Basic
For small sessions with friends.
€9.99/month
cancel monthly
Choose plan
- Players (guide value)approx. 4
- RAM6 GB
- vCores2
- NVMe30 GB
- 2 backup slots
Rent an Enshrouded server
Rent your own Enshrouded server: You pay for hardware, not slots. Up to 16 players build, fight and explore together in the fog – and your world stays open for your friends even when you are not online yourself.
Plan
€12.99 /month · approx. 8 players
Start with Advanced- Cancel monthly
- DDoS protection included
- Server in Germany
Server list in the Join menu Preview
Neuer Server von Nexthosting
Favorite via Steam
IP address:port from your panelThis is how your server appears in the server list – at first as “Neuer Server von Nexthosting”; you change the name in the startup settings. If it does not show up there, add it as a Steam favorite with its IP address and port.
Enshrouded server: plans and prices
Every plan includes DDoS protection, the panel and hosting in Germany. The plans differ in hardware – we do not limit slots.
Advanced
For regular groups and weekly sessions.
€12.99/month
cancel monthly
Choose plan
- Players (guide value)approx. 8
- RAM8 GB
- vCores3
- NVMe30 GB
- 3 backup slots
Premium
For larger servers and more headroom.
€17.99/month
cancel monthly
Choose plan
- Players (guide value)approx. 16
- RAM12 GB
- vCores4
- NVMe40 GB
- 4 backup slots
Included in every plan
- DDoS protectionIncluded with every server at no extra charge. With your own IP address: your own filter and protection panel.
- Backups2 to 4 backup slots depending on the plan – with one click or on your own schedule.
- Console and filesLive console, file manager in the browser and SFTP.
- Grows with youAdd RAM, cores or storage one by one – for good, or as a boost just for one evening.
- Co-adminsSeparate logins for friends and admins, with exactly the permissions you grant.
- Personal supportMon–Fri 9 a.m.–6 p.m. by ticket.
13th-generation Intel processorDDR4 memoryNVMe SSDData center in GermanyAvailability as set out in the Service Level Agreement
With monthly billing you can cancel monthly. Up to 15% cheaper when you pay in advance. Final prices, no setup fee. Player numbers are guide values – you set the maximum yourself.
Set up and manage your Enshrouded server
Real screenshots from the game server panel. Everything runs in the browser – no FTP program and no SSH.
Screenshot from the Nexthosting panel (example server). Arrow keys switch between the areas.
Settings you control
- Server nameThis is how your server appears in the server list. The default is “Neuer Server von Nexthosting”.
- Player countFrom 1 to 16. Every extra slot needs more performance.
- DifficultyDefault for getting started, Relaxed with fewer enemies and more resources, Hard with more and more aggressive enemies, Survival with extra survival rules – or Custom with your own values.
- Server passwordFor your fellow players. Whoever joins with it can build and use chests, but cannot kick or ban anyone.
- Admin passwordIt lets you kick and ban players. If you leave it empty, your server creates one and shows it in the console on startup.
- UpdatesOn every start, your server checks Steam for a new version. You can turn this off.
All of this is in the panel under “Startup settings” and applies on every start. According to the developer, you set the individual values for “Custom” (such as health, stamina, hunger, wear) and voice and text chat in the enshrouded_server.json file – your server keeps these lines.
Join an Enshrouded server: server list or IP
According to the developer, the usual way is the server list in the game. If a server is missing there, the developer itself names the second way: add the server as a Steam favorite with its IP address and port. Your server registers with Steam for this.
Through the server list
- Select Join in the Enshrouded main menu.
- Turn on Show dedicated server in the filter on the right – otherwise dedicated servers are missing from the list.
- Select your server and mark it as a favorite with the star. Favorites are listed at the top from then on.
- Enter the password. It decides which permissions you have on the server.
Through IP address and port
- Note the IP address and port of your server from the panel.
- In the Steam client, open View › Game Servers.
- On the Favorites tab, click + and enter both separated by a colon, such as
IP-address:port. - Start Enshrouded: your server is now at the top of the server list.
The menu names are given as the English Steam client shows them.
Nexthosting Schutz
Players stay connected. Flooders get locked out.
Every game server at Nexthosting is protected against DDoS attacks at no extra cost. With a dedicated IP address, your server gets a filter all to itself – and you get the panel where you watch every attack bounce off.
All quiet. Blue means your players. They walk through the gate – that is your server's port.
