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How to Change the Level Type on Your SkyFactory 4 Server

Learn how to change the world type on your SkyFactory 4 server by editing the generator-settings in server.properties.

SkyFactory 4 includes over 35 unique world types, from the classic skyblock to challenge worlds and creative presets. You can change the world type by editing the generator-settings and level-type values in your server.properties file.

Changing the level type requires a world reset. Any existing builds and progress will be lost. Make sure to back up your server files before making changes. See How to Reset Your Minecraft Server World for reset instructions.

Changing the Level Type

  1. Navigate to the Wabbanode Control Panel and Stop your server. Stopping a Wabbanode Minecraft server
  2. Click Settings. Accessing Minecraft server properties on the Wabbanode Panel
  3. Click the Open File button to open server.properties directly. Opening the server.properties file on the Wabbanode Panel
  4. Locate the generator-settings line and replace its value with the one from the table below. If the world type requires a different level-type, change that line too. Changing generator-settings in server.properties for SkyFactory 4
  5. Click Save File and then Reset your server world.

Available Level Types

Main World Types

World Typegenerator-settingslevel-type
Sky Factory 4{"Topography-Preset":"Sky Factory 4"}DEFAULT
Cave Dimension{"Topography-Preset":"Cave Dimension"}DEFAULT
Sky Crash Factory Landing{"Topography-Preset":"Sky Crash Factory Landing"}DEFAULT
Skygrid{"Topography-Preset":"Skygrid"}skygrid
CompactSky (16 Machines){"Topography-Preset":"Compactsky","schema":"test002","givePSD":false,"size":"SMALL"}compactsky
CompactSky (64 Machines){"Topography-Preset":"Compactsky","schema":"test002","givePSD":false,"size":"MEDIUM"}compactsky
CompactSky (256 Machines){"Topography-Preset":"Compactsky","schema":"test002","givePSD":false,"size":"LARGE"}compactsky
Amplified{"Topography-Preset":"Amplified"}amplified
Default{"Topography-Preset":"Default"}DEFAULT
Large Biomes{"Topography-Preset":"LargeBiomes"}largeBiomes
Lost Cities{"Topography-Preset":"Lostcities"}lostcities
Flat{"Topography-Preset":"Flat"}flat
SkyFactory Tutorial{"Topography-Preset":"SkyFactory Tutorial"}DEFAULT

Themed World Types

World Typegenerator-settingslevel-type
Peace Out{"Topography-Preset":"Peace Out"}DEFAULT
Project trEe{"Topography-Preset":"Project trEe"}DEFAULT
Stone Factory{"Topography-Preset":"Stone Factory"}DEFAULT
ObservaTree{"Topography-Preset":"ObservaTree"}DEFAULT
Sky Village{"Topography-Preset":"Sky Village"}DEFAULT
Sea World{"Topography-Preset":"Sea World"}DEFAULT
Lava Factory{"Topography-Preset":"Lava Factory"}DEFAULT
Ender the Sea{"Topography-Preset":"Ender the Sea"}DEFAULT
Bedrock Your World{"Topography-Preset":"Bedrock Your World"}DEFAULT
Between Bedrock and a Hard Place{"Topography-Preset":"Between Bedrock and a Hard Place"}DEFAULT
Skiiiilands{"Topography-Preset":"Skiiiilands"}DEFAULT
Material Girl in a Material World{"Topography-Preset":"Material Girl in a Material World"}DEFAULT
Lava Cake{"Topography-Preset":"Lava Cake"}DEFAULT
Hardcore{"Topography-Preset":"Hardcore"}DEFAULT
Are You Afraid of the Dark{"Topography-Preset":"Are You Afraid of the Dark"}DEFAULT

Challenge World Types

World Typegenerator-settingslevel-type
Rock Bottom{"Topography-Preset":"Rock Bottom"}DEFAULT
Minesweeper{"Topography-Preset":"Minesweeper"}DEFAULT
Lights Out!{"Topography-Preset":"Lights Out!"}DEFAULT
Sticky Situation{"Topography-Preset":"Sticky Situation"}DEFAULT
Cobbled Together{"Topography-Preset":"Cobbled Together"}DEFAULT
Resonant Sleeper{"Topography-Preset":"Resonant Sleeper"}DEFAULT
Sludgehammer{"Topography-Preset":"Sludgehammer"}DEFAULT
Chill Out{"Topography-Preset":"Chill Out"}DEFAULT
Hot Topic{"Topography-Preset":"Hot Topic"}DEFAULT
The Floor is Lava{"Topography-Preset":"The Floor is Lava"}DEFAULT
Seven Seas{"Topography-Preset":"Seven Seas"}DEFAULT
Chunk Norris{"Topography-Preset":"Chunk Norris"}DEFAULT

After changing the level type, make sure to reset your world so the server generates a new world with the selected type.

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