Minecraft

Versions, performance, whitelisting and ops.

Choosing your software

The Vanilla Java plan runs one thing: the unmodified game with server-side performance mods. Chunks load much faster than the stock server and your client needs nothing extra.

The Modded plan lets you choose a mod loader — Fabric, NeoForge or

Forge — because a modpack requires a specific one. Check what your pack says before you order; they are not interchangeable.

Fabric on the Modded plan comes with the same performance mods as Vanilla already installed.

Bedrock is a separate plan — it is a different game with a different protocol, and Java software cannot run it.

Versions

Pick a version at checkout, or take the latest. Mods and modpacks are usually tied to a specific version, so if you are following a pack, match it exactly.

Changing version after the fact can break a world. Take a copy from the Files tab first.

The EULA

Mojang requires accepting their EULA. You accept it at checkout and we write it to the server for you, so it never appears as a mysterious failure to start.

Making yourself an operator

In the console:

op YourName

Whitelisting

whitelist on
whitelist add YourFriend

Turn the whitelist off again with whitelist off.

If it feels slow

  • View distance in Settings is the biggest lever. The server never sends

chunks beyond it, so setting your client higher than the server does nothing.

  • More memory does not make it faster past a point. Chunk generation is

limited by CPU, not memory.

  • Check the console for errors while it is happening — a misbehaving mod is a

more common cause than the hardware.

Still stuck? Get in touch with your server name and the last few lines of your console.