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Download a world
Download the file from one of the link above. Once you download it search of the downloaded file at the downloads folder on Windows by default
Extract the world
This is necessary if your file is a .zip
or .rar
.
- Extract the file if the file format is
.rar
- If you see a folder named
region
and a file namedlevel.dat
, then you’re good to go! Extract the folders to your desktop. - If not, the files are probably there, you just have to dig deeper. Some might have two folders named
__MACOSX
andyour_save
. Check theyour_save
folder until you seeregion
andlevel.dat
. Once you find them, extract the folders to your desktop.
Importing into Minecraft
Now that we have the files, we’re going to put them in the .minecraft folder.
- Copy the folder off your desktop (i.e. copy the folder one directory above
region
andlevel.dat
). - Open the .minecraft folder. The default directory for .minecraft for Windows on
%APPDATA%\.minecraft
for macOS on ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft and for Linux on~/.minecraft
- Open the
saves
folder. - You will notice all your worlds are here.
- Paste the folder (Ctrl + V or ⌘ Cmd + V) into the
saves
folder. - Open the new folder and check to make sure it has this folder and file in it, all right under
your_save
. - Once they’re all there, launch the game, and the world can now be found in your worlds list.
- Find the folder in Minecraft
Find the folder in Minecraft
- Once Minecraft opens, click “Singleplayer”
- The name of the folder you copied will be the grayed out name under the world name.
- The new save is usually all the way at the bottom, but that’s not always the case. You might need to do some hunting.
- Once you found it, load it up and have fun! You may have to back up the world if it was saved in a different version of Minecraft.
Alternate Instructions
If you found the above instructions confusing, here is a simpler explanation:
- Download the world file (usually in
.zip
or.rar
) format - Extract it
- Find the .minecraft folder
- Look for the
saves
folder - If the extracted content contains many files and folders, create a new folder
- Copy all the extracted content into that folder
- Open up Minecraft and it will be in your selection of saved worlds