Ark Survival Evolved uploading local world to server

The following guide will teach you how to upload your local world to your ARK: Survival Evolved server.

NOTE: It is highly suggested that you stop your server before making any of these changes.

You should also make a backup of your server's saved data.



Locating your local files


First of all, you need to navigate to your ARK: Survival Evolved installation, typically located in:

...\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\


Then you need to go into Shootergame\Saved\SavedArksLocal and copy all the files you have in that directory.




Uploading your local files


Go into the "File Manager" in your game control panel.



File Manager


Once there, navigate to: Shootergame\Saved\SavedArks


You want to upload all the files you copied from your local directory into this folder.

Overwrite any existing files.

After you've completed these steps, restart your server and your local world should now have been uploaded!