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title: How to Have Multiple Worlds on Your Minecraft Server
description: Learn how to set up multiple worlds on your Minecraft server using Multiverse. This guide walks through installing the Multiverse-Core plugin and creating additional worlds through console commands.
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# How to Have Multiple Worlds on Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to set up multiple worlds on your Minecraft server using Multiverse. This guide walks through installing the Multiverse-Core plugin and creating additional worlds through console commands.

In this guide we are going to go over how you can have multiple worlds on your Minecraft server.  This is mostly commonly done with the plugin multiverse. Having multiple worlds can be very useful if you wanted to separate the server out such as having a dedicated creative mode world or a dedicated world for PVP only. It should be noted though that this can impact server performance if you don’t have enough resources available on your server.

## Installing Multiverse

Before proceeding, your server will need to be running a version of Minecraft that supports plugins such as Paper or Spigot.

1. Open your [dashboard](https://app.nodecraft.com/dashboard).
2. Locate your Minecraft server and click on the **Panel **button.
3. Once on your Minecraft server panel, stop then server then click on the **Plugins **tab.

  ![Nodecraft control panel sidebar showing the Plugins menu option highlighted under the Minecraft server navigation.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/354x521/e6a2cbcaf7/nodecraft-control-panel-dashboard-plugins-sidebar-menu.png/m/)
4. Once on the Plugins Manager page, click on the **Search** tab.

  ![Nodecraft Plugins Manager interface displaying the Search tab selected with a confirmation message indicating mods were successfully uninstalled.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/802x365/a514ad207d/nodecraft-control-panel-dashboard-plugins-manager-search-tab.png/m/)
5. Search for **Multiverse-Core** and then click **install. **

  ![Nodecraft Plugins Manager search results showing the Multiverse-Core plugin with the Install button highlighted alongside additional plugin results.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/2101x375/d9472507c3/nodecraft-control-panel-dashboard-plugins-search-results-install.png/m/1000x0/smart)
6. Once installed you can start your server.

## Creating a World

1. Return to your console or join your server with OP or the proper permissions.
2. Run the following command: **/mv create (any name) (normal, nether or the\_end)**

  ![Minecraft server console displaying the command “/mv create example normal” used to create a new world with Multiverse.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/252x45/b05dfd1306/minecraft-server-console-command-create-world.png/m/)

This process can take a few seconds to a minute depending on server load. You will know it’s completed once the server reports **World '(name)' created!**

## Conclusion

Adding multiple worlds to your Minecraft server gives you a simple way to separate different types of gameplay without running multiple servers. With Multiverse installed, creating a new world is just a single command, allowing you to spin up creative spaces, PVP arenas, or additional survival environments whenever you need them. Just be careful of generating too many!