The world options or edit world screen are options to manage a world's files and its settings. Template:IN, internal world settings can't be changed from the edit world screen and are handled by Minecraft:game rules, while Template:In, game rules, Minecraft:add-ons, Minecraft:experiments, and other world settings can be changed at any time from the edit world screen, even from the Minecraft:pause menu.
Deletes the world's icon.png file, which allows a new icon to be taken. A new screenshot is taken to become the world's icon the next time Template:Btn is clicked.Template:Verify
Makes a new .zip archive in .minecraft/backups/ with the data of the selected world stored. The file name of a backup follows this format: YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss_<World Folder Name>.zip.
Example: 2020-12-24_13-32-00_My World.zip. This is the world called "My World", it was made on December 24, 2020, at time 13:32 (1:32 PM). The world folder name is the original name of the world given at world creation, not the display name.
Opens a screen to upgrade the level data of the world to the latest format. Once a world is optimized, it is no longer compatible with previous level formats. There are four options:
"Erase Cached Data" erases data like light levels and biome data, which must then be regenerated.
Template:Btn creates a backup to .minecraft/backups/ and then begin the optimization process.
Template:Btn begins the optimization process without making a backup.
After clicking either of the buttons, the optimization process begins. Chunks generated in 1.19 or later are skipped, as they use the current format. The rest of the chunks are reformatted.
Bedrock Edition
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The edit world screen Template:In allows for various settings, most Minecraft:game rules, Minecraft:add-ons, and Minecraft:experiments to be changed. Worlds that are stored locally on the device can be edited, as well as worlds in an owned Minecraft:Realms server. The edit world screen for local worlds uses Minecraft:Ore UI, while the edit world screen for Minecraft RealmsTemplate:Until and the Editor uses the Classic UI, making them look vastly different while offering almost the same options.
The world options for local worlds can also be viewed and edited from the Minecraft:settings in the Minecraft:game menu, which uses the Classic UI in Realms. In the game menu, most options are located in sections in the "Game" tab (except Multiplayer), and some are not available or named differently. Resource and behavior pack settings can be viewed in the Classic UI, but not edited.
The edit world screen for local worlds can be opened from the "Worlds" tab in the Minecraft:play screen by selecting the "Edit" button on a world, or by pressing Template:Xbtn/Template:Psbtn for controllers on a selected world. In Minecraft Preview, the edit world screen for Minecraft Realms can be opened by the Realm owner or members with an administrator role by selecting "Edit World" on an active world in the Realms Hub.
The menu shows the world thumbnail with some buttons and a tab list on the left, and the world options for each selected tab on the right.
Returns to the previously opened Minecraft:menu screen, usually the "Worlds" tab in the Minecraft:play screen for local worlds, and the Edit Realm screen for Minecraft Realms. If any options have been changed, the game offers to save the changes, or discard them.
Opens a menu with the option to change the world thumbnail to an in-game Minecraft:screenshot, or reset it to the default screenshot which is taken upon world saving. Not available for worlds in Minecraft Realms.
Opens a menu with the options to upload the world to an owned Realm, or create a new Realms subscription. Selecting a Realms server will show a selection screen with three available world slots where the world can be stored. If a world already exists in the slot, the world will be replaced with the uploaded world.
Not available for worlds in Minecraft Realms.
Below, there are seven sections which open the respective world options on the right: General, Advanced, Multiplayer, Cheats, Resource packs, Behavior packs, and Experiments.
When the world has been created from a Minecraft:Marketplace template, some options may be locked by the creator. The options can be unlocked by selecting the message at the top, but this may result in different gameplay than the creator intended for the template.
You can't respawn if you die. Good luck! You'll need it.
Shows whether Minecraft:Hardcore mode is enabled, which cannot be changed.
World size
Update to Infinite
Turn your old 256x256 block world into an Infinite world. This will automatically make a backup of your old world.
