# How to Create a Superflat World on a Minecraft Server

> Learn how to set up a superflat world on your Minecraft server hosted by Beacon Hosting with simple steps.

Source: https://www.beaconhosting.org/knowledgebase/how-to-create-a-superflat-world-on-a-minecraft-server
Category: Minecraft
Last updated: 2026-09-09

# **How to Create a Superflat World on a Minecraft Java Server**

This guide provides simple steps to create a superflat world on your Minecraft Java server hosted with Beacon Hosting. Superflat worlds offer a flat landscape ideal for building or creative play modes.

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## **Step 1: Open your server**

Log in at [www.beaconhosting.org/auth/login](https://www.beaconhosting.org/auth/login), open **Your Servers**, and select your Minecraft Java server.

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## **Step 2: Back up and stop the server**

1. Create a backup from **Backups**
2. Stop the server from **Console**

Do this before changing world settings or deleting world files.

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## **Step 3: Set the world type to superflat**

1. Go to **Files** and open `server.properties`
2. In the Visual Editor, expand **World** or search for `level-type`
3. Set `level-type` to `minecraft:flat` (or `flat`)

To customize superflat layers and structures, edit `generator-settings` in the **Advanced** section. This field uses JSON generator settings.

4. Save the file

There is no separate “world settings” page in the panel.

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## **Step 4: Remove the old world (required for a new superflat map)**

Changing `level-type` only affects **new** world generation. To get a fresh superflat world, delete or rename your existing world folder.

1. In **Files**, open the folder named in `level-name` (commonly `world`)
2. Delete that folder, or rename it (for example `world_old`) if you want to keep a copy

> **[WARNING]** Deleting or replacing the world folder removes existing builds and player progress in that world. Back up first from **Backups**.

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## **Step 5: Start your server**

Start the server from **Console**. Minecraft will generate a new superflat world on first launch.

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