# How to Add Extra Worlds to a Minecraft Server

> Run more than one world on the same server with Multiverse-Core, and let players move between them.

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Category: Minecraft
Last updated: 2026-11-05

A Minecraft server loads one main world, with its Nether and End. To run more worlds side by side, such as a creative world next to survival, use the **Multiverse-Core** plugin.

## Requirements

Multiverse is a plugin, so your server needs to run **Paper** (or Folia). If you're on Vanilla, install Paper from **Package Manager** first. Your existing world carries over.

## Install Multiverse-Core

1. Open your server and go to **Package Manager**.
2. Click **Browse packages** and search for **Multiverse-Core**.
3. Click **Install** and pick the version for your Minecraft version.
4. Restart the server from **Console**. Package changes apply on the next start.

## Create a new world

Run these in **Console** (or in game as an operator, with `/`):

```
mv create creative normal
```

This creates a normal world called `creative`. Use `nether` or `end` instead of `normal` for those types, and add `-s <seed>` for a specific seed.

## Move between worlds

```
mv tp creative
mv tp world
```

`world` is your original world. List every world with `mv list`.

## Add a world you uploaded

1. **Stop** the server.
2. Upload the world folder in **Files**, next to your main `world` folder.
3. **Start** the server and run `mv import <foldername> normal`.

> [!TIP]
> Install **Multiverse-Portals** too if you want players to walk through portals between worlds instead of using commands.

> [!NOTE]
> Every loaded world uses memory. If the server slows down, unload worlds nobody is using with `mv unload <name>`.