Looking to start fresh on a specific world seed? Changing the seed on your Minecraft Bedrock server is incredibly easy, but there is a slight catch: you have to generate a brand new world for the new seed to take effect.
Let us walk through the dashboard and get your new world generated!
Changing your seed requires generating a brand new world. This means your current world, buildings, and player inventories will be completely wiped. Always make a full manual backup of your server before proceeding!
Step 1: Set Your New Seed
- Log into your MintServers panel and click the Stop button to ensure your server is completely offline.
- On the left-hand sidebar, click on the Files tab to open your File Manager.
- Scroll down and click on your
server.propertiesfile to open it in the text editor. - Locate the line that says
level-seed=. - Type your desired seed directly after the equals sign (for example,
level-seed=8675309). Leave it completely blank if you just want a new random seed. - Click Save Content at the top.
Step 2: Generate The New World
If you just change the seed and start the server right now, the game will load your old world and the new seed will not work. We need to tell the server to build a completely new world folder.
- While still inside the
server.propertiesfile, look for the line that sayslevel-name=(by default, this is usually Bedrock level). - Change this name to something new (for example,
level-name=NewBedrockWorld). - Click Save Content again.
- Head back to the Console tab and click Start.
Because you changed the level-name, your server will not be able to find the old world folder. Instead, it will automatically generate a brand new world folder using your new seed!
🛠️ Troubleshooting Your Seed Change
The seed did not change: If you logged in and are still standing in your old world, you likely forgot Step 2! You must change the level-name in the properties file (or manually delete the old world folder in your Files tab) so the server is forced to generate a fresh map.
No worries if your world is still refusing to generate properly! Just open a support ticket and our team will gladly jump in and instruct you on how to resolve the configuration.