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