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Worlds & backups

Downloading your Hytale world to your computer

Reviewed October 26, 2026 1 min read

A copy of your world on your own computer is the backup nothing can take away. It's a few minutes of work over SFTP.

Over SFTP

  1. Stop the server

    So no file is being written while you copy it.

  2. Connect with an SFTP client

    Use the SFTP details shown in the panel with a client such as FileZilla or WinSCP.

  3. Download universe/

    That folder holds the worlds and the player data. Add config.json, permissions.json, whitelist.json and bans.json if you want your settings too.

  4. Start the server again

    Your players can come back while the copy stays safe on your disk.

Zip it

Compress the folder after downloading and name it with the date. A single dated file is easy to keep track of.

About this guide: An original guide from the EnduranceNodes team, written for the servers we host. If a step no longer matches what you see, tell us and we will update it.

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