Create New World

The Create New World screen is a menu screen that allows the player to create a new world.

Java Edition

Respective options for world creation are organized into three different tabs: "Game", "World", and "More".

Game

World Name

Allows the name of the world to be set to a custom string. This name correlates to the folder in .minecraft/saves where the world save can be found.

Game Mode

Allows the default game mode of the world to be changed. Clicking the button cycles through to the next game mode. The available game modes are Survival, Hardcore, and Creative.

Difficulty

Allows the default difficulty setting to be changed. Clicking the button cycles through to the next difficulty. There are four options available; in order, Peaceful, Easy, Normal, and Hard.

Allow Commands (OFF)

Controls whether or not certain commands and debug functions are able to be used. Clicking the button toggles the option on and off.

World

World Type

Controls the world type. Clicking the button cycles through the available world types, which are Default, Superflat, Large Biomes, AMPLIFIED, Single Biome, and, when Alt is held down, Debug Mode. Selecting Superflat or Single Biome enables the "Customize" button. With a world type of Superflat, the Customize button options the "Superflat Customization" menu is shown; with Single Biome, the button brings you to a list of selectable biomes.

Seed

Allows the world seed to be changed. Any string of characters can be placed here.

Generate Structures (ON)

Controls whether or not structures should generate in the world.

Bonus Chest (OFF)

Controls whether a bonus chest full of beginner loot should generate near the player when they first spawn in to the world.

More

Data Packs

Opens a menu that controls which data packs the world should start off with. Data packs cannot be added or removed from the world after it is created.

Experiments

Allows experimental features to be enabled or disabled. Also appears in the "Game" tab in development versions.

Game Rules

Opens a menu that controls which game rules should be enabled by default. Can be set even when commands are disabled.

Bedrock Edition

The Create New World screen in Bedrock Edition allows for various settings to be changed and add-ons to be enabled. The menu is organized into seven sections: General, Advanced, Multiplayer, Cheats, Resource Packs, Behavior Packs, and Experiments.

General

World name

Allows the name of the world to be set to a custom string.

Game mode

Allows the default game mode of the world to be changed. The available modes are Survival (default) and Creative.

Difficulty

Allows the default difficulty setting to be changed. Can be set between Peaceful, Easy, Normal (default), and Hard.

Hardcore

Enables Hardcore, locking the default game mode to Survival and the difficulty to Hard, while also disabling cheats.

Advanced

World seed / Templates

Allows the world seed to be changed. Any string of characters can be placed here.

Opens the seed templates menu, allowing a template to be used.

Flat world

Generates a flat world when enabled.

Starting map

Controls whether the player spawns with an empty locator map in their hotbar. Not available in Hardcore.

Bonus chest

Controls whether a bonus chest full of beginner loot should generate near the player when the world is first created. Not available in Hardcore.

Show coordinates

Controls whether to display the player's coordinates.

Show days played

Controls whether to display the in-game days played.

Recipe unlocking

Controls whether recipes in the recipe book are unlocked.

Fire spreads

Controls whether fire can spread.

TNT explodes

Controls whether TNT can explode.

Mob loot

Controls whether mobs drop items when killed.

Natural regeneration

Controls whether hunger can affect the player's health.

Tile drops

Controls whether blocks drop when they are broken.

Skip night by sleeping

Controls whether sleeping in bed at night skips to morning.

Required sleeping players (All (100%))

How many players must be in bed to skip the night.

Immediate respawn

Controls whether to skip the death screen and immediately respawn. If this is turned on in a Hardcore world, it will immediately put the player in Spectator instead.

Respawn blocks explode

Controls whether beds and respawn anchors explode when used in the wrong dimension.

Respawn radius

An integer input controlling the spread distance around the world spawn where players spawn. Defaults to 10, with a maximum value of 128.

Simulation Distance

A dropdown menu that allows the simulation distance to be changed. Defaults to 4 chunks.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer Game

Controls whether multiplayer is enabled in this world.

