How to Add a Savegame to Your PixARK Server

The complete save of a PixARK server lives in the Saved folder. To transfer a save, you download this folder from one server and upload it to your server.

Important

This guide transfers a save from one server to another server. For PixARK there is no documented way to move a single player save from your own PC to a dedicated server. Do not attempt it blindly – only work with saves that originate from a server.

Check first

A foreign save only loads if it matches the configuration of your server:

Requirement	Explanation
Same map	The save has to come from the same map your server starts. If your server starts a different map, the save will not be loaded.
Same world name	PixARK stores the world under the world name defined at server start. If the save comes from a provider that used a different world name, your server will not find it and generates a new world instead.

Caution

If your server starts with a freshly generated world instead of your save after uploading, one of these two requirements is not met. In that case do not keep playing – stop the server right away, otherwise you overwrite the uploaded save.

Upload the savegame

1. Create a backup
   Create a backup of your server or download the existing state: Download Savegame. That way you can always go back.

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. While the server is running it constantly writes to the save and will overwrite your files.

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

4. Open the directory
   Navigate to the following directory:

   /ShooterGame/

5. Move the old save aside
   Rename the existing Saved folder, for example to Saved_old. This way no leftovers of the old state remain that could mix with the new one – and you can go back if needed.

6. Upload the savegame
   Upload the Saved folder of the other server so that it ends up at the following path again:

   /ShooterGame/Saved/

7. Start the server
   Start your server. The new save is now loaded.

Keep your own settings

The Saved folder also contains the subfolder Config/WindowsServer/ with the configuration files. If you only want to take over the world and players but keep your own server settings, copy the Config folder from your old Saved folder back after uploading.

Note

Once the server runs with the new save and everything works, you can delete the renamed Saved_old folder. Download it to your PC beforehand if you want to keep it.