🌍 How to Upload Your Own World to Your Minecraft Server

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📥 Step 1: Prepare Your World Folder

Make sure your world folder is ready on your computer.

The world folder should contain files like:
level.dat
region folder
playerdata folder

Tip: If you have multiple folders inside (like world, world_nether, world_the_end), make sure you upload all necessary ones.

⚠️ Important: Your world folder must not be zipped. Upload the raw folder itself.

🔑 Step 2: Log Into the Control Panel

Visit the Empower Servers Control Panel and log in.

🛠️ Step 3: Access Your Server

Click Manage next to your server.

🗂️ Step 4: Connect Using FileZilla

Use FileZilla to connect to your server via SFTP.
If you haven’t set this up yet, follow How do I manage my files with SFTP?.

Control Panel SFTP Details	FileZilla SFTP Connection

📤 Step 5: Upload Your World

Navigate to your server's root directory (where you see folders like plugins, logs, etc).

Delete any existing world folder (if you want a clean replace).

Upload your own world folder here.

⚠️ Important: Make sure your world folder name matches what your server expects — usually world. If not, you must adjust the level-name setting in your server.properties file later.

🚀 Step 6: Update Level-Name (If Needed)

If your uploaded world folder isn't named world, you'll need to update your server settings:
Open server.properties via the Control Panel.
Find the line:

level-name=world

Change world to match your uploaded folder name.
Save the file.

🔄 Step 7: Restart Your Server

Restart your server from the Console tab.
Your uploaded world will now load!

🎉 Success!

Your Minecraft server should now be running your custom uploaded world.
Happy exploring! 🌎✨

Updated on: 26/04/2025