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World Management

Your Vintage Story world save is stored in the data/Saves directory on your server. This guide covers transferring a singleplayer world, creating backups, and starting fresh.

  • Directorydata/
    • DirectorySaves/
      • default.vcdbs Your world save file
    • DirectoryBackups/
      • …generated by /genbackup
    • serverconfig.json

How to Transfer a Singleplayer Save to Your Server

Section titled “How to Transfer a Singleplayer Save to Your Server”
  1. On your local PC, find your Vintage Story save files. On Windows, they’re located at: 
    %appdata%\VintagestoryData\Saves\
  2. Find the .vcdbs file for the world you want to upload.
  3. Log in to the EVLBOX panel and stop your server.
  4. In the Files tab, navigate to data/Saves.
  5. If a world file already exists (e.g., default.vcdbs), download it first as a backup, then delete it.
  6. Upload your local .vcdbs file.
  7. Rename the uploaded file to match the original save name (typically default.vcdbs), or update the SaveFileLocation field in data/serverconfig.json to point to your file’s name.
  8. Start your server.

File Manager

How to Create a Backup

Section titled “How to Create a Backup”

Quick Backup via Console

Section titled “Quick Backup via Console”

You can create a backup at any time without stopping the server by running this in the Console tab:

/genbackup

This saves a copy of the current world to the data/Backups folder. You can optionally provide a filename:

/genbackup before-mods

Downloading a Backup

Section titled “Downloading a Backup”

To download a copy to your local machine:

  1. Stop your server in the EVLBOX panel to ensure the save is fully written to disk.
  2. In the Files tab, navigate to data/Saves (for the live world) or data/Backups (for /genbackup copies).
  3. Click the three dots next to the .vcdbs file and select Download.
  4. Store the file somewhere safe locally.

How to Restore a Backup

Section titled “How to Restore a Backup”
  1. Stop your server.
  2. In the Files tab, navigate to data/Saves.
  3. Delete or rename the current .vcdbs world file.
  4. Upload your backup .vcdbs file.
  5. Make sure the filename matches what the server expects (check SaveFileLocation in data/serverconfig.json if unsure — it defaults to default.vcdbs).
  6. Start your server.

How to Reset Your World (Start Fresh)

Section titled “How to Reset Your World (Start Fresh)”
  1. Stop your server in the EVLBOX panel.
  2. In the Files tab, navigate to data/Saves.
  3. Delete the existing .vcdbs world file.
  4. Start your server. Vintage Story will generate a brand new world automatically.

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