Minecraft
All articles about Minecraft: guides, explainers and honest comparisons.
Migrating from vanilla to Paper without breaking your world
Your world keeps working, because Paper reads the same format as vanilla. What does change: the config files, redstone timings and mob spawning.
4 Aug 2026
TPS, MSPT and lag: what the numbers really mean
20 TPS is the ceiling and 50 ms per tick is the limit: how to read the numbers and tell whether lag comes from the server, your PC or the network.
4 Aug 2026
spark: find out where the lag on your Minecraft server comes from
spark measures which plugin, mod or chunk is eating your tick time, so you never have to guess where the lag on your Minecraft server comes from.
4 Aug 2026
Setting up a Skyblock server: modpack or plugin?
Skyblock saves disk space but hammers your CPU: how to choose between a mod skyblock on 10 to 16 GB of RAM and a plugin skyblock on Paper.
4 Aug 2026
server.properties explained: the settings that really matter
Which server.properties lines actually matter, what a sensible value looks like, and why view-distance and simulation-distance decide your TPS.
4 Aug 2026
Setting up an RLCraft server: hardcore survival, no surprises
RLCraft has 27+ million downloads and still runs on Forge and Minecraft 1.12.2. What that means for your Java runtime, RAM, chunk loading and server admin.
4 Aug 2026
Setting up a Prominence II: Hasturian Era server with friends
What a Prominence II: Hasturian Era server needs, how quest progress works in multiplayer and where the pack really differs from DawnCraft.
4 Aug 2026
Sodium, Lithium and FPS: which performance mod goes where?
FPS is your PC, TPS is the server: Sodium and Iris only help you, while Lithium, Canary and FerriteCore make the server itself faster.
4 Aug 2026
Paper, Spigot, Purpur or vanilla: which server software?
Paper is the default choice for most servers; vanilla, Spigot, Purpur and Pufferfish compared on performance, plugin support and vanilla accuracy.
4 Aug 2026
Update a modpack without losing your world
An update within the same Minecraft version is usually safe; a jump to a new version is not. Here's how to update your modpack without losing your world.
4 Aug 2026
Installing a Modpack on Your Server: CurseForge to Running
From downloading the server pack to a running server: the right Java version, enough RAM and the five mistakes that wreck modpack servers most often.
4 Aug 2026
Minecraft Versions in 2026: From 1.21 to 26.1, 26.2 and 26.3
Minecraft Java has counted by year since 2026: 26.1, 26.2 and, since 15 September, 26.3. What that means for your server, your plugins and your mods.
4 Aug 2026