Help CenterEmbarking on adventures in new worlds is a fundamental part of the Minecraft experience. With custom maps, you can enhance this journey, providing yourself and others with unique scenery and biomes to explore. Whether it's a meticulously designed adventure map, a thrilling survival island, or an intricate city build, adding a custom map to your Minecraft server can significantly add to the player experience.
⚡ Note: If you're looking to add a world you've previously created in Minecraft to your server, check out this article on how to import your world.
Let's dive into how to upload a custom map to your server at SimpleGameHosting.
Step 1: Preparing Your World for Your Server
🔴 Wait: This article assumes that you already have found and downloaded a custom map for your server. If you haven't found one yet, check out our article on how to find multiplayer maps for your Minecraft server.
With the world on your desktop, we need to prepare it to be added to your server. To do this:
1. Right-click on the folder you moved from the saves, and select Rename. Change the name to world. This will ensure that the name is correct when we upload it later.
2. Next, we need to take the world folder on your desktop, right-click on it, select "Send to" or "Compress to.." and select ZIP File. This will create a new .zip file of your world.
Step 2: Accessing Your File Manager
We can now access the SimpleGameHosting Control Panel and navigate to the File Manager.
1. First, login to the Control Panel, and select the server that you want to upload your world to.
2. After you have logged in, we need to navigate to the File Manager by selecting it in the menu bar. This is where you will upload your world.zip.
3. Once you have accessed the File Manager, we can move on to the next step.
Step 3: Removing the Old World on The Server
🛑Wait: Skip this step if you have never started your server before or if you don't have an existing world folder in the File Manager.
Before we can upload the new single-player world, we need to remove any existing world from the server.
1. In File Manager, find the world folder, click the three dots next to it, and select Rename.
2. A box will appear where you can rename your world folder. We suggest making the name world_old. This will keep the world in case you want to access it again, but it will allow you to upload your new world as well.
3. Once the new name is entered, click the Rename button to save the name change.
Step 4: Uploading the World to Your Server via SFTP
We can now add your world to the server. To do this, we will be using SFTP. This ensures that we can upload the entire world without any issues.
Finding Your SFTP Login Info
Once you have your FTP client, we can get the login details. These can be found in the SimpleGameHosting control panel.
1. Be sure the server is offline. Then click SFTP in the menu bar.
- This will show you your server address and username for SFTP. We will use these in the next step.
Logging Into Your Server via SFTP
The easiest way to connect is by using the Quickconnect feature in FileZilla.
1. Open FileZilla and enter the following using your SFTP details:
- Host: (your server address from your SFTP page)
- Username:
- Password: (same as your control panel password)
💡Note: Leave the port section blank, it'll auto fill once you connect.
2. Confirm the information you entered is correct and then press the Quickconnect button to the right to connect.
- If a popup appears mentioning an "Unknown host key," that's normal and just click OK to continue.
3. Once you're connect to your server, you should see your server files show up in the right hand windows of the FilzeZilla app.
🤔Need more help? We have a more detailed instructions on How To Use SFTP to Connect to a Minecraft Server.
Uploading Your Minecraft World to the Server
With your FTP client (like FileZilla) connected to the server.
1. Find the custom map on your computer that you want to upload. In FileZilla, your computer files appear on the left side, and your server files appear on the right side.
2. Drag and drop the map folder from your computer to the main server directory on the right side. Be sure not to drop it inside any existing folder. It should go directly into the root of your server files.
💡Tip: You can monitor the upload progress using the green bar at the bottom left of FileZilla. It shows the percentage of files that have been successfully uploaded.
- Once the upload begins, FileZilla will start transferring all the files. Some maps contain hundreds or even thousands of files, so the upload might take a while depending on your internet speed.
Step 5: Unzipping the World
Next, head back to the File Manager on your SimpleGameHosting control panel. Look for the world.zip file you just uploaded. Click the three dots next to it, then select Unarchive. The File Manager will refresh as your zip file is unpacked.
Before you join the server, it is worth locating and opening the "world" folder. In it, you should see similar files to the image below. Your's may be slightly different with some additional files or some files missing. However, the "region" folder should be there no matter what.
If you do not have a "world" folder, you most likely forgot to rename your world in Step 2. If this is the case, the name of the world on the server will be the same as it was in your "saves" folder. Locate this folder, click on the three dots, and select rename. Rename the folder to "world", and you are done!
⚠️Heads Up: Make sure your folder is named exactly world. If it is not, your server will not recognize it and the world will not load properly.
Step 6: Restarting & Joining Your Server
Finally, navigate back to the Console tab in the Control Panel, and Start or Restart your server. When you do, your single-player world will be updated to your server.
You can join your server, and your world will be there!
If you need help, don't hesitate to reach out to our support team by submitting a Support Ticket or contacting us directly via LiveChat!