Guides for Minecraft, Valheim, Palworld and Rust

Most server guides stop exactly where it gets interesting: the server runs, but your friends cannot get on. The config file has thirty entries and four of them are explained. And the port number comes from a version two years old.

This is what comes after that: complete configuration tables with default values, ports with the right protocol, and troubleshooting for the problems that actually happen. And when something changes, we follow: that current Minecraft versions need Java 25 and that the game rules are spelled differently now is in here – not the state of things from two updates ago.

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Minecraft How to Create a Minecraft Server: Windows and Linux Guide Create a Minecraft server on Windows and Linux: Java 25, vanilla or Paper, EULA, server.properties, port 25565, systemd, backups and troubleshooting. Palworld How to create a Palworld server: guide for Windows and Linux Set up a Palworld dedicated server on Windows or Linux: SteamCMD, port 8211/UDP, editing PalWorldSettings.ini correctly, RCON, backups and troubleshooting. Rust How to create a Rust server: guide for Windows and Linux Set up a Rust dedicated server: SteamCMD, the four ports, launch parameters and server.cfg, admin rights, Oxide and Carbon, wipes, backups and troubleshooting. Valheim How to create a Valheim server: guide for Windows and Linux Set up a Valheim dedicated server: SteamCMD, ports 2456/2457, crossplay without port forwarding, world modifiers, BepInEx mods, backups and troubleshooting. Minecraft The best Minecraft seeds: villages, diamonds & more A good seed determines your start in Minecraft: whether it's a village on your doorstep, diamonds in your first mineshaft or a spectacular landscape – with the Minecraft Installing Spigot or Paper: from a vanilla server to plugins Moving from vanilla to Spigot or Paper: the differences, download and BuildTools, keeping your existing world, the new config files and the way back. Minecraft How to install Minecraft plugins on Spigot and Paper Installing plugins on a Minecraft server: the plugins folder, trustworthy sources, the version question, dependencies, updates and what goes wrong. Minecraft Minecraft Commands: A List of Every Important Command with Syntax A list of Minecraft commands with syntax: game mode, teleport, items, weather, command blocks and server admin – plus selectors and permission levels.

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Setting the server up

Installation on Windows and Linux, the right Java version, the EULA, port forwarding and permanent operation via systemd.

Configuring the server

Which entry goes where, what the default value is and what changed between versions.

Improving performance

When a server stutters, memory is rarely the whole story. Here is how to measure the cause instead of guessing.

Getting further in game

Enchantments, Netherite, villager trades and permanently loaded chunks for farms.

Other games

Setting up dedicated servers with SteamCMD: ports, configuration, running permanently on Linux and the usual pitfalls.