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Minecraft: Add Your Own World to the Server

Learn how to upload and configure your own Minecraft worlds on your server for a personalized gaming experience → Find out more now

10 November 20261 min read4 Views0 helpful

Introduction

Want to use your own world or a downloaded world from the internet on your server? Then you’re in the right place! All you need is your world and an FTP client. If you don’t know what an FTP client is or how to use one, it’s best to check out this guide: Access via FTP

Once connected to the server via FTP, you can start setting up your own world. First, switch to the appropriate directory where the current world is located. You can find it here: /gXXXXX/

Now upload the new world into this directory. You can either delete and replace the old world folder or upload the new world under a different name. In this example, we upload the world with a new name:

Next, the newly uploaded world needs to be configured in the server.properties file. You can find this file in the Configuration tab of your game server (raw text view). There, you need to adjust the value of the command level-name=:

After restarting the server, the new world should load. Enjoy your new world! 🙂

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Connect to your server via FTP, navigate to the current world directory (/gXXXXX/), and upload the new world there—either replacing the old world folder or under a new name.
In the server.properties file (Configuration tab, raw text view), change the level-name= value to your new world’s name and restart the server to load it.

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