Add a datapack to your Minecraft server
It's super easy to add a datapack to your Minecraft server – we've outlined the easiest way to do so below.
Please note that it's not recommended to have too many heavy datapacks on a single server. They can hurt your server's performance and cause lag due to running many commands every "tick", although lighter weight datapacks (e.g. for Origins or Vanilla Tweaks) shouldn't adversely affect performance.
It's simple to upload plugins or mods to your Minecraft server – we've outlined the easiest way to do so below.
Head to our game panel at panel.lilypad.gg and select your server.
Select the "Files" button in the sidebar to navigate to the File Manager, and then click on your world folder – usually named world – followed by the datapacks folder
Drag and drop the datapack(s), which should be in the form of a .zip, into your browser window. They should automatically upload and you can monitor the progress from the panel.
Restart your server and the datapack should be loaded in. You can confirm the datapack's active on your server by running the datapack list command in your server console. Enjoy!
Modrinth and Planet Minecraft are some great places to download modpacks made by other Minecraft players. Vanilla Tweaks is another great tool made by the community which allows you to pick and choose some modifications to the game, allowing for a "vanilla plus" experience. Vanilla Tweaks will require you to unzip/"unarchive" the uploaded file.
On multi-world servers, datapacks are applied globally to all worlds on the server when uploaded to the main world's datapacks directory, not per world.
Please note that it's not recommended to have too many heavy datapacks on a single server. They can hurt your server's performance and cause lag due to running many commands every "tick", although lighter weight datapacks (e.g. for Origins or Vanilla Tweaks) shouldn't adversely affect performance.
It's simple to upload plugins or mods to your Minecraft server – we've outlined the easiest way to do so below.
Head to our game panel at panel.lilypad.gg and select your server.
Select the "Files" button in the sidebar to navigate to the File Manager, and then click on your world folder – usually named world – followed by the datapacks folder
Drag and drop the datapack(s), which should be in the form of a .zip, into your browser window. They should automatically upload and you can monitor the progress from the panel.
Restart your server and the datapack should be loaded in. You can confirm the datapack's active on your server by running the datapack list command in your server console. Enjoy!
Where can I get datapacks for my Minecraft server?
Modrinth and Planet Minecraft are some great places to download modpacks made by other Minecraft players. Vanilla Tweaks is another great tool made by the community which allows you to pick and choose some modifications to the game, allowing for a "vanilla plus" experience. Vanilla Tweaks will require you to unzip/"unarchive" the uploaded file.
On multi-world servers, datapacks are applied globally to all worlds on the server when uploaded to the main world's datapacks directory, not per world.
Updated on: 10/06/2023
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