How to Add a Savegame to Your Terraria tShock Server

You can transfer an existing world to your server to continue playing there. tShock uses the regular Terraria world format – so a world consists of a single .wld file. You can use a single player world, the world of a regular Terraria server or the world of another tShock server.

Find the local savegame

1. Open the worlds folder
   Press Windows Key + R, enter the following path and confirm with Enter:

   %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds
   

2. Select the world
   Pick the desired .wld file, e.g. MyWorld.wld. Do not use spaces in the file name, use underscores instead, e.g. My_World.wld.

Upload and apply the savegame

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

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

3. Upload the world
   Upload the .wld file directly into the main directory of your server:

   /
   

4. Set the world name
   Open the dashboard, navigate to the Settings and enter the file name of your world in the World Name field – without the .wld extension (e.g. My_World for My_World.wld).

5. Start the server
   Save the settings and start your server. Your uploaded world is now loaded on startup.