# Lodehost > Minecraft server hosting for Java Edition, and for Java and Bedrock players together on the Crossplay plans. Servers are ordered online at https://minecrafthosting.cc and run from a panel in the browser. This file repeats the facts that are on the pages of this site in plain text, so a language model can quote them without guessing. Prices are in euros. ## Plans Every plan is a Minecraft server with its own memory, vCPU and Enterprise NVMe storage on the Performance line, or SSD storage on the Standard line. The price below is the monthly price shown on the plans page. The order page of each plan shows the price for every billing term, location and line. That plans page price is the Standard line, which runs on a shared server processor with SSD storage; the Performance line with Enterprise NVMe has its own order page and price, listed per plan below. ### Java plans For players on the PC edition. - Camp: 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB Enterprise NVMe storage on the Standard line. €3.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. A vanilla world for you and a few friends. On the Standard line: 25 GB Enterprise NVMe from €3.95 a month on a 24 month term. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/camp - Mini: 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD on the Standard line. €6.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Vanilla or a light plugin setup. On the Standard line: 60 GB SSD from €6.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 50 GB Enterprise NVMe from €6.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/mini, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/mini - Starter: 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 75 GB SSD on the Standard line. €10.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Plugins, or a small modpack. Includes free website hosting for the server. Marked "Most popular" on the plans page. On the Standard line: 75 GB SSD from €10.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 60 GB Enterprise NVMe from €13.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/starter, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/starter - Standard: 12 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 100 GB SSD on the Standard line. €14.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Modpacks and a community that keeps growing. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 100 GB SSD from €14.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 80 GB Enterprise NVMe from €20.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/standard, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/standard - Premium: 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB SSD on the Standard line. €20.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Heavy modpacks, or several worlds at once. Includes free website hosting for the server. Marked "Best value" on the plans page. On the Standard line: 150 GB SSD from €20.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 120 GB Enterprise NVMe from €41.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/premium, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/premium - Ultimate: 48 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 300 GB SSD on the Standard line. €41.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. A network of servers under one address. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 300 GB SSD from €41.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 240 GB Enterprise NVMe from €83.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/ultimate, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/ultimate - Dedicated: 96 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 450 GB SSD on the Standard line. €83.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Big networks and events with hundreds of players. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 450 GB SSD from €83.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 350 GB Enterprise NVMe from €167.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/dedicated, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/dedicated - Titan: 128 GB RAM, 12 vCPU, 500 GB Enterprise NVMe on the Standard line. €223.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. A network that outgrew 96 GB, on the Performance line only. Includes free website hosting for the server. Only on the Performance line: 500 GB Enterprise NVMe from €223.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany, delivered within one day. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/titan ### Crossplay plans Java and Bedrock players in the same world, on one address. Phone, tablet, console and the Windows edition join the same server as PC players. - Mini Crossplay: 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD on the Standard line. €8.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Java and Bedrock friends in one world. On the Standard line: 60 GB SSD from €8.95 a month on a 24 month term. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/mini-crossplay - Starter Crossplay: 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 75 GB SSD on the Standard line. €12.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Plugins, with phone and console players welcome. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 75 GB SSD from €12.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 60 GB Enterprise NVMe from €15.