Minecraft Game Modes
Minigames, Skyblock, OneBlock, Chunklock, SMP, Prison, PvP and more
Choose a Game Mode and Plan Your ServersCompare every Minecraft game mode we have a guide for: what players do, what it costs in memory, CPU and admin time, when you need a network, and the order to build it inRun Several Game Modes as One NetworkLobby, Skyblock, OneBlock and Chunklock behind one address, step by step: planning, Velocity and modern forwarding, Paper back-ends, a lobby with NPCs and menus, shared LuckPerms, backups, restarts and troubleshootingSkyblock Servers: Setup and Best PracticesBuild a complete Skyblock server with BentoBox and BSkyBlock: island sizes, a custom starter island, challenges, levels, generators, upgrades, limits, shops, LuckPerms ranks, protection flags, performance, backups and seasonsOneBlock Servers: Setup and Best PracticesBuild a complete OneBlock server with BentoBox AOneBlock: install, phases and weights, custom phases and chests, requirements, commands, ranks, generators, limits, performance, backups and seasonsChunklock Servers: Setup and Best PracticesStart in one chunk and unlock the world: choosing between the Chunklock plugin, the datapack and BentoBox ChunkBlock, world size and pre-generation, unlock costs, teams, permissions, performance, backups and running it in a networkMinigame Servers and NetworksFrom an empty server to launch day: choosing maintained minigame plugins, a full BedWars arena setup, map resets, a lobby with NPCs and queues, stats in MySQL, permissions, anti-cheat, performance and scalingBuild an Advanced SMP ServerThe full walkthrough from an empty server to a production survival community: Paper or Purpur, custom terrain, a vetted plugin stack, LuckPerms ranks with exact commands, claims, economy, skills, anti-xray, anti-cheat, Bedrock, voice, Discord, maps, tuned configs, backups, launch and long-term operationBuild a Better Creative ServerFrom an empty server to a smooth public build server: plots or free-build, PlotSquared worlds and roads, FastAsyncWorldEdit with per-rank limits, brushes, schematics, LuckPerms ranks, lag limits, build competitions and backupsPrison Servers: Setup and Best PracticesBuild a Prison server from an empty box: the Prison plugin, mines A to Z, rank-up and prestige ladders, LuckPerms tracks, a worked economy, sell shops, enchants, cells and lag-free mine resetsFactions Servers: Setup and Best PracticesRun a Factions server from scratch: choosing FactionsUUID or SaberFactions, power and claims, safezones and warzones, a pre-generated map, TNT cannon performance, economy, outposts, raid rules, anti-cheat, CoreProtect investigations and seasonsLifesteal SMP ServersRun a Lifesteal SMP from scratch with LifeStealZ: heart rules, withdrawing and crafting hearts, revive beacons, eliminations that don't lock players out forever, combat logging, alts, PvP balance, world border and seasonsTowny and Earth ServersBuild a towns-and-nations server from scratch: Towny, economy, TownyChat, live claim maps, war add-ons, and installing and running a giant Earth mapPvP Servers: KitPvP, Duels and UHCBuild a PvP server from scratch: choosing 1.8 or modern combat, kits, duels and practice, arenas, anti-cheat, combat logging, leaderboards, low-latency settings and UHC eventsAnarchy ServersNo rules, but not no care: exploit and crash protection, lag-machine limits, book and chunk bans, illegal items, world growth, disk and backups for huge worlds, attacks and queuesCobblemon ServersPokémon in Minecraft from scratch: the official modpack or a manual install, giving players the same mods, main.json settings, add-ons, permissions, performance, pre-generation and backups