Source-reviewed guide
Move a Local Valheim World to a Server
Migration-guide scaffold for transferring a local Valheim world to a dedicated server.
Reviewed 2026-08-04
The dedicated-server application can launch a named world from its configured save location. Exact source folders can vary with platform and save configuration, while -savedir can override the server's default location.
This page will document local, cloud-managed, Windows, Linux, and managed-host transfers after each path is verified. The initial scaffold deliberately avoids file-moving commands that could overwrite a player's only copy.
Source: Iron Gate dedicated-server guide.