How to add an existing world to Godlike host

Last modified on 10 September 2025 in Minecraft
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Valeriy Stereo

Valeriy Stereo

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How to transfer your world (map) to another server

The Minecraft server hosting and its world (map) have their own files, which contain the data of your game: the number of players registered on the server, settings, changes made to the map (buildings, farms and everything else that players can create in the game world). In this article, we will tell you how to avoid losing your game world files and how to conveniently and safely transfer them to a new server (hosting) and start playing.

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How to transfer the world in the GODLIKE panel

1) First, open the folder where Minecraft and your server are located, then find the "world" folder.

2)In the world folder, select the game world you need and create a separate archive to which you copy and move the folder with its files.

server world in minecraft folder

3) Now open the GODLIKE game panel and select your Minecraft server. The one you want to transfer the world to.

GODLIKE game panel

GODLIKE game panel file manager

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Learn how to transfer your whole server to Godlike

Uploading the Current World

After locating your existing world files, you can replace the current world files on your server with them.

Step 1: First of all, stop your server.
Step 2: Access the General Settings and connect to the server via SFTP.

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You can also learn more about how to use SFTP

Step 3: Using SFTP, you need to delete the old world folder.
Step 4: After that, upload your existing world.
Step 5: Once everything is uploaded, start your server.

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By default, a Minecraft server creates a world named world. If you want to use your own world and it has a different name, upload your world folder to the server directory, open the server.properties file, change the line level-name=world to the exact name of your folder, save the file, and restart the server.

Step 6: All done, now you can start the server and check out your world!

IMPORTANT

Our GODLIKE team is always available and ready to assist with any questions and settings for your server.

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Now you know how to upload a game world (map) to your new Minecraft server! Play together with GODLIKE.

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