How to Convert Your Project Zomboid Multiplayer Save Data to Single-Player Save

When transferring a Project Zomboid world from a Multiplayer server to Singleplayer, your world will load, but your character data (inventory, skills, stats) won’t appear unless you convert the players.db file. This is because Multiplayer and Singleplayer use different database formats.

This guide walks you through the full process to carry over your character from server to local play.

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Convert Multiplayer Save to Singleplayer

Download Your Multiplayer World

Follow our download guide to download your server save to your PC.

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Set Up Your Workspace

On your computer:

1. Create a folder at any location you’d like on your computer (e.g., ZomboidConversion) to keep track of files.

2. Inside your FTP program, go to:
/Zomboid/Saves/Multiplayer/YOUR_WORLD_NAME

3. Download the uploaded world’s players.db file.

4. Place it in your workspace folder and rename it to OldPlayers.db.

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Confirm Save Format

1. Download and install DB Browser for SQLite

2. Open OldPlayers.db in DB Browser from File > Open Database.

3. Click Browse Data, then select the networkPlayers table. If there is player data here, this confirms it’s a Multiplayer format players.db

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Extract Player Data

1. In the networkPlayers table, find your player row.

2. Record the x, y, and z values, these represent your character’s world position
📌 Copy and paste these into a notepad.

3. Right-click the data field → click Copy > Copy as SQL
This gives you a line like:

INSERT INTO "main"."networkPlayers" ("data") VALUES (X'01010000…');

Paste this into your note alongside the XYZ coordinates

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Open the Singleplayer Save File

In the folder where you placed your downloaded world (e.g., Sandbox/YOUR_WORLD_NAME), open the included players.db file in DB Browser

This is your Singleplayer-format file, and it uses the localPlayers table

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