Exporting Minecraft Data Packs and Installing them

Since 2020.1, MCreator is a Minecraft data pack maker tool too. On this page, you can learn how to export and install data packs into Minecraft.

Exporting data packs

To export your data packs, open MCreator and click on the export button which is located in the top toolbar. MCreator will build all resources and sources. The file save dialog opens. Select destination and the mod will be exported to a file. Make sure to follow our Terms of use when distributing and using data packs made with MCreator.

Installing data packs

Data packs are installed on per-world basis with current Minecraft versions.

Installing data packs on client

Open Minecraft and select the world you want to install your data pack for, click on “Edit”, then “Open world folder”. Open the folder named datapacks, and put your data pack into it. Type /reload (if you have enabled cheats) or press F3+T if you are in the world during the installation. If the data pack has a correct format, it would be enabled in the world. If you have enabled cheats, you can verify by typing /datapack list enabled and find an entry named [file/your data pack file/directory name].

Installing data packs on a server

Open your server folder, then open world. After that, put your data pack into a folder named datapacks

Type /reload from the console or as a level 3 operator if the server was running during the installation.

If the data pack has a correct format, it would be enabled on the server. You can verify by typing /datapack list enabled from the console or as a level 3 operator and find an entry named [file/your data pack file/directory name].



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