Example, no real data
Arriving right now242
Turned away1
Let through238
packets per second
Moving example from the protection panel: small squares run towards a wall. Blue squares – the players – pass through the gate to the server, during an attack too. Sand-coloured squares – the attack – get stuck at the wall.
Sand stays outside
Senders that open connections in bulk are locked out automatically while an attack is running. You lift any lock with one click.
Blue keeps playing
Existing connections are never cut. Regulars – anyone who has spent a while on your server – get in straight away, even in the middle of an attack.
Your situation room
You see where it comes from
The map shows the traffic to your server, country by country. Block a country with one click – or allow only the ones you choose. If you like, the protection blocks attacking countries by itself while an attack is running.
Every attack is put on record
Course, waves and senders, minute by minute – as a PDF and as a table. One click reports the attack to Nexthosting: an urgent notice at once, followed by a full report as a PDF. On request with a confirmation you can hand to the police or other authorities.
You decide how strict
Three protection levels – and if you like, the protection tightens by itself when an attack starts. You are told by e-mail and Discord as soon as an attack begins and when it is over. Plus: a test of the protection at the push of a button, co-managers for your community's admins, and traffic per port.
What the protection costs
- With every game server
- The data centre's basic protection against DDoS attacks. At no extra cost.
- With a dedicated IP address
- A filter for your address alone, and the protection panel with it – for €3.79 a month plus a one-time setup fee of €4.99, with no further charge. Usually set up within a few minutes; you can also add it later.
Order a Enshrouded serverCompare plans
You pick the dedicated IP address as an add-on while ordering. Server location: a data centre in Germany.
Included for free: your server’s live status
Your players can see for themselves whether the server is up and how full it is right now.
- In Discord
- A message in your channel that updates itself: status, players, map and address. No bot needed.
- On websites and forums
- A banner as an image, for a signature for example. You copy the embed code in the panel.
Included with every game server at no extra charge, you switch it on in the panel. Player count and map are available for games with a server query, online or offline is always shown.
Example: a Discord channel shows the status message of a server with 12 of 50 players, ping, uptime and address. Below it is a forum post whose signature contains the status banner of the same server. Both show the same player count.
Frequently asked questions about your Enshrouded server
Costs, setup, player numbers and cancellation – answered briefly.
From €9.99 per month (Basic plan). The largest plan, Premium, costs €17.99 per month. The plans differ in memory, cores and storage. These are final prices, and there is no setup fee.
After payment, your server sets itself up. You open the panel straight from your customer account.
Through your Steam favorites: in the Steam client, open View › Game Servers, select the Favorites tab, click + and enter your server’s IP address and port separated by a colon. You will find both in your panel. Your server then appears at the top of the server list in Enshrouded.
The developer recommends this way for when a server does not show up in the in-game list.
First check the filter on the right of the server list: if Show dedicated server is off, Enshrouded shows no dedicated servers. If your server still does not appear, add it as a Steam favorite with its IP address and port – see above.
According to the developer, worlds are files you can share and back up. On your server, the world is in the savegame folder (file world0.ksd); on your computer, it is in %USERPROFILE%/Saved Games/enshrouded. Stop the server and back up the savegame folder before you upload or replace files there – with the file manager or via SFTP.
Your character is not part of the world: Enshrouded stores character, equipment and levels with each player – you take them with you to any server.
Your server saves the world regularly and when it stops. In addition, Enshrouded keeps ten rolling copies next to the world in the savegame folder (world0.ksd.backup-0 to -9); the oldest one is overwritten. On top of that come the backups in the panel.
The developer has not committed to mod support so far. You can still adjust a lot yourself: with “Custom” you set values such as health, stamina, hunger or wear.
We do not limit slots – you pay for hardware. The player numbers on the plans are guide values; how many your server really handles depends on your world and the number of active players. Enshrouded allows up to 16 players per server; you set the number in the startup settings.
Yes. You can upgrade at any time; the change takes effect immediately and the difference is charged pro rata. Downgrades take effect at the end of the term. You can also add just RAM, cores or storage. Your data stays in place.
Yes. You book your own IP address as an add-on to your server. With it, you get up to 100 ports of your choice and the protection panel.
Yes, in every plan. Backup slots: Basic 2, Advanced 3, Premium 4. Back up with one click or set up your own schedule in the panel; restoring also takes one click.
In a data center in Germany. What applies to availability is set out in the Service Level Agreement.
Yes. With monthly billing you can cancel your server monthly. Paying in advance makes it up to 15% cheaper; the chosen term then applies. If you only need a break, you can pause the server – then you pay only for keeping your data.