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Recommended Minecraft Server Hygiene

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. However, keep an eye on your disk usage! Pre-generating will utilize storage.

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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