Only available for worlds created with the Minecraft:Old world type before 1.18.0. This removes the invisible bedrock boundary around the world and allows infinite chunk generation, as well as gameplay features from the latest version.
File management
The first three options are not available on Realms. The last three options are exclusive to Realms.
Duplicate world
Copies the world files and stores the new world locally with Template:Cd added to the name.
Delete world
Are you sure? If you delete this world it will be gone forever..
Permanently deletes the world, after confirmed a second time.
Export world
Export a world and its settings such as game modes, or difficulty Erasing the data is not available on a world with hardcore mode enabled.
Opens a menu to export the world files. Proceeding will export a copy of the world as Template:Cd, opening the Windows file explorer to select where the world will be stored. It can be imported by opening the file with Minecraft or the import world feature. Only available on Windows.<ref name=":0">Template:Bug</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Bug</ref> There is one setting for world exportation.
This will erase all players cata completely, including chest contents, inventories, and locations.
Reset world
This will remove your current world from your Realm's active slot and replace it with a brand new world. Anyone currently playing will be temporarily disconnected.
Deletes all world data (except Saves) and activates a new, default world in the world slot. This does not allow world creation settings to be changed, which requires to replace it with a local world.
Replace world
This will remove your current world from your Realm's active slot and let you choose a world to replace it with. Anyone currently playing will be temporarily disconnected.
Opens a list of local worlds. Selecting one will replace the world slot on the Realm with the world, overwriting the old world.
Download world
Downloads the world and stores it locally on the device, with a name in the format Template:Cd.
Settings changes are applied when the world is running on the serverTemplate:Note
Size: SizeMB - Last saved: DD Mon YYYY
The current size of the world, and the date when the world file was last edited.
Guides the algorithm that magically creates your world
This is the Minecraft:world seed, a random number which cannot be changed. In Realms, the value is not shown. A button on the right allows to copy the seed to the clipboard.
When "Flat world" is enabled, this shows the selected flat world preset for the generation. Below the selected flat world preset, a list of blocks that make up the flat world is shown with the amount of layers for each block.
Collect materials to unlock recipes in your recipe book
When enabled, Minecraft:crafting recipes need to be unlocked through gameplay before they appear in the Minecraft:recipe book. Locked recipes still function when items are put in the crafting grid without using the recipe book.
Controls whether sleeping in a Minecraft:bed at night or during thunderstorms skips to morning and clear weather.
Required Sleeping Players
All (100%)
How many players must be in bed to skip the night?
Changes how many players are required to sleep before the night will be skipped, if "Skip night by sleeping" is enabled. Can be set between 0%, where the night will always be skipped if anyone sleeps in a bed, and 100% where all players need to be in bed before the night is skipped.
Controls whether to skip the Minecraft:death screen and immediately respawn after the player has died. In Hardcore mode, the "Game over!" screen will be skipped and the player will instantly enter Minecraft:Spectator mode upon death.
Respawn within this block radius when you die and no custom spawnpoint is set (max 128)
An integer input controlling the spread distance around the Minecraft:world spawn where players randomly spawn if they don't have a custom respawn point. Can be set between 0 and 128.
Simulation distance
4 chunks
The game loads and applies changes within a range of Template:Abbr blocks from the player
Allows the Minecraft:simulation distance to be changed, which determines the range of Minecraft:mob spawning/despawning, game Minecraft:ticks, and chunk updates. Can be set to 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 chunks. Some devices may limit the simulation distance option to 8 or 10 chunks. Not available in Realms.
When a player spawns in the world for the first time, an empty Minecraft:locator map appears in their hotbar. This is grayed out and cannot be changed.
Controls whether Minecraft:multiplayer is enabled in this world, not available in Realms. If enabled, the game is still considered singleplayer until other players join.
Settings
The following settings are grayed out unless multiplayer is enabled.
