How to Add a Savegame to Your The Forest Server

The Forest has no world name, it uses five fixed save slots (1 to 5) instead. A savegame is always a complete folder named Slot1 to Slot5 – not a single file. You upload that folder with all of its contents to your server and then set which slot should be loaded.

Find your local savegame

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

   %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest
   

2. Choose the right subfolder
   Open the folder whose name is a long sequence of numbers – that is your SteamID64. Inside it, switch to the Multiplayer folder.

3. Select the slot folder
   Inside you find the folders Slot1 to Slot5. Choose the folder of the savegame you want to transfer – you need the complete folder including its contents.

Upload the savegame

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
   Change to the following directory:

   /TheForestDedicatedServer_Data/Multiplayer/
   

4. Upload the slot folder
   Upload the complete folder Slot1 (or Slot2 to Slot5) with all of its files into this directory. If a folder with the same name already exists there, delete it first or rename your uploaded folder to a free slot number.

5. Set the slot in the configuration
   Open the following file:

   /TheForestDedicatedServer_Data/forest/config/config.cfg
   

   Enter the number of the slot you uploaded:

   slot 1
   

6. Set Init Type to Continue
   Open the dashboard, switch to the Settings and change the Init Type field from New to Continue.

7. Start the server
   Save all changes and start your server. On startup it now loads your uploaded savegame.