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How to Upload Custom Worlds to Your Minecraft Server

Upload your singleplayer worlds or custom maps to share with friends on your server.
Make sure the world version matches your server version to prevent corruption.

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Finding Your World Files

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On Windows:

  1. Press Windows Key + R and type %AppData%
  2. Go to .minecraft/saves
  3. Find your world folder and archive it with WinRAR or 7Zip

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On Mac:

  1. Open Spotlight and paste: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
  2. Go to the saves folder
  3. Right-click your world folder and select Compress

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Uploading the World

  1. Stop your server
  2. Upload the world archive to the File Manager
  3. Click the three dots next to the file and click Unarchive
  4. Open server.properties and change level-name to match your world folder name
  5. Start your server

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Common Issues

World doesn’t load
  • Version mismatch or wrong folder structure
  • Fix: Check world version matches server and ensure folder has level.dat
Server crashes
  • Corrupted world data or missing files
  • Fix: Re-upload the world archive
Players spawn in wrong location
  • Spawn point not configured
  • Fix: Use /setworldspawn command
Features missing
  • Incomplete upload or version issues
  • Fix: Ensure complete world folder uploaded and versions match
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