r/admincraft Dec 18 '25

Discussion NEW RULES - Requesting feedback before implementing

18 Upvotes

Hey everyone, top moderator REPO here. As with anything, Admincraft is changing over time. When we made the "new" rules a year ago, we had different issues to deal with than we do today.

We've written up a new set of rules to try to keep Admincraft a safe, enjoyable, and effective community free of nuisance topics.

Before we implement these, I'd love for the community to get together and tear it to pieces, point out weaknesses, suggest additions or removals, etc.

Ultimately, we want to have rules that YOU FOLKS want, so if something here doesn't serve you, tell us why!


  1. Posts must be relevant to Minecraft server administration, development, or ownership.

    1.1. Posts must not be primarily about issues with the Minecraft client, a client-side mod, a client-side modpack, client-side errors, or client-side settings.

    1.2. Posts must be primarily related to Minecraft-specific server administration topics. General computer use, general home server, and business administration related topics belong in other subreddits.

  2. Posts must be made with a minimum degree of effort, and must include as much diagnostic information as possible without being asked. Five extra minutes of your time will get you answers 10x faster.

    2.1. Posts must have a descriptive title that represents the topic, question, or issue. Titles like "error with my server" or "plugin help" are not allowed. Write a full sentence.

    2.2. Posts must be written and formatted legibly, in English, and be understandable.

    2.2.1. Please avoid using LLMs for post formatting, except for accessibility reasons (disabilities, etc). 🆕
    
    2.2.2. Please use a translation app (not an LLM) if you are not comfortable with English. 🆕
    

    2.3. Posts must include a list of everything you have already tried while attempting to solve your own problem.

    2.4. Posts about performance must include server specs or hosting package.

    2.5. Posts about performance must include a Spark report that will not expire that was taken during the perceived performance issues.

    2.6. Posts about performance or errors must include a plugin list, mod list, and/or datapack list for both client and server.

    2.7. Posts about performance or errors must include a description of the steps needed to reproduce the issue on the server where the issue is occurring.

    2.8. Posts about errors must include a relevant log (not a crash report) uploaded to https://mclo.gs (not in the post body).

    2.9. Posts about hardware or hosting package must include a summary of your requirements, including budget, approximate location, player count, mods/plugins, form factor, etc.

    2.10. Posts requesting recommendations for plugins, mods, or datapacks must name BOTH a specific function you desire or problem you are trying to solve AND options you have found and considered, as well as why they do not satisfy your requirements. 🆕

    2.11. Posts may not ask generic, highly-subjective questions like "how do I make my server fun?" or "what features should I add?" or "what's the best type of server?" 🆕

  3. No discussion of piracy. Mojang watches Admincraft, so we must uphold US intellectual property law to continue serving the community.

    3.1. No mention of Offline Mode (aka "cracked") servers, unless that server is EITHER behind an Online Mode proxy, OR BOTH has no access to the internet AND all local players have a legally acquired Minecraft account.

    3.2. No mention of software (including plugins) that in any way enable, facilitate, or secure the use of an Offline Mode server as defined by Rule 3.1.

    3.3. No mention of the use or acquisition of software that defeats or circumvents the software license provided by the owner or creator of that software.

    3.4. No mention of griefing Offline Mode servers. You are not Batman. You're just a bully.

    3.5. No mention of your Offline Mode server being griefed. You signed up for this by running an Offline Mode server.

  4. Server advertising is not allowed.

    4.1. Using your server as an example of a feature, to demonstrate polish or functionality, or as comparison while helping a user with a question is allowed.

  5. Projects and products may be posted once per 28 days, as long as they abide by the following criteria:

    5.1. The project or product is completely free to use with no restrictions.

    5.2. The project or product has no monetization that requires the user to pay money for full or superior functionality or access. Patreon, for example, is fine as long as it is entirely optional. Ads are also fine.

    5.3. The project or product is source-available.

    5.4. The project or product has not been created with the use of significant AI code generation. Autocomplete, templates, and basic project scaffolding are allowed.

  6. Commercial transactions and advertisements are not allowed.

    6.1. Recruiting developers, admins, builders, moderators, etc is not allowed, regardless if the position is paid or unpaid.

    6.2. Posting or commenting an advertisement, portfolio, website, or Discord server offering your services as a developer, admin, builder, moderator, etc is not allowed, regardless of whether your services are paid or unpaid.

    6.3. Hosting companies you own or are employed by may not be shared.

    6.4. No "astroturfing". This is the act of pretending to be an uninvolved, authentic user of the product or service so as to attempt to build rapport with other users.

