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How to Install a Datapack on Your Server

Last updated on Jun 13, 2025

How to Install a Datapack on Your Server

You can enhance your server's gameplay experience by adding datapacks. Below, we explain step by step how to do it.

Steps to Install a Datapack on Your Server

  1. Download the datapack you want to install.

  2. Check compatibility
    Make sure the datapack version is compatible with your server version.

  3. Turn off your server from the control panel.

  4. Access your server files from the File Manager section of the control panel, or via SFTP.

  5. Upload the datapack

    • Navigate to your world folder (usually named world or something similar).

    • Inside that folder, open the datapacks folder.

    • Upload the downloaded datapack file or folder to this location.

  6. Start the server from the control panel so the datapack can be activated.

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