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# How to Upload a Custom World to Your Valheim Server

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This guide will help you upload your custom world to your Valheim server.  
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# 🗺️ How to Upload Your Custom World 🗺️

To upload your custom world, you need to follow the next steps:

1. Generate a world in single-player Valheim, then go to `C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds` to find it on your machine.  
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2. Find the following two files: `worldname.db` and `worldname.fwl`.

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3. Connect via WinSCP to your server to upload the two files under the `/Saves/worlds_local` folder.

||| [Here](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-access-your-game-server-files-via-ftp-1pbt2hz/) is our guide for connecting via WinSCP to your server.

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4. Log in to your AMP game server panel [here](https://amp.ggservers.com).  
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5. Click on your Valheim instance, then click on `Manage`, and then stop the server.

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6. Click on `Configuration`.

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7. Click on `Valheim - General Settings`.

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8. Find the `World Name` section, and paste your `worldname` there. The `worldname` is the name of the files you uploaded to the server without the extension at the end. After you fill in the field, the panel will automatically save the changes.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/1_341ih.png)

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9. Start your Valheim server by clicking on `Status`, then on `Start`.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/51_rihtqt.png)

Now you just set up your custom world to your Valheim server.  
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# 🔄 How to Change Between Worlds 🔄

To switch back to your old world, you just need to:

1. Log in to your AMP game server panel [here](https://amp.ggservers.com).  
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2. Click on your Valheim instance, then click on `Manage`, and then stop the server.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/1_gfqcz9.png)

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3. Click on `Configuration`.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/21_e5h72g.png)

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4. Click on `Valheim - General Settings`.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/32_3f47o.png)

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5. Find the `World Name` section, and fill in your old world name. After you fill in the field, the panel will automatically save the changes.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/2_1f7c1ek.png)

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6. Start your Valheim server by clicking on `Status`, then on `Start`.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/51_rihtqt.png)

Now you just changed your world back to your old one.  
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| If you find any issues, contact us on live chat or via the [ticket system](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/).  
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# ❕ Useful Links ❕

- [How to Join Your ARK Game Server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-join-your-ark-game-server-9pepfi/)  
- [Getting Started - How to Access Your Valheim Server and Control Panel](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/getting-started-how-to-access-your-valheim-server-and-control-panel-1fqg4dg/)  
- [How to Reset Your Billing Area password](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-reset-your-billing-area-password-1ik6zm5/)