Back up your Enshrouded world before a big build

A backup is a file copy, made with the game closed

Close Enshrouded before copying anything, so every file in the set is at rest. A backup is a plain file copy made outside the game — there is no in-game export button for this job.

After quitting, give Steam a moment to finish syncing, then check that the source files’ dates reflect the session you just ended. If you cannot confirm the cloud listing or local cache is current, stop before copying — an older file’s presence does not make it the current state.

Keep Steam Cloud as it is. Switching cloud sync off just to make a backup invites a sync conflict later; copying the files changes nothing about how the game or Steam runs.

Choose the branch that matches this PC

Whether Steam Cloud is enabled for Enshrouded decides where the current state of this PC’s world actually lives — check that setting first instead of assuming the local folder is current.

• Steam Cloud enabled: the official remote storage page for the game (app 1203620) lists the cloud files. Download every listed file into your new dated folder — the page downloads files, it cannot copy a folder for you. Alternatively, confirm Steam’s local cache reflects the current state, then copy that whole folder: Steam\userdata\<your Steam user ID>\1203620\remote under the Steam install folder.
• Steam Cloud disabled: copy the entire %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\enshrouded folder — paste the path into the file manager’s address bar — into the dated folder.

With Cloud on, a local-folder copy can be an older state than the cloud branch. With Cloud off, the local folder is the branch that matters.

Download or copy the complete set

Inside the save set, each world keeps rolling numbered copies, an _info metadata file and a -index file whose latest field — a value inside that file, not a separate file — tracks the current state. Whatever the branch, the unit to secure is the whole set.

Secure the save, in this order

The whole set, not one file: a partial grab can miss the file the world actually needs.

1. 1

   Quit the game

   Every file at rest before you download or copy.

2. 2

   Check the Steam Cloud setting

   It decides which branch holds the current state.

3. 3

   Download or copy the complete set

   Cloud on: download every listed file, or copy a confirmed-current cache. Cloud off: copy the whole local folder.

4. 4

   Compare names, count and size

   The dated backup folder should match the source set.

Leave the originals alone

Copy, never move. Do not rename, delete or edit files in the live save location. The official article also covers deletion, migration and index-editing steps; those serve different jobs and are not part of a backup.

Success is a dated folder whose files match the original by name, count and size — a complete copy you keep. Restoring from it is a separate job this page does not claim to have tested. If you cannot find where this PC stores the save, stop here and solve that before the build.

Continue your build

• Plan an altar move →

  Back up, cover the whole base with the replacement altar, and only then remove the old one.

• Expand your altar’s building range →

  Choose the local altar upgrade for more building space, including height and depth.

• Get the hammer and select materials →

  Make the tool, separate raw ingredients from building blocks, and use the Material Catalog.

Sources and version

• Save Game Management — Official help article, updated April 23, 2026