How To Configure Your Minecraft Server
It’s common to enable flight in Minecraft, change difficulty, toggle pvp, change motd and much more. To change Minecraft server settings you’ll have to edit a file named server.properties. Alternatively, for more advanced users, you can make yourself OP and make many of these changes via in-game commands.
Changing Server Settings
- Log into the Game Host Bros Panel.
- Stop your server.
- Go to
Management > File Manager. - Open
server.properties. - Edit the settings you want to change.
- Start your server.
Minecraft Server Settings
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allow-flight | false | Allows users to use flight on the server while in Survival mode. |
| difficulty | easy | Defines the difficulty (such as damage dealt by mobs and the way hunger and poison affect players) of the server. |
| enable-command-block | false | Enables command blocks. |
| enforce-whitelist | false | Enforces the whitelist on the server. |
| gamemode | survival | Defines the mode of gameplay. |
| hardcore | false | Server difficulty is ignored and set to hard and players are set to spectator mode if they die. |
| level-name | world | The “level-name” value is used as the world name and its folder name. |
| level-seed | blank | Sets a world seed for the player’s world, as in Singleplayer. The world generates with a random seed if left blank. |
| level-type | minecraft:normal | Determines the world preset that is generated. |
| max-players | 20 | The maximum number of players that can play on the server at the same time. |
| motd | A Minecraft Server | This is the message that is displayed in the server list of the client. |
| player-idle-timeout | 0 | If non-zero, players are kicked from the server if they are idle for more than that many minutes. |
| pvp | true | Enables Player versus Player combat. |
These are the most commonly changed Minecraft server settings. A full list can be found Here.
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