How to Upload an Existing World to a 7 Days to Die Server

Playing on your 7 Days To Die server can be a lot of fun, but you would miss out on your single-player or custom worlds. Fortunately, the game and server design allows you to upload existing worlds to enjoy them with other players online. In this guide, we will show you how to upload an existing world to your 7 Days to Die server.

Preparing Local Saves

You will need to navigate to the local game directory to find the files, which can be done by pressing the Windows key + R at the same time.

After opening the Run program, type %appdata% and click OK.Run AppData

Find the 7DaysToDie folder and open it, then press Saves.7 Days To Die Local Saves

Locate your desired world, then right-click on it and compress the folder into a ZIP file.

Note: You can use 7zip or WinRAR for the compression process.

Once complete, keep that window open or move the newly created file to an easily accessible location.

File Organization

7 Days To Die Save Subfolder

The variety of save files for your 7 Days To Die world is important, as that will dictate the upload operations for the map.

The name of the main folder you compressed is the GameWorld value within the game layout. Additionally, the name of the subfolder within the main one is the GameName value. In our example, the main folder is "PREGEN8k" and the subfolder is "HolyTest".

Uploading an Existing World

Head to your Holy server panel and turn off the server.

Then, press the FTP File Access button in the upper left corner and log in with your password, then navigate to the Saves folder.

In the upper left corner, click Upload and drag your compressed world file to the "Drop files here to upload" field.

Note: If the file gets stuck, use FileZilla to upload it in the same directory.7

Days To Die Upload Existing World to Server

Once it finishes uploading, go back to the Saves folder in the FTP panel and check the ZIP file.

In the upper right corner, press Unzip and in the next window click Submit.7 Days To Die Extracting Uploaded World Wait for all files to be extracted, which should show a confirmation message when complete.

Activating an Uploaded Map

Head to the server panel and near the upper left corner, press Config Files.

Locate and click on the "Main 7 Days To Die Configuration" option, which is the serverconfig_holy.xml file.7 Days To Die Main Config Files

Within that file, find the GameWorld setting and change the value to match the name of the save folder you uploaded.

After that, find the GameName option and edit its value to match the name of the subfolder you uploaded (within the main world folder).7 Days To Die GameWorld and GameName values

Note: Our example uses the main folder "PREGEN8k" with "HolyTest" as the subfolder within it, hence the corresponding values in the file.

Once you have made those changes, click Save at the top and Restart your server from the server panel. The server will load your world!

Conclusion

Uploading your existing world to your 7 Days to Die server allows you to share custom or single-player worlds with other players online. While the process is a bit lengthy, it is worth it when you want to play with friends or other players on your own world.