How to Add a Savegame to Your Echoes of Elysium Server

The complete save of an Echoes of Elysium server lives in a single directory called world. That is where the server stores your world with everything you have built in it.

Note

There is no world name that you would have to enter anywhere. Which world is loaded depends purely on the contents of the world directory. Switching worlds therefore always means: replace the contents of that directory.

Where does a savegame come from?

This guide is meant for worlds that come from an Echoes of Elysium server — for example when moving to another server or when restoring your own backup. How to download the save from a server is described in Download savegame.

Upload the savegame

1. Create a backup
   Save the current state of your server before you overwrite anything: Create backup.

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. While the server is running it writes to the world files itself and would overwrite your uploaded files.

3. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

4. Open the directory
   Navigate to the following directory:

   /world/

   Note

   The world directory is located in the main directory of your server, so the full path is /home/container/world/. If it does not exist yet, start the server once so the folder structure gets created, then stop it again.

5. Remove the old world data
   Delete the existing contents of the world directory. If old files are left behind, they can get mixed up with your uploaded save.

   Warning

   This removes the current world of your server. If you skipped step 1, create the backup now.

6. Upload the new world data
   Upload the contents of your save into the /world/ directory — that is, the files and subfolders themselves, not another world folder inside it.

7. Start the server
   Start your server. Your uploaded save is now loaded on startup.

Do not rename the directory

Keep the name world. On every start the values from the fields in the dashboard are written into the server configuration config.json — including the world directory. If you enter a different folder there by hand, that change is lost again with the next start.

Keeping several worlds

If you want to switch between multiple worlds, download the other world to your PC beforehand. Additional folders next to world on the server are not loaded by the game.