Hytale servers are coming soon
Hytale's licence is for personal, non-commercial use, and Hypixel Studios approves hosting companies through its Game Server Provider registration. Hytale opens on Wilderack once that registration is approved. These guides are ready for the day we open.
Wilderack backs up your Hytale world for you: every time the server goes to sleep, and every 10 minutes while it runs. Your world lives in the universe folder. You can restore any backup, download it as a zip, or upload a world you made in single player.
How backups work on Wilderack
| Backup | When it’s made | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Latest safe copy | Each time the server sleeps, and every 10 minutes while it runs and something changed | Always the newest one |
| Your own backups | When you press the backup button in Backups | Until you delete them |
| Scheduled backups | On a schedule you set in Schedules | The oldest is replaced when your backup slots are full |
| Automatic safety backups | Before every risky step: switching games, restoring, updating, installing mods | 7 days |
Backups hold your world, your config files and your mods. They never include Hytale’s game files, which we install from Hypixel’s official source.
Hytale has its own backup option too. You don’t need it on Wilderack, because the backups above already cover your world.
Make a backup
- Open Backups in the panel.
- Press the backup button and give it a label you’ll recognise, like
before the castle raid. - Wait a moment. It shows up in the list when it’s done.
This works whether the server is running or asleep. To back up on a timer, add a backup step in Schedules, or use the Backup every 6 hours preset.
Restore a backup
- Open Backups and find the backup you want.
- Choose restore and confirm.
- We make a backup of the world as it is now, then put the old one back and start the server.
Want only one file back, like config.json from yesterday? Open Files, pick the file, and restore an earlier version of it.
Download a backup
In Backups, choose download on any backup. You get a zip of the world, configs and mods. The link works for 24 hours. Keep a copy on your own computer before big changes.
Where the world lives on the server
| Path | What it is |
|---|---|
universe/worlds/default/ |
Your main world: chunks and the world’s own config.json |
universe/worlds/<name>/ |
Any other worlds |
universe/players/ |
Player data, such as inventories and positions |
config.json, permissions.json, bans.json |
Server settings and player lists |
mods/ |
Your mods and plugins |
While the server is running, the panel marks universe as in use. Stop the server before you change files in it, or the game overwrites your changes.
Bring your single-player world
Single-player worlds are in your Hytale user data folder, one folder per world:
| System | Folder |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Hytale\UserData\Saves\ |
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/Hytale/UserData/Saves/ |
| Linux | ~/.local/share/Hytale/UserData/Saves/ |
| Linux (Flatpak) | ~/.var/app/com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher/data/Hytale/UserData/Saves/ |
The fastest way there: open the Hytale launcher, click the settings cog, then Open Directory… > User Data. It always opens the right folder, even if you use a different patchline or install folder.
- Close the world in Hytale, so it is fully saved.
- Open the world’s folder inside
Saves. You’ll see auniversefolder, and amodsfolder if you used mods. - Put
universe(andmods, if there is one) into one zip file. - In the panel, open Games > Bring your world and upload the zip.
- Start the server and join. Your builds are there.
Your character usually comes along too, because Hytale keeps player data by account in universe/players.
The server must run the same Hytale version as your world, or a newer one. Since Update 7, a world opened on a newer version can’t be opened on an older one. Keep your game and server up to date before you move a world.
If your single-player world used mods, install the same ones on the server. The mods guide shows how.
Move a world from another host
- Stop the server on your old host.
- Download these from it: the
universefolder,config.json,permissions.json,bans.jsonand themodsfolder. - Leave out
HytaleServer.jar,Assets.zipand thelogsfolder. We install the game files ourselves. - Put everything in one zip and upload it in Games > Bring your world.
- Start the server and check that your world and operators came across.
Your old host’s sign-in doesn’t move with the files. If you want your own Hytale account on the server, follow the sign-in guide.
Questions
Where is my Hytale single-player world saved?
On Windows it is in %APPDATA%\Hytale\UserData\Saves, with one folder per world. On a Mac it is in ~/Library/Application Support/Hytale/UserData/Saves, and on Linux in ~/.local/share/Hytale/UserData/Saves.
Can I put my single-player Hytale world on a server?
Yes. Zip the world's universe folder, plus its mods folder if it has one, and upload it in Games, Bring your world. The server must be on the same Hytale version as the world, or newer.
How often is my Hytale server backed up?
Wilderack makes a safe copy every time the server goes to sleep and every 10 minutes while it runs. You can also make backups by hand or on a schedule, and restore or download any of them.
Where is the world on a Hytale server?
In the universe folder in the server's main folder. Worlds are in universe/worlds and player data is in universe/players.
Sources we checked
- Hytale Server ManualHypixel Studios
- How to Find Your Hytale LogsHypixel Studios
- Modder-Facing Patch Notes, Update 7Hypixel Studios
