How to Migrate Your Hytale World to a Server Host
Every legendary multiplayer community starts small. Perhaps you and a few friends started a local cooperative world in Hytale, utilizing peer-to-peer connection. Before long, your small village expanded into a sprawling metropolis, friends of friends started joining, and suddenly, your local connection is buckling under the weight. Constant lag, frequent disconnects, and the requirement that your PC must remain on 24/7 are clear signs that it is time to upgrade.
Migrating a Hytale local save file to a dedicated server is a rite of passage. While the process may seem daunting, it simply involves transferring a specific set of files securely. In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through precisely how to take your cherished local world and upload it to a premium host like Supercraft, without losing any player inventories, tamed creatures, or structural progress.
Step 1: Locating Your Local Save Data
Before you purchase hosting, you must find where your game stores its data. If you have been hosting the game via the in-game "Host World" feature, Hytale stores the chunk data and player metadata on your primary drive.
On Windows: Navigate to `
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Local\Hytale\universe\worlds\
`
On Linux: Navigate to `
~/.local/share/Hytale/universe/worlds/
`
Inside the `worlds` folder, look for a directory matching the name of your in-game save. If your multiplayer world was named "Orbis Adventures", there should be a corresponding folder. This entire folder contains the region (chunk) files, the player data JSON files, and world configuration properties.
Step 2: Preparing the Files (Zipping)
A mature Hytale world, especially one generated with the new "World Gen V2" update in early 2026, can easily contain thousands of tiny individual chunk files. Attempting to upload these files one by one over FTP will take hours and greatly increases the risk of packet corruption.
You must compress the folder down into a single `.zip` file. Right-click the folder (e.g., "Orbis Adventures") and select "Compress to ZIP file". You now have a single, maneuverable file ready for upload.
Step 3: Purchasing and Accessing Your Dedicated Host
If you haven't already, sign up for a high-performance plan. We highly recommend Supercraft due to their NVMe SSDs, which are critical for processing massive world saves instantly. Once purchased, log into the server control panel. You will need your FTP credentials (usually an IP address, username, port, and password provided by the host).
Step 4: Uploading via FTP
Do not use the host's web-based file manager to upload large world zips (anything over 100MB), as web browsers are terrible at handling large, sustained uploads. Instead, download a free FTP client like FileZilla.
- Open FileZilla and enter your host's FTP details.
- Once connected, navigate the right-side panel (the server's files) to `/universe/worlds/`. If the folder doesn't exist yet, run your server once to generate the file structure, then shut it down.
- Drag and drop your compressed `.zip` file from the left panel (your PC) into the right panel.
- Wait for the transfer to complete. Ensure you maintain a stable internet connection.
Step 5: Extracting and Activating the World
Once the zip file is uploaded, return to your host's web control panel. Most premium panels have a built-in "Unarchive" or "Unzip" function in their file manager. Select your zip file and extract it directly into the `/universe/worlds/` directory.
Finally, you must tell the server to load this specific world instead of generating a new one. Open the server's `config.json` file located in the root directory. Modify the target world parameter:
"server": {
"default_world_name": "Orbis Adventures",
"load_existing_world": true
}Save the configuration file and start your server.
Step 6: Verifying Player Data
When you connect to the new server IP, your character should spawn exactly where you logged out, with your inventory intact. Hytale binds player data to an encrypted Universal ID (UID). Because you uploaded the entire world folder, your local UID connects seamlessly with the server's copy of your inventory file.
If you spawn in with a clear inventory, double-check that you transferred the `playerdata` subdirectory contained within your overall world folder, and ensure the server has proper read/write permissions.
Conclusion
Moving from a local host to a dedicated machine is a massive quality-of-life improvement for both you and your players. It frees up your PC resources, eliminates reliance on your home router, and guarantees your world is online 24/7 with professional DDoS protection.
Now that your world is fully migrated, you can begin exploring advanced server features like CurseForge plugins or massively expanding the world border. For an entirely seamless migration experience, choose Supercraft Server Hosting and take your Hytale community to the next level.