{"id":16784,"date":"2025-07-08T21:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=16784"},"modified":"2025-07-09T23:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:15:10","slug":"how-to-upload-a-save-game-for-your-project-zomboid-server","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ggservers.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/how-to-upload-a-save-game-for-your-project-zomboid-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upload a Save-Game for Your Project Zomboid Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you have an existing Singleplayer world in Project Zomboid, you can upload it to your multiplayer server to continue playing with friends. This guide will walk you through the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uploading a Singleplayer Save to Your Project Zomboid Server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prepare Your Server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Login to your server panel and stop your server. If you aren’t sure how to login checkout this guide here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. On your server panel, go to Server Settings<\/code> and note the Server Name<\/strong> (this is what your server uses to identify world folders).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Click on Files<\/code>, and go to Pterodactyl\/Saves\/Multiplayer<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Select and delete your world folder, it will be called Pterodactyl<\/code> by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPORTANT: If you want to save your current world on the server, make sure to download it using WinSCP before deleting it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a guide on using WinSCP here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prepare Your Save<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. On your PC, navigate to your local Zomboid saves folder<\/strong>: C:\/Users\/YOUR_USERNAME\/Zomboid\/Saves\/<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Inside this, you\u2019ll find subfolders like Sandbox<\/code>, Survival<\/code>, etc., depending on the gamemode your save was created in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click into the folder you want, you will see another folder, this is your world folder. Rename your world folder to the same as your Server Name<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upload the Save<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Use WinSCP to connect to your server files. We have a guide on connecting here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to:\/Pterodactyl\/Saves\/Multiplayer\/<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Upload your Singleplayer world folder<\/strong> from C:\/Users\/YOUR_USERNAME\/Zomboid\/Saves\/<\/code> into this Multiplayer<\/code> directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Steps and Player Data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u26a0\ufe0f Important Note:<\/strong>
Do not<\/strong> start the server immediately after uploading. Project Zomboid uses different formats for Singleplayer and Multiplayer players.db<\/code> files. If you start the server without adjusting this, it will crash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You must either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n