Resetting The End in Minecraft

Learn how to safely reset The End dimension without affecting the Overworld.

Learn how to safely reset The End dimension without affecting the Overworld.

Introduction

You may want to reset your End dimension for a number of reasons. End cities get looted, the Ender Dragon fight can get stuck in a weird state and players run out of reasons to go back. This guide will help you reset The End, without bothering the Overworld or the Nether.

Before You Start

Before starting the reset process, consider doing the following:

• Back up your world first. Consider following other guides for doing this:

Complete Guide to Server Snapshots on MCServerHost

How to Download Your Minecraft World from Your Server

• If it's a Multiplayer server, Warn your players if anyone has any unclaimed loot or an unopened dragon egg is in The End.

• Ender Chests will not be affected by the reset. Their contents belong to the player, not the dimension.

Reset The End (Vanilla, 26.1+)

1. Stop the server from your panel.
2. Open your File Manager (or connect via SFTP).
3. Navigate to your world folder. It's named world by default unless you've set a custom level-name in server.properties.
4. Inside your world folder, find the dimensions folder, then the minecraft folder.
5. Delete the the_end folder (otherwise, rename it to something else like the_end_old if you'd rather archive it instead).
6. Restart your server.

Reset The End (Vanilla, 1.21.11 or earlier)

1. Stop the server from your panel.
2. Open your File Manager (or connect via SFTP).
3. Navigate to your world folder. It's named world by default unless you've set a custom level-name in server.properties.
4. Inside your world folder, find the DIM1 folder. This holds everything End dimension related, including terrain, End cities, gateways and the End Dragon fight state.
5. Delete the DIM1 folder (otherwise, rename it to something else like DIM1_old if you'd rather archive it instead).
6. Restart your server.

Reset The End (Paper)

If your server is running on Paper software, it's easier:

1. Stop the server from your panel.
2. Open your File Manager (or connect via SFTP).
3. You should already be in your root directory, that's where the world_end folder lives.
4. Delete the world_end folder (otherwise, rename it to something else like world_end_old if you'd rather archive it instead).
5. Restart your server.

What Doesn't Change

• Your Overworld and Nether dimensions remain the same.
• Ender Chest contents are completely safe.
• Anything players already collected before the reset stays exactly where they put it.

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