Guides for Game Servers and Hosting

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. From Minecraft, Rust and Palworld through root servers to reverse DNS and billing. 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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How to create a Valheim server: guide for Windows and LinuxSet up a Valheim dedicated server: SteamCMD, ports 2456/2457, crossplay without port forwarding, world modifiers, BepInEx mods, backups and troubleshooting. 07/09/2026 How to Create a Minecraft Server: Windows and Linux GuideCreate a Minecraft server on Windows and Linux: Java 25, vanilla or Paper, EULA, server.properties, port 25565, systemd, backups and troubleshooting. 05/09/2026 Minecraft Commands: Every Important Command with SyntaxAll the important Minecraft commands with current syntax: game mode, teleport, items, weather and server admin – plus selectors and permission levels. 05/09/2026 Minecraft server.properties: Every Setting ExplainedEvery entry in the Minecraft server.properties with its default – plus the keys that are game rules today: pvp, enable-command-block, allow-nether. 05/09/2026 Minecraft Enchantments: Every Enchantment and Its Max LevelEvery Minecraft enchantment at a glance: max levels, what each one does, which items they apply to and which enchantments cancel each other out. 05/09/2026

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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.