If you have a world you would like to share with other players, want to save your server's world, or start a server anew, this guide will show you how to upload, download, and reset a world on your Vintage Story Server.

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Before making any changes to the server files, make sure the server is offline by pressing the Stop button.

How to Upload a World

1. Locate the world file on your computer (image of the file explorer) (NOTE: if there is no in-game way to open the folder, it is in AppData/Roaming/VintagestoryData/Saves/)
2. Copy the .vcdbs file
3. Log into the server with SFTP
4. Open up the folder vintage-story/data/Saves/ and paste the .vcdbs file into the folder (picture of folder path)
5. Open serverconfig.json in vintage-story/data/ (picture of file location)
6. Change SaveFileLocation to the file path. Only change default.vcdbs to the save file (picture of config file)
7. Save the file, then start the server

How to Download a World

1. Log into the server with SFTP
2. Locate the world in vintage-story/data/Saves/
3. Copy the world file to your computer
4. To load the world in a single player game, paste the world file into AppData/Roaming/VintagestoryData/Saves/

Reset a World on the Server

There are two ways to reset a world on a Vintage Story server: the easy way and the hard way.

Reset a World the Easy Way

1. Click on the Manage link on the server, then click the Files tab. (picture of CC)
2. Locate the serverconfig.json in vintage-story/data/ (picture of the folder path)
3. Change the file in SaveFileLocation to another name. (picture of config file)
4. Save the file, then start the server. The server will begin generating a new world using the name provided in SaveFileLocation.

Reset a World the Hard Way

1. Log into the server with SFTP
2. Locate the world in vintage-story/data/Saves/
3. Remove the world file by deleting it or moving it to your computer
4. Start the server. The server will begin regenerating a new world under the same name.