Settings

The following settings are grayed out unless multiplayer is enabled.

(PlayStation Only)™Network friends

Anyone you've added as a PlayStation™Network friend can join. The options are Invited players, Friends (default), and Friends of friends.

Player access

Determines who can join this world. The options are Invited players, Friends (default), and Friends of friends.

Default player permissions

Allows the default player permissions to be changed. The options are Visitor, Member (default), and Operator.

Visible to LAN players

Controls whether the world is visible to others on the same network.

Friendly fire

Controls whether players can damage each other.

Locator bar

Controls whether the locator bar is visible.

Cheats

Cheats

Controls whether commands and other cheat settings are enabled.

Cheat Settings

The following settings are grayed out unless cheats are enabled.

Daylight cycle

Allows the daylight cycle to be controlled. The options are Normal (default) and Always day.

Keep inventory

Controls whether the player keeps their inventory after dying.

Mob spawning

Controls whether mobs spawn naturally

Mob griefing

Controls whether mobs can move and destroy blocks.

Entities drop loot

Controls whether non-mob entities drop items when destroyed.

Weather cycle

Controls whether rain, snow, and thunderstorms occur.

Command blocks

Controls whether to enable command blocks.

Education edition

Controls whether to enable certain features from Minecraft Education.

Random tick speed

An integer input that controls the rate at which random events occur in the world. Defaults to 1, with a maximum value of 4096. Contains a reset button next to the box.

Resource Packs

Shared packs

Controls whether local resource packs are optional (default) or forced.

Active

Local

Lists all active local resource packs.

Global

Lists all active global resource packs. These can be changed via the settings menu.

Available

Owned

A dropdown widget that lists available resource packs obtained from the Marketplace.

Marketplace Pass

A dropdown widget that lists available resource packs from Marketplace Pass.

Get more packs

Redirects to a Marketplace page featuring new resource packs.

Behavior Packs

Active

A submenu that lists active behavior packs.

Available

A submenu that lists available behavior packs obtained from the Marketplace.

Experiments

Allows the player to enable several experimental features.

