How To Enable Experimental Features on A Minecraft Bedrock Server

2 min. readlast update: 01.05.2024

In this guide, we'll show you how to enable experimental mode on your preexisting Minecraft world! 

🛑Before you continue! You will need a file opener such as 7zip or WINRAR for this.
❗ It's been known that enabling experimental for pre-existing worlds is touchy and may be unstable, do this with caution 

Step 1: Download Your World With SFTP

You can follow this guide to access your server with SFTP.

Next, download your world in Filezilla and then locate it where you downloaded it to.

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Step 2: Rename Your Folder 

First, compress your world into a "Bedrock Level.7z" with 7zip

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Rename your "Bedrock World.7z" to "Bedrock World.mcworld

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Step 3: Upload Your World to Minecraft Bedrock

Locate the button next to "Create World" and click it

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Next, upload the world.

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Step 4: Enable Experimental

Edit your world once it's uploaded.

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Turn on all of the Experimental modes (or the ones specifically listed for addon requirements)

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Then export the world.

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Step 5: Upload Back to Your Server

Navigate back to your panel file manager and go to your worlds folder.

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Upload your Bedrock level and unarchive it.

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And you're done! Start your server and your world will be experimental now.

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