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-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T04:44:32Z | 11931622 | 391.79 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20251207-044518 |
| kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T05:06:04Z | 11931825 | 397.66 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251207-050632 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T06:08:53Z | 7106166 | 234.09 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20251207-060937 |
| kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T07:03:24Z | 7106432 | 214.74 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251207-070352 |
| kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T08:01:32Z | 4044539 | 101.75 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20251207-080200 |
| kusama-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T01:56:44Z | 31282015 | 895.97 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-paritydb-prune/20251207-015718 |
| kusama-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T08:33:42Z | 6868688 | 150.82 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-people-rocksdb-archive/20251207-083407 |
| kusama-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T03:02:49Z | 31282668 | 3663.4 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/kusama-rocksdb-archive/20251207-030329 |
| paseo-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T00:50:21Z | 9379986 | 184.09 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/paseo-paritydb-prune/20251207-005110 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-01T08:29:02Z | 10620388 | 391.91 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-paritydb-archive/20251201-082945 |
| polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T09:08:24Z | 10701931 | 386.59 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251207-090858 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T10:25:35Z | 6548632 | 291.51 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-paritydb-archive/20251207-102611 |
| polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T11:03:35Z | 6548806 | 266.32 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251207-110405 |
| polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T12:08:02Z | 7745001 | 172.3 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-paritydb-archive/20251207-120842 |
| polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-04T13:16:56Z | 7725294 | 153.48 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20251204-131723 |
| polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-04T15:38:11Z | 3129554 | 72.46 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-coretime-rocksdb-archive/20251204-153841 |
| polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive | 1.17.1-unknown | 2025-12-04T14:00:15Z | 8123157 | 1072.08 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-mythical-paritydb-archive/20251204-140051 |
| polkadot-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-11-13T05:59:24Z | 28618941 | 822.41 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-paritydb-prune/20251113-055953 |
| polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-04T15:01:33Z | 3460318 | 70.18 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-people-rocksdb-archive/20251204-150200 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T06:56:33Z | 2.89618E+7 | 3267.97 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-archive/20251207-065653 |
| polkadot-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T07:48:17Z | 2.896231E+7 | 883.82 GB | 256 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/polkadot-rocksdb-prune/20251207-074846 |
| westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T01:08:39Z | 13264715 | 261.84 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-asset-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251207-010909 |
| westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T02:06:10Z | 9.62677E+6 | 156.05 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-bridge-hub-rocksdb-archive/20251207-020638 |
| westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T00:05:52Z | 10282866 | 149.7 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-collectives-rocksdb-archive/20251207-000621 |
| westend-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T03:55:57Z | 28812728 | 894.66 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-archive/20251207-035720 |
| westend-paritydb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T01:17:13Z | 28811141 | 108.02 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-paritydb-prune/20251207-011737 |
| westend-people-paritydb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-11-25T03:08:07Z | 7.21947E+6 | 140.26 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-people-paritydb-archive/20251125-030852 |
| westend-rocksdb-archive | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T02:17:38Z | 28811745 | 680.95 GB | archive | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-archive/20251207-021903 |
| westend-rocksdb-prune | 1.18.1-0bc730c5f59 | 2025-12-07T00:13:40Z | 28810505 | 99.98 GB | 1000 | https://snapshots.polkadot.io/westend-rocksdb-prune/20251207-001459 |
Last updated: 2025-12-07T13:23:02Z
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