Here is how to move a world you played on your PC, or on another host, to your Don't Starve Together server.
If you get stuck at any time, Game Host Bros offers free save transfers. Just reach out to a bro on Discord.
Finding Your World On Your PC
- 1Start Don't Starve Together and click
Host Game. - 2Click the
Manage Worldbutton to the right of your world. - 3If your world is a Steam Cloud save (it shows a cloud icon), click
Convert To Local Savefirst. A cloud save isn't kept in folders you can upload. You can switch it back withConvert To Cloud Saveonce your world is on your server. - 4Click
Open World Folderto open your world's folder.
Each world is a Cluster folder inside the folder with a long number as its name:
On Linux and the Steam Deck there is no Open World Folder button: the DoNotStarveTogether folder is in ~/.klei in your home folder. To check which Cluster folder is your world, open its cluster.ini and look at cluster_name.
A world from another host has the same Master and Caves folders. Download them from that host's file manager.
Uploading Your World
- 1Log in to Bropanel and
Stopyour server. - 2In the sidebar, go to
Filesand navigate toDoNotStarveTogether/config/server. - 3Delete the
MasterandCavesfolders there. Download a backup first if you want to keep the current world. - 4Upload the
MasterandCavesfolders from your world. If your world has noCavesfolder, upload onlyMaster. - 5Start your server.
Don't upload cluster.ini: your server keeps its own. The server name, password, max players and other options come from Settings, so set them there. Mods turned on in your world's modoverrides.lua are downloaded on the first start.
Tip
A world has many small files. For a faster upload, use SFTP to upload whole folders.