Icarus
Already put hours into a prospect playing solo or on a home-hosted session? You don't have to start over. Icarus dedicated servers can load prospect files created elsewhere, so you can bring your existing save across and keep playing on your new server.
Make a backup copy of your prospect file before doing anything else. Renaming the file or editing its contents incorrectly can corrupt your save, and a corrupted prospect cannot be recovered.
Step 1: Locate Your Local Prospect File
Your local prospect files are saved on your PC, not inside the Icarus install folder. You'll find them at:
You can paste %localappdata%\Icarus\Saved\PlayerData\ directly into the address bar of File Explorer to jump straight there. Inside, you'll see a folder named after your Steam64 ID, and inside that, a Prospects folder containing a .json file for each of your saves. Copy the one you want to bring across somewhere safe.
Step 2: Upload the Prospect to Your Server
📁 server (your server's root directory)
📁 Icarus
📁 Saved
📁 PlayerData
📁 DedicatedServer
.json prospect file into that folder.
Step 3: Set the Uploaded Prospect as Active
Uploading the file isn't quite enough on its own, you also need to tell the server to actually load it. You can do this either from the in-game lobby or through the config file.
/AdminLogin [YourAdminPassword], then LoadProspect [ProspectName], using the file name exactly as it appears without the .json extension.Alternatively, stop the server, open Icarus/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/ServerSettings.ini from the Files tab, and set LoadProspect=YourProspectName (or ResumeProspect=True together with LastProspectName=YourProspectName), then save and start the server.
Character progress, like your level, talent points, and unlocked tech, is stored separately from your prospect saves and carries across automatically. Uploading a prospect brings over the world and its progress, not a specific character's stats.
Related Guides
Full rundown of the prospect settings and admin commands used in this guide.
🛠️ Troubleshooting
Prospect doesn't show up as an optionDouble-check the file landed in
Icarus/Saved/PlayerData/DedicatedServer/Prospects/ exactly, and not one folder up or down.LoadProspect can't find itUse the exact file name from the Files tab, without the
.json extension, and check for typos.Save appears corrupted or won't loadRestore from the backup copy you made in Step 1 and try the upload again with a fresh copy of the original file.
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