Minecraft, the greatest game to release in 2011 and arguably the best game of all time have amassed a vast following and broken records with how many copies the game has sold. With a whopping 180 million copies sold it stands on the top as the most sold game of all time, and with a following of almost 112 million monthly players it has proven itself against the test of time. Whether you enjoy building structures worthy of contesting the seven wonders of the world, delving deep into the caves looking for treasure like a fanatic dwarf or just looking to start your own precious little farm and trading with the local villagers, this game is for you. With the huge world Minecraft has to offer and the vast amount of experiences to live it could get a bit lonely exploring it all by yourself, and with the playerbase being a 112 million concurrent users it’s easy to find a friend to experience it all together.
If you want to explore and build together with friends the first thing you going to need is a server and before you set it up, there is a couple of things of importance to know.
The computer you plan to run the server on will need to be relatively powerful to both host the server and run the game at the same time, for optimal usage you can use a different machine to solely focus on running the computer which in turn will allow the server to always be active even though your own computer rests.
Secondly you need to have good bandwidth as each player playing on your server is going to use about 100 mb per hour and you should plug the machine running the server into a wired connection as using an Ethernet cable will vastly improve the stability of the connections.
The third and most important thing to know is that when you are hosting a server on your own computer and with your own internet, you open both of them to potential threats as port forwarding (which is a requirement) could allow tech-savvy people to hack into your system. If you do feel like your computer or bandwidth isn’t living up to the standards or if you wouldn’t want to risk someone hacking into your system there is always options to hire someone else to host your server, Wombat Servers ranks a list of different servers optimal for hosting and playing all over the world where you can choose the most fitting for you. If you still feel comfortable about making your own Minecraft servers, just follow these steps below and you’ll have it up and running in no time!
1. Download the latest version of Java.
The latest version of Java can be found here. If you already have it downloaded, make sure you have their latest update.
2. Create a folder for your Minecraft server.
The folder can be anywhere you want, put it on the desktop for easy access or on a location you’ll remember, just make sure there is enough space wherever you put it.
3. Download Minecraft server software.
The server software can be found on Minecraft‘s official page, download it and put it the folder you just created. The just double click on it and it will open up to create the configuration files and then start the server as an administrator.
4. Accept the eula.
You will see a text file named eula, open it and change the text “eula=false” to “eula=true” to accept it, without doing this you wont be able to start the server.
5. Setup port forwarding.
Locate the pdf manual for your specific router online for instructions specific to your router. To run the Minecraft server you need to port the RCO 25565 forward to your device.
6. Locate your IP address.
You’ll need your local IP address and enter it as the output or server IP for the port you are forwarding. If you don’t know your IP you can find it by entering “ipconfig” as a command prompt. This will let your router know where to forward to.
7. Run the Minecraft server.
Don’t close your windows command prompt yet, locate your Minecraft server .jar file where you put it and then enter the command: java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar {server file name} nogui
Replace the server file name with the name of your server and if you want to use the servers UI you can skip the nogui at the end.
8. Get your public IP address.
Google: what’s my IP to find your public address, this is the one your friends playing on a different network will use to join your server.
Congratulations! You just created your own Minecraft server and can now invite your friends to share the experience with.
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