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label: Upload Existing Save
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import { FileTree } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
import { Steps } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

This is what you do if you need to upload an existing world to your [Minecraft server](https://www.gamehostbros.com/minecraft-server-hosting/).

## Finding Locally Existing Worlds
## Finding Local Worlds On The Vanilla Minecraft Launcher

<Steps>
1. On your keyboard press `Windows Key + R`.
2. Type `%appdata%` into the search box.
3. Navigate to `AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\saves`.
2. Enter this:
```
%APPDATA%\.minecraft\saves
```
3. Make a copy of your existing world file.
</Steps>

<FileTree>
- AppData
- Roaming
- .minecraft
- saves/
</FileTree>
## Finding Local Worlds On The CurseForge Launcher

<Steps>
4. Make a copy of your existing world file.
1. Open CurseForge.
2. Right-Click on your Minecraft Instance, and select `Open Folder`.
3. Copy your world found in the `saves` folder.
</Steps>

## Uploading Existing Worlds
## Uploading Worlds To Your Minecraft Server

<Steps>
1. Log in to the [Game Host Bros Panel](https://panel.gamehostbros.com/).
2. Stop your server.
3. Connect to your server via `SFTP` by following [this guide](https://guides.gamehostbros.com/getting-started/uploading-files/)
4. On your server, navigate to the `World` file and delete the contents.
5. Upload the contents of your existing save file from `AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\saves`
6. Connect to your server.
1. Log in to the [Game Host Bros Panel](https://panel.gamehostbros.com/) and Stop your server.
2. Connect to your server via `SFTP` by following [this guide](https://guides.gamehostbros.com/getting-started/uploading-files/).
3. Upload your existing save file to the home directory of your server.
4. In the panel, go to `Management > File Manager`, and open `server.properties`.
5. Set `level-name=` to your world name.
6. Start your server.
</Steps>

You can alternatively upload your world folder as is, and simply choose which world to load by finding server.properties in your server's home directory, and changing `level-name=` to reflect the name of your uploaded world.
:::danger
If you wish to keep a copy of the current World on your server, make sure to create a backup before deleting!
:::
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