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How to Install a Datapack on a Minecraft Server

Last updated 02 Jun 2025

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Installing Datapacks give your Minecraft server a unique quality of life change, from different world generation to custom items.

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Make sure the datapack you would like to add is the correct Minecraft version your server is running.

1 Login to the Kinetic Panel

2 Head to the File Manager

3 Find your Worlds folder & open it.

4 Next, find the datapacks folder & open it.

5 You will put your datapack inside of the datapacks folder.

From there, you can start your server & you should be good to go.

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Some datapacks may require you to extract them, make sure to check for that.

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