Upload your own world

How do I upload my singleplayer world to the server?

Zip the world folder, upload it in Files, unarchive it, and set level-name to its folder name.

Before you start: The world folder from your PC (.minecraft/saves/<World>) and the same or newer Minecraft version on the server.

Step by step

1. Stop the server with the Stop button so it does not save over the files you upload.
2. On your PC, open .minecraft/saves (Windows: press Win+R, type %appdata%\.minecraft\saves) and zip the world folder.
3. In Files, upload the zip to the root, then Unarchive it. Big worlds: use SFTP instead.
4. Rename the folder to something simple without spaces (for example myworld).
5. In server.properties set level-name=myworld.
6. Singleplayer keeps the Nether and End inside the world folder (DIM-1, DIM1); Paper moves them to myworld_nether and myworld_the_end automatically on first start.
7. Start the server, wait for Done in the console, then join and check your builds are there.

Check it worked: You spawn in your own world.

Why it happens: The server loads the world folder named in server.properties.

More guides on Files, worlds, and uploads:

• Download your world or files
• Uploading large files or zip files
• Edit files in the browser, and undo a broken edit
• Disk full: see what uses space
• Run several worlds on one server
• Update or downgrade a world's Minecraft version