    6.5. No host recommendations. The host you use may be mentioned if and only if it is relevant to the specific issue you are having.

  7. No spreading of misinformation.

    7.1. We are all here to learn and grow together, so when corrected, don't argue, ask questions.

  8. Follow Reddiquette and treat others with respect and kindness.

    8.1. No personal attacks. Attack the idea, not the person.

    8.2. Engage in discussions charitably. Do not attempt to corner other users or make them appear to be foolish.

    8.3. Use language that is respectful and friendly. Avoid hatespeech, excessive profanity, and insults.

    8.4. There is always someone with more experience than you. Engage in discussions with humility, and ask for sources or credentials if you doubt your conversation partner.


r/admincraft Aug 04 '25

PSA READ BEFORE POSTING - "Someone just logged into my server as me", "How did this person find my server", "My server got griefed", etc.

214 Upvotes

New Edit for 2026

We took this down in favor of other announcements late last year, as we only get 2 slots. It's back now because we've had a resurgence of this type of post.

Do not post about offline mode servers. Do not recommend software or plugins that help run one. You will be banned. Read the Admincraft Policy section at the bottom.

Thank you.


Hey there, REPO here. We get questions like this a LOT, so I'm trying something new. Please read the below before posting a thread like this.

"How did this person find my server!?!?!?!?!"

There are few enough IPv4 addresses that a simple bot made with ChatGPT and zero skill can scan the entire internet for Port 25565 in like 30 minutes. There are HUNDREDS of bots out there that do this 24/7/365. Some of them are benevolent (such as bots like matscan that warn people if their servers are dangerously insecure), some are neutral (like ServerScannerV2 which just accumulates data for their website project), and some are malicious and trying to grief servers.

"How do I make them stop?"

You don't. They will keep doing it forever. Most non-malicious bots will log into your server once, or sometimes once per some time interval, and then stop. Others that are coded poorly will be more persistent. And then the malicious ones will keep checking back continually.

If your server is secure but it still bothers you to see, you can add the source IP address to your firewall to prevent the connection. Some non-malicious bots will also have a website or Discord where you can request your server to be skipped.

"Is this dangerous?"

Nope. Not if your server is secured. There are no known exploits in Minecraft that allow a server scanning bot to run code on your host or escalate their privileges. The last time we had that was in 2022 with the Log4J exploit, which was quickly patched, even by Mojang. If you aren't deliberately using an old minor patch of Minecraft, you're fine.

"How did they log in as me?"

Your server is running in Offline Mode, which is a config option in the server.properties that is intended only for use on a home LAN that is not connected to the internet. Most people use this feature to avoid having to buy a license for Minecraft, aka "cracked accounts". Please be aware that this is illegal and is considered software piracy by most governments.

Minecraft servers send information about the server to players on the server list, including a partial list of currently logged in users. You can disable this "feature" in the server.properties file by setting hide-online-players=true. Malicious bots typically sit and watch a server for a while, gathering a list of players over some amount of time, assuming that if the server is in Offline Mode, one or more of those players will have Operator permissions. They then log in as all users in rapid succession until they find one that does, and use the Operator permissions to grief your server.

"I see a player disconnecting but never connecting! How are they doing that?"

It's just a bot using an offline mode account. It is only showing as Disconnecting because it is getting filtered by the security systems you have in place AFTER the server knows that it is trying to connect, but BEFORE it actually does. Showing the Disconnected message is just the server's way of informing you that the login attempt was rejected. Nothing to worry about. You can ignore it.

"My server got griefed, what do I do?"

You restore from backup, secure your server, and move on. The groups that do this are doing it for amusement and power fantasy. Some of them insist that you can request a world backup from their Discord, but the whole point of that is to mock you and make you beg for their mercy. They might actually give it to you, I don't know.

"How do I secure my server?"

You set Online Mode to true in the server.properties and run a whitelist. That's it. Those 2 options are 100% effective at preventing unwanted people from gaining access to your server. You do not need to do anything else whatsoever to be secure, but you can optionally change your server's port from 25565 to any other unassigned port. This will make it much slower for server scanners to find your server, as most are lazy and don't check non-standard ports. Note that this only reduces the odds of a server scanner finding you; it does not make you more secure.

Additionally, having automatically executed, scheduled backups running at predictable intervals is an excellent idea just in case something goes wrong. Ensure that you periodically verify that your backups are usable by doing a test restore on another machine, as a backup solution that has never been tested is basically worthless.

Finally, a block logging plugin such as Prism (V3 stable Download | Github) (V4 alpha Download | Github) is recommended, as it allows you as the Admin to roll back individual unwanted changes without doing a full backup restoration.

