Server Worlds

Minecraft World Map had its own game server from 2012 until March 2016. Players survived in the Play worlds, built on their own plots in Creative, and played minigames such as Mob Arena and Hardcore. These are the server's own worlds that survive: 15 downloads, 7.1 GB in all, free to download.

On this page:

Creative Archive 1.8, the 2015 plot world, and who owned each plot
All server world downloads
How to open an old world
Worlds that are still lost

For the story of the server and its staff, see the History and Staff pages.

Creative Archive 1.8

World	Years	Minecraft version	Download
Creative Archive 1.8 261M The server's Creative world of 2015, where every player could claim building plots. It closed on 6 July 2015 and was thought lost until a copy kept by former staff member Blobbers turned up in October 2026. It holds 3,288 plots and opens in Minecraft 1.8.9. Seed `-5554431914358196506` Original page: archived copy on the Wayback Machine	2015	1.8	Direct Download Creative Archive 1.8 (zip) 261.2 MB

Find a plot owner in Creative Archive 1.8

Creative Archive 1.8 has 3,288 plots owned by 2,579 players. Each plot had a sign with its owner's name. Type a player name to see their plots, where each plot is, and the command that takes you there in the world.

To visit a plot: open the world with cheats turned on (see how to open an old world), then type the command in the chat. It takes you to the plot's sign. You can also see every plot in one list.

All server world downloads

Every file is a copy of the server's own world, as it was saved at the time. The Download button starts the download straight away; big files can take a while. Creative Archive 1.8 is at the top of this page.

Play (survival)

World	Years	Minecraft version	Download
Play Archive 1.7 2.2G The survival worlds ("Play") of the Minecraft 1.7 years, saved by the server staff. Former staff shared them on r/mcworldmap in 2023, but those links stopped working. Original page: archived copy on the Wayback Machine	2014-2015	1.7	Direct Download Play Archive 1.7 (7z) 2.2 GB
Play Archive 1.8 3.0G The survival worlds ("Play") of the Minecraft 1.8 year, saved by the server staff and shared the same way as the 1.7 archive. Original page: archived copy on the Wayback Machine	2015	1.8	Direct Download Play Archive 1.8 (7z) 3.0 GB

2012 server worlds

skeight uploaded these worlds to the website in 2012, and the Minecraft Archive Project saved them in May 2014. They were last played on 20 September 2012.

World	Years	Minecraft version	Download
Spawn world 19M Where players arrived when they joined the 2012 server. More than 1,500 players' files are inside. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download Spawn world (zip) 19.2 MB
SpawnV2 world 3M A second, newer version of the 2012 spawn. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download SpawnV2 world (zip) 2.5 MB
PLAY world 934M The main survival world of the 2012 server, and the biggest of the 2012 worlds. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download PLAY world (zip) 934.1 MB
PLAY Nether 96M The Nether of the 2012 survival world. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download PLAY Nether (zip) 96.2 MB
PLAY The End 861K The End of the 2012 survival world. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download PLAY The End (zip) 861.3 KB
CREATIVE world 204M The 2012 Creative world, with the Titanic (built by afguy20041 over several months), Maple City and Block City. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download CREATIVE world (zip) 204.0 MB
Hardcore world 211M The 2012 hardcore survival world. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download Hardcore world (zip) 210.7 MB
Mob Arena world 12M The 2012 mob arena, where players fought waves of monsters. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download Mob Arena world (zip) 12.0 MB
Jungle world 115M A jungle world made from lsouc's public map "The Jungle" (2011). Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download Jungle world (zip) 115.4 MB
Captain Amber's World 62M A 2012 server world that carries the name of staff member Amber_1, known as Captain Amber. Original page: world page in this archive	2012	not recorded	Direct Download Captain Amber's World (zip) 61.8 MB

Lobby and builds

World	Years	Minecraft version	Download
Server Lobby 881K The server lobby, built by massivetuna, IkePrime and QuantumNova. This copy was saved in Minecraft 1.10.2 on 30 October 2016 and shared by Nathangorr on Planet Minecraft in 2017. Original page: archived copy on the Wayback Machine	2016	1.10.2	Direct Download Server Lobby (zip) 881.0 KB
Schematics 912K Saved builds from the server staff's shared folder, among them the lobby and 26 minigame maps. These are schematic files, not worlds: load them into a world with a tool such as WorldEdit or MCEdit.		not recorded	Direct Download Schematics (zip) 912.3 KB

How to open an old world

Unpack the download. Zip files open on most computers. Files ending in .7z need a free program such as 7-Zip.
Keep the download and work on a copy. Opening a world in Minecraft changes it, and a newer Minecraft version changes it for good. If something goes wrong, you can unpack it again.
Use the Minecraft version of the time. In the Minecraft Launcher, go to Installations, choose New installation and pick the version listed for the world (for example release 1.8.9 for Creative Archive 1.8). You may need to turn on "historical versions" to see old ones. The 2012 worlds were last played on 20 September 2012, when Minecraft 1.3.2 was the newest version.
Put the world in the saves folder. Each folder that holds a level.dat file is one world. Copy it into the saves folder of your Minecraft installation, start the game and choose Singleplayer. Some downloads hold several worlds; the Nether and the End may be in their own folders.
Turn on cheats to use teleport commands. In the world, press Esc, choose Open to LAN, set Allow Cheats to ON and start the LAN world. Then commands such as /tp work.

Still lost

These server worlds were never saved anywhere we could find. If a copy turns up, the seed (the number that shapes each Minecraft world) shows whether it is the right world.

World	Years	Minecraft version	Copy
Creative Archive 1.7 The plot Creative world of the Minecraft 1.7 years, open from 2 January 2014 to 11 January 2015; about 8,500 players built there. Its last known copy was a zip file of about 177 MB. Seed `7290889853243018194` Original page: archived copy on the Wayback Machine	2014-2015	1.7	No copy found.
Creative Render 01 A snapshot of a Creative world from May 2015. Its last known copy was a zip file of about 163 MB. Seed `2525512635892781014` Original page: archived copy on the Wayback Machine	2015	not recorded	No copy found.

If you have a copy

Please keep it safe and do not change it. Check the seed in the world's level.dat file against the seeds above. A way to contact this archive will be added here soon.