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title: Changing the World Seed of Your Minecraft Server
description: Learn how to change the world seed on your Minecraft server!
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/minecraft/setup/changing-your-world-seed"
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published: "2016-09-20T17:54:12.571Z"
updated: "2024-10-23T21:27:00.000Z"
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# Changing the World Seed of Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to change the world seed on your Minecraft server!

Within Minecraft, a world, or level seed, is a key component used for the basis of world generation. When the game generates a new world, it uses this seed to generate terrain, biomes, and other features.

### Prepare the Server

Before changing the seed, we recommend deleting any previously existing world files.

1. Firstly, stop your server. Making any world-related changes to your server while it is running can result in data loss and world corruption.
2. If you have a currently active world, we recommend creating a backup of it, just in case you wish to restore it in the future.
3. Next, take a note of your current world name. This can be found via the **Game Settings** section of Nodecraft Pro Panel, under the **World** tab. By default, this is simply "world".
4. From within the **Server Files**, in the root `/` directory, you should see a directory by this world name.
5. Select this world directory by selecting the checkbox within the file manager.
6. Hit the **"delete" **button* (or the delete key on your keyboard).* You'll be presented with a confirmation window, and then once confirmed, this world should be deleted within a few seconds.

### Change the Seed

1. Now that your server is prepared, you'll want to head to the **Game Settings** section of Nodecraft Pro Panel once again, and access the **World** tab.
2. Here, you should see an input for a **Seed**. You can either hit the **"random"** button to have our system randomly generate a seed for you, or you can input a seed you have previously found or created here.![The Nodecraft Pro Panel showing the Worlds tab where the input field for a seed is located](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1153x668/bf663b1056/minecraftseed.png/m/1000x0/smart)
3. Save the configuration and restart your server. It should now generate a new world using this seed.