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/starter-crossplay, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/starter-crossplay - Standard Crossplay: 12 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 100 GB SSD on the Standard line. €16.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. A community where nobody has to switch edition. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 100 GB SSD from €16.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 80 GB Enterprise NVMe from €22.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/standard-crossplay, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/standard-crossplay - Premium Crossplay: 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB SSD on the Standard line. €22.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. Big worlds with players on every device. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 150 GB SSD from €22.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 120 GB Enterprise NVMe from €43.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/premium-crossplay, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/premium-crossplay - Ultimate Crossplay: 48 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 300 GB SSD on the Standard line. €43.95 per month on the plans page, the amount of that same Standard line. A network that runs on Java and Bedrock at once. Includes free website hosting for the server. On the Standard line: 300 GB SSD from €43.95 a month on a 24 month term. On the Performance line: 240 GB Enterprise NVMe from €85.95 a month on a 24 month term, in Germany or Poland. Order: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/ultimate-crossplay, Performance line: https://minecrafthosting.cc/configure/ultimate-crossplay Free website hosting comes with the plans from 8 GB of memory: Starter, Standard, Premium, Ultimate, Dedicated, Titan, Starter Crossplay, Standard Crossplay, Premium Crossplay and Ultimate Crossplay. The website is built on https://astroworldmc.site. ## Locations You choose the location when you order. Germany is included in the plan price, and so is Poland, where the Performance line runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 memory and a new server is ready within 6 hours during the day and 12 hours at night, Dutch time. United Kingdom, US East, US Central and US West are available for a small monthly surcharge that you see at checkout. In Germany you can choose between the Performance line and the Standard line. Ping mostly comes down to distance, so pick the location closest to your players. ## Pages - Plans and prices: https://minecrafthosting.cc/plans - Crossplay, Java and Bedrock in one world: https://minecrafthosting.cc/crossplay - Features of the panel and the plans: https://minecrafthosting.cc/features - A free website for your Minecraft server: https://minecrafthosting.cc/free-minecraft-server-website - Free Minecraft server backups, every night: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-backups - Minecraft modpack server hosting, one click from the panel: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-modpack-server-hosting - A one click Minecraft plugin installer with 510 vetted plugins: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-plugin-installer - The Minecraft server control panel, in your browser: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-control-panel - A free Minecraft server address your friends can type: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-address - Change your Minecraft server version or server type yourself: https://minecrafthosting.cc/change-minecraft-server-version - Staff access to your Minecraft server panel, right by right: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-staff-access - Paper Minecraft server hosting, with plugins installed from the panel: https://minecrafthosting.cc/paper-minecraft-server-hosting - Fabric Minecraft server hosting, with mods installed from the panel: https://minecrafthosting.cc/fabric-minecraft-server-hosting - Forge Minecraft server hosting, for the classic modpacks and the new ones: https://minecrafthosting.cc/forge-minecraft-server-hosting - NeoForge Minecraft server hosting, for the modpacks of recent versions: https://minecrafthosting.cc/neoforge-minecraft-server-hosting - Minecraft server hosting in Germany, on the line you choose: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-hosting-germany - Minecraft server hosting in Poland, on a Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-hosting-poland - 4 GB Minecraft server hosting, with the fast line at the same price: https://minecrafthosting.cc/4gb-minecraft-server-hosting - 8 GB Minecraft server hosting, the first size with a free website: https://minecrafthosting.cc/8gb-minecraft-server-hosting - 12 GB Minecraft server hosting, with the price for every line and term: https://minecrafthosting.cc/12gb-minecraft-server-hosting - 24 GB Minecraft server hosting for heavy modpacks and several worlds: https://minecrafthosting.cc/24gb-minecraft-server-hosting - 48 GB Minecraft server hosting, the largest plan below Dedicated, and who really needs it: https://minecrafthosting.cc/48gb-minecraft-server-hosting - Cheap Minecraft server hosting in Europe, without the missing parts: https://minecrafthosting.cc/cheap-minecraft-hosting-europe - Minecraft server hosting with an AI Copilot that does the work: https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-hosting-ai-copilot - The company behind Lodehost: https://minecrafthosting.cc/company - The network your server runs on: https://minecrafthosting.cc/network - How your