moving big structures or statues.

[Lexium]

just as the title says, i'm trying to move a statue and base i found in a ruin, the weeping knight statue for those that are familiar with it. i originally intended to move it from the bastion in pieces which i was fine with originally, though it was difficult navigating all the frozen rivers in winter as i tried to make it out to the big trip back over the sea to my home continent in game. my game crashed due to a power outage and my sailboat is just fucking *gone* along with the majority of the statue. i give up trying at this point and will have to regenerate the bastion anyways, so is there a way to move the statue all at once like a copy and paste? or is there a mod i can use to do it? because i've given up on trying the normal way since one accident i had no control over has just deleted pretty much everything i got from the bastion including the statue parts.

Edited December 23, 2025 by Lexium

[Professor Dragon]

I was in the process of writing up a guide for this, as I just went through moving a mega base between two worlds.

I'm not going to get that done soon though (on holiday), so here is the overview.

OVERVIEW FOR A SMALL BUILD COPY

Preparation

• Prepare the source world. (Get as you want to copy it. Put items into chests etc).
• Backup the source world.
• Create target world. Back this up also.

Use the World Edit commands to copy over the build from one location to another:

• Switch to creative mode with "/gamemode Creative"
• Take the "Magic Wand" from the Creative Inventory (e) and place in the active Hotbar slot. 
• Open World Edit. Default key is tilda "~".
• Choose the Select Tool (dotted rectangle) from the left pane.
• With the Magic Wand tool active, left click to mark a start postion and right click for the end. Mark this.
• Use the command "/we export <filename>" where filename is written without a file type.
  The type ".json" is added automatically. eg /we export My_House will create a file called My_House.json.
• Start up the target world and go into Creative mode. Start World Edit, select the Magic Wand, Choose the Import tool then select the file name from the drop down box that is top left.
• Right click where you want to place it WITH a block in hand.

REFERENCES
This video is a great place to start: 
How to Copy & Paste Builds Between Worlds - Vintage Story by @ArtGnat

Professor Dragon.

Edited December 23, 2025 by Professor Dragon

[Lexium]

thank you for a speedy reply, i'll try to figure it out with the information you've given me.