How To Turn Your Minecraft: Java Edition Singleplayer World Into A Multiplayer Server For Free

How To Turn Your Minecraft: Java Edition Singleplayer World Into An Online Multiplayer Server For Free

In this video I show you how you can turn your Minecraft: Java Edition Singleplayer World into an Online Multiplayer Server. You will be able to continue where you left off in your private Singleplayer world gameplay without losing any progress and invite your friends to join your server to enjoy the world with you in an online multiplayer environment. With a Multiplayer server you are in full control of your server and can give yourself operator (op), set your own game rules, install mods and much much more.

Steps To Transfer your Singleplayer Save To A Multiplayer Server:
1. Open your Minecraft: Java Edition Client
2. Once on the Main Menu, left click on "Singleplayer" and note the name of the world you would like to turn into a multiplayer server
3. Once you got the name of your world head back to the Main Menu and left click on "Options".
4. Left click on 'Resource Packs" and select " Open Pack Folder".
5. You should now be in a folder called resourcepacks. Select the .minecraft folder.
6. In the .minecraft folder select the saves folder.
7. In the saves folder locate the Minecraft singleplayer world you would like to turn into a multiplayer online server.
8. Copy that Singleplayer worlds folder and place it on your desktop. (In this video demonstration the world I chose was named "Websplaining")
9. Move the contents within that folder into a new folder called "worlds".
13. Include the below command within your text document which will later by your Batch (.bat) file:

You can increase the RAM of your server by changing the Xmx and Xms values within the command. eg. 2GB RAM = Xmx2048M -Xms2048M and 3GB RAM = Xmx3072M -Xms3072M. Make sure you have enough RAM on your device running the server prior to increasing the RAM!

14. For that text document, go to "file", "save as" and then add ".bat" to the file name and left click on "save"
15. A .batch file should then be generated with the same name as the minecraft server start command text document. You can now delete the text document but make sure you keep the .bat file.
16. Double click on the batch file to start your server (your server wont start immediately)
17. Files will then be generated, open the eula text document and change the text which says "eula=false" to "eula=true".

18. Once this is done save the eula file to save the change.
19. Rerun your batch file and your server will begin starting and a cmd terminal window will open.
21.Open up your Minecraft: Java Edition client and select Multiplayer.
22. Left click on Add Server or Direct Connection and in the Server Address type "0" or "localhost" for you to connect to your own server. For your friends, they will need to connect to your server through your IP address.

Notes:
- You can give yourself op by typing the below command into the cmd terminal window once your server has started:
op yourusernamehere

- You can stop your server by typing (in cmd):
Stop

-You can start your server again after stopping it by double clicking on your .bat file

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[mrcodecode]

My friends and I have been playing minecraft here and there since 2011 or so, this is the very first time in all my life of searching how to do exactly this. I am so very happy this worked, I downloaded Java 19 as well and everything runs the way it should. Thank you for these videos!!! I am beyond happy, my inner child from 2011 is very grateful as well.

[JFAArmy]

He: Closses The Brower.
Me: Closing The Brower.

[sgtskidz]

This tutorial is entirely underrated. Straight to the point, easy to understand, and the only problem I ran into the solution was pinned as a comment. Great job!

[johosq]

Even being 2 years old, this is BY FAR the best tutorial I have ever seen on how to create your own Minecraft server. This video was such a life saver and I could not more grateful that I found this video! Thank you so much Websplaining!

[ishanshelar]

note: sometimes the ip adress searched up on google doesn't always work. If it doesn't work you can check your ip adress by going to wifi properties and scroll until you see ipv4 adress:

[aidanbrowne]

This is by FAR the most thorough, well done, professional, and perfect tutorial to anything I've ever needed help with. This worked perfectly for me and went exactly like he said it would go. You got a new subscriber today.

[drewboii]

U absolute badass u…never before have i seen such a great, straight to it, easy to understand, step by step explaining EVERYTHING video that also isnt 30+ mins IN MY You sir have well earned a damn sub and like❤️

[shrimpokidd]

If you type pause under the Java command so you can see the file in notes

[Universal.Understanding]

When I try to start the server with the batch file, even though I have it typed exactly how I should, it doesn't load up or create any new files. What am I doing wrong?

[MagmaGMD]

Whenever I click on the batch file, it closes and doesn’t give me new files, anyone know how to fix it?

[boxinabox]

I really appreciate how Websplaining takes it step for step, we need to be more like him.

[jonathanboak]

Everything worked up to the point where I had to open the .bat file, and when I double clicked on it no files were created.

[BlIVIN.mp]

When I clicked on the batch file it closed out by it self and there was no Eula text document

[itz_nick_d]

Why won’t it let my friends join??? It just says “connecting to server” and then times me out. Do I have the wrong IP or something???

[nolanmissigman]

For some reason, double-clicking the batch file as you did at 8:06 doesn't work for me. The command window pops up for half a second and then disappears without making new files.

[SirOofton]

8:07 I always have a problem here when i try to access the batch file it doesnt actually open the command terminal, anyone know how to fix this?
edit: i was able to stop it from quickly disappearing but nothing shows up, is there any reason for this.?

[jaydingood]

why when i try to start the batch file don't the additional things popping up in my folder

[kingofharyana]

When double clicking the batch file I dont get the eula files

[epiksis]

i can join the server but when my friends put my ip in the server ip it doesnt work
edit: he says it says "cant connect to server" please help websplaining

[mallowskycotl]

For some reason the "Minecraft start command.bat" opens for one second then closes, I redid the process multiple times and it's the exact same. Why?