How to back up and restore your Satisfactory world

Your Satisfactory world is the thing you cannot get back if it is lost, so back it up before you change settings, install mods or update.

Before you start: stop the server so the backup holds complete files. See How to start, stop, restart and force-stop your server.

Where the world is stored

Everything is inside Files, in the .config folder, then Epic, FactoryGame, Saved, SaveGames. Saves are .sav files in the server folder there, and blueprints are in the blueprints folder next to it. A separate ServerSettings file, whose name contains your game port, sits in SaveGames just above the server folder and holds the server name, administrator password and player password.

Make a backup

1. Open your server in the panel and click Backups in the left menu.
2. Click Start backup with Files selected. The backup copies the whole server folder, so the world is included.
3. To keep a copy outside PlayNHost, open the ... menu of the backup and choose Download.

The server folder also holds the game's own files, which can be large, so check the size on the Backups page. If it does not fit your backup space, ask support what to leave out. Do not guess an ignore pattern, because a wrong one can leave your world out of the backup. See How to create, download and restore backups for scheduling, locking and limits.

What to make sure is included

Back up the whole SaveGames folder: the server folder (saves), the blueprints folder, and the ServerSettings file so the claimed server name and passwords come back too. Save in game or stop the server first so the newest progress is on disk.

Restore a backup

A restore replaces the current files with the backup, and anything changed since is lost. Take a fresh backup of the current state first if you may want it back.

Choose Restore to server from the backup's ... menu, confirm, and start the server when it finishes.

To bring a world from another computer instead, see How to upload your own Satisfactory world.