{"id":16039,"date":"2025-05-20T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=16039"},"modified":"2025-05-20T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:36:36","slug":"how-to-upload-an-existing-world-to-your-palworld-server","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-upload-an-existing-world-to-your-palworld-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upload an Existing World to your Palworld Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you’ve previously hosted a local or single-player Palworld world and want to continue playing it on your dedicated server, you can transfer that world over by following the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important:<\/strong> The player who originally hosted the local world will lose their character progress during the transfer. The server becomes the new \u201chost,\u201d and a fresh character will be used in place of the original. We strongly recommend storing important items, Pals, and gear in chests or storage boxes beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Locate Your Local Save Files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Palworld allows you to access your save files directly in-game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Open Palworld and click Start Game to view the list of your worlds<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Select the world you want to upload<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Click the folder icon in the bottom left corner of the screen
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    4. Your local world folder will open in your system’s file explorer. Keep this window open, as you will use these files shortly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Prepare Your Server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Now you will clear the existing world from your server so you can upload your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Log in to your game server control panel and stop the server. If you aren’t sure how to login, we have a guide here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Go to the Files tab<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      3. Navigate to the folder path: Pal > Saved > SaveGames > 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      4. Inside the 0 folder, open the last folder. It usually has a randomly generated name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      5. Delete all the files inside this folder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Note:<\/strong> If you want to keep the current server world, make a backup before deleting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Upload Your World Files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Connect to your server using either Filezilla<\/a> or WinSCP<\/a>. We have guides for both methods linked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Copy all the files from your local save folder, except for the file named WorldOption.sav<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      2. Drag and drop these files into the empty world folder on your server<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Note: Do not upload WorldOption.sav<\/strong>. This file stores your single-player configuration settings, and uploading it may reset or override your server’s settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Start Your Server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Go back to your control panel and start the server<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Join the server to make sure your world loaded correctly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        You should now be able to play your local world on your dedicated server, with your builds, base, and tamed Pals fully intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        If you have any issues, contact us via live chat or the ticket system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        If you’ve previously hosted a local or single-player Palworld world and want to continue playing it on your dedicated server, you can transfer that world over by following the steps below. Important: The player who originally hosted the local world will lose their character progress during the transfer. The server…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[1358],"ht-kb-tag":[2317,1430,2319,2324,2321,2327,2320,2323,2325,2316,2311,1440,2326,1376,2313,2322,2312,2318,2315,2314],"class_list":["post-16039","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-palworld","ht_kb_tag-filezilla-palworld-upload","ht_kb_tag-ggservers-palworld-hosting","ht_kb_tag-how-to-move-palworld-world","ht_kb_tag-palworld-dedicated-server-setup","ht_kb_tag-palworld-file-upload-guide","ht_kb_tag-palworld-game-panel","ht_kb_tag-palworld-local-save-to-server","ht_kb_tag-palworld-multiplayer-save","ht_kb_tag-palworld-player-progress-loss","ht_kb_tag-palworld-save-files-location","ht_kb_tag-palworld-save-transfer","ht_kb_tag-palworld-server-configuration","ht_kb_tag-palworld-server-hosting","ht_kb_tag-palworld-server-management","ht_kb_tag-palworld-server-world-upload","ht_kb_tag-palworld-storage-backup","ht_kb_tag-palworld-winscp-tutorial","ht_kb_tag-palworld-worldoption-sav","ht_kb_tag-transfer-palworld-world","ht_kb_tag-upload-palworld-world-to-server"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16051,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/16039\/revisions\/16051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=16039"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=16039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}