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Move your world to PiglinHost

Worlds · Updated 27 October 2026

Bring your world over from Realms, Aternos or single-player in a few minutes.

1. Download your world

  • Realms: go to Configure › Backups › Download latest.
  • Aternos: go to Worlds, and click Download.
  • Single-player: zip your world folder from your saves folder. See Upload a world to your Java server for where to find it.

2. Upload it

  1. Stop your server.
  2. Open Server Files, and upload your world zip.

Worlds bigger than 1 GB need FileZilla. See Upload and download files with FileZilla.

3. Unzip it

Right-click the zip, and choose Unzip.

4. Select your world

  1. Open Worlds.
  2. Click Select World next to your world, and confirm with Change.

5. Start your server

Start your server, and your world is here. Your players can join with your new address. Want an easy one? See Get a free subdomain.

Moving a Bedrock world? See Upload a world to your Bedrock server.

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