How to Add a Savegame to Your Nightingale Server

Nightingale has no world or save name. The server always loads whatever is stored in the Offline folder. That folder holds your realms and your characters:

Option 1: Transfer directly from the game

This is the official and easiest way. The very first time you join a still empty server, your client automatically uploads your character and all realms belonging to it.

1. Prepare the server
   The server has to be empty, meaning it must not contain a save yet. If a save already exists, reset it first as described further below.

2. Start the server
   Start your server via the dashboard and wait until it is fully up.

3. Join with the character you want
   Be the first to connect, using exactly the character whose progress you want to transfer. How to join your server is described in Join Server.

4. Wait for the transfer
   Character and realms are uploaded while you join. Depending on the size of your worlds this can take a moment.

Option 2: Upload the save via SFTP

Use this route for a save that already comes from a Nightingale server – for example from a backup or from another server.

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. While the server is running it writes to the save files itself.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open the directory
   Switch to the following directory:

   /NWX/Saved/
   

4. Remove the current save
   Delete the existing Offline folder on the server so the old and the new save do not get mixed up.

5. Upload the folder
   Upload the complete Offline folder including all subfolders into the /NWX/Saved/ directory.

6. Start the server
   Start your server. On startup it now loads the save you uploaded.

Reset the save

If you want to start over on your server, delete the stored state completely:

1. Create a backup
   Create a backup first. This step cannot be undone.

2. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

3. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

4. Delete the folders
   Delete the following two folders completely:

   /NWX/Saved/Offline/
   /NWX/Saved/Config/
   

5. Start the server
   Start your server. It recreates the folders on startup and is empty again.

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