Game & server hosting guides
Honest comparisons, server explainers and hosting guides — written by the team behind 10,000+ servers.
How to Build Your Own Modpack and Run It on Your Server
A step-by-step guide to building your own modpack: version and loader first, then core mods, dependencies, performance mods and sharing it with players.
4 Aug 2026
Dynmap vs BlueMap: A Live Web Map of Your World
Dynmap or BlueMap: how a live web map works, what the first render costs your server, and how to avoid handing out the location of every player base.
4 Aug 2026
DiscordSRV: Link Your Minecraft Server to Discord
Bridge chat, console and ranks between your Minecraft server and Discord with DiscordSRV, including the two mistakes that go wrong most often.
4 Aug 2026
DawnCraft Server: Souls-Like RPG With Friends
DawnCraft is built on souls-like combat in a shared world: bosses and quest givers belong to the server, not the player. What that means for your setup and RAM.
4 Aug 2026
What is MC-Node? Everything about our hosting in 2026
What is MC-Node? Founded 2019, own hardware in Hengelo, Minecraft from €0.50 and a flat €1.10 per GB. Specs, prices and 18 FAQs.
4 Aug 2026
Datapacks vs Mods vs Plugins: What Is the Difference?
Datapacks tweak vanilla, plugins run server-side on Paper and only mods add genuinely new blocks. Here is how to pick the right type for your goal.
4 Aug 2026
Create Modpacks on Your Server: Above and Beyond, Astral, Arcane
What Create: Above and Beyond, Astral and Arcane Engineering demand from your server, and how to keep moving contraptions from causing tick spikes.
4 Aug 2026
CoreProtect: Roll Back Griefing and See Who Did What
With /co i you see who touched a block and with /co rollback you undo griefing: how inspect, rollback, restore and purge work, and why this is no backup.
4 Aug 2026
Cobblemon or Pixelmon: Which Pokemon Mod to Pick in 2026?
Cobblemon is free, open source and often runs on 4-8 GB RAM; Pixelmon is more complete but needed 10-12 GB. How to choose, including monthly cost.
4 Aug 2026
Cobblemon Server Setup: Pokemon in Minecraft on 4-8 GB
Cobblemon replaced Pixelmon with 25.5+ million downloads and often runs on 4-8 GB RAM. Loader choice, spawns, add-ons and server setup in one place.
4 Aug 2026
Better MC (BMC4) on a Server: What You Need to Know
Better MC is a vanilla-plus modpack with plenty of content but no tech tree: how to pick the right edition and what it asks of your server.
4 Aug 2026
All the Mods 10 on Your Own Server: RAM, Java 21 and Settings
ATM10 is the biggest kitchen-sink pack around right now: NeoForge, 1.21.1, 400-500+ mods and at least 10 GB of RAM. Here is what that means for your server.
4 Aug 2026