How to Back Up and Restore Your Conan Exiles Server
Back up your Conan Exiles server database (game.db), download saves, and restore from a backup on your XGamingServer panel.
Conan Exiles stores all server state (players, buildings, thralls, clans) in a single SQLite database file: game.db. Backing up this one file = backing up the whole world.
Create a Backup
Stop the server from Console in the XGamingServer Panel.
Go to Backups tab and click Create Backup.
Give it a name (e.g., pre-purge-2026-04) and confirm.
Stop the server.
Click Files and navigate to:
ConanSandbox/Saved/Right-click game.db → Download. Also download game.db-wal and game.db-shm if present.
Keep all three files together — they belong to the same database.
Restore a Backup
In Backups, click ... → Restore on the backup you want. The server must be stopped.
Stop the server.
Upload your backed-up game.db (and .wal/.shm if you have them) to ConanSandbox/Saved/, overwriting the existing file.
Start from Console.
What Is and Isn't in game.db
| Included | Not Included |
|---|---|
| Player characters, inventories, stats | Server config (ServerSettings.ini) |
| Buildings and placeables | Mod list (modlist.txt) |
| Thralls, pets, followers | Admin password |
| Clans and clan banks | BattlEye settings |
| Purge state and event log | Logs |
To back up the full server state including config, also download ConanSandbox/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/.
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