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