How to Download the Savegame of Your Nightingale Server

You can download your server's save to your PC at any time – for example as an additional backup or to move it to another server.

Caution

Stop your server before downloading the files. Nightingale constantly writes to the world and character data while it is running – otherwise you would download an incomplete save.

Where the save is stored

The complete save lives in the Offline folder. Realms and characters are stored separately inside it:

Directory	Content
/NWX/Saved/Offline/DedicatedServer/Deploy/	The realms of your server, meaning all worlds including their buildings
/NWX/Saved/Offline/<PlatformID>/Profiles/	The character data of a player. <PlatformID> is the Steam or Epic ID of that player – each player has their own folder.

Note

Nightingale has no world or save name that you enter anywhere. The server always loads whatever is stored in these folders.

Download the savegame

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

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

3. Open the directory
   Switch to the following directory:

   /NWX/Saved/

4. Download the folder
   Download the complete Offline folder including all subfolders to your PC:

   /NWX/Saved/Offline/

   Tip

   Always download realms and characters together. A realm without its matching character can only be used to a limited extent later on.

5. Start the server
   Start your server again.

Save the server state as well

If you also want to keep the server state – including the list of banned players – download this folder too:

/NWX/Saved/Config/

Save the configuration as well

The server settings are stored in the following file:

/NWX/Config/ServerSettings.ini

Note: the admin password, the server password and the difficulty are written into this file from the dashboard every time the server starts. So you do not need the file to restore those values.

Restore the save later

If you want to move the save back onto a server later, follow the guide Add Savegame.

Regular backups

For automatic or regular backups you can also use the backup feature: Create Backup.