Generate a Conan Exiles ServerSettings.ini

Conan's settings file has one habit that catches almost everyone eventually: the server writes over it.

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Visual Settings

ini Format

Identity

ServerName

Name in the server browser.

Gameplay

PVPEnabled

Player versus player combat.

MaxNudity

0 none, 1 partial, 2 full. Server-side setting that overrides client preference.

PlayerXPRateMultiplier

Overall experience rate.

HarvestAmountMultiplier

Resources gathered per action.

ItemSpoilRateScale

How fast food and perishables decay. 0 stops spoilage entirely.

StaminaCostMultiplier

Stamina drain rate.

CraftingTimeMultiplier

Crafting speed. Lower is faster.

ThrallCraftingTimeMultiplier

Wheel of Pain conversion speed. This is the setting that makes thrall times on a modded server differ from every online calculator.

LogoutCharactersRemainInTheWorld

Leaves your character in the world after disconnecting, where it can still be killed.

World

ResourceRespawnSpeedMultiplier

How quickly harvested nodes return.

DayCycleSpeedScale

Day length.

NPCRespawnMultiplier

How quickly NPC camps repopulate.

Players & Access

ServerPassword

Join password.

AdminPassword

Grants admin rights in game. Change it before going public.

MaxPlayers

Slot limit.

IsBattlEyeEnabled

Anti-cheat. Note the server does not answer queries until BattlEye finishes initialising after a restart.

ServerSettings.ini

AdminPassword — This is still the example admin password. Change it before the server is reachable.

[ServerSettings]
ServerName=My Conan
ServerPassword=
AdminPassword=changeme123
MaxPlayers=40
PVPEnabled=True
MaxNudity=2
IsBattlEyeEnabled=True
PlayerXPRateMultiplier=1
HarvestAmountMultiplier=1
ItemSpoilRateScale=1
ResourceRespawnSpeedMultiplier=1
StaminaCostMultiplier=1
CraftingTimeMultiplier=1
ThrallCraftingTimeMultiplier=1
DayCycleSpeedScale=1
LogoutCharactersRemainInTheWorld=False
NPCRespawnMultiplier=1

The ServerSettings.ini format

Standard sectioned INI, booleans as True and False. At boot the server loads the file and uses its values — exactly as you would hope, as long as you ignore what happens when it stops.

The mistake that wastes an evening

When Conan shuts down, it dumps its live settings into the file, over the top of whatever is there. That makes editing a running server pointless: the instant it stops, your changes are gone. The only safe order is stop, edit, start.

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Visual Settings

ServerSettings.ini

The ServerSettings.ini format

The mistake that wastes an evening

Rather not run the server yourself?