Recovering Save Data

Your world saves are important. Here's how they're handled and what to keep in mind.

Saves survive stop and restart

Stopping or restarting a server does not delete your save data. Games are shut down cleanly so the world is saved before the server stops, and it's restored when you start again. See Pausing Billing by Stopping.

A graceful stop keeps your data too

If a server is stopped for low credit, that's a clean shutdown — your save is preserved. Top up and start the server to continue. See Running Out of Credits.

Deleting is permanent

Deleting a server removes it and its save data for good — this can't be undone. Before you delete a server you might return to, make a backup with the game's own tools (for example, copying your world from within the game client if it supports it).

If you only want to stop paying, stop the server instead of deleting it — see Deleting a Server for the difference.

Best practices

• Don't delete a server you might come back to — just stop it.
• Back up important worlds with the game's own export/backup features where available.
• When in doubt, leave the server stopped (it costs nothing while stopped) rather than deleting.