ARK: Upload World Save

Have you played ARK before and would want to transfer the world save to your DatHost server? Follow this step-by-step guide!

Uploading Singleplayer World Save

Follow along in these three steps if you have played in singleplayer mode directly in-game.

Step 1: Upload World Save

First things first, let’s locate and upload your current world save. Follow the steps below:

1

Open Steam -> Right-click on ARK -> Manage -> Browse Local Files

2

Open the folder Shootergame -> Saved -> SavedArksLocal

Note: If you have played another map than The Island this folder would be named after the map. For example: RagnarokSavedArksLocal.

3

There will be 4 things you are looking for, you can skip the rest:

TheIsland.ark (or whatever map you have)

xxxxxxx.arktribe (your tribe information)

LocalPlayer.arkprofile (your player information)

ServerPaintingsCache (if you have made any paintings on the map, they will be located in this folder)

It's recommend to create a local copy of this folder to your computer before uploading it to DatHost.

4

Go to your DatHost Control Panel and click Edit on your ARK Server.

5

Go to the File Manager found on the left menu

6

Drag and drop the 4 files outlined in step 3 to the folder Saved/SavedArks.

Step 2: Rename Player Profile

Secondly, we need to rename your player profile in order for it to work on a multiplayer server.

1

Copy your SteamID64. You can find your  SteamID64 on websites such as SteamID.io

2

Open the folder /Saved/SavedArks where you have uploaded your world save

3

Right-click on the file named LocalPlayer.arkprofile and click on Rename

4

Replace LocalPlayer with your SteamID64 and hit Enter

Step 3: Change Server Settings

Now to the last step to finish your world save upload.

1

Go to your DatHost Control Panel and click Edit on your ARK Server.

2

Go to the Settings page found on the left menu

3

Open the Server tab

4

Set the Map to the same as the one you uploaded. Click Save.

Uploading Multiplayer World Save

Follow along in these easy steps if you have played in multiplayer mode, either on a local server or another third-party hosting solution.

There will be 4 things you are looking for, you can skip the rest:

TheIsland.ark (or whatever map you have)

xxxxxxx.arktribe (your tribe information)

xxxxxxxxxxx.arkprofile (player information, one file for every player)

ServerPaintingsCache (if you have made any paintings on the map, they will be located in this folder)

It's recommend to create a local copy of this folder to your computer before uploading it to DatHost.

Drag and drop the 4 files outlined in step 3 to the folder Saved/SavedArks.

Note: If you have had more than 1 player and/or tribes, there will be more files to upload.

Go to the Settings page of your DatHost server and open the tab Server. Make sure that the Map is set to the same as the one you uploaded. Click Save.