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How To Upload An Existing Valheim Save To Your Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of uploading a custom world file to your Valheim dedicated server.

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Finding Your Save Files

Worlds aren’t found in the game files, they are found in a different location which can be accessed by doing this.

  1. Press Win + R.
  2. Go to this file path
    %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds
  3. Copy your worlds .fwl and .db files.
  • DirectoryAppData
    • DirectoryLocalLow
      • DirectoryIronGate
        • DirectoryValheim
          • Directoryworlds
            • world.fwl
            • world.db

Uploading Your World

  1. Login to the Game Host Bros Game Panel and stop your Valheim server.
  2. Access your Valheim server using SFTP.
  3. Navigate to .config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds_local and upload your .fwl and .db files.
  4. Back in the panel, go to Configuration > Startup Parameters.
  5. Edit World Name and change it to the name of your world file.
  6. Start your server.

Once uploaded your server files should look like this.

  • Directory.config
    • Directoryunity3d
      • DirectoryIronGate
        • DirectoryValheim
          • Directoryworlds_local
            • world.fwl
            • world.db