Terraria stores its save files at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds on Windows. Checkpoint64 already knows this folder — it backs it up automatically and keeps every version, so a corrupted or overwritten save is one click from restored.
Where Terraria saves are stored
- Windows —
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds - macOS —
~/Library/Application Support/Terraria/Worlds - Linux —
~/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds
The save data here is .wld / .bak / .twld / .plr / .tplr / .map / .tmap files — back up the folder as a set, not single files, so a restore always keeps them consistent.
How to open the save folder
- Windows — press Win+R, paste
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds, and press Enter. - macOS — in Finder press Cmd+Shift+G (Go to Folder) and paste
~/Library/Application Support/Terraria/Worlds.
Backing up Terraria saves automatically
- Install Checkpoint64 (free) and pick Terraria — the save path above is already preset.
- Auto-backup watches the folder and uploads a new version whenever it changes, keeping full history.
- Restore any version in one click if a save corrupts, gets overwritten, or a mod breaks it.
For the deeper story — how Terraria saves break and how rollback works — read the full Terraria save backup guide.
Sharing Terraria saves with friends
Terraria has co-op, so the folder above usually lives on one person's PC — whoever hosts. When they're offline nobody else can carry on, and if two people play separately, one session quietly overwrites the other.
Checkpoint64 lets a small group pass one Terraria world around instead of renting a dedicated server. Whoever plays next takes a server-enforced lock, pulls the latest save, plays, and pushes it back; everyone else stays read-only until the lock frees up, so nobody saves over anybody. Every version is kept, so a bad session is one restore away. The dedicated server alternative guide walks through the full take-turns flow.