Minecraft Guides
How to Upload and use a Custom World on Your Minecraft Server
Learn how to upload custom and singleplayer worlds to your Minecraft server.
Ensure the version of the world matches the Minecraft version running on the Minecraft server.
Finding a singleplayer world from your computer
If you wish to upload a singleplayer world from your computer to a Minecraft server, follow these steps:
On Windows:
- Enter
Windows Key + R
on your keyboard and enter%AppData%
- Head to the
.minecraft
folder and then/saves
- Locate the world you wish to upload, and archive the folder with a tool like WinRAR or 7Zip
On a Mac:
- Navigate to
~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
folder by pasting the file path on your Mac’s Spotlight - Right click the world folder, and select “Compress [fileName]“
Uploading the world to your server
- Stop the server
- Upload the world archive to the File Manager on the dashboard
- Select the three dots beside the file, and click “Unarchive”
- Modify the
level-name
value inserver.properties
file to the name of the world folder - Start the server!
And voilà, you should now be able to use and play your custom world on your Minecraft server!
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