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# How to Change the Seed on a Minecraft Server

A Minecraft **seed** determines how the terrain, biomes, structures, and other world features are generated.

Changing the seed does not modify a world that already exists. The new value is only used when Minecraft creates a new world.

## Configure the World Seed

1. Log in to the game panel at `gamepanel.fourseasonshosting.com`.
2. Open your server and stop it from the **Console** page.
3. Go to **Files** and open `server.properties`.
4. Locate the following setting:
   ```text theme={null}
   level-seed=
   ```
5. Enter the seed you want after the `=` sign. To have Minecraft generate a random seed, leave the value blank.
6. Save the file.

If you cannot find `level-seed` in `server.properties`, start the server once and allow it to finish generating its configuration files. Stop the server afterward and edit the file.

## Generate a New World

After setting the seed, you need to make Minecraft create a new world. There are two ways to do this.

### Option 1: Remove the Existing World

If you no longer need the current world:

1. Open **Files**.
2. Locate the world directory currently being used by the server.
3. The folder name normally matches the `level-name` value in `server.properties`, which is commonly `world`.
4. Delete the world folder.

Deleted files are moved to the **Trash**, so you may be able to restore the world if you change your mind.

> **Before deleting the world:** Create a backup if there is anything in the existing world that you may want to recover later.

### Option 2: Keep the Existing World

If you want to keep your current world while generating another one:

1. Open `server.properties`.
2. Find:
   ```text theme={null}
   level-name=
   ```
3. Change the value to a new world name, such as:
   ```text theme={null}
   level-name=newworld
   ```
4. Save the file.

Because a world with the new name does not exist, Minecraft will generate one when the server starts.

## Start the Server

Start the server from the **Console** page.

Minecraft will generate the new world using the seed configured in `level-seed`. Your previous world remains available if you used the second method.