Minecraft server hosting

Not out of the box. They are different server binaries on different network stacks, Java on TCP 25565 and Bedrock on UDP 19132, and the world formats do not match either (Java uses region files, Bedrock uses LevelDB). The normal route is a Paper or Fabric server running Geyser and Floodgate, which translates Bedrock clients onto your Java world; that needs a second port, open on both UDP and TCP, so email hello@puranode.com and we will add one to your server. If everyone you play with is on mobile or Windows, run Bedrock Dedicated Server instead (consoles cannot add a custom server address in vanilla Bedrock), but note it uses add-ons and allowlist.json rather than Bukkit plugins and whitelist.json, so plugin guides you find online will not apply.

Almost always tick time, not memory. Minecraft ticks the world 20 times a second, which gives you 50 ms per tick, and once the work in a tick exceeds that, TPS drops and everything feels rubbery no matter how much RAM is idle. The usual culprits are entity count (mob farms, item piles, bred animals), hopper chains, permanently loaded chunks and a simulation distance set too high. Install spark, run /spark tps and /spark profiler, and it will name the offending mod, plugin or chunk directly. Paper dropped Timings in the 1.21 line, so spark is the tool to reach for now. Because the world tick is single-threaded, more RAM does not buy you tick headroom, and neither would more cores.

Take a manual backup first, and treat the world upgrade as one-way: once a newer jar has opened and rewritten your region files, the old jar will not load that world again. After a Mojang drop, Paper builds usually appear within days, Fabric API follows quickly and NeoForge or Forge takes longer, so anything with mods should wait for the loader before you touch the jar. If you run a modpack, follow the pack's version rather than Mojang's, which is why 1.12.2, 1.16.5 and 1.20.1 servers are still very much alive. Nothing on our side auto-updates your server jar, so your version stays exactly where you put it until you change it. Check the Java requirement at the same time, since a version jump is the usual cause of a server that suddenly refuses to start.

Minecraft server hosting at Puranode starts at €10.99 every 30 days for a 4 GB server, VAT included. It's a flat price: what you sign up at is what you renew at, with no setup fees and cancel anytime.

Your Minecraft server is created and fully installed automatically, usually within a few minutes of checkout. You then open the panel, press start and copy your connect address.

Your server comes with Paper, so Bukkit, Spigot and Paper plugins go straight into the plugins folder. For Fabric, upload the server jar over SFTP and point the Server Jar File setting at it. For Forge, NeoForge or a modpack, upload the server pack and email us: we finish the setup with you. Want a hand? Email us and we set it up with you.

All Puranode servers run on EPYC + NVMe hardware in Lauterbourg, France (EU-West). It is one EU location, best for players in western and central Europe. Puranode is operated by MB VARIANTAI, an EU company in Lithuania, and prices include VAT.

Yes. Upload your existing world and config over SFTP, or contact us and we'll help migrate it, free for the first setup.

Auto-renewal is on by default, so your server renews from your wallet every 30 days while the balance covers it, and you can switch it off on the order form or in the panel. If the balance will not cover the renewal, or auto-renewal is off, we email you 7, 3 and 1 days before it expires. If a server lapses it is suspended, not deleted: your files are kept for 30 days, and renewing at any point in that time brings it back.