Uploading an Existing World to Your Don't Starve Together Server

Uploading your existing world to your server here at Nodecraft is an easy process. It just requires you to edit a couple of files, and we’ll show you how to do so!

Locate Your World Files

If you’re not sure where your world files are located, the game client can lead you where you need to go.

While you’re in the main menu on your client, click on the Data button in the lower left of the client; it looks like a folder.

Here you will see a few folders, but the ones we’re looking for are these Cluster_# files. These are your world(s) folders.

If you have more than one cluster folder, and you’re not sure which one to upload, open any of these folders, and inside will be a cluster.ini file. Open the file with a text editor, such as Notepad, look at the cluster_name line, and find the world you’re looking for.

Go back to the location where the Cluster_# folders are and zip up the folder with a compression tool - we prefer 7zip, but many other programs can work just fine.

Upload to the Server

Head over to your server's panel and click on the Server Files tab on the left-hand side of the panel.

Navigate to the /.klei/DoNotStarveTogether folder, select the MyDediServer folder, and press the Delete button in the panel.

Next, upload your world file to this same location, and Unzip.

You can upload files directly into your server by clicking the Upload button and dragging and dropping them to the panel. Or you can upload by using FTP. If you’re unsure how to use FTP, we have a guide on how to use FTP here.

Next, we’ll need to rename the folder you unzipped. Select the file, click the Rename button, and change it to MyDediServer.

Edit the cluster.ini File

There are a couple of settings you’ll need to edit.

Click on the MyDediServer folder you just renamed, select the cluster.ini file and click the Edit button.

Near the bottom of the file, change these two settings:

master_port = 11001

cluster_key = dst

Don’t forget to Save your changes.

Add a Cluster Token

All that’s left now is to make sure you’ve added a Cluster Token to your server panel, Start up the server, and play!

If you’re not sure how to find and apply a Token, we have a guide on how to acquire a cluster token here.

Overworld Only Server

If you wish to upload a world that's the Overworld only, then there's just one additional thing you'll want to do.

Perform all the previous steps as normal, then go to the Game Settings - Advanced tabs in the Panel. Select the dropdown menu in the middle, and change it from Normal (Both Overworld and Caves) to Overworld Only.

Save your change and Start up the server.

Need Help?

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