Want to share your Minecraft singleplayer world with friends on a multiplayer server? This comprehensive tutorial walks you through exactly how to upload and convert your local Minecraft world to a server, letting friends join your builds, redstone contraptions, and adventures together.
Follow these simple steps to transform your solo creation into a multiplayer experience in minutes. No worries, let us get that world transferred together!
Step 1: Access Your Singleplayer World
First, we need to locate the files for your world on your own computer.
- Launch your Minecraft client.
- Navigate to the Singleplayer menu.
- Find the world you want to upload and click it once to highlight it.
- Click the Edit button at the bottom of the screen.
- Select Open World Folder to instantly access the world files on your computer.
Step 2: Compress Your World Files
To make uploading faster and more reliable, we need to package all these files into a single compressed folder.
- In the opened folder, highlight and select all the files inside.
- Right-click on the selected files.
- Choose Compress to ZIP file from the context menu (Windows 11 has this built-in, otherwise you can install a free tool like 7-Zip or WinRAR).
Step 3: Upload to Your Server
Now that your world is neatly packed into a ZIP file, we can upload it directly to your panel.
- Log into your MintServers game panel.
- Click on Files in the left sidebar.
- On the right side of the screen, click Create Directory.
- Name the new directory exactly: world (this specific name is crucial for the server to recognize it!).
- Open the newly created world directory.
- Drag and drop your compressed ZIP file from your computer directly into this folder on the panel.
If your ZIP file is exceptionally large (over a few gigabytes), the web upload might time out. In that case, we highly recommend using an SFTP client like FileZilla to transfer the file securely. You can follow our guide here: How to Connect via SFTP (FileZilla/WinSCP).
Step 4: Extract and Launch
Almost done! We just need to unpack the files so the server can read them.
- Click the three dots next to your uploaded ZIP file in the panel.
- Select Unarchive from the dropdown menu.
- Once extracted, your folder should look something like the image below, with files like level.dat visible. You can safely delete the ZIP file now to save space.
- Navigate back to the Console tab and Start your Minecraft server!
That is it! Your singleplayer world is now running on your server, ready for multiplayer adventures. If you connect and see a fresh world instead of your uploaded one, double-check that you named the folder world correctly and that you unarchived the files. If you are still running into trouble, just open a support ticket and our team will gladly jump in to get your world loaded up properly.