservers.com/sspanel/ control panel].
# Find the Migrating from Conan Exiles (UE4) panel.
# Find the '''Transferring from Legacy?''' alert and click '''Migration Tools'''.
# Select the stopped Conan Exiles source server.
# Confirm both servers are stopped (the dialog will tell you which one is still running and how to fix it).
# Click Copy UE4 Save.
# Pick your eligible Legacy source from the dropdown.
# Start the Enhanced server after the copy completes.
# Click '''Copy Save to Enhanced'''.
# Wait for the first Enhanced startup to finish creating <code>game_0.db</code>.
# Start the Enhanced server.
# Join the server and verify your save in-game.
# Wait for the first Enhanced startup to finish converting the save.
# Join the server and verify in-game.


The automatic copy refuses Siptah sources, running servers, servers with another active panel task, and servers on a different machine. If your source is on a different machine, open a support ticket and staff can move the save manually.
The migration tool refuses Siptah sources, running servers, servers with another active panel task, and servers on a different machine. If your source is on a different machine, see the next section.


== Manual FTP migration ==
== Cross-host or self-hosted: upload your save ==


Use this path if you are moving a save yourself or keeping a local copy.
Use this path when your Legacy server lives somewhere else — another hosting provider, a self-hosted box, or a separate Survival Servers machine.


# Stop both servers.
# Stop both servers (yours, and the Enhanced server you are moving to).
# Connect to the source Conan Exiles server by FTP.
# Connect to the source Legacy server by FTP or its file manager.
# Download <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\game.db</code> and any matching <code>game.db-wal</code> or <code>game.db-shm</code> files if present.
# Download <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\game.db</code>. If <code>game.db-wal</code> or <code>game.db-shm</code> are present, grab those too.
# Connect to the Conan Exiles Enhanced server by FTP.
# Open the file manager on your Conan Exiles Enhanced server (or use the '''Open Save Folder''' button in the migration dialog).
# Upload those files into <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> on the Enhanced server.
# Upload the file(s) into <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> on the Enhanced server.
# Start the Enhanced server.
# Start the Enhanced server.
# Confirm that <code>game_0.db</code> is created after first startup.
# Confirm a new save is created, then join the server and verify the converted save.
# Join the server and verify the converted save.


If the Enhanced server already has a live save, back up its <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> folder before replacing any database files.
If the Enhanced server already has a live save you want to preserve, back up its <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> folder before replacing any database files. The migration tool does this automatically when you use the in-panel path; manual uploaders need to do it themselves.


== Isle of Siptah warning ==
== Isle of Siptah ==


Enhanced does not use the separate UE4 Isle of Siptah dedicated-server map or <code>dlc_siptah.db</code>. If your active server is Siptah, move characters to Exiled Lands before migrating. Do not use the automatic copy tool for a Siptah save.
Conan Exiles Enhanced does not use the separate Siptah dedicated-server map or the Siptah database file. If your active server is Siptah, move characters to Exiled Lands before migrating. The migration tool will refuse a Siptah source for this reason.


== Mods ==
== Mods ==


UE4 Conan Exiles mods are not automatically compatible with Enhanced. Check each Steam Workshop page for Enhanced or UE5 support before migrating a heavily modded server. If a mod is not updated for Enhanced, remove it before first startup or test on a separate copy.
Legacy Conan Exiles mods are not automatically compatible with Enhanced. Check each Steam Workshop page for Enhanced compatibility before migrating a heavily modded server. If a mod is not yet updated for Enhanced, remove it before first startup or test the migration on a separate copy. See [[Installing Workshop Mods on Conan Exiles Enhanced]] for the post-migration mod workflow.


== Rollback expectations ==
== Rollback expectations ==


You can keep running the original UE4 server from a UE4 backup or the Conan-Exiles-Legacy branch, but you cannot take an Enhanced <code>game_0.db</code> save and load it back into UE4. Treat the first Enhanced startup as a one-way conversion of that copy.
You can keep running the original Conan Exiles Legacy server from a Legacy backup or by ordering a Conan Exiles (Legacy) product, but you cannot take the converted Enhanced save and load it back into Legacy. Treat the first Enhanced startup as a one-way conversion of that copy.


== Troubleshooting ==
== Troubleshooting ==


* If the copy button is disabled, hover over the source server list entry or read the reason shown next to the server. Common causes are running source server, different machine, Siptah map, or an active panel task.
* '''Migration Tools button is disabled.''' Open the dialog and read the explanation — common causes are running source server, different machine, Siptah map, or an active panel task. Each one tells you the exact fix.
* If <code>game_0.db</code> is not created, stop the Enhanced server, confirm <code>game.db</code> is present in <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code>, then start it again.
* '''Save did not convert on first start.''' Stop the Enhanced server, confirm <code>game.db</code> is present in <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> on the Enhanced server, then start it again.
* If the server starts fresh, stop it and verify that the uploaded files are in the target Enhanced server's <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> folder, not a nested folder.
* '''Server starts fresh with an empty world.''' Make sure the uploaded save is in the target Enhanced server's <code>ConanSandbox\Saved\</code> folder, not a nested folder. Stop, fix the path, and try again.
* If your source and target servers are on different machines, open a support ticket and include both game server IDs.
* '''Source and target are on different machines.''' Use the upload path above, or open a support ticket and staff can move the save manually.
 
