How to Upload an Existing Save to Your 7 Days to Die Server

Learn how to upload your existing world and save data to your 7 Days to Die dedicated server.

Want to continue playing on your existing 7 Days to Die world? This guide walks you through locating your local save files and uploading them to your server. Whether you are migrating from a singleplayer world, another host, or a custom map, the process is the same.

💡 Tip: XGamingServer offers free world migrations. If you need help, join our Discord and we will take care of it for you.

Locating Your Existing World and Save Data

Open the save folder

Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, then enter:

%appdata%\7DaysToDie

Locate your files

You will need two things:

World file -- Found in the GeneratedWorlds folder (e.g., GeneratedWorlds/YourWorldName/)
Save data -- Found in the Saves folder (e.g., Saves/YourWorldName/YourSaveName/)

Your folder structure should look like this:

AppData/Roaming/7DaysToDie/
  GeneratedWorlds/
    WorldName/
  Saves/
    WorldName/
      SaveName/

📝 Note: If you are coming from a pregenerated (pregen) world, you only need to upload your save data from the Saves folder. The pregen world files are already included with the server.

Uploading Your World and Save Data

Stop your server

Upload your world

Using an SFTP client, navigate to .local/share/7DaysToDie/GeneratedWorlds/ on the server and upload your world folder.

Upload your save data

Using SFTP, navigate to .local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/ and upload your save folder.

Once uploaded, your server files should look like this:

.local/share/7DaysToDie/
  GeneratedWorlds/
    WorldName/
  Saves/
    WorldName/
      SaveName/

Enabling the Uploaded World

Stop your server

Navigate to Startup

In the sidebar, click Startup.

Set the Game World

Edit the Game World field and change it to your world folder name (e.g., WorldName).

Set the Game Name

Edit the Game Name field and change it to your save folder name (e.g., SaveName).

Start your server

Click Start to launch the server with your uploaded world.

You can verify it loaded correctly by watching the server Console. You should see output similar to:

[XGamingServer] Server marked as ON
World:       WorldName
Game name:   SaveName

💡 Tip: All pregen world names can be found in our Change Maps guide.

If you get stuck at any time, join our Discord.

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