How to update or remove mods on your Enshrouded server

Your mods live in the mods folder. To update a mod, replace its folder or .zip there with the new version and restart. To remove one, delete it and restart. To play without any mods for a while, switch Mod loader (EML) off on the Modding tab.

Back up first. A world played with a mod can lose the items that mod added if you later play it without the mod. Make a backup before you remove a mod from a world you care about: see How to back up and restore your Enshrouded world.

Update a mod

1. Download the new version from the mod's page.
2. Open your server in the panel, click the Files tab and open mods.
3. Delete the mod's old folder or .zip, then upload the new one the same way as the first time: the folder with mod.json in it, or the .zip, directly in mods. Keep only one version of each mod in mods.

4. Restart the server and read the Console. It should say pnh-eml: mods loaded with the mod's name.

You can do this while the server runs: mods are read when the server starts, so nothing changes until the restart.

Remove a mod

1. On the Files tab, open mods.
2. Click the ... menu of the mod's folder or .zip and delete it.
3. Restart the server. The Console's pnh-eml: on line now counts one mod fewer.

If you removed the last mod, you can also switch the mod loader off.

Play without mods for a while

1. Click the Modding tab.
2. Switch off Mod loader (EML) on the Enshrouded Mod Loader (EML) card, then click Restart to apply.
3. At the start, the Console says pnh-eml: off. The loader is out and the original game data is back. Your mods stay in mods/.

Your mods stay in the mods folder. Switch the loader on again and restart, and they load again. See How to install mods on your Enshrouded server.

After a game update

When Enshrouded updates, the Console may say the game was updated since mods last ran. That is normal: the loader prepares itself for the new version. If a mod or the loader does not work with the new version yet, the server stops instead of starting: see Your Enshrouded server stopped because of a mod.

Good to know

• Tell your players before you add or remove a mod that they also need on their own game.
• To try a change without risk, make a copy of your server first: see How to make a copy of your server and try a change on it first.