== Related guides ==
 
* [[Installing Workshop Mods on Conan Exiles Enhanced]]
* [[Conan Exiles Enhanced Server Configuration]]
* [[Adding Admins to a Conan Exiles Enhanced Server]]


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Revision as of 13:26, 5 May 2026


This guide covers moving a Survival Servers Conan Exiles Legacy server to Conan Exiles Enhanced.

What's different in Enhanced

  • The Conan Exiles Enhanced server reads your existing Legacy game.db save on first startup and writes a new save file.
  • After that first startup, the new save file is no longer readable by the original Legacy server.
  • Isle of Siptah is no longer a separate dedicated-server map. Siptah-only data files are not used by the Enhanced server.
  • The original Legacy build is still available as a separate Conan Exiles product on Survival Servers, pinned to the conan-exiles-legacy Steam branch so it stays on the classic version.

Before you migrate

  1. Make sure your source Conan Exiles Legacy server is using Exiled Lands, not Isle of Siptah. Move characters off Siptah first if needed.
  2. Stop the source Legacy server.
  3. Stop the target Enhanced server.
  4. Create or download a backup of the source server's ConanSandbox\Saved\ folder.
  5. Keep that Legacy backup until you have joined the Enhanced server and verified your characters, buildings, and settings.

The first Enhanced startup is a one-way conversion of the copied save. Do not delete your Legacy server or Legacy backup immediately afterward.

Easiest path: in-panel migration tool

If your Conan Exiles Legacy server and Conan Exiles Enhanced server are on the same machine and on the same Survival Servers account, the Enhanced control panel can copy the save for you.

  1. Open the Conan Exiles Enhanced server in the control panel.
  2. Find the Transferring from Legacy? alert and click Migration Tools.
  3. Confirm both servers are stopped (the dialog will tell you which one is still running and how to fix it).
  4. Pick your eligible Legacy source from the dropdown.
  5. Click Copy Save to Enhanced.
  6. Start the Enhanced server.
  7. Wait for the first Enhanced startup to finish converting the save.
  8. Join the server and verify in-game.

The migration tool refuses Siptah sources, running servers, servers with another active panel task, and servers on a different machine. If your source is on a different machine, see the next section.

Cross-host or self-hosted: upload your save

Use this path when your Legacy server lives somewhere else — another hosting provider, a self-hosted box, or a separate Survival Servers machine.

  1. Stop both servers (yours, and the Enhanced server you are moving to).
  2. Connect to the source Legacy server by FTP or its file manager.
  3. Download ConanSandbox\Saved\game.db. If game.db-wal or game.db-shm are present, grab those too.
  4. Open the file manager on your Conan Exiles Enhanced server (or use the Open Save Folder button in the migration dialog).
  5. Upload the file(s) into ConanSandbox\Saved\ on the Enhanced server.
  6. Start the Enhanced server.
  7. Confirm a new save is created, then join the server and verify the converted save.

If the Enhanced server already has a live save you want to preserve, back up its ConanSandbox\Saved\ folder before replacing any database files. The migration tool does this automatically when you use the in-panel path; manual uploaders need to do it themselves.

Isle of Siptah

Conan Exiles Enhanced does not use the separate Siptah dedicated-server map or the Siptah database file. If your active server is Siptah, move characters to Exiled Lands before migrating. The migration tool will refuse a Siptah source for this reason.

Mods

Legacy Conan Exiles mods are not automatically compatible with Enhanced. Check each Steam Workshop page for Enhanced compatibility before migrating a heavily modded server. If a mod is not yet updated for Enhanced, remove it before first startup or test the migration on a separate copy. See Installing Workshop Mods on Conan Exiles Enhanced for the post-migration mod workflow.

Rollback expectations

You can keep running the original Conan Exiles Legacy server from a Legacy backup or by ordering a Conan Exiles (Legacy) product, but you cannot take the converted Enhanced save and load it back into Legacy. Treat the first Enhanced startup as a one-way conversion of that copy.

Troubleshooting

  • Migration Tools button is disabled. Open the dialog and read the explanation — common causes are running source server, different machine, Siptah map, or an active panel task. Each one tells you the exact fix.
  • Save did not convert on first start. Stop the Enhanced server, confirm game.db is present in ConanSandbox\Saved\ on the Enhanced server, then start it again.
  • Server starts fresh with an empty world. Make sure the uploaded save is in the target Enhanced server's ConanSandbox\Saved\ folder, not a nested folder. Stop, fix the path, and try again.
  • Source and target are on different machines. Use the upload path above, or open a support ticket and staff can move the save manually.

Related guides

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