How to Upload a Custom World to Your Valheim Server

You can upload an existing Valheim world from your PC to your dedicated server. This lets you continue a world you've been playing in singleplayer or transfer a save from another server.

💡 Tip: XGamingServer offers free save transfers. If you'd prefer us to handle it, just join our Discord.

Finding Your Local Save Files

Valheim world saves aren't stored in the game's installation folder — they're in a separate location in your user profile.

Open the Run dialog

On your keyboard, press Windows Key + R.

Navigate to the worlds folder

Paste this path and press Enter:

%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds

Copy your world files

Find and copy both the .fwl and .db files for your world. For example, if your world is called "MyWorld", you need both MyWorld.fwl and MyWorld.db.

📝 Note: If you have Steam Cloud disabled, your worlds may be in the worlds_local folder instead of worlds.

Uploading Your World

Stop your server

Upload via SFTP

Connect to your server using SFTP. Navigate to .config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds_local and upload both your .fwl and .db files.

Update the world name

Back in the panel, go to Startup. Find the World Name setting and change it to match the name of your uploaded world file (without the file extension).

Start your server

Start your server from the Console page.

Your uploaded world files should look like this on the server:

.config/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/worlds_local/
├── MyWorld.fwl
└── MyWorld.db

⚠️ Warning: Make sure both the .fwl and .db files are uploaded, and that the world name in Startup matches exactly. Missing files or mismatched names will cause the server to generate a new world instead.

If you need help, join our Discord.

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