History

Java Edition Classic
0.0.13a							Added "Generate new level" button to pause menu.
0.0.14a							Changed "Generate new level" to "Generate new level..." button.
							Added "Generate new level" screen.
							Added level sizes to the level generation screen: Small, Normal, or Huge.
0.0.23a							Menu buttons now have a stone like texture.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100106				Added level types to the level generation screen: Island, Floating, Flat, or Original.
							Added level shapes to the level generation screen: Square, Long, or Deep.
			20100107				Added level themes to the level generation screen: Normal or Hell.
			20100109-1939				Replaced Original level type with Inland.
			20100131				Added "Generate new level..." button to main menu.
20100214							Added Paradise and Woods level themes.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev			20100227-1414				Level types, sizes, shapes, and themes no longer function due to world generation changes.
			20100327				Replaced "Generate new level" screen with "Select World" menu.
							Removed "Generate new level..." button from main menu and pause menu.
Java Edition Beta
1.3							Added "Create New World" screen.
							Added world name to the world creation screen.
							Added the seed option to the world creation screen.
							Added "Create New World" button to "Select World" menu.
1.8			Pre-release				Added Creative mode.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Added Hardcore mode.
1.1			12w01a				Re-added world types to the world creation screen.
							Added the Superflat world type.
1.3.1			12w16a				Added the Bonus Chest option to the world creation menu.
							Added the Allow Cheats option to the world creation menu.
			12w17a				The Bonus Chest and Enable Cheats options are now disabled when Hardcore mode is selected.
			12w19a				Added the Large Biomes world type.
1.4.2			12w37a				Added the Superflat customization button.
1.7.2			13w36a				Added the AMPLIFIED world type.
1.8			14w17a				Added the Customized world type.
			14w26a				Added the Debug Mode world type.
			14w27a				World creation options are now disabled when "Debug Mode" is selected as the world type.
1.13			18w06a				The Customized world type has been removed.
			18w16a				Added the Buffet world type.
1.14			19w12a				Worlds with names already being used now prepend a number in parentheses to the folder name instead of adding hyphens.
1.16			20w17a				Added the Game Rules button.
							Added the Difficulty button.
			20w21a				Added the Import Settings button.
							Split the Buffet world type option into Single Biome, Caves, and Floating Islands.
			Pre-release 1				Added the Data Packs button.
1.17			20w45a				Changed the order of the Game Mode button from Survival→Hardcore→Creative to Survival→Creative→Hardcore.
			21w03a				Reverted the game mode order change.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Removed the Amplified and Large Biomes world types.
			Pre-release 1				Removed the “Caves” and “Floating Islands” world types.
							Re-added the Amplified and Large Biomes world types.
1.19.4			23w05a				Overhauled the world creation screen. It is now separated into three tabs: Game, World, and More.
			23w06a				Added a new screen for toggling experimental features.
			Pre-release 1				The three tabs now have a unique look instead of being traditional buttons.
			Pre-release 2				The save location for the new world now shows up in a tooltip when placing the cursor over the world name.
1.20.5							Added linear blur to background.
1.20.5							Added default panorama.
1.20.5			24w04a				Renamed "Allow Cheats" to "Allow Commands".
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release							Added the "Create new" screen. It only had settings to change the world name and the seed at the time.
							World name by default is "New World".
v0.1.1							Added the "Create new" menu version for Android.
							Changed world name by default to "Unnamed world".
v0.1.2							Added the "Create new" menu version for iOS.
v0.2.0							Added game modes to the world creation screen. Changed design.
							Added Survival mode.
v0.7.0							Renamed menu to "Create a Local Game". Changed design.
							World Name option is now blank but world saved by default with name "Level".
v0.7.3							World Name option is now filled, once again. Changed world name by default to "My World".
v0.9.0			build 1				Renamed menu to "Create a World".
							Added Advanced options with Old, Infinite, and Flat world types.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added the Bonus Chest option, which can be toggled in World Options.
?							Various changes added, such as adding experimental toggle section, and random tick.
1.18.30			beta 1.18.20.21				Enabled new UI for Create New World screen, a UI for preview currently.
1.19.20							Create New World Screen is no longer preview only.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.20				Added Hardcore mode.
1.21.40							Hardcore mode is no longer preview only.
1.21.80			Preview 1.21.80.22				"Advanced" tab options with Flat World Toggle Button.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added "Superflat" world type.
							Added the bonus chest option to the options menu.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Added ability to customize a Superflat world.
	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38			Added the "Amplified World" option.

Issues

Issues relating to "Create New World" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Java Edition

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  Generate New Level in Indev and early Infdev.
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  Create New World in Beta 1.6.
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  Create New World in 1.17.1.
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  More World Options in 1.17.1.
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  Create New World in 1.12.2.
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  More World Options in 1.12.2.
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  The "Game" tab in 1.19.4.
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  The "World" tab in 1.19.4.
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  The "More" tab in 1.19.4.
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  The "Game" tab in 1.20.5.
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  The "World" tab in 1.20.6.
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  The "More" tab in 1.20.6.
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  The "Game" tab in 1.21.6 & 1.21.7.
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  The "World" tab in 1.21.6 & 1.21.7.
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  The "More" tab in 1.21.6 & 1.21.7.
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  The "Experiments" screen.

Bedrock Edition

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  Create World screen from 1.2 development.
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  Create World screen from 1.3 development.
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  Create World screen from 1.2.0 to 1.19.20 (still used on some platforms).
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  Another version.
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  Create World screen from 1.19.20 to 1.21.0.20 for Preview and 1.21.40 for full release.

See also

• Ore UI, the Bedrock Edition UI refresh

References

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