How to move your Enshrouded world from another host

Download the world file from the savegame folder of your old server, then upload it on the Worlds page of your PlayNHost server. The panel checks it, puts it in place and keeps the world it replaces, so you can undo.

Step 1: take the world from the old server

1. On the old host, stop the Enshrouded server, so it saves the world and does not overwrite it later.
2. Open the old host's file manager, or connect with SFTP, and go to the server's savegame folder. Keen Games' default for the save folder of a dedicated server is ./savegame, next to the server program.
3. Download the world file. On an Enshrouded 1.0 server it is called world0.ksd.

If the files in your old savegame folder have long names made of letters and numbers, such as 3ad85aea, with -index files next to them, that is the older Enshrouded layout. Keen Games changed the save format in 1.0. Ask your old host to update the server to 1.0 first, or open a ticket and tell us. Do not rename old files yourself.

4. Keep a copy of the downloaded file in a safe place.

Do not copy the old server's enshrouded_server.json. The panel manages the name, password, player limit and port for you, and the file also holds the Admin password. Set your difficulty and permissions again on the Gameplay Settings page instead: see How to set up your Enshrouded server.

Step 2: load it on PlayNHost

1. Open your PlayNHost server in the panel and click Worlds.
2. Click Upload a world, choose the world0.ksd you downloaded, and click Upload and use it.
3. Wait until the page says Done, then join and look for your bases. If it is not the right world, click Undo the last change.

The full steps, with what the panel checks, are in How to upload your own Enshrouded world.

Keep a copy of your world

Your world is yours. Download on the world card of the Worlds page saves the server's world0.ksd to your computer, to keep on your PC or play alone.

Players and characters

Characters live on each player's own computer, so your friends keep their characters. They join your new server by searching its name: see How to join your Enshrouded server.

Other host guides

See How to move your existing server to PlayNHost for the general steps, and keep your old server running until your world is loaded on the new one.