How to port forward a Conan Exiles server
Conan Exiles needs the game port on UDP, the port directly above it, and the Steam query port.
Your setup
Pick the firmware family, not the exact model — the menus are identical across a range.
Default is 7777. If you changed it, it is the value of Port= in Engine.ini.
The private address of the machine running the server — ipconfig on Windows, ip addr on Linux. It starts with 192.168, 10. or 172.
Open these
This firmware accepts ranges, so each line below is a single rule.
- 7777-7778 UDP
- 27015 UDP
7777UDPGame trafficGameplay.7778UDPRaw socketConan claims game port + 1 the same way ARK does.27015UDPSteam queryQueryPort, for the server browser.
Do not open these
This game has no remote-administration port to get wrong. Forward only what is listed on the left and nothing else.
Step by step: your router
- 1
Give the server a fixed local IP
A forward points at one address. If the server picks up a different one after a reboot, the rule silently starts pointing at nothing — this is why forwards "stop working" on their own.
On this router:look for DHCP Reservation, Address Reservation, Static Lease or Manually Assigned IP
- 2
Open the router admin page
Try these addresses in a browser on the same network:
- 192.168.0.1
- 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.2.1
- 10.0.0.1
Almost always printed on a sticker on the router itself.
- 3
Find the port forwarding page
Port Forwarding, Virtual Server, NAT, Applications & Gaming, or Port Mapping
Vendors use at least six names for the same feature. Whatever it is called, the page you want is the one asking for a port, a protocol and a device on your network. If the external and internal port fields both exist, set them to the same number.
- 4
Create one rule per line
a description field, if there is one External / WAN / Public / Service port Internal / LAN / Private port Protocol Internal IP / Device / Server IP Conan Exiles 7777-7778 7777-7778 UDP your server’s local IP Conan Exiles 27015 27015 UDP your server’s local IP External and internal port are the same number here. Changing the external port is possible, but then everyone connects on the new one, so keep them matched unless you have a reason.
- 5
Let the server through its own firewall
The router now sends traffic to the machine, and the machine can still refuse it. Windows Defender Firewall in particular blocks a freshly installed dedicated server by default, which looks exactly like a failed forward.
Take it with you
Conan Exiles — port forwarding rules ------------------------------------ 7777-7778 UDP -> <server local IP> 27015 UDP -> <server local IP>
Check whether it worked
Test from outside your own network. Connecting from a machine in the house proves nothing — that traffic never leaves the LAN and never touches the rule you just wrote.
What usually goes wrong
As with ARK, the port one above the game port is claimed silently and is not mentioned anywhere in the configuration. Missing it gives you a server that appears in the browser and then fails to complete the connection, which sends most people off editing settings that were never the problem.
Not forwarding at all
Conan's building system means the server's workload grows with everything your players have ever constructed, and it does not shrink when they log off. A world that ran comfortably in month one is a different proposition in month six.