Game & server hosting guides
Honest comparisons, server explainers and hosting guides — written by the team behind 10,000+ servers.
Adding custom cars to your FiveM server
Custom cars make your server unique, but heavy car packs are the number one cause of long loading times and texture loss. Here's how to install addon vehicles the smart way: from meta files to spawning with vMenu.
24 Aug 2026
VPS or Game Server: What Do You Actually Need?
A VPS gives you root access and complete freedom, but also all the management and maintenance. A game server is online within minutes but less flexible — here's how to decide which of the two truly fits your project.
17 Aug 2026
Building a Minecraft Server Network with Velocity
With a Velocity proxy you connect multiple Minecraft servers behind a single address: lobby, survival and minigames without logging in again. Here's how to set it up, including the forwarding secret that keeps your network safe.
17 Aug 2026
From VPS to VDS: when is it time to make the switch?
A VPS shares CPU cores with other customers; a VDS reserves them exclusively for you. Here's how to tell when that upgrade makes sense and how to migrate without losing your players.
17 Aug 2026
Valheim dedicated server: the complete guide
With a dedicated server your Valheim world runs day and night, even when the usual host is offline. From importing your world and ports to BepInEx mods and a smooth megabase: here's how to set it up right.
17 Aug 2026
Setting up txAdmin on your FiveM server
txAdmin is the free management panel that comes with every FiveM server by default. Here's how to run through the setup wizard, pick a recipe and schedule restarts and backups without stress.
17 Aug 2026
Rust wipes: picking the right schedule and automating it
Wipes are part of Rust, but the wrong schedule costs you players. Here's how to choose between weekly, biweekly and monthly, plan smartly around the force wipe and automate the whole process.
17 Aug 2026
Palworld 1.0 is fully supported — updating takes one restart
Palworld has left early access: 1.0 now runs on all MC-Node servers. Updating takes exactly one restart — your world and players carry over.
17 Aug 2026
Paper or Purpur for your Minecraft server?
Paper is the standard for Minecraft servers with plugins; Purpur builds on it with hundreds of extra settings. We compare performance, options and compatibility, with honest advice per server type.
17 Aug 2026
Starting a Dutch FiveM roleplay server: the checklist
Most Dutch roleplay servers don't fail on technology, but on the lack of a plan. With this checklist you sort out your concept, team, framework, whitelist and Discord before launch night.
17 Aug 2026
Securing your Minecraft server: whitelist, permissions, DDoS
A wrecked spawn or a leaked op account happens fast, but the most important security work takes an evening at most. From whitelist and LuckPerms to backups and the DDoS protection that's included by default at MC-Node.
17 Aug 2026
A backup strategy for your Minecraft server that really works
A crash, a botched plugin update or griefing can wipe out months of building. With panel backups, a smart schedule, off-server copies and a tested restore, you're back online within fifteen minutes.
17 Aug 2026