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Enshrouded Dedicated Server Not Showing After an Update: Fixes

Published September 23, 2026

Community-verified, not personally tested. The steps below are compiled from at least two independent public sources listed on this page. We have not reproduced them ourselves. Back up your save files before trying anything.

Short version: when a server that worked yesterday disappears right after a patch, the first thing to rule out is a version mismatch. Steam updates players' games automatically, but a self-hosted server only updates when you re-run SteamCMD. Update and restart the server first. If it's still missing, work through the rest of this list in order.

1. Update the server to the same build as the players

Both hosting-company guides we checked cover this. XGamingServer calls a patch mismatch “a huge share” of “server not showing up” reports, and GameServerKings says the client and server “must be on the same build”.

  • The dedicated server is a separate Steam app, Enshrouded Dedicated Server (app ID 2278520).
  • Re-run the SteamCMD app_update 2278520 command you used to install it, then restart the server.
  • On a rented server, restart it from your host’s panel. The GameServerKings guide says its servers update on restart.
  • Ask everyone to check that Steam has finished updating their game.

Not every patch needs a server update. For three 2026 hotfixes, Keen Games said outright that it wasn’t needed. See which Enshrouded hotfixes need a server update.

2. SteamCMD updated, but the server is still old

Replies in a Steam discussion thread started in January 2024 describe a common trap. SteamCMD downloads the new files into its own steamapps folder. If you run the server from a different folder, you’re still running the old copy. Either run the server from the SteamCMD install folder, or copy all of the updated EnshroudedServer files over your server folder. Back up enshrouded_server.json and your save folder first.

3. Turn on “Show dedicated server” in the in-game filter

According to GameServerKings, dedicated servers are hidden in the in-game server browser by default. It quotes Keen Games: “Make sure to enable the ‘Show dedicated server’ options in the server filter.” This is a setting on each player’s own game, so if one friend can see the server and another can’t, check this first.

4. Check the query port

The server list finds your server through the query port. The default is 15637 (UDP), set as queryPort in enshrouded_server.json. If players can connect directly but the server never shows up in a list, a closed query port is the usual cause.

The guides disagree on the rest of the port setup. XGamingServer says to forward both 15636 and 15637 (UDP). GameServerKings says Enshrouded uses a single query port. Check which ports your own enshrouded_server.json lists and forward those as UDP. If you rent a server, give players the port your host’s panel shows, not the default.

5. Get around the list with Steam favourites

This works even when the in-game list doesn’t cooperate. In the Steam client, open View → Game Servers → Favorites, add the server as IP:QueryPort, and it will appear at the top of Enshrouded’s server browser. Both hosting guides describe this, and a reply in the Steam thread suggests the same thing.

Still missing?

XGamingServer also mentions a Steam port conflict: if another game server on the same machine (for example ARK or Palworld) already holds port 27015, only the first server to grab it shows up in the browser. We haven’t found a second source for this, so treat it as a lead, not a confirmed fix.

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