Guide sections

VTT export overview

Compare Fantasy Grounds, Foundry, and Roll20 export options before taking campaign material back to a VTT.

This is the mirror image of VTT import. Import lands data in your campaign-neutral Master Library; export sends the campaign you have open back out to a VTT.

Where export lives: per-campaign, not the library

VTT export always exports the campaign you have open - there is no Library-wide export.

  1. Open the campaign you want to export.
  2. In the campaign’s left navigation, choose Export Campaign.
  3. The Export Campaign wizard opens, scoped to that campaign.

Because export is per-campaign, the wizard exports exactly what’s in the campaign you opened. (Import is the opposite: VTT imports land in the shared Master Library, and you assign copies into campaigns afterward. See the VTT import overview.)

The six formats

The Export Campaign wizard offers six formats. Three are portable formats that work with any tool; three target a specific VTT.

FormatProducesGuide
JSONComplete campaign data, one structured fileExport formats
MarkdownA folder of readable .md files, one per creationExport formats
CSVOne spreadsheet file per creation typeExport formats
Fantasy GroundsA Fantasy Grounds module (.mod package or db.xml)Fantasy Grounds export
Foundry VTTFoundry compendium JSON (actors.json, items.json, scenes.json)Foundry VTT export
Roll20A Roll20 Character Vault file (JSON or CSV)Roll20 export

The three portable formats are covered in Export formats. The three VTT formats each have their own page (linked above).

How the wizard works

  1. Pick a format. Choose one of the six format cards.
  2. Set platform options (VTT platforms only). Fantasy Grounds, Foundry, and Roll20 add an options step where you configure the export (package format, creation types, and so on). The portable formats - JSON, Markdown, CSV - skip this step.
  3. Choose a destination folder. Click Browse… and pick the folder to save into. You can point it at a cloud-sync folder (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox) for automatic backup.
  4. Export. Click Export and wait for it to finish.
  5. Review the summary. The final screen shows how many creations were exported and a Saved to: line naming the folder you chose.

Where the files land

Every export writes into the destination folder you choose in the wizard’s Browse step. The summary’s Saved to: line is that folder. Each platform writes its own set of files there - see each platform page for the exact filenames.

What exports

Exports pull from the current campaign’s NPCs, locations, encounters, items, and (where the option is offered) images. Exact per-platform coverage differs - Roll20, for example, is character-focused and exports NPCs only - so check each platform page for what it includes: