Backups: how they work, how to restore, how to download your world

Your world is yours. Here's how to keep copies of it and get it back.

What you get

• 8 GB and 16 GB plans: 5 panel backups
• 32 GB plans: 10 panel backups
• Valheim: panel backups plus Valheim's own world backups

A panel backup is a snapshot of your server's files: world, configs, plugins, mods. Automatic backups run on a schedule, and your plan holds 5 or 10 at a time. Lock any backup you want to keep so it can't be deleted by accident.

Make a backup by hand

Do this before anything risky: a game update, adding mods, changing server type.

1. Open the panel and pick your server.
2. Go to Backups and click Create backup.
3. Give it a name you'll recognize, like before-1.22-update.

Restore a backup

1. Go to Backups.
2. Find the backup and choose Restore.
3. Wait for it to finish, then start the server.

Restoring replaces the current files with the backup. If you're not sure, make a fresh backup of the current state first so you can go back.

Download your world

From Backups, choose Download on any backup. You get an archive of the whole server, including the world.

To grab just the world:

• Minecraft: in the Files tab, the world is the world folder. Paper also has world_nether and world_the_end next to it.
• Valheim: the world is two files, YourWorld.db and YourWorld.fwl, in the worlds folder (usually worlds_local). You need both.

You can download your world anytime, for any reason, including moving to another host. We don't lock it in.

If a backup won't restore

Don't keep retrying over the top of it. Open a ticket or post on Discord. A real engineer will look at it.