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. Log in 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