Source-reviewed guide

Valheim World Backup and Restore

Verified save-location and automatic-backup facts, with detailed restore instructions reserved for later review.

Reviewed 2026-08-04

Iron Gate's server guide documents default save roots for Windows and Linux, a -savedir override, and launch flags for save intervals and automatic backup retention. It also identifies world and permission data stored under the active save location.

This scaffold will become a platform-specific backup, restore, verification, and retention guide. No destructive restore commands are published in this initial version.

Source: Iron Gate dedicated-server guide.

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