server and your account are kept safe: https://minecrafthosting.cc/security - What we promise, and what happens when something breaks: https://minecrafthosting.cc/sla - What high performance means for a Minecraft server: https://minecrafthosting.cc/performance - Guides for running a Minecraft server: https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides - Contact: https://minecrafthosting.cc/contact - Support hours: Our team answers every day, Monday to Sunday, from 07:45 to 23:00 Dutch time (CET/CEST). A message sent outside those hours is picked up when we start again at 07:45. - Terms of service: https://minecrafthosting.cc/terms - Privacy policy: https://minecrafthosting.cc/privacy - Acceptable use policy: https://minecrafthosting.cc/aup - Customer login and panel: https://account.minecrafthosting.cc/login ## Features Each feature has its own page with the numbers from the panel, the steps and common questions. The summaries below repeat what those pages say. - [Free Minecraft Server Website With Your Hosting Plan](https://minecrafthosting.cc/free-minecraft-server-website): Plans from 8 GB include a free website for your Minecraft server: 7 designs, 23 sections, up to 8 pages, live server status and hosting with https. Built from your panel. Players look you up before they join. On every Lodehost plan with 8 GB of memory or more you build that page from the panel you already use, and we host it for you with an https certificate, at no extra cost. No code, no second login and no web host to rent. - [Free Daily Minecraft Server Backups and One Click Restore](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-backups): Every Lodehost server is backed up every night for free. Keep 10 backups, get 7 extra days from the bin, lock the one that matters and restore or download it yourself. Your world is copied every night on every plan, from Camp to Ultimate, and you never pay extra for it. You keep the last ten, you can lock the one from before a big change, and you roll back from the panel yourself at any hour. No ticket, no waiting for someone to wake up. - [Minecraft Modpack Server Hosting With One Click Installs](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-modpack-server-hosting): Install a whole Minecraft modpack from Modrinth, CurseForge or Feed The Beast in one click. Server files only, checked downloads, your old mods kept. Forge, NeoForge and Fabric. Search the pack, pick the version and press install. The panel fetches the server side of the pack straight onto your server, sets the mod loader the pack was made for and keeps whatever mods you had before in a dated folder. No 800 MB upload through your browser and no guessing which Forge build a pack needs. - [Minecraft Plugin Installer With 510 Vetted Plugins](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-plugin-installer): Install Minecraft plugins from a vetted catalogue of 510 in 15 categories. The panel picks the build for your server type and version, checks the file and places it. Paper, Purpur, Spigot. Search a plugin on the Plugins tab and press install. The panel finds the stable build made for your server software and your exact Minecraft version, checks the download and puts the jar in your plugins folder. No hunting through download pages, no wrong version, no jar from a random link. - [Minecraft Server Control Panel: Console, Files and Settings](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-control-panel): Run your Minecraft server from a panel we built: live console, file editor, settings with explanations, game rule switches, players, world tools and backups. On every Lodehost plan. Everything you do with your server happens in one place in the browser: read the console, edit a config, flip keep inventory, whitelist a friend at two in the morning, reset the Nether. No SSH, no program to install, and nothing you need to ask support for. - [Free Minecraft Server Address Without a Port Number](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-address): Every Lodehost server gets a free address like yourname.mc.minecrafthosting.cc. Java players type no port, you pick the name at checkout, and you can add 3 more names from the panel. Nobody should have to copy an IP address and a port number from a Discord message. Every server on every plan gets a name of its own, such as yourname.mc.minecrafthosting.cc. You choose it when you order, Java players type only that name, and it never changes once your players have saved it. - [Change Your Minecraft Server Version or Server Type](https://minecrafthosting.cc/change-minecraft-server-version): Switch your Minecraft server to another version or from Paper to Fabric, Forge or NeoForge from the panel. Java is picked for you, a backup comes first, and nothing is deleted. New Minecraft release out, or ready to try a modpack on the server that ran plugins until now? Both are a setting in your panel, not a support ticket. The right Java version is chosen for you, a backup is taken and finished before a server type changes, and no file of your world is thrown away. - [Give Minecraft Server Staff Panel Access With Their Own Rights](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-staff-access): Invite up to 15 staff members to your Minecraft server panel and tick per person what they may do, from console to deleting files. Four ready roles, no password sharing, free on every plan. Your moderator needs the console, your builder needs the files, and neither of them needs your password or the button that resets the world. Invite them by email, tick