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2 min readUpdated May 27, 2026

How To Upload An Existing Vintage Story Save To Your Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of uploading a custom world file to your Vintage Story server. These steps are for both single-player and existing multiplayer world transfers.

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Finding Your Save Files

  1. Open Vintage Story.
  2. Click Single-player → Open Saves Folder.
  3. Create a copy of the save you wish to upload.
AppData
Roaming
VintagstoryData
VintageStory
Saves
serene kingdom story.vcdbsExample save file.

Uploading & Enabling Your World

After following the steps above, here's how to upload and then enable a world on your Vintage Story server.

Uploading Your World

  1. Log in to Bropanel and Stop your Vintage Story server.
  2. In the sidebar, go to Files.
  3. Navigate to data/Saves/ and delete any existing files.
  4. Upload your .vcdbs save file.

Once uploaded, your server files should look like this:

data
Saves
serene kingdom story.vcdbsExample save file.

Enabling Your World

  1. Log in to Bropanel and Stop your Vintage Story server.
  2. In the sidebar, go to Files and enter the data folder.
  3. Open serverconfig.json.
  4. Edit SaveFileLocation to match the name of your uploaded save file.
  5. Save your changes and then start your server.
         "WorldConfig": {
       "Seed": null,
       "SaveFileLocation": "./data/Saves/serene kingdom story.vcdbs",