BO3 Converter

Extract text from Minecraft objects (BO3)


Drop or upload your .BO3 file
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How to extract text from your BO3 file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BO3 file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BO3 to another file type

To convert BO3 objects to another format, you need Open Terrain Generator or other Game software.

Convert a file to BO3

To convert other file formats to the "Minecraft Mod Object" file type, you need software like Open Terrain Generator or a similar tool.


About BO3 files

A .bo3 file is a Minecraft BO3 Object used by world generation mods like Terrain Control and Open Terrain Generator (OTG). It acts as a structural blueprint, defining custom features such as trees, boulders, dungeons, and buildings using grid coordinates and block IDs. The main disadvantage of the .bo3 format is its strict dependency on specialized Java-based mods. It is a closed, highly specialized game asset. You cannot load it directly into vanilla Minecraft without the associated mod installed, nor can you open it in standard 3D modeling software. To use these structures in unmodded gameplay or share them with server administrators, you need to convert them. The best target formats are SCHEMATIC for use in third-party map editors like MCEdit, or NBT for vanilla Minecraft Structure Blocks. You can also convert it to TXT to mass-edit block coordinates and spawn parameters. This format is notoriously difficult to process because it lacks standard 3D geometry data, relying entirely on proprietary game block IDs. Standard online converters will fail to understand it.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BO3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert BO3 file to , you can use Open Terrain Generator or similar software from the "Minecraft World Generation" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to BO3, try Open Terrain Generator or another comparable tool in the "Minecraft World Generation" category.



The BO3 Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BO3 converter.