How to Add a Savegame to Your Don’t Starve Together Server

You can transfer a world you played locally to your server to continue with the existing save there.

Find the cluster folder on the server

The cluster folder has the following structure:

<cluster folder>/
├── Master/            # shard of the overworld (contains the save folder)
├── Caves/             # shard of the caves (only if caves are enabled)
├── cluster.ini
├── cluster_token.txt
├── adminlist.txt      # only present once created
├── whitelist.txt      # only present once created
└── blocklist.txt      # only present once created

The actual save is stored in the folders Master/save/ (overworld) and Caves/save/ (caves). These are folders, not a single file.

Find the local savegame

1. Open the data folder
   Start Don’t Starve Together and click Data in the bottom left of the main menu. The folder containing your local worlds opens. Alternatively you can reach it on your PC via this path:

   C:\Users\<YourUser>\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogether\<number folder>\
   

2. Identify the right world
   Each local world has its own folder named Cluster_1, Cluster_2 and so on. Open the cluster.ini inside and check the cluster_name value – this tells you which folder belongs to which world.

3. Open the save folder
   Your world folder uses the same structure as the server, so Master\ and – if you played with caves – Caves\. The save itself is stored in the subfolders Master\save\ and Caves\save\.

Upload the savegame

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP or use the file browser in the dashboard.

3. Remove the old save
   Navigate to <cluster folder>/Master/save/ and delete the entire content of the folder.

4. Upload the new save
   Upload the complete content of your local Master\save\ folder into the now empty <cluster folder>/Master/save/ directory.

5. Transfer the caves
   If the caves are enabled on your server, repeat steps 3 and 4 for the folder <cluster folder>/Caves/save/ using the content of your local Caves\save\ folder.

6. Start the server
   Start your server again.