How to connect to your Enshrouded server

You join an Enshrouded server from the Join menu in the game: find it in the server list, search for it by address, or add it to your Steam favourites so it always sits at the top. Then type the password for your group.

Before you start

You need these from the server owner:

• The address and port. They’re on the address card on Overview and look like embervale.play.wilderack.com:31207. The port is picked for this server, so it isn’t Enshrouded’s default port 15637.
• Your group password. Each group (Admin, Friend, Guest, Visitor) has its own. The one you use decides what you can do. See roles and permissions.
• The wake link, in case the server is asleep: play.wilderack.com/w/embervale.

Enshrouded runs on PC through Steam, and on Steam Deck. The PlayStation 5 version can’t join PC servers, because the game has no crossplay yet.

Join from the server list

1. Start Enshrouded and choose Join from the main menu.
2. In the server filter on the right, make sure dedicated servers are shown.
3. Type the server name in the search box.
4. Select the server and join.
5. Type your group password.

A server only shows in this list while it’s awake, and a new one can take a few minutes to appear. Favourites are more reliable, below.

Search by address in the game

The Join menu also lets you search for a server by its address.

1. Open Join and choose the search by IP option.
2. Type the address and port from your address card, like embervale.play.wilderack.com:31207.
3. Select the server it finds and join.
4. Type your group password.

If the game doesn’t find the server by name, use Steam favourites instead.

Add the server to Steam favourites

This is Keen Games’ own recommended way, and the most reliable one. Steam favourites show at the top of Enshrouded’s server list, even while your server sleeps.

1. Open the Steam app on your PC.
2. In the menu bar, choose View > Game Servers.
3. Open the Favorites tab and choose the + button to add a server.
4. Type the address and port from your address card, like embervale.play.wilderack.com:31207, and add it.
5. Start Enshrouded and open Join. Your server is at the top of the list.

Steam saves the number address behind the name. If the server’s address ever changes, remove the favourite and add it again.

Passwords and groups

When you join, Enshrouded asks for a password. Whatever group that password belongs to is what you get on the server:

• Admin password: you can kick and ban, build anywhere and open every chest.
• Friend password: you can build in bases and use chests.
• Guest password: you can explore, fight and gather, but not build in bases or open chests.
• Visitor password: you can explore and fight only.

The owner can rename groups or make new ones, so your server may use different names. Your character comes with you either way, because Enshrouded keeps it on your own PC.

Will joining wake the server?

Joining a sleeping server wakes it, usually in a couple of seconds. The sleeping server still shows in your Steam favourites with a 💤 before its name.

If the game says it can’t reach the server, or the join fails the first time:

1. Open the wake link, play.wilderack.com/w/embervale, and wake the server.
2. Wait until the page says it’s awake.
3. Join again from your favourites.

The owner can share the wake link to Discord from the address card, so anyone in the group can wake it.

Can’t connect?

• The server isn’t in the list: see the server isn’t in the server list.
• “Version mismatch”: your game and the server are on different versions. See Version mismatch.
• “The server is full or not available”: see the server is full or not available.
• The password doesn’t work: see the password isn’t accepted.
• You can join but can’t build or open chests: your password put you in a group without those rights. See can’t build or open chests.