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Importing your Minecraft: Bedrock Edition world from your PC

To import your world from your computer, you will first need to export it. This guide will help you through exporting your world from your PC, and uploading it to your server.

Exporting the world

To export your world, launch Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on your PC. At the main menu:

  1. Select Play.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import Main Menu

  1. On the world select screen, click the Edit button to view your world settings.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the game settings.
  2. You should see an Export World button. Click the button; this will open an explorer window.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

  1. In the explorer window, choose an easy to find directory.
  2. Save your exported world into your chosen directory.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

Awesome, you've exported your world! Time to upload it to the CreeperPanel!

Uploading the world

Now that you have your exported world ready, log into the CreeperPanel if you haven't already. Next:

  1. Select your Minecraft: Bedrock instance from your Games & Software tab.
  2. Select Files in the instance's sub-menu.
  3. In the directory list, locate the worlds folder; click it to open it.
  4. You should see an empty directory. That's where you'll need to upload your exported world.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

  1. Open an explorer window, and locate your exported world file. Select the file, then,
  2. Drag and drop it into the open directory on the CreeperPanel.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

You should now have a file named My World.mcworld (the name may be different if you have renamed your world). You'll need to change it to My World.zip, and extract the new .zip file for Minecraft: Bedrock to load it correctly.

  1. Right-click the My World.mcworld file.
  2. Select Rename.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

  1. Change the file extension to .zip; it should look like the example below. Hit enter when you've changed it.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

You should now see your file in the CreeperPanel, renamed to My World.zip.

  1. Right-click the My World.zip file.
  2. Select Extract.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

  1. In the pop-up window, select Use Smart Directory. You should now see a new folder in the Worlds directory named after your world; this will contain your extracted world files.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

Next, we need to instruct your Minecraft: Bedrock instance to load your uploaded world. From the instance's submenu:

  1. Select Settings.
  2. Select the World tab at the top of the page.
  3. You'll see the Level Name setting - change the text to the name of your uploaded world.
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to locate the Save button.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

  1. Select Save to save your changes.

Minecraft Bedrock World Import

That's it - you're now free to start your server!