Guides · Minecraft
Updating a modded server without losing the world
The world stores references to mods that are gone. Why the unit of update is the pack, and the step everyone skips because it feels redundant.
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Minecraft Snapshot 25w43a Reworks Spears for Hosts
Minecraft snapshot 25w43a updates spear combat, shifts world border interpolation to game ticks, and brings Data Pack version 91.0 for server hosts.
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Pregenerating a world, and why the border comes first
Terrain generation is the most expensive thing a server does. Move it to a time nobody is playing, and set the edge before you start.
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Paper configuration beyond server.properties
Three more files hold the settings that decide whether a busy server runs well. Which entries matter, and which ones hide a problem.
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SRV records, and what resolvers actually do
Priority, weight, port, target. The trailing dot that eats hours, the second record everyone forgets, and the TTL step before a move.
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When a Minecraft proxy is the wrong answer
Velocity and BungeeCord solve one problem and bring three. The honest threshold for needing a proxy, and what it never fixes.
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The Minecraft server list ping, end to end
Five packets decide your MOTD, your icon and your player count on every listing. Three common mysteries, solved by reading them.
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JVM flags for Minecraft servers: what the collector is doing
Everyone pastes the same twenty arguments and nobody knows which one to change. What each part of Aikar's flags actually asks G1 to do.
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The server.properties settings that change how Minecraft plays
Sixty entries, six that matter. Which lines change what players feel, which cost CPU, and which are folklore repeated from old forum posts.
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Minecraft Removing Obfuscation Fabric Impact for Hosts
Mojang is removing obfuscation from Java Edition after Mounts of Mayhem. Here is what Minecraft removing obfuscation Fabric tooling means for hosts.
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Minecraft Snapshot 25w45a Adds Timelines for Hosts
Minecraft snapshot 25w45a introduces timelines to data packs, Netherite horse armor, texture atlas splits, and data-driven mob variants.
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Pre-generating a Minecraft world, and why it helps
Terrain generation is the most expensive thing your server does, at the worst moment. How far out to go, and the border you want anyway.
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