Player access / PlayStation™ Network friends
Friends
Determines who can join this world trough Minecraft's Minecraft:social network. Players can always join when they received an invite from the Minecraft:pause menu, and if enabled, the world shows as multiplayer world in the world list of friends, or the game can be joined from the Minecraft:profile. In Realms, this is a "Manage members" button located below the other options, which redirects to the Members tab of the Realm's settings, where players and default permissions can be changed.
Invite players
Anyone you send a direct invite can join
Friends
Anyone you've added as a Minecraft friend can join
Controls whether the world is visible to any player on the same Minecraft:LAN network as a multiplayer game, regardless of the player access setting. Not available in Realms.
Controls whether most Minecraft:commands are available for operators, unlocks the following cheat settings. Enabling this disables Minecraft:achievements, not available on Hardcore.
Cheat settings
The following settings are grayed out unless cheats are enabled.
Controls whether to enable certain features from Template:Edition. Not available in Realms.
Random tick speed
1
Affects the behavior of certain blocks, like the speed of vegetation growth and decay (max 4096)
An integer input that controls the rate at which random events occur in the world caused by Minecraft:random ticks. Can be set between 0 and 4096, contains a quick reset button next to the box.
Players are asked to download all local packs in order to join the game.
Controls whether Minecraft:resource packs on the world are optional or forced. When turned off, players can refuse to download and enable local resource packs, and select their own packs in the Global Resources settings. When turned on, players will download all enabled resource packs and global resource packs are disabled.
Active
Local
Lists all active local resource packs. When multiple resource packs are enabled that can conflict with each other, the highest resource pack in the list will overwrite conflicting features from other packs. Each pack can be dragged to any location in the list. A pack can be removed with the "Remove" button next to each pack, and the description can be shown by selecting the pack. For Marketplace packs, there is a button to open the purchase page in the Marketplace. For all packs, there is a button to open a menu with the technical details of the pack, such as the UUID, storage location, and error logs. Certain packs have a settings menu which allows to customize features from the pack and view custom information.
Global
Lists all active global resource packs. The same details and links can be opened for global packs as for local packs, but they can only be enabled or disabled in the "Global Resources" tab in the main settings menu.
Available
Owned
A dropdown widget that lists available resource packs obtained from the Minecraft:Marketplace, imported custom packs, or stored manually in Template:File. Each pack can be activated by pressing the button on the right of the pack, and more information can be shown by selecting the pack. Marketplace packs also show a button to open the purchase screen in the Marketplace. Some packs may require downloading before they can be activated. Enabling a resource pack that is part of an Minecraft:add-on also enables the connected behavior pack if available.
Marketplace Pass
A dropdown widget that lists available resource packs from Minecraft:Marketplace Pass. They can be opened the same way as packs in the "Owned" list. If the player is not subscribed to the Marketplace Pass, a button that opens the Marketplace Pass purchase screen shows instead.
Get more packs
Hundreds of packs available in the Marketplace
Redirects to a Marketplace page featuring new resource packs.
Not available in Realms, can only be accessed from the Classic UI.
Active
A submenu that lists active Minecraft:behavior packs, sets of customized features that affect Minecraft:gameplay. Behavior packs can be opened similarly to resource packs, but are always connected to the world data and can't be disabled for players.
Available
A submenu that lists available behavior packs obtained from the Marketplace, imported custom packs, or stored manually in Template:File. Enabling a behavior pack that is part of an Minecraft:add-on also enables the connected resource pack if available.
Experiments are potential new features. Be careful as things might break.
Allows the player to enable several Minecraft:experimental features, not available in Realms. After saving the world with experiments enabled, the experiments can't be toggled off again. See Template:Slink for details about each experiment.
These are the same game settings as listed above, but located in-game in the Minecraft:settings menu, if the player hosts the world. Realms and the Editor use the Classic UI for these settings, described below.
Shows whether the world has been created as a Minecraft:flat world, but cannot be changed.
Seed
A mysterious series of numbers used to create your world
The Minecraft:world seed, a random number by default, used to determine how the Minecraft:world generation randomly creates the world, cannot be changed. The seed can be copied with the button on the right.
