How to install the card in Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3

Where to unpack the downloaded world, why it did not appear in the list and what will happen to the map from another version of the game.

  • folder saves
  • needed level.dat
  • Minecraft 26.3
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Briefly

The world is the folder that contains level.dat

On Android or iPhone with Bedrock, use Installation of maps .mcworld on the telephone. Below are instructions for Java Edition.

Unpack the archive into a folder saves inside .minecraft so that in the world folder there was a file right away level.datI don't know. The map will appear in the Single Game.

How to install a downloaded map

  1. Download the map - usually a .zip archive.
  2. Open the folder saves: "Lone game" ♪ any world ♪ "Fix" ♪ Open the Peace Folder" ♪ and rise to a higher level. Or open it. .minecraft manually.
  3. Unpack the archive into saves. Check: inside the map folder there is immediately level.dat.
  4. Go to "Lone Game" and the map will appear on the list under its name.

Why the map isn't on the list

ReasonWhat to do
"Folder within a folder"Often in the archive there is a folder, and in it there is another one - with the world itself. The game only sees the folder in which it immediately lies level.dat: move it directly to saves.
The archive is not unpackedThe game does not read the world from .zip - unlike the resource pack. Unpack it.
Map for BedrockThe .mcworld file is a Bedrock world, Java will not open it.
Wrong game folderThird-party launchers have their own game folder for each build - worlds are placed in it saves.

Map for another version

Map from the old version will open: the game will update it when you log in. You can't get it back, so make a copy before doing so.

Map from a newer version You don't have to open the old one. The game will warn: "This world is preserved in the version ... and can be damaged by downloading this version!", and moving the world to the old version directly calls the game unsupported: "The transfer of the world to an old version is not supported." Put the version to which the map is made — usually the author indicates it.

Map on the server

On the server, the world is a folder whose name is written in server.properties in line level-name (default world). Stop the server, put the map folder with it there level.dat or write her name in level-name and start the server again.

World Backup

Before you open another person's map on top of your world or in another version, make a copy: "Construction" . A copy will be stored in a folder. backups, and return it by unpacking it into saves just like a map.

Frequently asked questions

How to install a map in Minecraft?

Unpack the card archive into the saves folder inside .minecraft so that the world's file immediately contains a lion.dat file. The world will appear in "Lone Game".

Why didn't the downloaded map appear in the list of worlds?

Most often, the archive is unpacked with a "dad in a folder": the game only sees a folder that immediately contains a lion.dat. Get the world folder up to a higher level.

Is it possible to open a map from a different version?

The card from the old version will update the game itself -- make a copy in advance. The map from the newer version at the old version should not be opened: the game will warn that the world can be damaged.

More on the wiki

Entire Wiki World BackupGenerator: Map

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