X Backup
Losing a Minecraft world hurts. Whether a creeper blows up your storage room, a plugin corrupts your region files, or a griefer wipes spawn, the damage is permanent without a safety net. X Backup is a Fabric mod built to make sure that never happens to you again. It is a complete backup solution for both servers and singleplayer worlds, and it is fast enough that you will actually use it.
Why X Backup Stands Out
Most backup tools for Minecraft are slow, bloated, or painful to restore. X Backup takes a different approach, combining multithreading with incremental storage to deliver results that feel instant compared to traditional copy-and-zip methods.
- Lightning-fast speeds: multithreading technology completes backups up to 50 times faster than conventional tools.
- Space-efficient storage: incremental backups and automatic compression of large files keep your disk usage low.
- Seamless restoring: the server restarts automatically after a restore, so downtime stays minimal.
- Regional restoring: restore only the chunks inside a specified range without affecting players outside it.
- Flexible support: works on both servers and clients, covering every backup scenario.
- Automatic cloud backup: send your data to Microsoft OneDrive and access it from anywhere.
Supported Versions and Loaders
X Backup is developed for the Fabric loader and targets modern Minecraft releases, including 1.20.x and 1.21.x. If you run a Fabric server or a Fabric client instance, you are covered. Always check the mod page for the exact version list before you download X Backup, since updates roll out alongside new Minecraft patches.
How to Install X Backup for Minecraft
Getting started is straightforward. Here is the short version of how to install the mod on a Fabric server or client.
- Install the Fabric loader for your Minecraft version.
- Place the Fabric API jar and the X Backup jar into your mods folder.
- Launch the game or server once to generate the configuration files.
- Adjust settings such as backup interval, cloud sync, and prune policy in the config.
If you would rather skip manual file juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole process for you: it installs X Backup in one click, keeps the mod updated automatically, and warns you when a new Minecraft version breaks compatibility. That saves a lot of time when you manage several servers at once.
Core Commands You Will Use Daily
Creating and Listing Backups
Run /xb create to snapshot your world. You can attach a note for later reference, for example /xb create before the 1.21 update. To see what you have saved, run /xb list, which shows the six most recent backups along with their numbers, timestamps, and notes.
Restoring a Backup
Use /xb restore <id> to roll the world back to a specific snapshot. Need to fix only one corrupted area? Add the chunk parameter, like /xb restore 1 --chunk 0 0 10 10, and only the blocks between those x/z coordinates are restored. Players standing outside that range are not affected at all, which makes targeted repairs on a live server genuinely practical.
Scheduled Backups and Mirror Servers
Set an automatic interval with /xb backup-interval <seconds>. A value of 10800 creates a backup every three hours. If you run a mirror server, configure mirror mode with your main server path and blob path, then run /mirror to pull the latest snapshot across. Add /mirror --stop if you want the server to shut down and restore in one step.
Managing Storage and Backup History
Backups pile up quickly, so X Backup includes a prune system. The keep_policy setting lets you define retention rules such as keeping 30-minute backups for one day, 6-hour backups for a week, daily backups for a month, and so on. Enable pruning and the mod cleans old files automatically, or run /xb prune manually whenever you want. To inspect a single snapshot, use /xb info <id> and check its size, timestamp, and notes.
Final Thoughts
X Backup solves the one problem every Minecraft admin eventually faces: irreversible loss. It is quick, frugal with disk space, flexible enough for both servers and clients, and smart enough to restore just the chunks you need. Whether you run a small survival server or a large network, adding X Backup to your Fabric setup is one of the cheapest insurance policies in Minecraft.