Simulation Distance
4 chunks
The game loads and applies changes within a range of Template:Abbr blocks from the player
When enabled, Minecraft:crafting recipes need to be unlocked through gameplay before they appear in the Minecraft:recipe book. Locked recipes still function when items are put in the crafting grid without using the recipe book.
Controls whether sleeping in a Minecraft:bed at night or during thunderstorms skips to morning and clear weather.
Required sleeping players
100%
Percentage of players that must be in bed to skip to morning
Changes how many players are required to sleep before the night will be skipped, if "Skip night by sleeping" is enabled. Can be set between 0%, where the night will always be skipped if anyone sleeps in a bed, and 100% where all players need to be in bed before the night is skipped.
Controls whether to skip the Minecraft:death screen and immediately respawn after the player has died. In Hardcore mode, the "Game over!" screen will be skipped and the player will instantly enter Minecraft:Spectator mode upon death.
Respawn radius in blocks
10
Randomly respawn somewhere within this many blocks of where you died (max 128)
An integer input controlling the spread distance around the Minecraft:world spawn where players randomly spawn if they don't have a custom respawn point. Can be set between 0 and 128.
Experiments
Try out new features and in-game experiments. But heads up! These can't be turned off after world creation.
Shows all Minecraft:experiments that are enabled for the world, but cannot be changed. See Template:Slink for details about each experiment.
Controls whether most Minecraft:commands are available for operators, unlocks the following cheat settings. Enabling this disables Minecraft:achievements, not available on Hardcore.
Controls whether Minecraft:command blocks can execute commands and can be customized by operators.
Tick Speed
1
Changes the speed of the world and everything in it (max 4096)
An integer input that controls the rate at which random events occur in the world caused by Minecraft:random ticks (notMinecraft:ticks). Can be set between 0 and 4096, contains a quick reset button next to the box.
Shows whether Minecraft:multiplayer is enabled in this world. If enabled, the game is still considered singleplayer until other players join.
Microsoft account privacy
Friends Only
Select who can join your multiplayer world
Shows who can join this world trough Minecraft's Minecraft:social network,. Players can always join when they received an invite from the Minecraft:pause menu, and if enabled, the world shows as multiplayer world in the world list of friends, or the game can be joined from the Minecraft:profile.
Invite Only
Anyone you send a direct invite can join your world
Friends Only
Anyone you've added as a Minecraft friend can join your world
Friends of Friends
Friends of your Minecraft friends can join your world
The edit world screen in MinecraftMinecraft:Realms in the Minecraft:game menu and Minecraft:Bedrock Editor use the Classic UI, which looks vastly different from Ore UI and offers some different options. The game settings for Realms in the game menu can be opened by selecting "Settings" in the game menu. The world options tabs are located in the "World" or "Realm" section on the left, and the add-on tabs are located in the Add-Ons tab at the bottom.
The edit project screen in Bedrock Editor only affects the world after exportation, and allows all options to be changed including normally grayed out options.
Game Settings
Option
Description
Default
World Name
Allows the name of the world to be set to a custom string from up to 30 characters.
My World
Difficulty
Allows the default Minecraft:difficulty setting to be changed. Can be set between Peaceful, Easy, Normal (default), and Hard.
Normal
Default Game Mode<ref group="note" name="pause menu">In the game settings screen in the Minecraft:pause menu.</ref> Game Mode<ref group="note" name="realms">In the game settings screen for MinecraftMinecraft:Realms.</ref>
Allows the personal game mode for the player to be changed, which is also affected by the Template:Cmd command. Available game modes are Survival, Creative, Adventure, Minecraft:Spectator, and Default (the player's game mode is the same as the world's default game mode). Not available for Minecraft Realms.
Default
Hardcore mode
Shows whether Minecraft:Hardcore mode is enabled or not, but can't be changed.
OFF
World Preferences
Starting Map
Shows whether the Minecraft:starting map option was enabled upon world creation, but can't be changed. Not available for Minecraft Realms.
