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How To Upload a Sons Of The Forest World
How to Upload a Sons Of The Forest World – Introduction
On your Sons Of The Forest server, you’ll quickly realize that you’re entering hell on earth. You are sent on a rescue mission to find and save a missing billionaire. However, as soon as you arrive, you’ll discover that the island you’re on is infested with cannibals and that danger lurks around every corner. As you explore, you’ll gain resources, meet AI, and discover many dangers ahead. During playing, you may run into trouble though, leading you to want to bring friends along to play in the world. This is possible by adding the world to your server and knowing how to upload a Sons Of The Forest world can help.
With a Nitrado server, you’ll have the flexibility to transfer your local world to a server. This ensures you can take up and complete the mission together with friends. Along with that, you’ll be able to share resources, build bases together, and have the ultimate survival time. Below, you will learn where your Sons Of The Forest world is stored and how to upload it to your server!
Finding Your Local Sons of The Forest World
To upload an already started local world to a server, you first have to find it on your PC. These steps will show you how to do that.
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- Press Win + R. This will open a new window.
- Write “AppData” in the “Run” window and click “OK“.
- Now navigate to the following path: \LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves\76561198096227622\MultiplayerClient
Remember where this folder is located on your PC because we need it for the next steps.
How to Upload a World to Your Sons Of The Forest Server
Uploading a local world to a server sounds more complicated than it actually is. You’ll have two options to do so. You can use an external FTP program or upload directly in our expertly programmed web interface. The next sections will show you which steps you have to take.
Using an External FTP Program
If you want to upload a local world to your server, you can do this with an external FTP program. Afterwards, you have to adjust your server to it, and you are ready to go.
- Head to your Sons Of The Forest server and stop it.
- On your dashboard, you will find your FTP login information at the bottom.
- Log into an external FTP program like Filezilla with this data.
- Now go to the following folder: sonsoftheforest/userdata/saves/dedicatedserver/multiplayer
- Upload your local world and wait until the upload is finished.
- Then go back to the web interface and select the “General” tab in the “Settings” section.
- Set the “Save Slot” to the ID of the save you uploaded and change “Save Mode” to “Continue“.
- Finally, save your changes on the green “Save Settings” button and start your server.
- Now your server should load your local world!
Using the Nitrado Webinterface
Alternatively, you have the option to upload your local world in the file browser of the web interface. The steps here are as follows:
- To begin, go to your Sons Of The Forest server and turn it off.
- Then, to the left under “Tools“, press “File Browser”.
- Once there, click through the following folders: sonsoftheforest/userdata/saves/dedicatedserver/multiplayer
- You will now want to upload your world save data folder and files here.
- Then, go back to the Dashboard and click on the “General” tab in the “Settings” section.
- Set the “Save Slot” to the ID of the save you uploaded and change “Save Mode” to “Continue“.
- Save your changes on the green “Save Settings” button and start your server.
- If everything works, your server will now load your local world!
Upload Your World to Your Server and Play with Friends
Now, you can easily move over your adventure from single player and resume it with friends. Whether it’s a brand-new world or one you’ve already established and nearly beaten, you’ll continue with many survival challenges awaiting. Upload your local world to your Sons Of The Forest server today and see if you can complete the missions ahead!
