How to Change the World Seed on Your Minecraft Server
Learn how to set a custom world seed to generate a specific Minecraft world on your server.
Every Minecraft world is generated from a seed — a number or text string that determines the layout of biomes, structures, and terrain. By setting a specific seed, you can generate a world you've seen online, recreate a favorite singleplayer world, or share the same terrain with friends.
Changing Your World Seed
Access the panel and stop your server
Go to the XGamingServer panel and stop your Minecraft server.
Open the file manager
Go to Files.
Open server properties
Open server.properties.
Set your seed
Set level-seed= to your desired seed value (a number or text string).
Change the world name
Change level-name= to a new world name so a fresh world is generated with this seed.
Save and start
Click Save and start your server.
⚠️ Warning: Changing the seed alone won't regenerate your existing world. You must either change the
level-nameto create a new world folder, or delete the existing world folder first. The seed only applies when a new world is generated.
💡 Tip: Leave
level-seed=blank to generate a completely random world. You can find popular seeds on community sites like the Minecraft subreddit.
Finding Your Current Seed
If you want to know your current world's seed:
Open the console
Go to Console on the XGamingServer panel.
Run the seed command
Type /seed and press Enter.
Read the output
The seed will be displayed in the console output.
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