OFF
Bonus Chest
Shows whether the bonus chest option was enabled upon world creation, but can't be changed. Not available for Minecraft Realms.
Player permission when joining from invite
The default Minecraft:player permission when a player joins the world from an invite. Available permissions are Visitor, Member, and Operator. In Minecraft Realms, this option can be changed in the "Members" tab in the Manage Realm screen or the Minecraft:pause menu and affects the whole Realm, rather than only the world.
Member
World Type
Shows the Minecraft:world type of the world, which is Infinite by default. If the "Minecraft:Flat world" option has been enabled, the world type shows Flat. If a world has been created as an Old world before Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 1.18.0, this shows Old. Not available for Minecraft Realms.
Infinite
Seed
Shows the Minecraft:world seed which randomly generates the world's terrain and features, but can't be changed. Not available for Minecraft Realms.
Controls whether Minecraft:hunger can affect the player's health.
Tile Drops
Controls whether blocks drop when they are broken.
Beds Work
Controls whether sleeping in Minecraft:bed at night skips to morning.
Players needed to skip night
How many players must be in bed to skip the night.
100%
Immediate Respawn
Controls whether to skip the death screen and immediately respawn.
OFF
Respawn Radius
An integer input controlling the spread distance around the Minecraft:world spawn where players spawn. Defaults to 10, with a maximum value of 128.
10
Experiments
Shows which Minecraft:experiments are enabled for the world, but can't be changed while in the pause menu. Not available for MinecraftMinecraft:Realms.
OFF
Cheats
Activate Cheats
Controls whether commands and other cheat settings are enabled. When disabled, the following cheat settings are grayed out.
OFF
Education Edition
Controls whether to enable certain features from Template:Edition. Not available for Minecraft Realms.
Always Day
Controls whether the in-game Minecraft:time is locked to noon. Not available for Minecraft Realms.
Do Daylight Cycle
Controls whether the daylight cycle is enabled, or the time is locked to the current time.
ON
Keep Inventory
Controls whether players keep their inventory after dying.
An integer input that controls the rate at which random events occur in the world caused by Minecraft:random ticks. Defaults to 1, with a maximum value of 4096. Contains a reset button next to the box.
1
Download World
Downloads the world and stores it locally on the device, with a name in the format Template:Cd. Only available for Minecraft Realms.
Replace World
Opens a list of local worlds. Selecting one will replace the world slot on the Realm with the world, overwriting the old world. Only available for Minecraft Realms.
Reset World
Deletes all world data (except backups) and activates a new, default world in the world slot. Only available for Minecraft Realms.
Multiplayer
The following options are not available for MinecraftMinecraft:Realms.
Shows which type of players can join the world, which can be Invited Players Only, Friends Only, or Friends of Friends, but can't be changed.
Friends Only
Visible to LAN Players
Shows whether players on the same Minecraft:LAN network can join the world, but can't be changed.
ON
Add-Ons
Enabling and disabling Minecraft:resource packs and Minecraft:behavior packs works exactly the same as in the Ore UI version of the edit world screen, however, the buttons are located differently. All packs are located behind collapsible section headers. The options for each pack can be viewed by selecting a pack. Press "Activate" or "Deactivate" to enable or disable packs, and press "View in Store" to open the purchase screen in the Marketplace for Marketplace packs. Activated packs can be moved in the list by selecting an arrow button on the bottom-right of a pack. For activated packs only, the technical details screen can be opened by pressing the green checkmark button on the right.
All activated and available resource packs and behavior packs can be viewed from the pause menu, but none of them can be activated or deactivated while in the world. Additionally, on Minecraft Realms, locally stored custom packs in Template:File and Template:File but this can be bypassed by storing them in the regular resource packs and behavior packs directories.
The "Game settings" tab in Minecraft Realms. Note that this screenshot is taken in the "New World" version of the edit world screen, but it looks similar in the regular edit world screen.
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