How to Connect to Your Vintage Story Server via FTP

Published June 9, 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

FTP lets you transfer files directly to and from your Vintage Story server, which is useful for uploading mods, downloading world saves, and editing configuration files. This guide uses FileZilla, a free FTP client.

Download FileZilla

Download FileZilla from filezilla-project.org and install it on your computer.

Connect to your server

  1. Log into the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.
  2. Locate the FTP Info section near the middle of the page. Copy the FTP IP and port (for example, 167.114.172.201:8821) and paste it into the Host field in FileZilla.
    The FTP Info section in the Host Havoc game panel showing the FTP IP address and port to copy into FileZilla
  3. Enter your control panel username and password into the Username and Password fields in FileZilla.
    FileZilla with the control panel username and password entered in the Username and Password fields
  4. The port will adjust automatically when you paste the FTP Info value. If it does not, enter the port number manually.
  5. Click Quickconnect to establish the connection.

Before you start: If the panel shows SFTP Info instead of FTP Info, add sftp:// before the IP address in the Host field (for example, sftp://167.114.172.201:8821).

Common tasks via FTP

Troubleshooting

  • If the connection is refused, confirm your server is started and that the FTP credentials match those in the game panel.
  • Passwords changed in the game panel take effect immediately for FTP connections.