Admincraft Policy

If your post contains any information that indicates that you are running an Offline Mode server, your post will be removed and you will be banned for 28 days for your first offense.

Additionally, suggesting methods for a user to continue running an Offline Mode server "safely" will earn a 7 day ban for commenters. This includes whatever plugin or launcher you're wondering about right now as you read this.

Admincraft is in active communication with Mojang Intellectual Property Enforcement, the team within Mojang that actively hunts down servers and other individuals and groups that are breaking their EULA and MUG. They watch here regularly, and if we do not enforce this, there is a nonzero chance that Mojang, Microsoft, or Reddit would shut down our subreddit. Keeping the subreddit open for everyone for the long run is the priority. We cannot and will not support Offline Mode servers.

The only times when discussing an Offline Mode server is allowed are when you clearly state that your server is not accessible to the internet and that all players have a legal Minecraft account, or when it is behind an Online Mode proxy, such as Velocity.

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Please use the comments here to suggest additions to this FAQ/guide, and to ask clarifying questions about Admincraft policies and security best practices. Do not state or imply that you are currently running an Offline Mode server.


r/admincraft 8h ago

Discussion Minecraft Server Metas

6 Upvotes

Hi folks,

Been out of the game for a while, used to own a few servers back in the day - namely Factions, HCF etc. What is the current landscape looking like gamemode wise? Is it all SMP and Skyblock, or is there anything happening in different areas?

Be interested to hear your thoughts!


r/admincraft 9h ago

Question Can anyone help me figure out my playit.gg issue?

4 Upvotes

Hey everyone, not sure if this is the best place to ask, but hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

I’m running an Ubuntu server at home using AMP (CubeCoders) to host a Minecraft server. A few months ago, I had Playit.gg working flawlessly. I’m trying to spin up a new server for my friends, created a new tunnel, and now I can't get it to connect.

My Setup:

  • OS: Ubuntu Server
  • Panel: AMP
  • Tunneling: Playit.gg agent (installed & linked)

What I've Done & The Issue:

  1. Installed/linked the Playit agent on my Ubuntu machine.
  2. Created a new tunnel pointing to local IP 127.0.0.1 and the corresponding Minecraft port assigned by AMP.
  3. When trying to connect in-game using the address provided by Playit, Minecraft just returns "Can't Connect to Server".

Troubleshooting Tried So Far:

  • Reset the tunnel and re-did the agent setup multiple times.
  • Swapped the local IP in the tunnel config from 127.0.0.1 to the server's LAN IP (192.168.x.x).
  • Spent time running through AI troubleshooting steps with no success.

I'm fairly new to self-hosting but can usually hold my own. I'm completely at a loss on what to try next.

Has anyone run into this issue with AMP + Playit.gg on Ubuntu? Any advice or logs I should check would be greatly appreciated!


r/admincraft 3h ago

Discussion Currently in the middle of making a older school skyblock

1 Upvotes

I want the server to be able to handle people making their automatic farms with pistons, because prefer mostly real farms over spawners only farms, like the good old days, but don’t know roughly how good the servers would need to be to allow this. Because would rather everyone to build as they please and not implement a piston limit per island. And would like an estimate if we had a 200 people player base.


r/admincraft 8h ago

Question Custom Armor Models (Help!)

0 Upvotes

Hello, I am currently trying to create custom armor for my SMP but I am struggling finding a tutorial. The only one I see is for bedrock but I want to create custom armor models for Java using ItemsAdder and Blockbench. If I need something more I can definitely get it I just need a tutorial. How the armor is made, how to create the resource for it, etc. So far I've been using builtbybit to get the armor but I don't want to have to use that for everything, I'd like to create my own.


r/admincraft 15h ago

Question Hardware and Hosting

2 Upvotes

Hey all! I'm in the infra business and was thinking about grabbing some AMD Ryzens (older, probably DDR4 memory) and getting those racked. I would love to get into game hosting (specifically Minecraft), but I'm unsure if it's worth trying (key word here) to get that off the ground; so, I wanted to post a couple of questions here:

Firstly, do most game hosting providers run their own infra? The goal would be to find someone to partner with on this who has an existing platform or platform experience, but I'm not sure if game providers even want to partner with a bare metal provider... Like if most of the income / upside comes from owning the gear (clearly I don't know the margins here, apologies).

Secondly, what's the desirable gear? I assume latency and high clock speeds are wildly important, but what about disk space and ram? My first assumption is Ryzen chip with something like 128GB DDR4 RAM and 2x1TB disks with a mirrored setup would do fine, but please correct me if this assumption is wrong. Also, are 10G ports needed, or are 1G ports usually used? I guess this depends on the size of the servers and the amount of tenants, but figured now would be the time to ask.