what each person may do, and take a right away again with one click. The owner stays the only one who can hand out access. - [Paper Minecraft Server Hosting With One Click Plugins](https://minecrafthosting.cc/paper-minecraft-server-hosting): Run a Paper Minecraft server from €3.95 a month. Pick Paper when you order, install plugins from a vetted catalogue of 510, and switch version or software later without losing your world. Paper is the server software most plugin servers run: the normal game, Bukkit and Spigot plugins, and a long list of performance fixes on top. On Lodehost it is the recommended choice when you order, the plugin catalogue in the panel installs the right build for it, and Crossplay plans run on it. Here is what a Paper server gets, which size fits, and how to move to or from it. - [Fabric Minecraft Server Hosting With One Click Mods](https://minecrafthosting.cc/fabric-minecraft-server-hosting): Run a Fabric Minecraft server from €3.95 a month. Install Fabric mods from Modrinth with their dependencies in one click, or a whole modpack, and switch version or loader without losing your world. Fabric is the light mod loader: it starts quickly, follows new Minecraft releases fast, and most server performance mods are built for it. On Lodehost you pick Fabric when you order or switch to it later, and the Mods tab installs Fabric mods from Modrinth with everything they depend on. Here is how that works, which size a Fabric server needs, and what to watch when you move to it. - [Forge Minecraft Server Hosting for Modpacks Old and New](https://minecrafthosting.cc/forge-minecraft-server-hosting): Run a Forge Minecraft server with one click modpacks from CurseForge and Feed The Beast, on 1.20.1, 1.16.5, 1.12.2 or a current release. The right Forge build and Java are picked for you. Forge has loaded Minecraft mods since 2011, and most of the classic modpacks are built on it. On Lodehost you pick Forge when you order, choose the Minecraft version the pack was made for, and install the pack from the panel with the Forge build it needs. Here is how that works for old and new versions, which size a Forge server needs, and when NeoForge is the better choice. - [NeoForge Minecraft Server Hosting for 1.21 Modpacks and Newer](https://minecrafthosting.cc/neoforge-minecraft-server-hosting): Run a NeoForge Minecraft server for 1.21.1 and newer modpacks: Create, Mekanism and Applied Energistics 2 packs installed in one click from CurseForge, FTB or Modrinth, with the NeoForge build the pack needs. NeoForge is where most large mods went after 1.20.1. Create, Mekanism and Applied Energistics 2 build for it on 1.21.1, so most big tech and magic packs for recent versions are NeoForge packs. On Lodehost you pick NeoForge when you order or switch an existing server to it, and a pack goes on from the panel with the exact NeoForge build it was made on. ## Plans by location, size and price Each of these pages answers one buying question with the prices of both lines. The Standard line runs on a shared server processor with SSD; the Performance line runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in Germany or an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 in Poland, with Enterprise NVMe. Prices are per month on a 24 month term unless a page says otherwise. - [Minecraft Server Hosting in Germany From €3.95 a Month](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-hosting-germany): Minecraft servers in Germany with no location surcharge: a Performance line on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with Enterprise NVMe, or a Standard line with SSD from €3.95 a month. Germany is where a Lodehost server lands unless you pick something else, and it costs nothing on top of the plan. It is also the one location with two lines side by side: a Performance line on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with Enterprise NVMe, and a Standard line on a shared server processor with SSD for less. Same panel, same backups, same address on both. - [Minecraft Server Hosting in Poland on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-hosting-poland): Minecraft servers in Warsaw, Poland on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 memory and Enterprise NVMe, from €6.95 a month with no location surcharge. Ready within 6 hours by day. Warsaw is the newest Lodehost location, and it only runs the Performance line: an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 memory and Enterprise NVMe storage, the fastest machine we sell. It costs exactly what the Performance line costs in Germany, with no surcharge for the location, and it puts your world closer to players in Poland and the countries around it. - [4GB Minecraft Server Hosting From €6.95 a Month](https://minecrafthosting.cc/4gb-minecraft-server-hosting): A 4 GB Minecraft server with 2 vCPU for €6.95 a month, on a shared server processor or on an AMD Ryzen 9 with Enterprise NVMe for the same price, in Germany or Poland. Four gigabytes is the size for a vanilla or Paper world with a group of friends. On Lodehost that is the Mini plan, with 2 vCPU, and it is the one size where the choice of line costs nothing: €6.95 a month on the Standard line and €6.95 on the Performance line. Below is what that buys, every term, and when 4 GB stops being enough. - [8GB Minecraft Server Hosting From €10.95 a Month](https://minecrafthosting.cc/8gb-minecraft-server-hosting): An 8 GB Minecraft server with 2 vCPU from €10.95 a month in Germany, or on an AMD Ryzen 9 from €13.95. Plugins, light modpacks and a free server website