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Minecraft Java: updates, settings and interface

Game updates, plugin versions and improvements to our interface with a traceable history.

Recorded, available and installed are different states. Your actual installation status and suitable updates are shown in the server panel.

Change type

Game update Source entry dated 19.07.2019

Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.14.4

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Effects on plugins

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

EssentialsX: Not checked yet

Multiverse-Core: Not checked yet

CoreProtect: Not checked yet

Simple Voice Chat: Not checked yet

LuckPerms: Not checked yet

WorldEdit: Not checked yet

WorldGuard: Not checked yet

TAB: Not checked yet

TabTPS: Not checked yet

SkinsRestorer: Not checked yet

VeinMiner: Not checked yet

Chunky: Not checked yet

Plasmo Voice: Not checked yet

squaremap: Not checked yet

BlueMap: Not checked yet

Dynmap: Not checked yet

Plan Player Analytics: Not checked yet

Votifier: Not checked yet

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Game update Source entry dated 09.07.2019

Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.14.3

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Effects on plugins

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

EssentialsX: Not checked yet

Multiverse-Core: Not checked yet

CoreProtect: Not checked yet

Simple Voice Chat: Not checked yet

LuckPerms: Not checked yet

WorldEdit: Not checked yet

WorldGuard: Not checked yet

TAB: Not checked yet

TabTPS: Not checked yet

SkinsRestorer: Not checked yet

VeinMiner: Not checked yet

Chunky: Not checked yet

Plasmo Voice: Not checked yet

squaremap: Not checked yet

BlueMap: Not checked yet

Dynmap: Not checked yet

Plan Player Analytics: Not checked yet

Votifier: Not checked yet

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Game update Source entry dated 29.05.2019

Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.14.2

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Effects on plugins

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

EssentialsX: Not checked yet

Multiverse-Core: Not checked yet

CoreProtect: Not checked yet

Simple Voice Chat: Not checked yet

LuckPerms: Not checked yet

WorldEdit: Not checked yet

WorldGuard: Not checked yet

TAB: Not checked yet

TabTPS: Not checked yet

SkinsRestorer: Not checked yet

VeinMiner: Not checked yet

Chunky: Not checked yet

Plasmo Voice: Not checked yet

squaremap: Not checked yet

BlueMap: Not checked yet

Dynmap: Not checked yet

Plan Player Analytics: Not checked yet

Votifier: Not checked yet

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Game update Source entry dated 13.05.2019

Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.14.1

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Effects on plugins

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

EssentialsX: Not checked yet

Multiverse-Core: Not checked yet

CoreProtect: Not checked yet

Simple Voice Chat: Not checked yet

LuckPerms: Not checked yet

WorldEdit: Not checked yet

WorldGuard: Not checked yet

TAB: Not checked yet

TabTPS: Not checked yet

SkinsRestorer: Not checked yet

VeinMiner: Not checked yet

Chunky: Not checked yet

Plasmo Voice: Not checked yet

squaremap: Not checked yet

BlueMap: Not checked yet

Dynmap: Not checked yet

Plan Player Analytics: Not checked yet

Votifier: Not checked yet

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Game update Source entry dated 23.04.2019

Minecraft - Village & Pillage - 1.14.0 (Java)

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Effects on plugins

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

EssentialsX: Not checked yet

Multiverse-Core: Not checked yet

CoreProtect: Not checked yet

Simple Voice Chat: Not checked yet

LuckPerms: Not checked yet

WorldEdit: Not checked yet

WorldGuard: Not checked yet

TAB: Not checked yet

TabTPS: Not checked yet

SkinsRestorer: Not checked yet

VeinMiner: Not checked yet

Chunky: Not checked yet

Plasmo Voice: Not checked yet

squaremap: Not checked yet

BlueMap: Not checked yet

Dynmap: Not checked yet

Plan Player Analytics: Not checked yet

Votifier: Not checked yet

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Game update Source entry dated 18.07.2018

Minecraft: Java Edition - 1.13 (Update Aquatic)

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Effects on plugins

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

EssentialsX: Not checked yet

Multiverse-Core: Not checked yet

CoreProtect: Not checked yet

Simple Voice Chat: Not checked yet

LuckPerms: Not checked yet

WorldEdit: Not checked yet

WorldGuard: Not checked yet

TAB: Not checked yet

TabTPS: Not checked yet

SkinsRestorer: Not checked yet

VeinMiner: Not checked yet

Chunky: Not checked yet

Plasmo Voice: Not checked yet

squaremap: Not checked yet

BlueMap: Not checked yet

Dynmap: Not checked yet

Plan Player Analytics: Not checked yet

Votifier: Not checked yet

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What the interface looks like

The image shows the interface on its capture date; earlier versions may differ.

Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08

What the settings do

These values come from our guided editors. Defaults are the editor starting values; they do not show the contents of a customer server.

Message of the Day (MOTD)

Setting: motd
Default: A Minecraft Server
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Server Port

The port is assigned automatically when the server starts and cannot be changed here.

Setting: server-port
Default: 25565
Range / options: 1024 – 65535
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Max Players

Setting: max-players
Default: 20
Range / options: 1 – 200
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Online Mode (Mojang Auth)

Java Edition: online authentication protects player names and UUIDs. Disabling it enables identity spoofing and is not recommended.

Setting: online-mode
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Whitelist

Setting: white-list
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enforce Whitelist

Setting: enforce-whitelist
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Server List Status

Setting: enable-status
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Hide Online Players

Setting: hide-online-players
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Broadcast Console Messages to Operators

Setting: broadcast-console-to-ops
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Difficulty

Setting: difficulty
Default: easy
Range / options: peaceful, easy, normal, hard
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Game Mode

Setting: gamemode
Default: survival
Range / options: survival, creative, adventure, spectator
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Force Game Mode on Join

Setting: force-gamemode
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable PvP

Setting: pvp
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
When it takes effect: Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties. Use this gamerule instead: pvp

Allow Flight

Setting: allow-flight
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Nether

Setting: allow-nether
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
When it takes effect: Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties. Use this gamerule instead: allowEnteringNetherUsingPortals

Spawn Protection (Radius)

Setting: spawn-protection
Default: 16
Range / options: 0 – 100
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Command Blocks

Setting: enable-command-block
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
When it takes effect: Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties. Use this gamerule instead: commandBlocksEnabled

Hardcore Mode

Setting: hardcore
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Spawn Monsters

Setting: spawn-monsters
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
When it takes effect: Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties. Use this gamerule instead: spawnMonsters

Spawn Animals

Setting: spawn-animals
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
When it takes effect: Since Minecraft 1.21.2, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.

Spawn NPCs

Setting: spawn-npcs
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
When it takes effect: Since Minecraft 1.21.2, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.

World Name

Determines which world folder is loaded. A new name loads a different (possibly empty) world — your existing world is not deleted and returns once you re-enter the old name and restart.

Setting: level-name
Default: world
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

World Seed

Setting: level-seed
Default
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

World Type

Setting: level-type
Default: normal
Range / options: normal, flat, largeBiomes, amplified
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Generate Structures

Setting: generate-structures
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Max. World Size

Setting: max-world-size
Default: 29999984
Range / options: 1 – 29999984
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

View Distance

Java view distance in chunks. High values increase network, memory and CPU load.

Setting: view-distance
Default: 10
Range / options: 2 – 32
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Simulation Distance

Java simulation distance for ticks, mobs and redstone. It is not Bedrock tick distance; high values increase CPU load.

Setting: simulation-distance
Default: 10
Range / options: 2 – 32
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

AFK Timeout (Minutes)

Setting: player-idle-timeout
Default: 0
Range / options: 0 – 999
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Entity Broadcast Range (%)

Setting: entity-broadcast-range-percentage
Default: 100
Range / options: 10 – 1000
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Compression Threshold (Bytes)

Setting: network-compression-threshold
Default: 256
Range / options: -1 – 65535
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Require Resource Pack

Setting: require-resource-pack
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Resource Pack URL

Setting: resource-pack
Default
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Resource Pack SHA-1

Setting: resource-pack-sha1
Default
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Minecraft Version

The version of minecraft to download. Leave at latest to always get the latest version. Invalid versions will default to latest.

Setting: MINECRAFT_VERSION
Default: latest
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Server Jar File

The name of the server jarfile to run the server with.

Setting: SERVER_JARFILE
Default: server.jar
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Build Number

The build number for the paper release. Leave at latest to always get the latest version. Invalid versions will default to latest.

Setting: BUILD_NUMBER
Default: latest
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.