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How to Upload a Single-Player World to Your Terraria Server

Note: Transferring your local single-player world to a Terraria server allows you and your friends to continue building, exploring, and fighting bosses together seamlessly. The Cybrancee panel allows you to upload your local world files and configure them directly within the server startup settings.

1. Log In to Your Panel

2. Stop Your Server

In your server dashboard header, click the red ‘Stop’ button to halt all server processes before transferring new world files.

Clicking the Stop button in the server header to shut down the server.

3. Locate Your Local Single-Player World Files

On your computer, open File Explorer and navigate to ‘Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds’ to locate your single-player ‘.wld’ file.

Locating the local Terraria world files in the Documents My Games folder on Windows.

4. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

From the left navigation menu, select the ‘Files’ tab to access your server’s root directory.

Selecting the Files tab from the Cybrancee control panel sidebar.

5. Open the ‘saves’ Folder

In your server root directory, locate the ‘saves’ folder and click on it to open it.

Selecting the saves folder in the Cybrancee server file manager.

6. Open the ‘Worlds’ Folder

Inside the saves directory, click on the ‘Worlds’ folder where active world save data is stored.

Opening the Worlds folder inside the saves directory.

7. Upload Your Single-Player World File

Click the ‘Upload’ button at the top of the file manager and select your single player world file to transfer it to the server.

Clicking the Upload button to upload a single-player world file to the server.

8. Select the ‘Startup’ Tab

From the left navigation menu, select the ‘Startup’ tab to configure server boot parameters.

Selecting the Startup tab from the Cybrancee control panel sidebar.

9. Configure the ‘World Name’ Setting

In the Startup settings, locate the ‘WORLD NAME’ field and enter the exact name of your world file to load it on reboot.

Setting the World Name field in the Startup tab to match the uploaded single-player world.

10. Start Your Server

Return to the top header and click the green ‘Start’ button to launch the server with your uploaded world.

Clicking the Start button in the Cybrancee header to launch the Terraria server.

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