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How to Upload or Download Your World

:arrow_up: Uploading Your World:

  1. Log in to the Dashboard.

  2. Within your server list, choose a server.

  3. You will be redirected to your server’s Console page. Make sure your server is turned off, if not click on the “Stop” button to the top right of the console.

  4. In the top navigation bar, hover over “Manage” then navigate to File Manager.

  5. If you have any existing world folders, select them by checking the checkbox beside its name, then click on “Delete”.

  6. Compress your local world folder into an archive with the .zip file format.

  7. Back in the dashboard, click on “Upload Files” then select the world archive.

  8. Once the upload is complete, locate the world archive and click on the three dots next to its name.

  9. Click “Unarchive” to extract the contents.

  10. Ensure your world folder is named as world.

If you use Spigot or any of its forks (Paper, Purpur, etc.), you will have three world folders: “world”, “world_nether” and “world_the_end”. If you are moving to Spigot, Paper, Purpur or any of their forks from single-player or any other server software other than the aforementioned software, convert your world folder by following our world migration guide

:arrow_down: Downloading Your World:

  1. Log in to the Dashboard.

  2. Within your server list, choose a server.

  3. You will be redirected to your server’s Console page. Make sure your server is turned off, if not click on the “Stop” button to the top right of the console.

  4. In the top navigation bar, hover over “Manage” then navigate to File Manager.

  5. Locate your existing world folder, it is usually called “world”.

    If you use Spigot or any of its forks (Paper, Purpur, etc.), you will have three world folders: “world”, “world_nether” and “world_the_end”.

  6. Select it by checking the checkbox beside its name then click on “Download”.

You may need to install an unarchive software (like WinRAR or 7zip) to unarchive the .tar.gz file If you are moving from Spigot, Paper, Purpur or any of their forks to single-player or any other server software other than the aforementioned software, convert your world folder by following our world migration guide