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How to Reset the End and Nether on a Minecraft Server

Regenerate the Nether or the End without touching your Overworld.

You can reset the Nether or the End on their own, for example to fight the Ender Dragon again or bring back fresh Nether terrain. Your Overworld isn't touched.

Where the dimensions are

Server software Nether End
Paper, Folia, Vanilla world_nether/DIM-1 world_the_end/DIM1
Fabric, Forge, NeoForge world/DIM-1 world/DIM1

Reset one

  1. In Console, click Stop.
  2. Go to Backups and create a backup.
  3. In Files, delete the DIM-1 folder (Nether) or DIM1 folder (End) from the table above. On Paper you can delete the whole world_nether or world_the_end folder instead.
  4. Click Start. The dimension regenerates when a player next enters it.

Warning

Anything built in that dimension is gone, including Nether portals' far side and End bases. Players standing in it when the server stops will appear at the same coordinates in the new terrain.

Fighting the dragon again

Resetting the End brings the dragon back. You can also respawn it without a reset by placing four End Crystals on the exit portal.