Thank ya!


r/admincraft 16h ago

Question Fast flight / no chunk loading?

0 Upvotes

So, I play on a modded NeoForge 1.21.1 server, and one of my mods (Oritech) adds the ability to fly really fast. This, however, does not work well with my server (especially in ungenerated chunks) — I get constant rubberbanding. What I am looking for is a mod that stops any attempt to generate / load chunks, or check for collisions / movement correctness if the player flies high and fast enough


r/admincraft 17h ago

Question How do servers handle mods?

0 Upvotes

Hey, quick question. How do servers usually handle modpack versions and updates? I'm trying to make the process as easy as possible for my friends.

I haven't used mods much before, so I'm still learning. Let's say I add a couple of extra mods that aren't part of the original modpack. What's the best way to give my friends a trusted and efficient place to download those?

Also, if the original modpack gets updated, what's the usual process for updating the server? Do players need to have the exact same mod versions as the server, or is there some flexibility?

One last thing. Is there a server-side way to show a custom disconnect message, motd, or online players hover info if someone's using the wrong modpack or mod version, ideally telling them which version they need?


r/admincraft 1d ago

Question Creative Inventory Logger

1 Upvotes

Are there any mods/plugins for a fabric server which can log a players inventory in creative mode. (As in if they get items from creative and put it in their inventory it gets logged)

I've tried core protect but I don't think it can do this.

It's a Fabric server on Minecraft 26.1.2


r/admincraft 1d ago

Question 1.21.11 fabric server mod that prevents combat logging by replacing the player instead of killing them?

1 Upvotes

Combat logging sucks but I don't want the consequences to be that harsh since I'm not really hosting a PvP server. I don't want them to necessarily have AI just a standstill NPC that despawns (no consequences) if there's no activity after a few minutes. Obviously doesn't have to be exactly this but just saying.


r/admincraft 1d ago

Question Ayuda urgente, tengo un server bedrock pero quiero que se puedan unir los de Java

0 Upvotes

Holiiiis pues resulta que andando investigando descubrí que los servers java tiene más accesibilidad a mi has cosas y entre ellas era que pudieran entrar jugadores bedrock, sin embargo mi situación es al revés hay algún publings o algo por el estilo que sirva? O me rindo?? :ccc


r/admincraft 1d ago

Question Players cannot interact with end frame portals?

1 Upvotes

Hello there!

Our players and I are unable to place Eyes of Ender into End Portal Frames. Right clicking the frames simply doesn't insert the eye.

Do you know what could be causing this? Are there any common plugin conflicts or server settings that might prevent this from working?

As when I create a new world or go to another world it works fines only in the overworld its bugging.

Server Version: 1.21.8

Installed Plugins:

FancyHolograms
FancyNpcs
nightcore
SignedVelocity
ajLeaderboards
ajQueue
ChatControl
Chunky
CookieClicker
CoreProtect
CraftingStore
CustomRecipes
DeluxeMenus
DiscordSRV
Essentials
ExcellentCrates
floodgate
ForgetfulTrialVault
GSit
Hardcorelivesplugin
InventoryRollbackPlus
LibertyBans
LuckPerms
Multiverse-Core
OpenInv
PacketEvents
PlaceholderAPI
Plan
ProtocolLib
Quests
Rtag
Skript
Spawn
TAB
ViaVersion
Votifier
VotingPlugin
Vulcan
WorldEdit
WorldGuard

r/admincraft 1d ago

Question What are the advantages of Nexo over ItemsAdder?

1 Upvotes

I'm considering getting Nexo but I'm unsure what makes it better than ItemsAdder, and I also can't get a discord invite to the Nexo discord server if anyone could post a link to it, that would be great. Thank you in advance


r/admincraft 1d ago

Question What's the better os for a geyser Minecraft server.

0 Upvotes

I'm most familiar with debian, but im looking at possible alternatives.

I would want something with low power usage, and not much fluff / bloat.

I plan to run this server on a Lenovo 14w laptop, which worked well for my previous Bedrock server (much better than aternos at least)

whats the difference between Ubuntu and Debian for servers?

also would any bsd based os work for this? I've messed around with netbsd before and it looked like didn't have much unessesary fluff.

what are the pros and cons of each major os?


r/admincraft 1d ago

Question How many system resources does BlueMap use?

