How To Upload An Existing Minecraft Bedrock World To Your Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of uploading an existing world file to your Minecraft Bedrock server.

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Exporting Your World

1. 1
   Open Minecraft Bedrock Edition and click Play to find your world list.
2. 2
   Click the pencil icon next to the world you want to export.
3. 3
   Under General, scroll down and select Export World.
4. 4
   The game will create a .mcworld file, save this file to an easy-to-find location on your PC.

Preparing Your World Files

1. 1
   Locate your exported .mcworld file.
2. 2
   Rename your .mcworld file to .zip (for example, MyWorld.mcworld to MyWorld.zip).
3. 3
   Right-click the .zip file and click Extract All.
4. 4
   After extraction, you'll see the extracted world files. Create a new folder with a recognizable name (for example, MyWorld123).
5. 5
   Move all the extracted files into your newly created folder.

Uploading Your World

1. 1
   Log in to Bropanel and Stop your Minecraft Bedrock server.
2. 2
   In the sidebar, go to Files and enter the worlds directory.
3. 3
   Upload your existing world folder (For example, MyWorld123).
4. 4
   In the sidebar, go to Files and open server.properties.
5. 5
   Find the line that says level-name= and change it to match your uploaded world folder name:

   level-name=MyWorld123
   

6. 6
   Save the file and start your server.

Once uploaded, your server files should look like this: