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title: How to Download Your World From an Enshrouded Server
description: Learn how to download your Enshrouded world from a Nodecraft server by compressing the savegame folder and saving the resulting archive as a local backup.
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updated: "2026-09-27T23:44:23.049Z"
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# How to Download Your World From an Enshrouded Server

Learn how to download your Enshrouded world from a Nodecraft server by compressing the savegame folder and saving the resulting archive as a local backup.

Downloading your Enshrouded world gives you a local copy you can keep as a backup, move elsewhere, or hang onto before making major changes. Since the world save is stored on the server, grabbing the whole savegame folder is the safest way to keep everything together.

## Download Your Enshrouded World

1. Navigate to your Nodecraft dashboard.
2. Locate your Enshrouded server and click **Manage**.
3. Stop the server.
4. Click **Server Files** in the menu on the left, then open **Files**.
5. Locate the **savegame** folder in the main server directory.

  ![Enshrouded File Manager showing the savegame folder selected in the main server directory before creating a world backup archive.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1011x816/e37a8cd88c/enshrouded-savegame-folder.png/m/1000x0/smart)
6. Select the checkbox next to the **savegame** folder.
7. Click Compress to create a .tzst archive of the savegame folder.

  ![Nodecraft File Manager showing the Compress button used to create an archive of selected Enshrouded server files or folders.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/138x50/33d0d65685/enshrouded-compress-world.png/m/)
8. Once compression finishes, locate the new savegame.tzst file in the File Manager.
9. Select the archive and click **Download**.

  ![Nodecraft File Manager showing the compressed savegame.tzst archive selected with the Download button available to save the Enshrouded world locally.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1278x997/a23e4d60ff/enshrouded-download-world.png/m/1000x0/smart)

Save the .tzst file somewhere safe on your computer. You now have a local copy of the server world that can be stored as a backup or used later if you need to restore or move the save.

## What Is Included in the World Download?

Enshrouded dedicated servers store world progress in the **savegame** folder. The folder can also contain the active save, index information, metadata, and rolling save copies, so downloading the entire folder is better than grabbing one hexadecimal save file by itself. Player character progression is stored on each player's device rather than on the dedicated server, so character saves are not included with the world download.

## Final Thoughts

Keep a local world backup somewhere you can find it when you need it. Access to your own saves is something to expect from the best Enshrouded server hosting, and Nodecraft lets you download the files directly.