How To Transfer Your Local Server To Pine Hosting

Transferring your local palworld server to Pine Hosting is straightforward but may temporarily cause some progress loss. This guide will help you migrate your server files and restore your progress on Pine Hosting. At this time migrating files from your local server may end up losing your progress but keep your players progress so this guide should help you with migrating the server files and restoring progress.

How To Transfer Your Local Palworld Server To Pine Hosting

Migrating your local Palworld server to Pine Hosting lets you bring your world and character progress across. The process takes a few steps because Palworld assigns your character a new ID on a dedicated server  we use a free tool called PalworldSaveTools to fix that mismatch so your progress carries over correctly.

Back up your local save files before starting. Keep a copy somewhere safe in case anything goes wrong.

What You'll Need

• Your local Palworld save files (world + character data)
• An SFTP client FileZilla or WinSCP
• 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract the tool
• PalworldSaveTools (download steps below)

Part 1 - Download PalworldSaveTools

1. Go to the PalworldSaveTools releases page:
   https://github.com/deafdudecomputers/PalworldSaveTools/releases/latest
2. Scroll down past the release notes to the Assets section (it says "Assets 7" with a dropdown arrow).
3. Click PST_standalone_v2.1.6.7z to download it (48.8 MB).

This is the standalone version  it includes everything and doesn't need any extra dependencies installed.

1. Once downloaded, right-click the .7z file → Extract to folder (using 7-Zip or WinRAR).
2. Open the extracted folder. You'll find PST_standalone.exe  this is the app you'll use.

Part 2 - Upload Your Local World Save to Pine

Upload your local save first, before ever starting the Pine server. This way when you create a new character in the next step, both your old characters and the new one will exist together in the same save file.

1. Log in to the panel at panel.pinehosting.com
2. Go to the Settings tab and copy your SFTP connection details
3. Open FileZilla or WinSCP and connect to your server
4. Navigate to this path on the server:

   Pal/Saved/SaveGame/0/[Your_World_ID]/

The [Your_World_ID] folder is the long 32-character folder name the server generated. Don't rename it.

1. Upload the contents of your local server save folder into this path, replacing the existing files

This includes Level.sav, the backup/ folder, and all player .sav files inside the Players/ subfolder

Part 3 - Create a New Character on Your Pine Server

Now that your local world is on the Pine server, start it up and create a fresh character. This creates the "target slot" that your old character's progress will be moved into.

1. Back in the panel, Start your server
2. Join the server and create a new character
3. Play until your character reaches at least Level 2

This is required the character's save file isn't fully written until you've levelled up. Transferring a Level 1 character will fail.

1. Once Level 2, stop the server from the panel

The save now contains both your old local characters and the new character you just created all in the same file. That's exactly what we need for the next step.

Part 4 - Download the Pine Save to Your PC

After uploading your local world, download a copy of the Pine save so you can run the character transfer tool on it.

1. Still in your SFTP client, navigate to:

   Pal/Saved/SaveGame/0/[Your_World_ID]/

1. Download the entire folder to your PC (somewhere easy to find, like your Desktop)

You should now have two save folders on your PC:

• Your original local save (the one you backed up)
• The downloaded Pine save (the one you just grabbed via SFTP)

Part 5 - Transfer Your Character Using PalworldSaveTools

This is the step that fixes the character ID mismatch.

1. Open PST_standalone.exe
2. The main screen will open - click Character Transfer (bottom-right of the Management Tools section)

![PalworldSaveTools main screen - Character Transfer button is under Management Tools]

A window will open with two sides: Source Players (left) and Target Players (right).

Load the Source Save (your old local server)

1. On the left side, click Source Save
2. Choose Steam (or GamePass if that's what you use)
3. Navigate to your local server save folder and select the Level.sav file
4. Your old characters will appear in the Source Players list on the left

Load the Target Save (your Pine server save)

1. On the right side, click Target Save
2. Choose Steam (or GamePass)
3. Navigate to the Pine save folder you downloaded in Part 4 and select the Level.sav file
4. Your new Pine character (the Level 2 one you just created) will appear in the Target Players list on the right

Transfer the Character

1. Click your old character in the left (Source) list the one with all your progress
2. Click your new character in the right (Target) list the Level 2 one from Pine
3. Click Transfer
4. Click Save Changes to write everything to disk

Tip shown by the tool: Select source and target players, then press Transfer. Use 'Save Changes' to persist.

Important: The save folder name on Pine must be the original 32-character World ID exactly as-is. If you rename it, players' map exploration data won't load and they'll generate new map data instead.

Part 6 - Upload the Fixed Save Back to Pine

1. Open your SFTP client and connect to your server again
2. Navigate to:

   Pal/Saved/SaveGame/0/[Your_World_ID]/

1. Upload the modified Pine save files from your PC (the Target Save folder that PalworldSaveTools edited) overwrite the existing files on the server
2. Start your server from the panel
3. Join the server your character progress should now be fully restored

Still Having Issues?

If your progress didn't carry over, double-check:

• Your new character was Level 2 or above before stopping the server in Part 2
• You selected the correct Level.sav files on both sides in PalworldSaveTools
• You clicked Save Changes (not just Transfer)
• You uploaded the modified files back not the originals

If you're still stuck, open a support ticket or reach out on Discord and we'll help you get it sorted!

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