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How to Import a World to Your Vintage Story Server

Last updated: February 10, 2026

This guide shows you how to import an existing singleplayer save as the world on your Vintage Story server. You'll upload your save file via the File Manager.

Steps

  1. Stop your server from the Game Panel first, so the server doesn't interfere or overwrite files while you upload.
  2. Back up your current world. Download or compress the existing default.vcdbs file from the data/Saves folder before making any changes.
  3. Locate your singleplayer save. In Vintage Story, click Open Saves Folder from the singleplayer menu, or navigate to your Vintage Story AppData folder. Your saves are .vcdbs files.
  4. Upload the save file. In the Game Panel (log in at https://panel.nolimithost.cc/ and select your Vintage Story server), go to Management > File Manager in the left sidebar, navigate to data/Saves, and upload your .vcdbs file.
  5. Rename or update the config (if needed). For the easiest setup, rename your uploaded file to default.vcdbs — the server will load it automatically. If you'd rather keep the original filename, open data/serverconfig.json (the main configuration file for your server) and update the save path: 
    "SaveFileLocation": "./data/Saves/[your file].vcdbs",
    Replace [your file] with your actual filename.
  6. Start your server. It will now load the world you uploaded.
Tip: We recommend renaming your upload to default.vcdbs to avoid needing to edit serverconfig.json.