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Uploading your world to your Project Zomboid server

If you want to keep playing a world from your computer on your server, you can upload its save.

Find your world on your computer​

  1. Go to C:\Users\yourUsername\Zomboid\Saves. There is a folder for each game mode you played in Solo, such as Apocalypse.

    Save folders

    Worlds you hosted for friends with Host in the main menu are in the Multiplayer folder. Worlds you played alone are in the folder of the game mode you chose when you created the world.

  2. Make a .zip file of the world's save folder. Zip the folder itself, not just its contents.

    Example for a multiplayer world:

    Multiplayer save

    Example for a singleplayer Apocalypse world:

    Singleplayer save

Upload the world and switch your server to it​

The server loads the world in pzserver/Saves/Multiplayer whose folder name matches the Server Config Name startup setting. This is PZServer by default. You can see it on the Configuration tab under General > Startup.

  1. Open the Fragnet dashboard, go to My servers and select your Project Zomboid server.
  2. If you want to keep the server's current world, make a backup first.
  3. Stop the server with Shut down.
  4. Open the Files tab and go to the pzserver/Saves/Multiplayer folder.
  5. Upload your .zip file with Upload, or drag it onto the file list. Uploads over 100 MB should go through SFTP.
  6. Open the ⋯ menu of the uploaded file and select Extract. Your world's folder appears next to the server's current world folder. You can then delete the .zip file.
  7. Move the current world out of the way: open the ⋯ menu of the PZServer folder and select Rename, and give it another name, such as PZServer-old. Or select Delete if you don't need it.
  8. Open the ⋯ menu of your uploaded world's folder, select Rename and name it PZServer (or your Server Config Name).
  9. Start the server with Start. It loads your uploaded world.

See File and folder actions for more on extracting and renaming.