How to restore Palworld Server save
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2026 10:06 am
You've logged on and all your pals are gone! Not to worry, here's how you can get them back:
- On the "Server control" tab, stop your server.
- Using your preferred FTP client, connect to your server's FTP using the credentials listed on the "File Manager" tab in your control panel.
- If you aren't sure how to connect, we have a guide for FileZilla posted here: viewtopic.php?t=8044
- Navigate to the "PalWorld\Saved\SaveGames\0\<world-id>\backup\world" folder. This contains daily backups of your world and pals.
- Open the folder that corresponds to the date you want to restore from.'
- Download the "Players", "Level.sav" and "LevelMeta.sav" files.
- Navigate back to "/Palword/Saved/SaveGames/0/<world-id>/" folder.
- Upload the "Players", "Level.sav" and "LevelMeta.sav" files to this folder, and overwrite the existing files when prompted.
- Start your server back up.
- Navigate to the "File manager" tab.
- Click on "Expanded server backup/restoration options" to open the drop down menu.
- In the "Restore file/folder" field, enter the full path to the folder you want to restore. For example "/Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0/<world-id>/Players/" or "/Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0/<world-id>/Level.sav/".
- Click the "Trigger file restoration" button.
- Navigate to the "File manager" tab.
- Check the "Wipe server at 1:30am Pacific" and "Restore from last remote backup at 2am Pacific" options.
- Click the "Schedule wipe/restore" button.