Turn a Real Place Into a Minecraft World
The real-map feature reads public map data (building footprints, roads, water, terrain) and rebuilds a real place into an importable.mcworld. The key point: before you pay, both the quality score and the 3D preview are free, so you can confirm it's worth generating first. Step-by-Step
- Search for a real place.In the create flow, search by name, address, landmark, or your current location. It can be a city, a street, or a natural landscape.
- Choose the area and spawn point.Draw the bounds on the map and set the spawn point. A larger area means a larger world and a higher price—six tiers in all, from a neighborhood (about 0.2 km²) to a region (about 500 km²).
- Read the quality score.The free quality report gives coverage for buildings, roads, water, and terrain, along with a verdict of ‘Good to generate / Adjust recommended / Not recommended’. When coverage is low, picking a different area often pays off.
- Check the free 3D preview.The low-resolution 3D preview lets you rotate, look down, toggle layers, and switch between day and night. It's there to judge whether the result meets your expectations—not a block-by-block copy of the finished world.
- Confirm the price, then generate.Pick a gameplay template and output format, confirm the checkout price, and start cloud generation with live progress. If generation fails, you're refunded automatically and no credits are used.
- Validate and import.After generation, a structural check runs (are dimensions readable, are any files missing). Then save it to your world library, open it in Minecraft, or deploy it to a server.
How to Read the Quality Score
The score combines the data coverage of buildings, roads, water, and terrain into a single number. City centers usually score high and are rich in detail; remote or sparsely mapped areas score low. If one category's coverage is clearly low, the corresponding part of the preview will look emptier too—at that point, adjusting your selection is smarter than generating as-is.
After Generation
The results page shows ‘Generated and verified’, the chunk-validation status, and ‘0 files missing’. You can open it directly in Minecraft, save it to your Worlds library, or deploy it safely to a server. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors; the attribution is included in the CREDITS file of every generated world—please keep it when you redistribute.
Related: Import and Repair · OpenStreetMap to Minecraft
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