How to Upload a Minecraft World to a Server

What you need before you start

• An active Minecraft server on Redfox Cloud.
• An FTP client: WinSCP (Windows) or FileZilla (Windows, macOS, Linux).
• The world folder on your computer. It must contain the level.dat file.

Uploading the world

1. Find the world on your computer

   Singleplayer worlds are stored in the saves folder. Choose your operating system:

   Windows macOS Linux

   Press Win + R, paste the path and press Enter:

   %appdata%\.minecraft\savesCopy

   Each folder here is a separate world. If you downloaded the map from the internet, extract it first.

   Done

2. Rename the world folder to “world”

   The server only loads a folder with a specific name. Copy your world folder, for example to your desktop, and rename the copy to:

   worldCopy
   Common mistake

   The level.dat file must be directly inside the world folder, not in another folder inside it, e.g. world/My world/level.dat. This often happens after extracting a downloaded map.

   Done

3. Stop the Minecraft server

   Stop the server in the Redfox Cloud control panel. A running server saves its own world when it shuts down and will overwrite the files you uploaded.

   Done

4. Connect to the server via FTP

   You’ll find the login details in the service control panel, in the “FTP/MYSQL/RCON” section.

   

   WinSCP FileZilla

   1. In the File protocol field, change SFTP to FTP.
   2. Make sure Port number is 21.
   3. Host name: the server’s hostname, e.g. g01.rfox.cloud.
   4. Enter the username and password, then click Login.

   More: How to use WinSCP or FileZilla.

   Done

5. Delete the old world on the server

   In the root directory, open the pasauliai folder. It contains three maps:

   pasauliai/ ├── world main world ├── world_nether Nether └── world_the_end End

   Delete the world folder. Leave the Nether and End folders alone unless you’re replacing them too.

   Done

6. Upload your world

   Drag your world folder from your computer into the server’s pasauliai folder in the FTP client. After uploading, the structure should look like this:

   pasauliai/ └── world/ ├── level.dat ├── region/ └── ...
   Tip

   Large worlds take a while to upload. Don’t close the FTP client until all files have finished uploading. An incomplete upload is the most common cause of a corrupted world.

   Done

7. Start the server

   Go back to the Redfox Cloud control panel and start the server.

   Done

Did it work?

Join the server in the game. You should spawn in your uploaded world, near its buildings. If you see a completely new world, check the common problems below.