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How to Add a Savegame to Your 7 Days to Die Server

You can upload an existing singleplayer world to your server.

Find savegame

Your local savegame can be found on your PC at:

%AppData%/7DaysToDie/
%AppData%/7DaysToDie/

There are two important folders:

  • GeneratedWorlds/ — contains the world data (terrain, buildings)
  • Saves/ — contains the save files (player progress, placements)

Upload savegame

  1. Stop the server
    Stop your server via the dashboard.

  2. Connect via SFTP
    Connect to your server via SFTP.

  3. Upload world data
    Upload the folder of your world from GeneratedWorlds/ to the following directory on the server:

    /.local/share/7DaysToDie/GeneratedWorlds/
    /.local/share/7DaysToDie/GeneratedWorlds/
  4. Upload save data
    Upload the folder of your save from Saves/ to the following directory on the server:

    /Saves/
    /Saves/
  5. Edit serverconfig.xml
    Open the file serverconfig.xml and adjust the following values:

    xml
    <property name="GameWorld" value="YourWorldName"/>
    <property name="GameName" value="YourSaveName"/>
    <property name="GameWorld" value="YourWorldName"/>
    <property name="GameName" value="YourSaveName"/>

    Replace YourWorldName with the name of your world folder and YourSaveName with the name of your save folder.

  6. Start the server
    Save the file and start your server.

Warning

The folder names must exactly match the values in serverconfig.xml.