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How to Create a Flat World for Your Minecraft Server

Managing your Server

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Sep 19, 2024

A flat or superflat world in Minecraft is a world with no features on its terrain such as trees, hills, and bodies of water. By default, a flat/superflat world consists of a layer of bedrock, two layers of dirt, and one layer of grass. Villages and mobs will also spawn in this world. Spawning of other structures and terrain features can be included through custom the configuration for the world generation.

Important Reminder

Changes to your level type will only work for a newly generated world. Before getting started with the tutorial, be sure to create a backup of your server world if you intend to use this world later on!


Java Edition

Step 1:

Access your control panel and Shut Down your server.

stopping a paper Minecraft server
Step 2:

Navigate to the Files Tab

Gif opening the files tab.
Step 3:

Open up server.properties

Example
Step 4:

Locate the level-type option and change it to FLAT

Example server.properties
Step 5:

Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

Step 6:

Reset your server's world.

You will need to reset your world to ensure a new flat world is generated by following this guide: How to Reset your Minecraft World.


Bedrock Edition

For Bedrock, there is no server setting to use a flat world, so you will need to do it a different way.

Step 1:

In singleplayer, create a new flat world.

Step 2:

Upload the newly created world to your server.

After creating a new world in singleplayer, you will need to upload it to your server. We have a guide on this here: Upload and Use a Custom World on Your Minecraft Bedrock Server

That's it! You have successfully changed your Minecraft server world over to a flat world.


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Zach Lowery

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