How to Create and Switch Worlds on a Minecraft Server

Minecraft

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Sep 11, 2024

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Without the use of plugins like Multiverse Core, your server can only run one world at a time. Thankfully, it is a fairly quick process to create a new world and use it.

If you would like to upload an existing world instead, please refer to this guide on using existing worlds.


# Changing your Active World

To change what world your Minecraft server uses, you have to change the world name configured in your server.properties file.

If you change the world name to the name of a world folder that your server already has, then it will load that existing world. On the other hand, if the name you choose does not have an existing world folder, your server will generate an entirely new world using that name.

  1. Access your server's control panel and navigate to the Files tab.
  2. Find the server.properties file, and click its name to edit it
  3. Modify the level-name field to the name of your desired world
Note

If you want to create a new world rather than switch your active world, set `level-type` to a new name that hasn't been used on your server. When the server restarts, it will instead generate a new world with the name you specified.

  1. Save the file, then start or restart your server

That's it! When your server boots up, your active world will be changed to the name you have specified.

Kobe Plane

Game Experience Engineer