If you landed on this article, you're likely trying to roll your server back to a previous save on your ARK: Survival Evolved service
Method 1: Manual Save Rename
These are the steps to manually roll back the World save data.
Step 1: Log into your game control panel and navigate to your server's control panel
Step 2: Stop your server
Step 3: Click the File Manager icon and navigate to the SavedArks folder (\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\)
Step 4: Look for your map's main save file, it would be named <MapNameHere>.ark (example: TheIsland.ark)
Step 5: Rename the save file to something else (example: oldTheIsland.ark).
Step 6: Next, find a backup save that you want to roll back to. It would be labeled with the map's name and have a timestamp in the file name. (example: TheIsland_13.04.2023_15.13.02.ark)
The Timestamp code is Day.Month.Year_Hour.Minute.Second
Step 7: Rename the backup save so it has the name of the main save file, (example: renaming TheIsland_13.04.2023_15.13.02.ark to be TheIsland.ark)
*Note: If you are using a different map, look for the files with that map name instead of "TheIsland" (example: TheCenter.ark Ragnarok.ark)
*Note: If you are using a different map, look for the files with that map name instead of "TheIsland" (example: TheCenter.ark Ragnarok.ark)
Method 2: Automated Save Rename
These are the steps to automatically roll back the World save data.
Step 1: Log into your game control panel and navigate to your server's control panel
Step 2: Stop your server
Step 3: Click the [...More] button in the server's control panel.
Step 4: Click the 'Backup Save File Renamer' script
Step 5: Select A backup save file in the dropdown list to have renamed, Then press the Run option.
This will look for the main save file of that map, rename it, and then rename the backup save you selected to take its place.
The Timestamp code in the backup file's name is Day.Month.Year_Hour.Minute.Second
Method 3: Control Panel Backup Restore
Method 3: Control Panel Backup Restore
These are the steps to roll back all the saved data on your server, World/Character/Settings
Step 1: Log into our TCAdmin control panel
Step 2: View your game service
Step 3: Stop your server
Step 4: Click the 'Restore Backup' Icon in your server's control panel.
Step 5: Select a backup in the dropdown menu to restore.
Step 6: Press the Run option.