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Move a Satisfactory save to a dedicated server

Move a Satisfactory save to a dedicated server: where the .sav file is, how to upload and load it in the Server Manager, and how to bring your blueprints.

Last checked 12 November 2026

Short answer

A Satisfactory save is one .sav file. Yours are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames, inside a folder named with your account's ID. Upload the file from the game (Server Manager, your server, Manage Saves) or copy it into the server's SaveGames/server folder, then load it from Manage Saves. Blueprints are separate files and move in a folder of their own.

Find your save

A factory you played alone and one you hosted for friends are kept the same way: on the PC of whoever started the game. If a friend hosted, the file is on their PC.

Close Satisfactory, so the latest save is written and nothing is using the file.
Press Windows + R, paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames and press Enter.
Open the folder named with your account's ID, a long string of characters. If you've played on both Steam and Epic there are two, and the wiki says the Steam one is usually the shorter.
Sort by date and take the newest .sav. A save's file name is the name you see in the game's Load menu. Autosaves end in _autosave_ and a number.

Copy the file, never move it. The original stays on your PC, so you can still play it there if anything goes wrong on the server.

Where Satisfactory keeps its save files
Where you played	Folder
Your own game, or a session you hosted (Windows, Steam or Epic)	Folder`%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\<your ID>`
Steam Deck or Linux	FolderInside Steam's `compatdata/526870` folder, ending `FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/<your Steam ID>`. The wiki's Save files page lists the full path for each setup
A dedicated server on Windows	Folder`%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\server`
A dedicated server on Linux	Folder`~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/server`
Another host	FolderThe `SaveGames/server` folder, downloaded with their file manager or over SFTP

Put it on the server

The server has to be claimed first, which means someone has added it in the game's Server Manager and set its admin password. Our Satisfactory server guide covers that. Then there are two ways in.

1. Upload it from the game

Open Satisfactory on the PC that has the save and go to Server Manager on the main menu.
Pick the server and sign in with its admin password.
Open the Manage Saves tab and upload the save from there. The wiki describes this tab as the way to send local saves from the game to a server.
Pick the save in the same tab and load it.

This needs no access to the server's files, so it works on any server you have the admin password for.

2. Copy the file across

Copy the .sav into the server's SaveGames/server folder (the two server rows in the table above), with whatever file access you have: the folder itself on your own machine, SFTP or a file manager on a rented one.
In the game, open Server Manager, pick the server and sign in with the admin password.
Open Manage Saves, pick the save and load it.

Use this way to move a factory from one dedicated server to another: download the .sav from the old server's SaveGames/server folder and copy it into the new one's.

Make it the game the server starts with

A server can hold several sessions. Its Auto-Load Session Name setting, in the Server Manager, decides which one it opens when it starts: the wiki describes it as the session the server “should automatically load the most recent save of on startup”. Once your save is loaded, check that setting names your session, so a restart brings your factory back and not the server's earlier game.

Bring your blueprints

On PC, blueprints aren't inside the save. Each one is a pair of files in a folder named after the session, so the save alone arrives with an empty blueprint menu.

Where Satisfactory keeps blueprint files
Where	Folder
Your PC (Windows)	Folder`%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\blueprints\<session name>`
Dedicated server on Windows	Folder`%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\blueprints\<session name>`
Dedicated server on Linux	Folder`~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/blueprints/<session name>`

The .sbp file is the design. The .sbpcfg beside it holds its description, icon and colour. Copy both, into a folder on the server with the same session name. The server's blueprints folder may not exist until one blueprint has been made in the game, so make the folder yourself or save one small blueprint on the server first.

The wiki is firm on the last step: the save “must be reloaded” before copied blueprints show in the build menu. Load it again from Manage Saves, or restart the server.

If it doesn't work

Problems after moving a Satisfactory save to a dedicated server, and what to do
What you see	Likely cause	What to do
The save isn't listed in Manage Saves	Likely causeThe file is in the wrong folder, or its name doesn't end in `.sav`	What to doPut it in `SaveGames/server` itself, not a folder inside it, and look again
You can't sign in to manage the server	Likely causeThe server hasn't been claimed, or the password is the player one	What to doClaim it in the Server Manager, and sign in with the admin password
After a restart the server is back in its old game	Likely causeAuto-Load Session Name names another session	What to doSet it to your session's name in the Server Manager
The blueprint menu is empty	Likely causeBlueprints are separate files, or the save hasn't been loaded since you copied them	What to doCopy them into `blueprints/<session name>`, then load the save again
Friends can't join	Likely causeA different game version, or the server isn't reachable	What to doWork through the eight connection checks

Questions people ask

Does uploading change the save on my PC?

No. The server gets a copy. From then on the server's copy is the one that moves forward, and the file on your PC stays as it was on the day you uploaded it.

Can I take the factory back to my own PC later?

Yes. Download the newest .sav from the server's SaveGames/server folder and put it in your own SaveGames\<your ID> folder. It then appears in the game's Load menu.

Do my friends need to do anything?

Only to join the new place. They add the server in the Server Manager with its address, and the player password if you set one.

Moving a save to one of our servers

On our Satisfactory servers the claim is done for you: you choose the admin password when you create the server, and we claim the server with it at its first start. So you can go straight to either way above.

The panel's Files page adds a third. Use Bring in a save and upload one .sav as it is, or a .zip with several and pick the one to bring in. We check the upload and tell you what we found before anything is put in place. The save goes in beside the server's own. If one there has the same file name it's replaced, the old one is kept for 7 days, and Undo puts it back until then. The panel then lists the last steps with your save's name in them: Server Manager, sign in, Manage Saves, Load.

Blueprints go over SFTP. Create an SFTP password on the Files page, or use the one you already have, because a new password replaces the old one. Then copy your session's folder into .config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/blueprints/. The first folder's name starts with a dot, so switch on hidden files in your SFTP app if you can't see it. Keep your own copy: download your files from the panel's Files page, as one .zip or over SFTP.

Game facts checked against the Satisfactory wiki on 12 November 2026, with the game at version 1.2.5.0.