How to load a downloaded minecraft world

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The talk page may contain suggestions. Categories Tutorials Add category. Cancel Save. Fan Feed 1 Java Edition 1. Universal Conquest Wiki. Once you've verified your version, you can download maps from the websites listed below. Maps also come in one of two file formats:. To use your new map file, you'll need to place it in the correct directory. The location will vary based on your Minecraft version. For the Windows Java version:. If you want to avoid using the Run app, you can also access the Minecraft saves folder through the Minecraft Launcher.

Here's how: First, copy the map folder as before. To explore your downloaded world, launch Minecraft in single-player mode. You should see your map. Click the map to load it. Once everything loads, start exploring! You can easily install custom maps on all Bedrock editions of Minecraft by using. Double-click the. For older files that use the. Just like the Windows Java Edition, to install Minecraft maps on macOS, you'll have to move the map files to the Minecraft saves folder.

Start by downloading the. The new map will appear in the single-player menu as a new world. Download some map you prefer to play. Don't worry about downloading an unwanted map, because there will be preview on the site itself.

This may also take a while depending on your internet speed and the size of the world. Locate your downloads folder. To locate this on a Windows computer, press the 'start' button and type in 'downloads' in the search bar right above the 'start' button.

Then, click on the 'download' folder. Find just the world you just downloaded. If you downloaded the world and its in a compressed file like WinRAR or 7zip, you need to open it up by double-clicking on the file. Then, you will see some files. Copy the new world into your 'Saves' folder. You can do this by dragging the. In the '. There will be some worlds that you had already. Then, from the left file on which contains the world you downloaded, drag the downloaded world folder to the right of the screen which is your 'saves' folder.

Play Minecraft! The world you just dragged over should be at the bottom. Open Finder and select the "Go" tab. At the bottom of it, there's an option to "Go to folder Inside the library, select "Application Support," then the "Minecraft" folder will be inside that. In the Minecraft folder there will be another called "Saves.