How to upload pre-existing 7DTD world to our servers

You can bring a world from your own PC (single-player or a game you hosted) to your server, both Navezgane and random (RWG) worlds.

1. Check the game version

The world must be from the same game version as your server. If it isn't, switch the server's branch first: click Branch on the Steam update bar at the top of your server's page.

2. Find the files on your PC

Your game's data folder is %appdata%\7DaysToDie on Windows (~/.local/share/7DaysToDie on Linux). In it:

• Saves: Saves\WorldName\SaveName. For Navezgane the world name is Navezgane.
• Random (RWG) worlds: also the world itself, in GeneratedWorlds\WorldName.

3. Upload them

1. Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your 7 Days to Die server.
2. Click Stop at the top of the page.
3. Open the Files tab and go to UserData/Saves. Make a folder named exactly like the world (for example Navezgane) if there isn't one, and upload your save folder into it, so it ends up as UserData/Saves/WorldName/SaveName.
4. For an RWG world, also upload the world folder to UserData/GeneratedWorlds, so it ends up as UserData/GeneratedWorlds/WorldName.

You can drag folders onto the Files tab, or upload a .zip and right-click it to choose Extract here. Large uploads are easier over SFTP: see How to connect to your server's SFTP.

4. Point the server at the world

1. Open the Configs tab and choose Server settings.
2. Under World, set World to the world's folder name (Navezgane, or the RWG world's name exactly as its folder is named) and Save name to your save folder's name. Random world seed and Random world size are only used for RWG, so you can leave them.
3. Click Save, then click Start and check the Console tab for errors.

The gameplay rules come from the server's own settings, not from your single-player game: see How to change your 7 Days to Die server settings (difficulty, day length, blood moons, SandboxCode).

Troubleshooting

• A new, empty world starts: check that World and Save name match the folder names exactly, including capital letters, and that the folders are nested as above.
• The world doesn't load: check that it's from the same game version as the server, and that the whole folders uploaded.

Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.