Can I back up my V Rising save game without an FTP client?

Yes. Use the Savegame-Manager in your game server’s Savegames tab to download a save game with one click or upload one using drag and drop.

V Rising: Manage Save Games

Learn how to safely manage and back up your V Rising save games for a smooth multiplayer experience → Find out more

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Introduction

In this guide, we’ll show you how to manage your V Rising save games on your game server, including backing up local and server save games and uploading them to your server.

Getting started

To access your server files, you’ll need an FTP client such as WinSCP or FileZilla. Both are open source and free to use.

Connect to your server using the FTP client and the credentials you’ll find in the Files tab (or under FTP/SFTP access) on your game server. For more help connecting, see our FTP access guide.

Backing up a save game

Tip

Instead of accessing your files manually via FTP, you can also download your current save game with a single click using the Savegame-Manager in the Savegames tab on your game server, and upload a new one using drag and drop—all without an FTP client. The FTP instructions below are still useful as an alternative or for local backups.

Local save games

Local save games are the ones you created while hosting a multiplayer game locally on your device. You can find them in the Windows LocalLow AppData folder, at the following path:

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../AppData/LocalLow/Stunlock Studios/VRising

Tip

You can open this path directly by pressing STRG + R at the same time and entering the following path in the Run dialog: %userprofile%/appdata/locallow/Stunlock Studios/VRising. Just click OK to open the folder.

Depending on whether you use the Steam Cloud Save feature and on the server type, you’ll find a Saves and/or CloudSaves folder here. Your local save games are stored in these folders.

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Depending on the game version, your saves are located in either the v1 or v3 folder.

Accessing save games via FTP

Backing up your server save game is easy. Once you’ve connected to your game server using an FTP client, navigate to the following path:

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../vrising/save-data/Saves

You should see a v1 and v3 folder here, depending on the game version. Your save games are in these folders. Simply right-click the folder and select Download to save the files locally on your device.

Automatic backups

We automatically back up your game server every day. With the ZapX Pass, you can also create, restore, and download your own backups at any time in the Backups tab on your game server—with ZapX Pass Pro, you can even schedule automatic backups. For more information, see our dedicated Backups guide.

Uploading a save game

Uploading a save game works much like backing one up. First, connect to your game server using an FTP client. Then navigate to the following path:

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../vrising/save-data/Saves

Depending on the save game version, simply drag and drop your save game into the appropriate folder in the FTP client to upload it to your server.

Tip

It may be helpful to copy the name of the uploaded save game folder, as you’ll need it in the next step to activate the save.

Activating a save game

To use a specific save game, you’ll need to update a configuration file. There are several ways to do this—we’ll show you the easiest one using the web interface. To learn about other methods, see our Server configuration guide.

Open the Configuration tab on your game server and find the Savename setting.

Change this value to the name of the save game folder you uploaded in the previous step. Save the change using the green Save button at the bottom, then restart your server.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

In ../AppData/LocalLow/Stunlock Studios/VRising, in the Saves and/or CloudSaves folder. Depending on the game version, they’re in the v1 or v3 subfolder.

Connect via FTP, go to ../vrising/save-data/Saves, open the v1 or v3 folder (depending on the game version), then right-click your save game and select Download.

Open the Configuration tab, set Savename to the name of the uploaded save game folder, save your changes, and restart the server.

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V Rising: Manage Save Games

Introduction

Getting started

Backing up a save game

Local save games

Accessing save games via FTP

Automatic backups

Uploading a save game

Activating a save game

Frequently asked questions

V Rising

Getting started

Backing up a save game

Local save games

Accessing save games via FTP

Automatic backups

Uploading a save game

Activating a save game

Game Server

Servers & Hosting

ZAPX

Resources

ZAP-Hosting