How to Upload Your Enshrouded World to Your Server

Your Enshrouded world does not have to stay on the PC it started on. A world you built in singleplayer, hosted from your own game for friends, or ran on another host can move onto your server with everything you carved, built and unlocked. It is a file copy with one twist: the files have to be renamed to the name the server looks for.

What you need before you start

• The world on your PC, or the save files downloaded from your old host
• Your Enshrouded server in the game panel
• Ten minutes

How Enshrouded names a world

Enshrouded does not save a world under the name you gave it. Each world gets an eight character ID, and every file belonging to that world starts with it. The first world you ever create is 3ad85aea, the next one gets a different ID, and so on.

For one world you will see a set of files like these:

• 3ad85aea, the world itself
• 3ad85aea_info, its details
• 3ad85aea-index and 3ad85aea_info-index, small files that say which copy is the newest
• numbered files such as 3ad85aea-1, 3ad85aea-2 and 3ad85aea_info-1, rolling copies the game writes as you play

The index files matter. The game does not always load the plain 3ad85aea file: it reads the index and loads whichever numbered copy it points to. If you move the base file without the rest, the server can end up loading an old copy, or nothing. The rule is simple: take every file that starts with your world's ID.

A dedicated server always runs world 3ad85aea. If your world has a different ID, you rename the files, which is covered below.

Find the save files on your PC

Enshrouded keeps its saves in one of two places. Press Windows + R, paste this and press Enter:

%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Enshrouded

If that folder is empty or missing, look in Steam's cloud folder instead:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<number>\1203620\remote

<number> is a folder named after your Steam account, and 1203620 is Enshrouded's app ID. If you have several account folders, pick the one that contains 1203620.

If you find saves in both places, use the set with the most recent modified dates. Before copying anything, quit Enshrouded completely so the game is not halfway through writing a save.

Which ID is my world?

If you only ever made one world, it is 3ad85aea. With several worlds, look at the modified dates: the world you played last is the set with the newest files. Copy that whole set, meaning every file starting with the same eight characters, into a new folder on your desktop. Work on the copies, never the originals.

Rename the files if the ID is not 3ad85aea

The server only loads 3ad85aea. If your world has another ID, say 3bd85c7d, rename each copied file by replacing only the ID and keeping the rest of the name exactly as it is:

Do the same for every numbered copy. These files have no extension, so if Windows offers to add one, say no.

If your world is already 3ad85aea, skip this step.

Stop the server and clear the old world

1. Open your server in the game panel and press Stop. Wait until it is offline. A running server saves its own world on a timer and would overwrite your upload
2. If the current world is worth keeping, take a copy first from the Backups tab
3. Go to the Files tab and open the savegame folder
4. Delete every file that starts with 3ad85aea. Leave any other files in the folder alone

Clearing first is what stops the classic mistake: an old index file left behind that points the server at a copy of the old world.

Upload your world

1. Still in the savegame folder, click Upload and choose Upload files
2. Select all of your renamed files and upload them
3. Check that the folder now holds your 3ad85aea files, including both index files

For a big world or a shaky connection, SFTP is more reliable than the browser. Upload to the same savegame folder.

Start the server

Press Start and follow the Console tab until the server says it is ready. Then join and check that your base is where you left it.

What moves with the world and what does not

The world carries the map, everything you built and terraformed, your chests with their contents and the progress tied to the world. Your character is not part of it. Enshrouded keeps characters with the player, so everyone brings their own level, skills and gear when they join.

The server's settings, such as its name, passwords and difficulty, are not in the save either. They live in the server's own configuration, see our Enshrouded server settings guide.

Troubleshooting

The server started a brand new world. It did not find a usable 3ad85aea. Check the file names character by character, check that nothing got an extension such as .txt, and make sure the files are directly inside savegame, not in a subfolder.

My old world came back. Old 3ad85aea files were still in the folder, or the server was running while you uploaded. Stop it, clear the folder as described above, upload again.

The world loads, but it is an older version of it. The index files are missing or came from a different set than the numbered copies. Upload the complete set again, index files included, all from the same folder on your PC.

I cannot find my saves anywhere. Check both folders above, and make sure you are signed in to Windows as the user who plays the game. A world you only joined as a guest was never saved on your PC: it lives with whoever hosted it.

The upload stalls. Use SFTP instead of the browser.

Frequently asked questions

Will my friends lose their characters? No. Characters stay with each player and are not touched by moving the world.

Can I move a world from my server back to singleplayer? Yes, the same way in reverse. Stop the server, download every 3ad85aea file from savegame, and put them in your local save folder. If you already have a local world with that ID, rename the downloaded set to an ID you are not using, or it will replace your local world.

Can I run several worlds on one server? The server loads one world. You can keep other sets as backups on your PC and swap them in with the steps above.

My world is on another host. What do I download? Everything in that server's savegame folder that starts with 3ad85aea. A dedicated server always uses that ID, so no renaming is needed. Stop the old server first so the files are complete.

Still stuck, or the server ignores your world? Open a ticket from the support page with your server name, and we will check the save folder with you. Not running a server yet? See our Enshrouded server hosting plans.