included. Eight gigabytes is where a Minecraft server stops being a world for a few friends and starts being a place other people join: a plugin set with ranks and an economy, or Fabric with a stack of performance mods. On Lodehost that is the Starter plan, with 2 vCPU, from €10.95 a month. It is also the smallest plan that comes with a free website for your server. - [12GB Minecraft Server Hosting From €14.95 a Month](https://minecrafthosting.cc/12gb-minecraft-server-hosting): A 12 GB Minecraft server with 3 vCPU from €14.95 a month in Germany, or on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X in Poland from €20.95. Free website, backups and one click modpacks included. Twelve gigabytes is the size for a large modpack or a plugin server that has outgrown 8 GB. On Lodehost that is the Standard plan, with 3 vCPU, and it comes on two lines: €14.95 a month in Germany on the Standard line, or €20.95 a month on the Performance line in Germany or Poland. Here is every price, every term and what fits in it. - [24GB Minecraft Server Hosting From €20.95 a Month](https://minecrafthosting.cc/24gb-minecraft-server-hosting): A 24 GB Minecraft server with 4 vCPU from €20.95 a month, or on an AMD Ryzen 9 with Enterprise NVMe from €41.95. Heavy modpacks, several worlds, free website included. Twenty four gigabytes is the size for a heavy modpack with a real group of players, or for one server that holds several worlds at once. On Lodehost that is the Premium plan, with 4 vCPU, from €20.95 a month. Per gigabyte of memory it is, together with Ultimate, the cheapest plan we sell, and the step up from 12 GB gives the world more than twice the heap. - [48GB Minecraft Server Hosting From €41.95 a Month](https://minecrafthosting.cc/48gb-minecraft-server-hosting): A 48 GB Minecraft server with 6 vCPU and up to 300 GB SSD from €41.95 a month, or on an AMD Ryzen 9 with Enterprise NVMe from €83.95. For the biggest modded worlds. Forty eight gigabytes is the largest plan on Lodehost below Dedicated and Titan: Ultimate, with 6 vCPU and the most storage we offer below those two. It is built for the biggest modded worlds and communities where a lot of players are online at once. Most servers never need it, so this page also says plainly when 24 GB does the same job for half the price. - [Cheap Minecraft Server Hosting in Europe From €3.95](https://minecrafthosting.cc/cheap-minecraft-hosting-europe): Minecraft servers in Germany from €3.95 a month, with the panel, nightly backups, a free address and one click modpacks on the smallest plan too. No setup fee, no location surcharge. The cheapest Lodehost server is Camp: 2 GB of memory in Germany for €3.95 a month on a 24 month term, or €4.95 paid month by month. Cheap here means a smaller server, not a smaller product. The panel, the backups, the address and the help are the same on Camp as on the largest plan. - [Minecraft Server Hosting With an AI Copilot in the Panel](https://minecrafthosting.cc/minecraft-server-hosting-ai-copilot): Every Lodehost Minecraft server has an AI Copilot in the panel: it reads crash logs, installs from 510 vetted plugins, edits 63 settings and undoes every change in one click. Most hosts give you a panel and a help page. Lodehost puts an AI agent next to your server: tell it what is wrong or what you want built, and it reads the console, changes the files, installs the plugins and checks the result after each step. Every change keeps an undo, and the few actions that can hurt a running server wait for your click. ## The company, the network and what we promise These four pages answer who the company is, where the machines stand, how a server and an account are kept safe, and what is and is not promised about delivery and availability. - [The Company Behind Lodehost: Who You Are Buying From](https://minecrafthosting.cc/company): Who you are dealing with when you rent a Minecraft server here: the registered company, the chamber of commerce and VAT numbers, how billing and cancelling work, and which law applies. Most Minecraft hosts never say who they are. This page does. It names the company on your invoice, the numbers it is registered under, the way a plan is billed and cancelled, and where you stand if something goes wrong. Nothing here is a claim about how big or how old we are: it is the paperwork, in plain English, with a link to the page each rule comes from. - [The Lodehost Network: Locations, Machines and Attack Filtering](https://minecrafthosting.cc/network): Where Lodehost servers run and on what: Germany and Poland (Warsaw), the Performance line on AMD Ryzen 9 processors with Enterprise NVMe, the Standard line on shared cores with SSD, and attack filtering in front of every address. A Minecraft server is only as good as the machine and the route to it. This page is the one place where both are written down: which locations you can pick, what stands in each of them, what the difference between the two lines actually is, and what happens in front of your address before a single packet reaches your world. - [Security at Lodehost: Your Account, Your Server and Your Backups](https://minecrafthosting.cc/security): Two step login, daily backups you restore yourself, rights per staff member, filtering in front of your address, and a clear line about what we do and do not look at in your files. Security on a game server is not one big feature, it is a handful of small ones that have to be there on the day something goes wrong: a login nobody else can use, a copy of the world from before the mistake, rights that stop at the tab you meant