How To Install Minecraft Maps 1.12 2

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Welcome to a beginner-friendly tutorial on how to download and install Minecraft Maps in Coffee Edition! This simple, like shooting fish in a barrel to follow guide will have you playing, building and exploring custom worlds in a affair of minutes! This may look like a lot of steps, but we've broken it downwards click-past-click and then absolute beginners can follow along. You only have to learn it once!

What are Minecraft Maps?

Minecraft maps are custom worlds created by other Minecrafters! At that place are several forms of maps ranging from elementary skyblock survival worlds, to complex structures and cities. Whether you're looking to build your base of operations on epic custom terrain, or in search of a new castle to move into, there are thousands of maps to choose from! If you navigate to the Minecraft Maps section of Planet Minecraft you'll see that you lot can easily sort by Category, and then further to whether or not the map has a download.

Some creators choose to share a download of their maps which come up in a .naught file format. Some creators opt to share merely the schematic file (which is different than .zip and requires different steps*). Some choose to simply share their creation for our viewing pleasure without a download just to show off their talent.

For this tutorial, we're using Balderich's map, Drehmal v2. This massive map is survival friendly and contains 25 unique biomes, puzzles, structures, weapons, textures and more. A perfect map to keep decorated for the foreseeable future!

Minecraft Maps Java Installation Guide - Quick Version

Download map past clicking the yellowish push at the top right of the description.
On Windows, employ keys Windows+R and then typing "%appdata%/.minecraft/saves/" into the control line. (On a Mac, your save files are in: ~/Library/Awarding Support/minecraft/saves/). Thiswill open the saves folder
Drag your downloader map (after unzip or unrar) in the zero/rar folderMap into saves folder.
Close windows and reopen Minecraft
Select your map and play.

Minecraft Maps Java Installation Guide - In Depth Version

1. Click the blue "↓ Download" button.

How to download and install Minecraft Maps

two. A window will popular up. For this specific project, the creator decided to use MediaFire as the third party site to host their download. Click "Continue".

" How to download and install Minecraft Maps

3. Click "Download"
** IF you're directed to ADFly, we recommend reading this tutorial by Azie before moving on. **

How to download and install Minecraft Maps

5. A Window volition pop upward. Make sure "Relieve" is selected. Click "OK". Your file will start downloading.

half dozen. Once your file is downloaded, you lot'll need to locate information technology to unzip it. You lot tin practice this in your browser. Hither, we're using Firefox. The icon "↓" located in the upper right hand corner is where downloads can be easily accessed. Your browser might show your download in the lower left manus corner.

7. Correct click on the file and select "Excerpt". Alternatively, at that place may be an "Extract" button, similar y'all see in the top left corner of the screenshot below.

8. A window will pop up, where you will be able to cull the location of the download. By default, information technology should be "Downloads", and is the nigh advisable place. Once you lot have Downloads selected, click "Excerpt".

9. Navigate to where your Downloads folder is and click on the Map Folder.

Make sure you see like files within the main Folder, like you see below (advancements, data, DIM1, playerdata, etc.)

10. Navigate back to where the main map folder is by using the back pointer. Now, drag and drop the main folder onto your desktop. If you tin't drag and drib, right click the file and select "Move To..." and select "Desktop".

eleven. Open up Minecraft! Make sure the version of Minecraft matches the version that the Map was made for. If the version of Minecraft you cull is newer than the map, you may be missing some features and elements in-game. Select "Options".

12. Now click "Resource Packs..."

thirteen. Here, yous will directed to your resourcepacks folder. You'll want to navigate to your Saves folder by clicking on ".minecraft". Open upwards "Saves" and elevate an drib the Map binder from your desktop into the Saves folder, or re-create and paste the file like we did in the video below. Close out of the window once it's loaded.

14. Click "Washed"

15. Click "Done" again.

sixteen. Select "Single Role player"

17. Voila! You should see your map! Just click the triangle and your world will load!

*Annotation: Some Maps require Optifine, which nosotros volition make a tutorial for in the near future forth with how to install Minecraft schematics!

Click here for a video tutorial that uses Windows. Tutorial by Dan364yo.

Questions? Comments? Have a favorite map you want to suggest? Let united states of america know beneath! We hope you institute this tutorial helpful and easy to follow!

Added a articulate cut, easy to follow video tutorial by Dan364yo. In the tutorial he uses Windows OS, which might be easier to follow for some people.

This tutorial will be updated to include screenshots with Windows at a subsequently date.