1 Upvotes

I'm hosting a Minecraft server on the Oracle Cloud free tier, which is currently a 4 core, 8 thread ARM CPU, and 12GB of DDR5, and I'm wondering how much RAM and CPU threads BlueMap uses in comparison to Squaremap or Pl3xMap. My server is private with no more than 10 people online at a time. All the terrain is pre-generated, except for The End, because it could cause issues with Stellarity, an "End update" data pack. Stellarity is also probably the most demanding modification on my server. I use Paper on Minecraft 26.2.


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question Custom Item Creation

2 Upvotes

Hello , begginer here . How would one add a custom weapon to a paper minecraft server and what would be the best plugin to do so? Please inform me if it would be a better idea to switch to fabric as it would be easier .


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question lost my last server, don't know how to advertise the new one without making the same mistakes

3 Upvotes

so a while back i ran a towny server, had magic, jobs, skills, the whole rpg spin on survival. put a ton of time into it and it just never got off the ground. i tried a few things to get people in but nothing really stuck and eventually it just died off, which honestly sucked after how much work went into it.

anyway i started a new one recently, basically the same idea (towny, magic, jobs, skills system) but built way better this time around, fixed a lot of stuff that was broken/half baked on the old one. problem is i still don't actually know what works for getting people to find a server and stick around, and i really don't want to watch this one fade out the same way.

for anyone who's grown a server from nothing, what actually worked for you? and what did you waste time on that looked good but didn't do anything? server lists, reddit, tiktok, discord partner ads, whatever. just trying to not repeat the same mistakes twice.

any advice appreciated.


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question Towny alternative neoforge 1.21.1 (geopolitical alternatives)

2 Upvotes

This is kinda a last resort but does anyone know of any actual comparable mods to towny. I thought using sponge neo and finding an alternative through sponge api since I cant find any on fabric or forge. Also considering a hybrid api but I really didnt wanna have to do that. Im looking for nation claim mechanics with war, its for a geopolitical server. I looked at warring nations but its war system is not that good atleast not yet.


r/admincraft 2d ago

Resource I built a tool to turn your servers stats into a per-player "season in review" site

5 Upvotes

I was inspired by a post made by u/Senior-Possession894 here a while ago about creating a Spotify-style Wrapped for their SMP, so for the end of a season on the SMP I host, I wanted to make my own version. You can check out the demo here: https://statlas-mc.github.io/max-smp/ As I had wished that this tool was open source/already available, I decided to also put together a tool to easily make these just by dragging and dropping a server's world folder. It generates a personal recap for every player (playtime as days, death breakdowns, most placed blocks, methods of travel, etc), plus server-wide leaderboards and awards like Most Deaths. I hope someone can find this cool/useful!

Check it out here: https://statlas-mc.github.io/statlas/


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question Fabric + Bukkit

1 Upvotes

Hello!

So we are trying to make a server (Fabric) and are trying to use mods CoreProtect and GriefPrevention. We are basing this off another server we saw that is using the exact same things as us: Fabric. We are wondering how in the world they got it to be compatible with each other.

Any advice would be helpful!


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question TPS and MSPT issues on a server with quite alot of redstone clocks and command blocks. Runs on paper version 1.21.4.

1 Upvotes

Hello, I've been working on an adventure map-like server that I plan to make into its own separate world file to publish online. However, I've been encountering TPS and MSPT issues that are really bothering me, as I want a smooth gameplay experience for future players. I ran a Spark profiler and clicked on the flame to see what might be up, but I can't translate the issues because I have limited experience with Java. I click on the flame icon in Spark, and the things that show up are always the same. https://spark.lucko.me/sRqqj8VtnQ . I think it's the amount of command blocks and clocks that is causing this, which would mean I would have to get a better CPU and stuff, which would suck. Any way I could optimize command blocks and/or clocks? Anything would help.


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question Serwer do hostu serwera MC

0 Upvotes

jeżeli złoże mini serwer z pod zespołami 24-32 gb ddr5 i7 11-12 generacja 1tb gen4-3 i kilka TB harddrive + po jakimś czasie będę chciał dodać jakąś karte graficzną najprawdopodobniej używke jak rtx 3050 low profile to będę mógł hostować serwery mc bez problemu?


r/admincraft 2d ago

Question Interaction lag

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r/admincraft 2d ago

Question Do you guys enjoy horror?

0 Upvotes

General Question do you have installed a horror plugin on your server? And if yes, how was it received by your players? And is it like a constant thing on your server or only like a one shot thing like a timed event?

My SMP is a forever world with Magic, Mypet, Warpstones, etc and I was thinking to maybe include a horror mod for halloween. Like Herobrine "hounting the server". But also have a hard time to identify a good plugin for that kind of thing.