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World Not Saving or Rollbacks

Tags: save, rollback, troubleshooting, server

If progress disappears after restarts, the server is not saving cleanly. Fix storage and shutdown issues before players lose more work.

Immediate checks

  • Confirm free disk space on the volume hosting the save.
  • Verify the server account has write permissions to the save folder.
  • Use saveworld before restarting to force a save.

Common causes

CauseFix
Forced shutdownsUse a graceful stop and wait for save completion.
Disk full or slow I/OFree space and move saves to SSD storage.
Antivirus locking filesExclude the 7 Days to Die server folder.

Save folder location

Saves/WorldName/GameName/

If a forced shutdown or full disk left the world unable to load at all - a corrupt region rather than a missed save - the free 7 Days to Die Region Repair tool checks every .7rg file in the Region folder, keeps the intact ones, and rebuilds a clean save that drops only the damaged chunks. Browser-only, nothing uploaded.

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