to share, and a host that is straight about what it can see. This page lists them, and links to the page where each one is set up. - [Service and Support: What Lodehost Promises and What Happens If It Breaks](https://minecrafthosting.cc/sla): The service side of renting a Minecraft server here: how fast a server is delivered, what we say about availability and maintenance, what a backup does and does not cover, and how to reach a person when it goes wrong. Most hosts put a big number on this page and nothing behind it. We would rather write down what we actually do. That means naming the delivery times we hold ourselves to, being plain about the fact that we do not promise an uptime percentage, and saying exactly what happens on the day your server is down and you want a human being. ## Guides 47 guides about planning, running and fixing a Minecraft server, grouped by topic. ### Plan your server Before the first player joins: how much memory to buy, which server software or mod loader to run, and how to bring a world over from another host. Once one server is not enough, a network puts several of them behind one address. And the Java version a server needs, and how friends get in once it runs mods. Then what a server costs per month, next to the free ways to run one. - [How Much RAM Does a Minecraft Server Need?](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/how-much-ram-minecraft-server): Choose Minecraft server RAM for vanilla, Paper, plugins or modpacks. Compare starting sizes, Java heap limits and checks to make before upgrading. - [Paper vs Purpur vs Spigot: Which Minecraft Server Software?](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/paper-vs-purpur-vs-spigot): Spigot, Paper and Purpur all run Bukkit plugins, but they differ in speed, settings and how closely they follow vanilla. How they relate since Paper's hard fork, and which to choose. - [Fabric vs Forge vs NeoForge: Which Mod Loader for a Server?](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/fabric-vs-forge-vs-neoforge): Fabric, Forge and NeoForge load different mods and shine on different versions. How they differ, why NeoForge split from Forge, and which loader a modded server should run. - [How to Move a Minecraft Server to a New Host Without Losing Anything](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/move-minecraft-server-to-new-host): Move a Minecraft world, plugins, whitelist and player inventories to a new host: which files to copy, the version and online-mode traps, and the order that keeps builds intact. - [Minecraft Server Network with Velocity: Lobby and Survival](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/velocity-lobby-and-survival-network): Run a lobby, survival and creative server behind one address with Velocity. What a proxy does, what stays separate on each server, and how to build the network or take it apart. - [Which Java Version Does a Minecraft Server Need?](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-java-version): Which Java each Minecraft server version needs, how to read an unsupported class file version error, and what to do when a plugin or mod wants a newer Java. - [How to Join a Modded Minecraft Server (and Fix Mod Mismatch)](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/join-modded-minecraft-server): How players join a modded Minecraft server: the right launcher and pack version, which mods go where, the mismatch messages and how to share your mod list. - [How Much Does a Minecraft Server Cost per Month?](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/how-much-does-a-minecraft-server-cost): A hosted Minecraft server costs from €3.95 a month for 2 GB to €83.95 for 96 GB. See the price of every size, what changes it and what running one at home costs. - [Free Minecraft Server vs Paid 24/7 Hosting](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/free-minecraft-server-vs-paid-hosting): Ways to run a free Minecraft server: open to LAN, your own PC or a free host, what each one costs you in practice, and when a paid server that runs 24/7 is worth it. ### Players and access Who gets in and what they may do: Bedrock friends in the same world, the whitelist, and operator levels that fit the job someone has. Then protection against griefing, and the description, icon and resource pack players meet when they join. After that the everyday tools: bans and kicks, homes and warps, a player economy, chat bridged to Discord, players on other game versions, and how chat reporting works. And for the players themselves: how to find a server's address, and how to join on PC, phone or console. - [How to Play Minecraft Java and Bedrock on One Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/java-and-bedrock-crossplay-server): Get PC, phone, tablet and console players into one Minecraft world: how Java and Bedrock connect, what each player types, how consoles get in and what stays one sided. - [Minecraft Whitelist and Op Permission Levels Explained](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-whitelist-and-op-levels): Lock a Minecraft server to invited players with the whitelist, and hand out operator rights by level 1 to 4 without giving every helper the power to stop the server. - [How to Stop Griefing on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/stop-griefing-minecraft-server): Protect a Minecraft server against griefing: account checks and a whitelist, spawn protection, GriefPrevention claims, CoreProtect rollbacks, game rules for creepers and TNT, and backups. - [How to Set a Minecraft Server MOTD and Server