How to add mods to your [XBOX] Space Engineers server

This guide will help you on how to add mods to your [XBOX] Space Engineers server.

For this guide we will use the mod below as an example, with this example you can use it to add any number of mods you want, just read it carefully and don't skip any step or will not work.

"More Engineer Characters for Space Engineers". The mod ID: 367614)

Stop your server
Go to this SpaceEngineers Mods.io website and get the ModID's of the mods you want to add. (see image 1 below)
Go to the Configuration Files button and edit the Sandbox_config.sbc file
Scroll down to the mods section and you should see something like this: (see image 2 below)
Replace the <Mods /> bit of code with the <Mods> code below: (see image 3 below)

<Mods>
<ModItem FriendlyName="">
<Name>367614.sbm</Name>
<PublishedFileId>367614</PublishedFileId>
<PublishedServiceName>mod.io</PublishedServiceName>
</ModItem>
</Mods>

Save the Sandbox_config.sbc file
Start your server to download the mod, first start will take more time because it needs to download the mod

You can add any number of mods you want, you just need to duplicate the <ModItem> </ModItem> section, for example, if you want to add 3 mods will look like this: (see image 4 below)

<Mods />
<Mods>
<ModItem FriendlyName="">
<Name>367614.sbm</Name>
<PublishedFileId>367614</PublishedFileId>
<PublishedServiceName>mod.io</PublishedServiceName>
</ModItem>
<ModItem FriendlyName="">
<Name>576107.sbm</Name>
<PublishedFileId>576107</PublishedFileId>
<PublishedServiceName>mod.io</PublishedServiceName>
</ModItem>
<ModItem FriendlyName="">
<Name>735781.sbm</Name>
<PublishedFileId>735781</PublishedFileId>
<PublishedServiceName>mod.io</PublishedServiceName>
</ModItem>
</Mods>

Some mods can cause server crashes, lag, or other side effects, use mods with caution.

Updated on: 14/03/2021