diff --git a/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/WorldList.java b/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/WorldList.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..600ab2e0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/WorldList.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.dreeam.leaf.config;
+
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/// A world name list read from the config, matching either exact names or `*` wildcard patterns.
+///
+/// `*` matches any (possibly empty) sequence of characters, so `hub*` matches `hub01` and `hub02`,
+/// and `*hub*` matches every world whose name contains `hub`. Entries without `*` are matched
+/// exactly, as before. Matching is case sensitive, like world folder names.
+@NullMarked
+public final class WorldList {
+
+    private static final Pattern[] NO_PATTERNS = {};
+
+    public static final WorldList EMPTY = new WorldList(List.of());
+
+    private final Set<String> names = new HashSet<>();
+    private final Pattern[] patterns;
+
+    public WorldList(List<String> entries) {
+        List<Pattern> patterns = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String entry : entries) {
+            if (entry == null || entry.isBlank()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            String trimmed = entry.trim();
+            if (trimmed.indexOf('*') == -1) {
+                this.names.add(trimmed);
+            } else {
+                patterns.add(compile(trimmed));
+            }
+        }
+        this.patterns = patterns.toArray(NO_PATTERNS);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return this.names.isEmpty() && this.patterns.length == 0;
+    }
+
+    public boolean contains(String worldName) {
+        if (this.names.contains(worldName)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for (Pattern pattern : this.patterns) {
+            if (pattern.matcher(worldName).matches()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static Pattern compile(String glob) {
+        String[] literals = glob.split("\\*", -1);
+        StringBuilder regex = new StringBuilder(glob.length() + 8);
+        for (int i = 0; i < literals.length; i++) {
+            if (i != 0) {
+                regex.append(".*");
+            }
+            if (!literals[i].isEmpty()) {
+                regex.append(Pattern.quote(literals[i]));
+            }
+        }
+        // DOTALL so '*' also covers line terminators, world names are not required to be single line
+        return Pattern.compile(regex.toString(), Pattern.DOTALL);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/modules/misc/DisableWorldDataSaving.java b/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/modules/misc/DisableWorldDataSaving.java
index 36b790b7d1..a2ee530086 100644
--- a/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/modules/misc/DisableWorldDataSaving.java
+++ b/leaf-server/src/main/java/org/dreeam/leaf/config/modules/misc/DisableWorldDataSaving.java
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import org.dreeam.leaf.config.ConfigModule;
 import org.dreeam.leaf.config.ConfigCategory;
+import org.dreeam.leaf.config.WorldList;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
 
 public class DisableWorldDataSaving extends ConfigModule {
 
-    public static List<String> worlds = new ArrayList<>();
+    public static WorldList worlds = WorldList.EMPTY;
 
     public String basePath() {
         return ConfigCategory.MISC.basePath() + ".disable-world-data-saving";
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ public String basePath() {
 
     @Override
     public void onLoaded() {
-        worlds = globalConfig.getList(basePath() + ".worlds", worlds,
+        worlds = new WorldList(globalConfig.getList(basePath() + ".worlds", new ArrayList<>(),
             globalConfig.pickStringRegionBased("""
                     Worlds listed here will skip world data persistence.
-                    Changes in chunks/entities remain in memory until unload/restart and are not written to disk.""",
+                    Changes in chunks/entities remain in memory until unload/restart and are not written to disk.
+                    '*' works as a wildcard, e.g. 'hub*' matches hub01 and hub02, '*hub*' matches every world
+                    whose name contains 'hub'. Entries without '*' are matched exactly.""",
                 """
                     此处列出的世界将跳过世界数据持久化。
-                    区块/实体更改仅保留在内存中直到卸载或重启，不会写入磁盘。"""));
+                    区块/实体更改仅保留在内存中直到卸载或重启，不会写入磁盘。
+                    '*' 可作为通配符使用, 例如 'hub*' 匹配 hub01 和 hub02, '*hub*' 匹配名称中包含 'hub' 的所有世界。
+                    不含 '*' 的条目按完整名称精确匹配。""")));
     }
 
     public static boolean shouldSkipSave(ServerLevel serverLevel) {