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Reset the World on a Project Zomboid Server

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This guide will be covering the process to reset your world on your Project Zomboid server. Resetting your world is an easy way to give your server a fresh start while retaining your server settings. It’s recommended that you backup your server before proceeding but you can also complete this process without deleting the world if you may want to return to it later. 

  1. Open your Dashboard

  2. Locate your Project Zomboid server and click on the Panel button. 

  3. Once on your server, Stop the server. 

  4. Go to the File Manager tab.

    The Project Zomboid server panel with File Manager highlighted under the expanded Server Files section in the left navigation menu.

  5. Once on the file manager, navigate to /config/Saves/Multiplayer.

    The Nodecraft File Manager showing the /config/Saves/Multiplayer directory open, with the Nodecraft_Server save folder visible in the main file list.

  6. You should now see a folder that is named Nodecraft_Server. At this point you can right click on Nodecraft_Server and Rename it, archive it by compressing it or just delete it. If you may want to return to the world later renaming it or archiving will be the best option. If you know you don’t want to return you can just delete it.

    Note: If you delete the world without a backup, it will not be recoverable.

    The Nodecraft_Server save folder selected in the File Manager, with the folder options menu open and Rename, Compress, and Delete visible.

  7. Once you have renamed the world or deleted it, Start your server. 

Conclusion

You have now reset the world on your Project Zomboid server. Your server will now feel like it’s just as the day your first started it, but your settings will have been retained. 

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