Polkadot chain database snapshots
A collection of database snapshots for Polkadot, Kusama, Westend, and Rococo relaychains and system parachains.
Available in two flavors: archive and pruned. Archive database retains the full history of blocks. Pruned keeps only the state of the past 256 or 1000 blocks (set --state-pruning 256 or --state-pruning 1000 flag on your node).
How to use
We recommend using the rclone (>1.63.0) utility to download a snapshot. Install it first by following the instructions on the official download page.
Download the snapshot:
export SNAPSHOT_URL="https://snapshots.polkadot.io/[snapshot_name]/[date]" # Use URL from the table below
export PATH_TO_DB_FOLDER="$HOME/.local/share/polkadot/chains/[chain_path]" # Replace by folder name (same as the id field in chainspec)
rclone copyurl $SNAPSHOT_URL/files.txt files.txt
rclone copy --progress --transfers 20 --http-url $SNAPSHOT_URL --no-traverse --http-no-head --disable-http2 --inplace --no-gzip-encoding --size-only --retries 6 --retries-sleep 10s --files-from files.txt :http: $PATH_TO_DB_FOLDER
rm files.txt
Available Snapshots
| Chain | Version | Timestamp | Last block | Size | DB Pruning | URL (not a valid page, use with the above script) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T05:07:30Z | 12050262 | 404.86 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251216-050758 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T06:21:42Z | 7168119 | 244.7 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20251216-062209 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T07:04:53Z | 7168329 | 217.27 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251216-070522 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T08:07:52Z | 4102525 | 103.39 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20251216-080823 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T02:11:00Z | 31409762 | 904.33 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20251216-021126 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T08:32:21Z | 6991139 | 153.91 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20251216-083247 |
| kusama-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T03:05:36Z | 31410305 | 3683.2 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20251216-030622 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T00:36:44Z | 9509418 | 186.99 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20251216-003731 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T09:07:36Z | 10824403 | 394.61 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251216-090757 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-13T10:24:41Z | 6589297 | 293.68 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20251213-102520 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T11:07:58Z | 6609916 | 269.58 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251216-110830 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T12:10:04Z | 7805599 | 173.89 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20251216-121049 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T13:02:44Z | 7805848 | 155.4 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20251216-130311 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T15:42:15Z | 3208372 | 75.79 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20251216-154243 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-12-13T15:22:52Z | 8240976 | 1085.01 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20251213-152339 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T15:03:29Z | 3541732 | 72.12 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20251216-150401 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T06:50:01Z | 29090367 | 3293.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20251216-065027 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T07:44:59Z | 29090914 | 891.81 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20251216-074524 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T01:11:26Z | 13294848 | 265.95 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251216-011155 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T02:04:05Z | 9678696 | 156.99 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251216-020436 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T00:04:06Z | 10327205 | 150.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20251216-000440 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T03:57:43Z | 28942333 | 898.4 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20251216-035913 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T01:15:05Z | 28940707 | 108.53 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20251216-011531 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T02:10:30Z | 28941262 | 683.83 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20251216-021201 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-16T00:10:38Z | 28940063 | 100.88 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20251216-001206 |
Last updated: 2025-12-16T19:57:13Z
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