Minecraft
11 articles
Guides for setting up and configuring your Minecraft server, including plugins, mods, voting, and gameplay features.
Setting Up GriefPrevention for Land Claims
GriefPrevention lets players claim and protect their own land without needing any help from staff. Players use a golden shovel to mark out an area, and once claimed, nobody else can build, break, or t...
Setting Up CoreProtect for Grief Logging
CoreProtect is a logging and rollback plugin that records almost everything that happens on your server - block placements and breaks, container transactions, chat messages, player actions, and more....
Setting Up DiscordSRV
DiscordSRV is a plugin that links your Minecraft server to a Discord channel, so chat messages flow between the two. Players in Discord can see what people are saying in game, and Minecraft players se...
Setting Up EssentialsX
EssentialsX is one of the most popular plugins for Paper and Spigot servers. It adds over 130 commands that players expect to have on a multiplayer server, including homes, warps, teleport requests, k...
Using Minecraft Colour and Formatting Codes
Have you ever seen a server name in the multiplayer list with a rainbow of colours, or a sign in game with bold red text? Those are made using Minecraft's built-in colour and formatting codes. They ar...
Setting a Server Icon
A server icon is the small image that appears next to your server in a player's multiplayer list in Minecraft. Setting one is a nice touch that helps your server stand out and feel more polished. Requ...
Keeping Your Nether and End When Switching to Vanilla
If you switch your server from Paper or Spigot back to vanilla Minecraft, you may find that your Nether and End look brand new - all the portals, builds, and explored areas are gone. This is a very co...
Reading and Understanding Crash Reports
When your server crashes or misbehaves, it can leave behind hundreds or even thousands of lines of log output. The good news is you do not need to understand all of it - the information you actually n...
Setting Up Permissions with LuckPerms
LuckPerms is a permissions plugin that lets you control what players can and cannot do on your server. You can create groups like "Member", "Moderator", and "Admin", assign permissions to each group,...
Setting Up a Web Map with Dynmap or BlueMap
A web map plugin lets you and your players view your Minecraft world in a web browser. It renders your server's world as an interactive map that anyone can explore, see player locations, and get an ov...
Setting Up Votifier for Server Voting
Votifier allows your server to receive notifications when players vote for it on server listing websites. Combined with a vote listener plugin, you can reward players for voting with in-game items, mo...