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Minecraft | Good New Server Practices

Here's a rundown of smart steps and tools to keep your server smooth, fast, and secure...

 

🧭 World Pre-Generation

To avoid chunk lag and hitching when players explore, it’s highly recommended to pre-generate your world before going live.

🔌 Top Plugin:

  • Chunky – Actively maintained, works great on Paper and forks. Supports preloading Nether/End as well.

🧱 Forge/Fabric Mods:

  • Chunk-Pregenerator (for Forge) – One of the most popular mods for automated and safe pregens.

  • Chunky for Fabric – A Fabric port of Chunky; clean, efficient, and easy to use.

🔐 Whitelist Early, Public Later

When you’re still testing or building, turn on a whitelist. Keeps unwanted players out and prevents early issues. Once you're confident the server is ready, flip it public.

🛡️ DDoS Protection That Actually Works

We already protect the backend—but for true full-stack protection, you should front your server with one of these:

  • TCPShield – Widely trusted in the community. Built for Minecraft, supports Bungee/Velocity. Helps protect backend IPs.

  • NeoProtect – Enterprise-grade mitigation with solid latency and reliability. Great for networks needing extra peace of mind.

Revitalize Tip: Using one of these on top of our existing protection gives you top-tier resilience. Especially for our lower tiers that need this!

🔒 Bungee/Velocity Security Musts

If you’re running a network setup (BungeeCord or Velocity), don’t skip this:

  • Use a firewall or iptables to lock backend servers so they only accept connections from the proxy.

  • Use IP forwarding and enable Bungee mode in your server configs (Spigot, Paper, etc).

  • Consider running the proxy behind TCPShield or NeoProtect too.

💡 More Pro Tips

  • Limit Plugins at Launch – Don’t dump 50 plugins in on day one. Start clean, test performance, and grow from there.

  • Use Paper or a Fork (like Purpur, Pufferfish, etc) – For better performance and more control.

  • Enable Timings or use Spark – Helps monitor performance issues if things start to lag.

  • Backups Matter – Schedule them. Test them. Don’t learn the hard way.

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