Lots of places! Here are a few sites we suggest you try advertising on. After all this work you’ve put into making a great server, how do you get players to join it? If you’re just playing with friends, then the answer is simply giving them the IP address. Getting plenty of fresh faces to … Read more
No, but we don’t recommend it for your server. Of the many resources available to server owners, this is one project with a uniquely controversial history. Created by Swiss developer Peter “Njolbrim” Güttinger, the Skript plugin provides a way for humans with little to no coding experience to create “scripts” using a simplistic programming language … Read more
Good question. We recommend newcomers try a hosting service. There are an overwhelming number of free and paid hosting providers available for a multitude of games, including Minecraft: Java Edition. Some are great, many are not, and a few excel at particular aspects compared to their competitors. We’ll attempt to walk you through some of … Read more
Tough choice. We recommend Paper for most Minecraft: Java Edition servers. Mojang (the developer of Minecraft) provides Realms, a pre-configured space to play with friends, as well as a free program to create multiplayer servers. However, neither option allows for plugins (also known as “server-side mods”) nor much optimization. To fill this gap, the Minecraft … Read more