How to Back Up and Restore Your Sons of the Forest Server

 

    A Sons of the Forest world is a lot of building and progression, and things go wrong: a bad update, a griefer, a corrupted save. gamever keeps backups you can restore from, and you can download your world files yourself over FTP for an off-server copy. This guide covers both, and how to restore.

 

Two layers of protection

 

• gamever backups — point-in-time snapshots managed from the sidebar's My backups. This is what saves you when the current world is the problem.
• Your own FTP copy — the world lives in the Saves/ folder in the File Manager, which you can download for a copy you keep off the server entirely.

 

    You want both: backups let you roll back in a couple of clicks, and an FTP copy means you always have the files, even if you move hosts.

 

Using My backups

 

    Open My backups in the panel sidebar:

 

• Snapshots give you a point-in-time copy of the server you can restore to.
• Take an on-demand backup before anything risky — an update, a config change, or a wipe.
• To roll back, pick the backup from before things went wrong and restore it. A restore overwrites the current world, so if you might want "now" back, take a fresh backup first.

 

Where the world lives (for manual copies)

 

    Your world saves are in the Saves/ folder in the File Manager at /home/server/userdata/:

 

 

    To keep an off-server copy:

 

1. Stop the server (Overview → Stop) so the files are consistent.
2. Connect over FTP (address on the Network tab, login on Settings → FTP server settings).
3. Download the Saves/ folder.

 

    That folder is exactly what you'd re-upload to restore manually or move hosts.

 

Back up before anything risky

 

    Always snapshot before:

 

• A game update.
• Editing dedicatedserver.cfg or changing difficulty/world settings.
• Resetting or wiping the server.

 

Additional Tips

 

• Use My backups day one — a quick restore point costs nothing.
• Restore from before the problem — pick the right snapshot.
• A restore overwrites now — snapshot first if unsure.
• Stop the server before copying Saves/ over FTP, so the files are consistent.
• Keep an off-server copy of Saves/ for real peace of mind.

 

Conclusion

 

    Protecting your Sons of the Forest world on gamever is two layers: My backups for one-click point-in-time restores, and a manual Saves/ download over FTP for an off-server copy. Snapshot before anything risky, keep your own copy of the saves, and a bad update or a griefer is never more than a restore away from undone.

 

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