Since virtually all router models have unique pages, you may want to check your router’s manual or online documentation for specific instructions on assigning addresses and forwarding ports.

If you’ve never set these credentials but are asked for them anyway, check your router’s manual for the stock username and password.

Find your router’s list of connected items. Select your computer. Change your computer’s number if necessary.

Since your router will assign a new address to your computer when it reboots and it will usually reboot after setting up port forwarding, assigning a static IP address is crucial.

Since your router will assign a new address to your computer when it reboots and it will usually reboot after setting up port forwarding, assigning a static IP address is crucial.

Since your router will assign a new address to your computer when it reboots and it will usually reboot after setting up port forwarding, assigning a static IP address is crucial.

Again, router pages differ from one another, so you might want to check your router’s documentation rather than looking around until you find the “Port Forwarding” section.

Again, router pages differ from one another, so you might want to check your router’s documentation rather than looking around until you find the “Port Forwarding” section.

Port 25565 is the default port used by the Minecraft server.

If your computer’s Java isn’t up to date, you may run into issues while hosting your server.

If your computer’s Java isn’t up to date, you may run into issues while hosting your server.

Go to the JDK webpage Check the “Accept License Agreement” box below the “Java SE Development Kit 8u201” heading. Click the jdk-8u201-windows-x64. exe download link to the right of the “Windows x64” heading. Double-click the install file, then follow the on-screen instructions.

You can also click the server file to select it, press Ctrl+C, open the “Minecraft Server” folder, and press Ctrl+V to paste in the file.

Double-click the “eula” file. Replace the “eula=false” line of text with “eula=true” Press Ctrl+S to save your changes. Close the text document.

For example, if your computer’s static IP address is “192. 168. 2. 30”, you would have server-ip=192. 168. 2. 30 here.

Open Notepad (you may have to click Start {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/0/07/Windowsstart. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/0/07/Windowsstart. png/30px-Windowsstart. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">

I edited this screenshot of a Windows icon. \n</p>

License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Public_domain">Public Domain</a>
\n</p></div>"} and type in notepad to find it). Type java -Xmx3G -Xms1G -jar server. jar into Notepad. Click File, then click Save As. . . in the drop-down menu. Type run. bat into the “File name” text box. Click the “Save as type” drop-down menu, then click All Files. Select the “Minecraft Server” as the save location. Click Save

Open Notepad (you may have to click Start {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/0/07/Windowsstart. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/0/07/Windowsstart. png/30px-Windowsstart. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">

I edited this screenshot of a Windows icon. \n</p>

License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Public_domain">Public Domain</a>
\n</p></div>"} and type in notepad to find it). Type java -Xmx3G -Xms1G -jar server. jar into Notepad. Click File, then click Save As. . . in the drop-down menu. Type run. bat into the “File name” text box. Click the “Save as type” drop-down menu, then click All Files. Select the “Minecraft Server” as the save location. Click Save

If your computer’s Java isn’t up to date, you may run into issues while hosting your server.

If your computer’s Java isn’t up to date, you may run into issues while hosting your server.

Go to the JDK webpage Check the “Accept License Agreement” box below the “Java SE Development Kit 8u201” heading. Click the jdk-8u201-macosx-x64. dmg download link to the right of the “Mac OS X x64” heading. Double-click the DMG file, then drag the Java icon onto the “Applications” folder. Follow any on-screen instructions.

You can also click the server file to select it, press ⌘ Command+C, open the “Minecraft Server” folder, and press ⌘ Command+V to paste in the file.

Double-click the “eula” file. Replace the “eula=false” line of text with “eula=true” Press ⌘ Command+S to save your changes. Close the text document.

If you’re unable to open the file, click it, click File, click Rename, remove the period between “server” and “properties” (you may first have to click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” box and uncheck “Hide Extensions”), and click Save.

If you’re unable to open the file, click it, click File, click Rename, remove the period between “server” and “properties” (you may first have to click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” box and uncheck “Hide Extensions”), and click Save.

If you’re unable to open the file, click it, click File, click Rename, remove the period between “server” and “properties” (you may first have to click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” box and uncheck “Hide Extensions”), and click Save.

If you’re unable to open the file, click it, click File, click Rename, remove the period between “server” and “properties” (you may first have to click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” box and uncheck “Hide Extensions”), and click Save.

For example, if your computer’s static IP address is “192. 168. 2. 30”, you would have server-ip=192. 168. 2. 30 here.

Open Spotlight {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/e/ea/Macspotlight. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/e/ea/Macspotlight. png/30px-Macspotlight. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">

I edited this screenshot of a Mac icon. \n</p>

License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"}, type in textedit, double-click TextEdit, and click New Document. Type the following into TextEdit: #!/bin/bash cd “$(dirname “$0”)” java -Xmx3G -Xms1G -jar server. jar Click Format, then click Make Plain Text and click OK. Click File, then click Save in the drop-down menu. Type run into the “Name” tap, then click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” box. Uncheck the “Hide Extension” box, then replace “. txt” in the “Name” box with . command. Select the “Minecraft Server” folder as the save location, click Save, and click Use . command when prompted.

Open Spotlight {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/e/ea/Macspotlight. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/e/ea/Macspotlight. png/30px-Macspotlight. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">

I edited this screenshot of a Mac icon. \n</p>

License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"}, type in textedit, double-click TextEdit, and click New Document. Type the following into TextEdit: #!/bin/bash cd “$(dirname “$0”)” java -Xmx3G -Xms1G -jar server. jar Click Format, then click Make Plain Text and click OK. Click File, then click Save in the drop-down menu. Type run into the “Name” tap, then click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” box. Uncheck the “Hide Extension” box, then replace “. txt” in the “Name” box with . command. Select the “Minecraft Server” folder as the save location, click Save, and click Use . command when prompted.

chmod +x * sudo java -jar *

If you want to have your server accessible to offline versions (cracks) just change online mode to false. You can change the gamemode and other games aspects, too.

sudo java -jar *. jar

If your friends are on the same network as you are, they’ll need your computer’s static IP address instead.

If your friends are on the same network as you are, they’ll need your computer’s static IP address instead.

The server window must always be open while you’re hosting your server.

The server window must always be open while you’re hosting your server.

You may be prompted to log in with your Minecraft email address and password if you haven’t opened Minecraft in a long time.

You may be prompted to log in with your Minecraft email address and password if you haven’t opened Minecraft in a long time.

If you changed the “port” you should add : then your port (ex: 50. 32. 56. 8:5555) but if your port is “25565” you don’t need to add it. . .

Open Minecraft and click Multiplayer Click Direct Connect Enter your computer’s public IP address (not the local IP address that you enter to host the server, unless they’re on your Wi-Fi network). Click Join Server