VintagestoryData folder

Windows

On Windows, Vintage Story user data is stored in:

%APPDATA%\VintagestoryData

which by default translates to

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData

Windows allows to navigate to this folder using %APPDATA%. You can type %APPDATA%\VintagestoryData in the navigation bar.

We also recommend to pin this folder to your 'Quick access':

In-game screenshots are stored in your Pictures folder, usually C:\Users\YourUserName\Pictures\Vintagestory.

Linux

On Linux, Vintage Story user data is stored in:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/VintagestoryData

By default it usually translates to

~/.config/VintagestoryData

Vintage Story Flatpak currently uses a different location:

~/.var/app/at.vintagestory.VintageStory/config/VintagestoryData

Screenshots are stored in [XDG_PICTURES_DIR]/Vintagestory, which by default is: ~/Pictures/Vintagestory.

Folder Structure

VintagestoryData

Backups

Backups created with the /genbackup command. These files have the same format as the files in the Saves folder. So to restore backup, copy the file to the Saves folder.

BackupSaves

Backups created from the Modify World dialog, which is found by clicking the edit icon on a world in the Singeplayer tab of the launcher. These files have the same format as the files in the Saves folder. So to restore backup, copy the file to the Saves folder.

Cache

unpack

Unzipped copies of mods. Each time the client or server needs to run a mod, it will check whether the corresponding subfolder under Cache exists. If not, it will create the folder and unzip the mod into it.

Logs

Macros

ModConfig

Each mod may optionally create a json file in this folder for configuration settings. These files are intended to be human edited, but only while the game is not running.

Mods

Alternate location to add mods. The primary mod location is the Mod folder under the program installation.

Playerdata

playerdata.json

Privilege information for each player on the server.

playergroups.json

playersbanned.json

playerswhitelisted.json

Saves

savename.vcdbs

Main game save file, in sqlite3 format.

savename.vcdbs-shm

Shared memory used to communicate database changes between all processes that have the database open. Since only one process has the database open at any time, arguably VS should be using sqlite3 exclusive locking mode instead to avoid creating this file and make database operations slightly faster.

savename.vcdbs-wal

Journalled changes to the database that have not been compacted into checkpoint yet.

serverconfig.json

Server settings that can be edited in the file folder (while the game is shut down), or through the /serverconfig command while the game is running.

servermagicnumbers.json

Risky performance tuning parameters that almost never need to be changed.

WorldEdit

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