Minecraft world file

A Minecraft world file is actually a collection of a number of files that represent the data of a Minecraft game world. It is a vague, subjective thing to distinguish whether the files in question are game data files or Saved Games given that the nature of the game is for the players to build and alter things in the world, making the distinction between "developers" and "players" fuzzy. These files can store entire childhoods worth of data as players use lots of creativity towards their world.

Some of the formats used:


 * Minecraft Alpha level format
 * Minecraft Anvil format
 * Minecraft Bedrock Edition level format
 * Minecraft chunk format
 * Minecraft classic level format
 * Minecraft classic server protocol
 * Minecraft generated structures format
 * Minecraft Indev level format
 * Minecraft Java Edition level format
 * Minecraft loot table
 * Minecraft map item format
 * Minecraft model
 * Minecraft NBT format
 * Minecraft player format
 * Minecraft raids.dat format
 * Minecraft Region format
 * Minecraft server_level.dat
 * Minecraft server list format
 * Minecraft structure block file format
 * Minecraft scoreboard format
 * Minecraft sounds.json
 * Minecraft villages.dat format
 * Schematic file format

Links

 * Minecraft Gamepedia documents many Minecraft data formats