How to Create a Free Minecraft Server

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This wikiHow teaches you how to create a free Minecraft server. There are many Minecraft servers hosting services that you can sign up for. Minehut is one of a number of services that allow users to host Minecraft servers for free. Note that the Minehut server only works with Minecraft: Java Edition. This article will show you how to create a free Minecraft server using Minehut.

Table of Contents

Create account Minehut

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Go to https://minehut.com/ using your computer’s web browser. Minehut is one of many Minecraft server hosting services. This website is very easy to use, one of the services on it allows you to host a Minecraft server for free. Minehut allows users to host 2 Minecraft servers for free and up to 10 players. You can buy credits if you want to allow more than 10 players or on 2 servers.

Or, you can host a free Minecraft server on your computer, this method works with all versions of Minecraft. Note: the setup process is relatively complicated, using a lot of RAM and Internet bandwidth (besides the resources needed to play games and run the computer’s operating system).
Minehut server only works with Minecraft: Java Edition. If you want to create a server for Minecraft: Windows 10/mobile/game consoles, you can do so using Realms or Aternos. In addition, you can also host a Minecraft server on your computer. The server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition can be downloaded at https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download/server/bedrock/

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Click Sign Up . This button is blue and centered on the page.

If you already have a Minehut account, click Log In in the upper right corner and log in with the email address and password associated with your Minehut account to access the Dashboard.

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Enter your email address. Type the email address you’re using in the “Enter your email” text box. This is the first line at the top of the page.

Note: this must be an email address that you have access to, as you’ll need to sign in to verify it right away.

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Enter date of birth. To enter your date of birth, click the second line on the page. Click your year of birth from the drop-down menu. Then, choose a date from the calendar that pops up.

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Click the check box at the bottom of the form. This is to ensure that you have accepted Minehut’s terms of service and privacy policy. You can read both policies by clicking the blue text in the sentence at the bottom of the form.

Server setup

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Enter a name for the server. Enter a simple name for the server domain name in the text field in the center of the page.

The hostname cannot be more than 10 characters.
The hostname cannot contain special characters nor spaces.

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Click Create . This blue button is in the lower right corner. The server will be created, and the Dashboard will be displayed.

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Click Activate . This blue button is to the right of the server status on the Dashboard. It may take a minute for your server to connect to a high-performance DDoS protected server.

If the server is disconnected at any time during setup or installation, click Activate to reconnect.

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Click Continue . Once the server has moved to a new host, a blue “Continue” button will appear next to the “Online” button.

Change server settings

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Specify the address of the server. This option is located in the upper left corner of the top first frame. Below the option there is a blue shield icon.

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Stop or restart the server. If you need to stop or restart the server, click the red Stop or Restart button at the top of the page.

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Rename the server. To change the server name, click the blue Change Name button located below the server address. Enter a new name for the server and click Apply .

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Change the server display settings. To change the server settings, click the Appearance tab at the top. Use the following fields to change the server’s display settings:

Server Command — If you want to send a command to the server, type it in the “Server Command” line, and then click Send .
Server Visibility — Click the radio button next to the “Visible” or “Not visible” option to choose whether to make the server public or invisible. Then click Update .
Server MOTD — Enter a description for the server below the “Server MOTD” line at the bottom of the page. Then click Update .

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Change the content of the Settings section. To change your server settings, click the Settings tab at the top of the page and follow these steps:

Max Players — Click the radio button next to the maximum number of players you want to allow on the server, and then click Save . You will need to buy credits if you want to allow more than 10 players.
Level Type — To change the level type, click the radio button next to “Default”, “Flat”, Amplified”, “Large Biomes”. than the default world), or “Customized.” Then click Save .
Level Name — To give the world a name, you can enter a name in the given field and then click Save .
Generator Settings — Enter any pre-set level generators you have in the space given and then click Save . The level type must be set to “Flat” for preset flat world sets and “customized” for any given settings.
Gamemode — To select a game mode, click the radio button next to “Survival”, “Creative”, “Adventure”, or “Spectator”. dummy) and then click Save .
Force Gamemode — To impose the selected game mode on the server, click the switch under the “Force Gamemode” heading and click Save .
PVP — To enable/disable PVP (Player vs Player) fighting mode, you can click the switch located below the “PVP” heading and select Save .
Monster Spawning — Click the switch below the “Monster Spawning” heading to toggle monster spawning on/off. Then click Save .
Animal Spawning — Click the switch under “Animal Spawning” to enable/disable animal spawning. Then you click Save .
Flight — Click the switch under “Flight” to allow or disallow players to fly on the server. Then you click Save .
Difficulty — To change the difficulty on the server, click the radio button next to “Peaceful”, “Easy”, “Normal” or “Hard” ) below the “Difficulty” heading. Then click Save to save.
Hardcore (Very Hard) — Click the switch below the “Hardcore” heading to enable or disable extreme hardcore on the server. Then you click Save to save.
Command Blocks — Click the switch below the Command Blocks heading to allow or disallow the use of command blocks on the server. Then click Save to save.
Announce Player Achievements — Click the switch below the “Announce Player Achievements” heading to enable or disable the announcement of achievements to other players on the server. Then click Save to save.
Nether World — Click the switch below the “Nether World” heading to turn Hell on or off on the server. Then click Save to save.
Structures — Click the switch below the “Structures” heading to enable or disable the generation of random structures on the server. Then click Save to save.
Resource Pack — If you have a resource pack URL, enter it in the line provided, and then click Save .
Resource Pack Hash — To add a hash resource pack, enter the SHA-1 Hash code in the given line and then click Save .
View Distance — To increase or decrease the viewing distance on the server, click and drag the slider below the “View Distance” heading. Then click Save to save.
Spawn Protection — To increase or decrease the spawn protection radius in the server, you enter a number greater than or equal to 0 in a given line (current default is 16). Then click Save to save.

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Add the plug-in to the server. If you want to add plug-ins to the server, do:

Click the Plugins tab in the upper right corner.
Scroll down and browse for, or type the plug-in name in the search bar.
Click the plug-in name.
Click Install Plugin .

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Manage server files (advanced users only). If you want to modify the hosts files, proceed with the following steps:

Click the File Manager tab in the upper right corner.
Click the file you want to edit from the list. Then click Save to save the file.
Click the cloud icon to upload files from your computer.
Click the page icon to create a new file.

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Change world settings. To change the world settings, click the World tab in the upper right corner and use the following options:

Save World — Click Save World to instantly save the world to the server.
Reset World — Click Reset World to erase and reset the world on the server.
World Seed — To change the coordinates of the world, enter the coordinate number of your choice in the line below the “World Seed” heading and then click Update.
Upload World — To upload the world to the server, you need to save the world data in a zip file. Click the paperclip icon below the “Upload World” heading and select the zip file containing the world you saved and click Open . Then you click Upload to upload.

Connect to the server

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Leave the server console open. As such, you will be able to adjust the server quickly by minimizing the Minecraft window and maximizing the browser window.

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Open Minecraft. Minecraft: Java Edition has a grass block icon. Click this icon to open Minecraft launcher.

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Click the green Play button located on the Minecraft Launcher. Minecraft will start to launch.

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Click Multiplayer . This option is located near the middle of the Minecraft title page.

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Click Direct Connect . This option is at the bottom of the multiplayer menu in the middle of the page.

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Enter the server address. Enter the server address in the box next to the “Connect” heading displayed in the center of the page.

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Click Join Server . This option is at the bottom of the page. You will start connecting to the server and enter the world within it.

Steps

Create account Minehut

Server setup

Change server settings

Connect to the server

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