Icon](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-motd-and-icon): Make your Minecraft server stand out in the server list: a MOTD with color codes and a second line, a 64 by 64 server icon, and what the player count shows. - [How to Add a Resource Pack to a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-resource-pack): Add a server resource pack in Minecraft: a direct download link, the SHA-1 checksum, a prompt that explains the pack, requiring it, and fixing packs that fail to download. - [How to Ban, Unban and Kick Players on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/ban-kick-and-mute-players): Kick, ban and unban players on a Minecraft server: the commands and levels, the ban files, IP bans and their limits, timed bans and mutes, and Bedrock players. - [EssentialsX Setup: Homes, Warps, Kits and Spawn](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/essentialsx-homes-warps-and-kits): Install EssentialsX on Paper or Purpur, give players permissions with LuckPerms, set home limits per rank, create warps and kits with a delay, and control spawn. - [Minecraft Server Economy: Vault, EssentialsX and Shops](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-economy-and-shops): Build a Minecraft server economy: what Vault does, EssentialsX balance commands, buy and sell signs, player chest shops, money sinks and a safe balance reset. - [DiscordSRV Setup: Link Minecraft Server Chat to Discord](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/link-minecraft-chat-to-discord): Set up DiscordSRV on Paper: create the bot, switch on the intents it needs, place the token, map a channel ID, lock the console channel and fix missing chat. - [Let Older Minecraft Versions Join Your Server with ViaVersion](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/viaversion-older-and-newer-clients): Fix Outdated server and Incompatible client errors: ViaVersion for newer players, ViaBackwards and ViaRewind for older ones, and what changes for them. - [Minecraft Chat Reports and enforce-secure-profile Explained](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-chat-reports-and-secure-chat): How signed chat and chat reporting work on a Minecraft server: enforce-secure-profile, chat validation errors, plugins that rewrite chat, what owners control. - [How to Find a Minecraft Server IP and Address](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/find-minecraft-server-ip-address): Where to find a Minecraft server IP or address: in your server list, from the owner, on your own PC with ipconfig, for a LAN world and in your hosting panel. - [How to Join a Minecraft Server: PC, Xbox and Phone](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/how-to-join-a-minecraft-server): How to join a Minecraft server step by step: Add Server on Java, the Servers tab on Bedrock, what works on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch, and common errors. ### World and settings The world itself: the settings file line by line, game rules for survival, seeds and world types, data packs, and starting the Nether or the End over without touching the rest. Also hardcore worlds, the spawn point, several worlds on one server, WorldEdit, anti-xray, resetting a single player, and farms that keep running. - [Minecraft server.properties Explained, Setting by Setting](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/server-properties-explained): What the lines in a Minecraft server.properties file do, with their defaults: access, gameplay, world creation and performance, plus the settings that became game rules in 1.21.9. - [Minecraft Game Rules for a Survival Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-game-rules-survival-server): The Minecraft game rules that shape a survival server, with their names since 1.21.11: keep inventory, the sleep percentage, mob griefing, phantoms and PvP, and how to change them. - [How to Set a Seed and World Type on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-seed-and-world-type): Set a seed and world type on a Minecraft server: why both only count when the world is created, how text seeds work, what Java and Bedrock seeds share, and the five world types. - [How to Add Datapacks to a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/datapacks-on-minecraft-server): Install datapacks on a Minecraft server: where the folder is, when reload is enough and when to restart, how to order or remove packs, and why terrain packs want a new world. - [How to Reset the Nether or the End on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/reset-nether-or-end-dimension): Give a Minecraft server a fresh Nether or End without touching the overworld: which folder to delete on Paper and vanilla, what players lose, and how to reset only part of a dimension. - [How to Make a Hardcore Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/hardcore-minecraft-server): Set up a hardcore Minecraft server: when the hardcore setting takes effect, what a death does in multiplayer, reviving players, lives and starting a new season. - [How to Set the World Spawn on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/set-world-spawn-minecraft-server): Set the world spawn with setworldspawn, stop the ten block respawn scatter, understand beds and anchors, and fix players who keep spawning in the wrong place. - [Multiverse-Core Commands: Multiple Worlds on One Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/multiple-worlds-with-multiverse): Run several worlds on one Paper server with Multiverse-Core 5: create and import worlds, teleport, per-world settings, portals, split