{"article":{"id":16051370691485,"url":"https://enshrouded.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/16051370691485.json","html_url":"https://enshrouded.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/16051370691485-Dedicated-Server-Installation-on-Steam","author_id":8930288355485,"comments_disabled":false,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":4,"vote_sum":17,"vote_count":163,"section_id":16050842957085,"created_at":"2024-01-12T11:18:17Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:33:22Z","name":"Dedicated Server Installation on Steam","title":"Dedicated Server Installation on Steam","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2024-02-23T15:57:06Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":8940655324061,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>The title “Enshrouded” is bundled with a dedicated server executable. Purchasing and unlocking the game will automatically unlock the dedicated server in the “Tools” section of the Steam library.</p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><img src=\"https://enshrouded.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/16051364390685\"></p>\n<p>In order to see the Tools section you have to enable the \"Tools\" checkmark in your Steam library, as seen in the screenshot below.</p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><img src=\"https://enshrouded.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/16051364391965\"></p>\n<p>Getting started with the dedicated server setup requires a few simple steps:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the dedicated server via the tools section in the Steam library</li>\n<li>Right-click the program in the Steam library and select [Properties…] in context menu</li>\n</ol>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><img src=\"https://enshrouded.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/16051364393373\"></p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the “Installed Files” section and click on the [Browse…]-button. This will open the path to the downloaded files in Windows Explorer. Starting the Enshrouded Dedicated Server.exe starts the dedicated server.</li>\n<li>\n<strong>Note</strong>: when downloading the server from Steam, Steam will offer a “Launch”-button. We recommend not using the Steam “Launch”-button but run the *.exe instead as described above.</li>\n<li>After having started the dedicated server exe once, it will create a file called “enshrouded_server.json”. This file can be opened with any text editor and is used to configure the dedicated server.</li>\n<li>For now, only Windows is supported. Linux support is planned for later.</li>\n</ol>"}}