How to Add a Savegame to Your Sons Of The Forest Server

You can transfer a local save to your server to continue playing with an existing world.

Warning

Sons Of The Forest does not store player data such as inventory, position and clothing in the world savegame. After the import your buildings and the world state are preserved, but all players start with a new character.

Find the local savegame

1. Open savegame folder
   Press Windows Key + R, enter the following path and confirm with Enter:

   %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves

2. Choose the right subfolder
   Open the folder named after your SteamID64 and inside it the folder Multiplayer. It contains all worlds in which you were the host yourself.

   Note

   MultiplayerClient contains worlds in which you were only a guest, Singleplayer holds your single player worlds. For a dedicated server you need a save from Multiplayer.

3. Identify the save
   Each save is a separate folder named with a random number (e.g. 1833122971). It contains several files – among them various .json files and a SaveData.zip – that all belong together.

Upload and apply the savegame

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

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

3. Rename the folder
   Rename the save folder to a ten-digit number with leading zeros. This number will be your save slot.

   Example

   0000000002

4. Upload the save
   Upload the complete folder including all files it contains to the following directory:

   /serverconfig/Saves/DedicatedServer/Multiplayer/

5. Set the save slot
   Open the file /serverconfig/dedicatedserver.cfg and adjust the following values:

   "SaveSlot": 2,
   "SaveMode": "Continue",

   The number in SaveSlot must match the folder name without the leading zeros (0000000002 therefore corresponds to 2).

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.

Important

SaveMode must be set to Continue. If it is set to New, the slot will be overwritten with a freshly generated world on the next server start and your uploaded save will be lost.

Without renaming

You can also leave the folder name unchanged and instead enter the folder number directly as the save slot – for a folder named 1833122971 that would be "SaveSlot": 1833122971. All that matters is that the folder name and SaveSlot match.

Warning

If the folder /serverconfig/Saves/DedicatedServer/Multiplayer/ does not exist yet, start the server once so the folder structure is created automatically. Stop the server again before uploading the files.

Tip

Create a backup of your existing server savegame before uploading, in case you want to switch back later.