{"id":3694,"date":"2021-03-24T19:27:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:49:24","slug":"how-to-upload-your-own-world-on-your-valheim-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-to-upload-your-own-world-on-your-valheim-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to upload your own world on your Valheim server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> In Valheim it is not difficult to upload a local world to your new GPORTAL server. Here we explain how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Start and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/vallheim-settings-and-server\/#how-do-i-connect-to-a-valheim-server-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">join your server<\/a>&nbsp;once (<strong>This creates the savegame folder structure<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;this is a REALLY important step!<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stop<\/strong>&nbsp;your server (otherwise you cant upload a savegame!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Locate the savegame on your computer. It is usually located here:&nbsp;<code>C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\LocalLow\\IronGate\\Valheim<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There you need the .db and the .fwl file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect to your server, using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/what-is-a-ftp-client\/\">FTP Connection<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload both files (.db and .fwl) to this folder:\u00a0<strong>.config\\unity3d\\IronGate\\Valheim\\save\\worlds_local<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now head to the basic settings again. The server still should be stopped completely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rename the worldname from (default) \u201cworld\u201d to the name of the files you uploaded (no file extension, just the name).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AFTER the previous step, start the server and join it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If everything works, you should think about doing a backup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need further assistance with uploading, feel free to submit a ticket for the support&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/eur\/support\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GPORTAL Valheim Server: How to upload your own world\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhaPN3ouiyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/valheim\" style=\"border-radius:5px;color:#1e1e1e;background-color:#50fcea\">More about Valheim<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Valheim it is not difficult to upload a local world to your new GPORTAL server. Here we explain how it works: If you need further assistance with uploading, feel free to submit a ticket for the support&nbsp;here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-blog-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,31],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u25b6 How do I upload my world to my Valheim server? | GPORTAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Uploading your own world in Valheim is not difficult \u279c We will show you how to do it on GPORTAL game servers \u279c Click here to learn more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-to-upload-your-own-world-on-your-valheim-server\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u25b6 How do I upload my world to my Valheim server? 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