inventories and memory. - [WorldEdit Commands and Schematics on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/worldedit-on-minecraft-server): Install WorldEdit on Paper, Fabric or NeoForge and use it well: the wand, set and replace, copy and paste, undo, schematics, limits and builder permissions. - [Paper Anti-Xray Config: Stop X-Ray on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/anti-xray-on-paper-server): Set up Paper's built-in anti-xray: where the config lives on 26.x, every option and default, what each engine mode shows a cheater, and what it cannot stop. - [How to Reset One Player's Data on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/reset-minecraft-player-data): Reset one player on a Minecraft server: where inventory, ender chest and stats live since 26.1, how to find the UUID, and commands that fix less. - [Forceload Command: Keep Chunks Loaded for Farms](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/forceload-chunks-for-farms): Use /forceload to keep farm chunks loaded on a Minecraft server: add, remove and query, the 256 chunk limit, what still ticks, and how to measure the cost. ### Performance and fixes When something is slow or broken: distances that cost too much, terrain generated ahead of time, and servers that will not start or will not let anyone in. And when the cause is unclear, a profiler that shows where each tick goes. Then the settings and mods that save ticks, crash reports and logs, the overloaded warning, players kicked for flying, a full disk and plugins that will not load. And which port a server uses, and when players have to type it. - [View Distance vs Simulation Distance on a Minecraft Server](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/view-distance-vs-simulation-distance): View distance decides how far players see, simulation distance how far the world keeps moving. What each setting costs, what farms need and which values suit your plan. - [How to Pre-Generate a Minecraft World with Chunky](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/pregenerate-world-with-chunky): Creating terrain while players explore is the heaviest work a server does. Pre-generate it with Chunky: which radius, how much disk space and time, the commands and a world border. - [Can't Connect to a Minecraft Server? Every Error Explained](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/cant-connect-to-minecraft-server): The exact connection errors Minecraft shows, from Unknown host and Timed out to Incompatible client and not white-listed, with what each one means and how to fix it. - [Minecraft Server Not Starting? Find the Line That Explains It](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-not-starting): A Minecraft server that fails to start always says why in the console. The usual causes and their exact lines: EULA, Java version, port in use, memory, mods and plugins. - [How to Find Lag on a Minecraft Server with spark](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/find-lag-with-spark): Use the spark profiler to find what makes a Minecraft server lag: tell server lag from connection lag, read tick times, profile the lag while it happens and catch short spikes. - [Paper Config Optimization: Settings That Reduce Lag](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/paper-config-settings-for-lag): The Paper, Spigot and Bukkit settings that cut lag: activation range, merge radius, spawn limits, despawn ranges, hoppers, redstone and chunk saves, with defaults. - [Fabric and NeoForge Server Performance Mods for 26.2](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/fabric-performance-mods): Which server performance mods have stable builds for Minecraft 26.2 on Fabric and NeoForge, what each one changes, which pairs clash, and how to measure the gain. - [How to Read Minecraft Crash Reports and Server Logs](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/read-minecraft-crash-reports-and-logs): Find latest.log and crash reports, follow a stack trace to the mod or plugin behind it, read watchdog and Paper thread dumps, and share a log safely. - [Minecraft Can't Keep Up Warning: Is the Server Overloaded?](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/cant-keep-up-server-overloaded): What the console line about running ms or ticks behind means, when Minecraft prints it, when to ignore it and how to find what holds the server up. - [Flying Is Not Enabled on This Server: Fix the Kick](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/kicked-for-flying-minecraft-server): Fix the Flying is not enabled on this server kick: what counts as flying, when Allow flight belongs on, and what moved too quickly warnings really mean. - [Minecraft Server Disk Full? Find What Fills It and Clear It](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-disk-space-full): Minecraft server disk full, or No space left on device? See what fills a server, what is safe to delete, how to stop the world growing and how backups count. - [Minecraft Plugin Not Loading? Read What Paper Tells You](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/plugin-not-loading-minecraft-server): Fix a plugin that will not load on Paper or Purpur: the plugins list, unknown dependency and unsupported API version, wrong jars, duplicates and config errors. - [Minecraft Server Port: 25565, 19132 and Port Forwarding](https://minecrafthosting.cc/guides/minecraft-server-port): The default Minecraft server port is 25565 for Java and 19132 for Bedrock. When players need to type it, how to open it at home, and what a port error means.