The folder is created by an official launcher on the first launch. A sidewalker often keeps the game in its folder, each modpack has its own, and opens it with a button in the lapcher settings, not on the way up. JuxLauncher also stores the game in its own folder, and not in .minecraft.
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On Windows - Win + R and the line below
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Open on Windows (Win + R)
%appdata%\.minecraft
Windows — %APPDATA%\.minecraft; macOS — ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft; Linux — ~/.minecraftI don't know. Worlds — In a Folder saves, screenshots in screenshots.
| System | Path | How to open |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\.minecraft | Press Win + R, paste %appdata%\.minecraft and press Enter. |
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft | In Finder: Go → Go to Folder... (Shift + Cmd + G) and paste the path. |
| Linux | ~/.minecraft | Folder hidden: in the file manager, show hidden files (usually Ctrl + H). |
The period at the beginning of the name is part of the name, not a typo. On Windows, the folder is in “Roaming” inside AppData: %APPDATA% leads exactly there.
| Folder or file | What's there |
|---|---|
saves | Single player worlds - one folder per world. |
screenshots | Screenshots taken with the F2 key. |
resourcepacks | Sets of resources (resource packs): .zip or folder. |
logs | Game log: latest.log - current launch, .log.gz - past ones. |
crash-reports | Departure reports: a file with the date for each departure. |
backups | Backups of worlds made using the button in the world settings. |
downloads | Resource packs downloaded from servers (before 1.20.3 - server-resource-packs folder). |
options.txt | All game settings, including keys and language. |
servers.dat | List of servers from the "Network Game". |
hotbar.nbt | Saved creative shortcuts. |
command_history.txt | History of commands typed in chat. |
Launcher files, not your data: versions == sync, corrected by elderman == libraries - libraries without which the game won't start. assets - sounds, tongues and stuff that the launcher's getting to the game. It's only with mods. mods, config, shaderpacks: The vanilla game does not create such folders.
The game crashed - see the latest file in crash-reports, and if it is not there - logs/latest.log. What do startup errors and crashes mean? Viki errors.
Every world is a folder inside saves. On the server the same thing is in the folder world next to server.properties.
| Folder or file | What's there |
|---|---|
level.dat | The main thing about the world: seed, time, game rules, spawn point. |
level.dat_old | Previous copy of level.dat - the game writes it before saving. |
icon.png | Picture of the world in the list of worlds. |
session.lock | The “world is open” Marker: while it is occupied, the world cannot be opened a second time. |
datapacks | Data sets (datapacks) of this world. |
players/data | Inventory, position and health of each player - file per player (up to 26.1 - playerdata). |
players/stats | Player statistics (up to 26.1 - stats). |
players/advancements | Player achievements (up to 26.1 - advancements). |
data | Maps, raids, scoreboards and other things that the world stores separately. |
generated | Buildings saved by the structure block. |
dimensions/minecraft/overworld/region | Regions are a normal world (from 26.1; formerly, a region folder at the root of the world) |
dimensions/minecraft/the_nether/region | Non-ser regions |
dimensions/minecraft/the_end/region | Regions — and |
In which region file is the required block located? Seagull calculator.
- Resources: "Construction..." ♪ Resource Sets... ♪ ♪ Puppy with Sets.
- World's folder: "Lone Game" ♪ ♪ The world ♪ "Fix" ♪ Open the Peace Folder.
- Backup copies: In the same room, "Backups" saves a copy of the world, "Open Backup folder" opens.
- Screen shots: After F2, the game writes "The screen image is saved as..." – click on the file name in the chat room and open the picture.
Where is the .minecraft folder?
On Windows, on Windows, on Linux, ~/.minecraft. The fastest on Windows is Win + R, %appdata%\.minecraft and Enter.
Where are Minecraft worlds stored?
In the saves folder inside .minecraft, it's in the world folder. From "Lone Game" to "Fix the World" to "Open the World Folder".
Where can I find Minecraft screenshots?
In the screenshots folder inside .minecraft. The picture is taken with the F2 key, and the game writes in the chat what name it was saved under.
- What Java is needed
- Protocol numbers
- pack_format
- Operator levels
- server.properties
- Chunk calculator
- Resource pack from the server
Entire Wiki How to install resource packs and data packsHow to install the cardWhere is the list of servers stored?How to transfer the world and make a copyHow to change languageHow to make your own resource packHow to completely remove MinecraftGenerator: Resource pack from serverGenerator: Datepack: Your prescriptionGenerator: QR block codeGenerator: Chitas in the created worldGenerator: NBT EditorGenerator: Map
According to Minecraft 26.3, Mojang Lounger manifesto, version.json is inside the client of each version and server.Properties, which creates the server itself.