How to Upload Your World to Your Enshrouded Server

Started your Enshrouded adventure in singleplayer or local co-op and want to keep building with friends on a rented server? You can move your existing world onto your DoomHosting server in a few minutes. An Enshrouded world is a small set of files named after its save slot (slot 1 is called 3ad85aea), and your server always loads slot 1 from its savegame folder. Upload your files under that name and the server continues your world exactly where you left off.

Find your world save on your PC

Enshrouded stores your local saves in one of two places, depending on whether Steam Cloud is enabled:

• Steam Cloud on (default): open Steam, right-click Enshrouded, choose Manage then Browse local files, then go up to the Steam folder and open userdata\<YourSteamID>\1203620\remote.
• Steam Cloud off: press Win + R, paste %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Enshrouded, and press Enter.

Inside you will see files named with a short hex ID per save slot, with no file extension:

3ad85aea            <- slot 1 world data (the big one, this is your world)
3ad85aea-index      <- version pointer
3ad85aea_info       <- menu metadata
3ad85aea_info-index <- metadata pointer

Slot 1 is 3ad85aea, slot 2 is 3bd85c7d, slot 3 is 38d857c4, and so on. If you are not sure which slot your world is in, sort by date modified and check which set changed the last time you played. The only file the server truly needs is the main world-data file (the largest one, no suffix): it rebuilds the index files on its own. Copy the whole set to a folder on your desktop anyway, that copy doubles as your backup.

Stop your server

Open your server in the DoomHosting panel and press Stop. This matters: Enshrouded writes its save on shutdown, so uploading into a running server means your files get overwritten a few minutes later.

Rename the files to slot 1

The dedicated server only loads slot 1, so the uploaded world file must be named 3ad85aea. If your world was in slot 1 already, skip this step. Otherwise rename the files in your copied set, keeping any suffix:

3bd85c7d            -> 3ad85aea
3bd85c7d-index      -> 3ad85aea-index

The name must match exactly, with no file extension. Windows hides extensions by default, so double-check the file is not secretly 3ad85aea.txt.

Upload the files to the savegame folder

In the panel, open the Files tab. The savegame folder sits in the root of your server:

Open savegame. If your server has already run, there is an existing 3ad85aea in here. Your world should replace it, but keep a backup first: rename the old 3ad85aea to something like 3ad85aea-backup (the three-dot menu on the file row), or download it. Delete the old 3ad85aea-index so the server rebuilds it for your world.

Then press Upload, choose Upload files, and pick your renamed world file (you can also drag and drop it into the window):

For a handful of small files the built-in file manager is the easiest way. If you prefer FTP, see how to connect via SFTP: upload into the same savegame folder.

Start the server and join

Press Start. The server picks up 3ad85aea and boots straight into your world. Join through the in-game server browser or the connect details shown on your panel, and everything is where you left it: your base, your flame altars, your character progression on that world.

Going the other way works too: download the 3ad85aea set from savegame, rename it to a free slot ID, and drop it into your local save folder to keep playing solo.

Common issues

• The server generated a brand-new world instead of loading yours. The file name is off. It must be exactly 3ad85aea with no extension, directly inside savegame (not in a subfolder, not zipped). Stop the server, fix the names, start again.
• Your old server world came back. The server was still running when you uploaded, so it saved over your files on shutdown. Always stop the server first, then upload.
• The upload seems too small. Compare file sizes: the main 3ad85aea file should match the size of the one on your PC. If it is a few bytes, you copied the tiny -index pointer instead of the world data.
• The world loads, but an older state of it. A leftover 3ad85aea-index from the previous world can point at the wrong version. Stop the server, delete 3ad85aea-index, and start again: the server rebuilds it from your world file.
• Version mismatch. A world saved on a newer game version than the server cannot load. Enshrouded servers on DoomHosting update automatically on restart, so simply restart the server to get it on the latest version before uploading.
• Your character is gone. Character progression in Enshrouded is stored per world save, so it travels with the file. If you joined the wrong world, your character for the uploaded world is still inside the uploaded save.

Do not have a server yet? Grab one on our Enshrouded server hosting page and your world can be back online in minutes.