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How to Upload a Savegame to your Farming Simulator 2025 Server

This guide explains how to upload a single-player or local multiplayer savegame to your dedicated Farming Simulator 2025 server, and how to make the server load it.

A savegame is stored in a folder named savegameX (for example savegame1, savegame2 and so on). Each savegame folder contains files such as:

  • careerSavegame.xml
  • vehicles.xml
  • placeables.xml
  • farmland.xml
  • items.xml
  • economy.xml

Before you start​

  1. Make sure the mods match. The server should have the same mods and versions as your local save, and they must be active. Otherwise the server can hang at 100% while loading, or refuse to start the savegame because the map or other mods are missing. See Uploading mods.
  2. Check there's an empty slot. The server has 20 savegame slots, and you can only upload into an empty one.

Step 1: Locate your local savegame​

On Windows, savegames are stored in your Documents folder:

C:\Users\<YourUsername>\Documents\My Games\FarmingSimulator2025

Savegame Path

To open this folder quickly:

  1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
  2. Type %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\FarmingSimulator2025 and press Enter.

Inside this folder are subfolders named savegame1, savegame2 and so on, one for each save slot.

tip

Load the savegame in your own game and save it once before you upload it. Saves from a map that hasn't finished loading are rejected by the server.

Step 2: Prepare the savegame​

Make a ZIP archive of the contents of the savegame folder, not of the folder itself. careerSavegame.xml must be at the top level of the ZIP.

Compress Files

Correct:

My Farm.zip
├── careerSavegame.xml
├── vehicles.xml
└── ...

Incorrect:

My Farm.zip
└── savegame1
    ├── careerSavegame.xml
    └── ...

The name of the ZIP file becomes the savegame's name on the server, so give it a name you'll recognise. The ZIP can be up to 1 GB.

Step 3: Upload to the server​

The server must be running, but the game must be stopped.

  1. Open the Fragnet dashboard, go to My servers and select your server.
  2. Open the Savegames tab.
  3. If the game is running, select Stop game in the notice at the top and confirm with Stop game. If the server is off, select Start game in the header first, then stop the game once it's running.
  4. In the Upload a savegame card, choose an empty slot under Slot.
  5. Select Choose a savegame ZIP and pick the ZIP you made.
  6. Select Upload save.

The upload goes through Uploading, Checking savegame and Sending to server. When it shows Uploaded, the savegame is in the slot you chose.

FS25 server, Savegames tab with the game stopped

Step 4: Load the savegame​

  1. Open the Configuration tab and select the Farm & savegame group.
  2. Set Savegame slot to the slot you uploaded to.
  3. Select Save in the bar at the bottom of the page.
  4. Select Start game in the header.

On the Savegames tab, the slot that loads when the game starts is marked Loads on start.

Downloading savegames​

On the Savegames tab, select Download ZIP next to a savegame. Downloads work at any time, even while the game is running.

Restoring an automatic backup​

The game makes automatic backups of your savegames. They are listed in the Automatic backups card on the Savegames tab.

  1. Stop the game.
  2. Select Restore next to the backup.
  3. Confirm with Restore backup.

Restoring a backup overwrites the slot it was made from. Download the current savegame first if you want to keep it.

Freeing a savegame slot​

If all 20 slots are in use, you need to delete a savegame before you can upload another one. The dashboard can't delete savegames, so use the FS25 control panel:

  1. Download the savegame first if you want to keep it.
  2. Stop the game.
  3. Open the FS25 control panel: on the Overview tab, select the open-in-new-tab icon next to Panel address on the FS25 control panel card. See Managing your FS25 server.
  4. In the FS25 control panel, go to Savegames.
  5. Under Manage Savegames, select the delete icon next to the savegame.

Troubleshooting​

The upload is rejected​

  • "This isn't a complete savegame": careerSavegame.xml is missing from the top level of the ZIP, or the save comes from a map that hadn't finished loading. Re-create the ZIP from the files inside the savegame folder, not the folder itself. If that doesn't help, load and save the game locally once more.
  • "This ZIP can't be used": the ZIP is damaged or contains paths the server doesn't accept. Create it again.
  • "This file is larger than 1 GB": savegame uploads can be up to 1 GB.
  • "The game is running": stop the game, then try again.

The server can't start with the uploaded savegame​

  • Missing map mod: the savegame uses a mod map that isn't installed or active on the server. Install and activate it on the Mods tab.
  • Missing mod dependencies: other mods the savegame uses aren't installed. Open the Logs tab, set Show to Warnings & errors, and look for missing mods. Then install and activate them on the Mods tab.