Upload your own world to your Palworld server

Learn step-by-step how to upload your own world to your Palworld gameserver. Practical instructions and useful tips for a smooth implementation.

Written on Feb 1, 2024

Make sure your world is complete

Before you upload your world to your Palworld server, you should check that the savegame is complete.

This is what a complete savegame looks like

├── backup
├── Players
├── Level.sav
├── LevelMeta.sav
├── WorldOption.sav
└── LocalData.sav

Upload Palworld world via FTP

  1. stop your Palworld server
    1. this is usually done via the web interface of your hoster
  2. connect to your server via FTP
    1. you should have received the IP and port from your hoster.
  3. navigate to /Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0, then open the last folder, which usually has a random string as its name.
    1. for example /Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0/534ECAE5563042ADA1F5523A826E4346
  4. delete all files and folders within the directory with the random name
    1. save these files in advance as a backup
  5. upload your existing world, with the exception of the WorldOption.sav file, to the now empty directory.
    1. make sure again that your files are complete
    2. if you upload the WorldOption.sav file, your server settings will be completely overwritten.
  6. start your server and connect to the server
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Overview

Developer

Pocketpair

Studio

Pocketpair

Release

Jan 19, 2024

Genres

Adventure, Open-World, Survival, Sandbox

Platforms

Windows

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