Where Are Vintage Story Save Files Located?
Vintage Story keeps worlds as .vcdbs files in VintagestoryData Saves, with mods and config beside them per OS.
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Vintage Story stores everything in one data root called VintagestoryData. Worlds sit in Saves as .vcdbs files in SQLite format. Mods sit in Mods. Settings sit in JSON files beside them. Copy the whole root when moving PCs, not just Saves, or macros and privileges stay behind.
Paths shift by platform. Windows uses Roaming AppData. Linux uses .config (Flatpak uses .var). Mac moved to Library Application Support in 1.21 with auto migration. Open the Mod Manager and use Open Mods Folder if you doubt the path on your build.
Where Vintage Story stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\VintagestoryData\Saves
Paste into Run to open. Back up the parent VintagestoryData folder to carry worlds, mods, and macros together. Server data can be split with a custom dataPath flag.
~/.config/VintagestoryData/Saves
Flatpak builds use ~/.var/app/at.vintagestory.VintageStory/config/VintagestoryData/Saves. Delete a copied clientsettings.json after moving from Windows so paths regenerate for Linux.
~/Library/Application Support/VintagestoryData/Saves
Builds before 1.21.0 used ~/.config/VintagestoryData. Newer builds auto migrated to Library. Mods go in the sibling Mods folder, not the install folder.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Vintage Story saves to a new computer?
Copy the entire VintagestoryData folder to the same location on the new machine. That carries saves, mods, and settings. Launch once to rebuild anything missing, then sign in again.
Where is the Vintage Story Mods folder?
Inside VintagestoryData as Mods. Reach it from the main menu under Mod Manager and Open Mods Folder. Drop downloaded .zip files in unextracted.
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