Check if your Conan Exiles server is online
Conan Exiles answers queries on a separate port that is nowhere near the game port — it lives in a completely different range.
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The ports Conan Exiles uses
Players join on one UDP port, while queries go to a Steam query port in the 27000s. Since the numbers look unrelated, people forward the game port, assume that is everything, and end up with a server friends can reach by IP that never shows in any list.
Every port a default Conan Exiles install uses
With the game port left at 7777. If you changed it with Port= in Engine.ini, the other ports move with it.
| Port | What it is for |
|---|---|
| 7777 UDP | Game trafficRequired Gameplay. |
| 7778 UDP | Raw socketRequired Conan claims game port + 1 the same way ARK does. |
| 27015 UDP | Steam queryRequired QueryPort, for the server browser. |
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Still offline? Try this
Forward both, as UDP. If queries still time out, check whether BattlEye is on and has finished starting — the server stays quiet until it has, and on a large map that takes a while.
What a Conan Exiles server needs to run well
- Memory, 10 players
- 8 GB
- CPU cores
- 4+
- Disk
- 40 GB+
Thrall AI and building simulation dominate; both scale with what players have built.
What the checker asks
Conan answers the standard Steam server query on its query port, 27015 by default. The checker sends that query, so the number to type is the query port, not the 7777 players connect with. Both are set in Engine.ini: the game port as Port under [URL], and the query port as GameServerQueryPort under [OnlineSubsystemNull], or on the command line with -Port and -QueryPort.
After a patch
The dedicated server is its own Steam app, 443030 in SteamCMD, and it does not update when the game does. Clients that have updated cannot join an older server, even though it still answers this check. Update the server and restart it whenever Funcom ships a patch, before looking for any other fault.
Two servers on one machine
Each server needs its own game port, the one above it, and its own query port. Leave a second server on 27015 and only one of them answers queries; the other looks offline here and in the browser even with players inside it.