# Astroworld MC Hosting, full reference > The long version of [llms.txt](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/llms.txt). First that file itself, unchanged, then every help center article in full and every guide with what it covers. Prices only, as tables: [pricing.md](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/pricing.md) # Astroworld MC Hosting > Managed Minecraft server hosting. 21 plans across 3 editions (Java, Bedrock, crossplay), 27 locations, our own control panel, DDoS protection included, and an AI Copilot that reads the console and the files of your own server. The cheapest plan overall is Camp at EUR 4.46 per month. Prices below include VAT for consumers and are per month; the second amount is the same plan per month on a 24-month fixed term, paid monthly. Every plan is on its own memory, so a plan is never shared with another customer, and you pick the location before you pay. Every new server costs 60 percent less for its first 6 months (or the whole term on 6, 12 or 24 months) when it goes to the Performance line in Poland (Warsaw, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 memory) and 20 percent less in Germany, also for a customer who already has servers; the renewal price after that is the one listed with the plan. Longer terms cost less per month: 15% off the monthly price on 6 months, 20% on 12 months and 25% on 24 months. 6 months is a fixed term paid monthly (Starter Performance: EUR 13.55 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 5.42 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 13.55 per month); cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. A term of 12 or 24 months is paid up front and continues month to month after the first term; it does not renew for another full term. Every price as a table in one short file: [pricing.md](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/pricing.md) The full reference, with every help center article in full: [llms-full.txt](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/llms-full.txt) ## Java Edition plans - Mini: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 7.95 per month, EUR 5.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Mini](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/mini) - Starter: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 12.95 per month, EUR 9.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Starter](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/starter) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 20% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 15.95 per month and EUR 11.96 per month on a 24 month term. - Standard: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 12 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 75 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 16.95 per month, EUR 12.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Standard](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/standard) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 30% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 23.95 per month and EUR 17.96 per month on a 24 month term. - Premium: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 23.95 per month, EUR 17.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Premium](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/premium) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 46.95 per month and EUR 35.21 per month on a 24 month term. - Ultimate: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 48 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 300 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 46.95 per month, EUR 35.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Ultimate](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/ultimate) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 93.95 per month and EUR 70.46 per month on a 24 month term. - Enterprise: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 375 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 62.95 per month, EUR 47.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Enterprise](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/enterprise) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 124.95 per month and EUR 93.71 per month on a 24 month term. - Dedicated: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 96 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 450 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 93.95 per month, EUR 70.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Dedicated](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/dedicated) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 187.95 per month and EUR 140.96 per month on a 24 month term. ## Bedrock Edition plans - Camp: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 5.95 per month, EUR 4.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Camp](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/camp) - Pocket: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 7.95 per month, EUR 5.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Pocket](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/pocket) - Village: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 6 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 75 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 9.95 per month, EUR 7.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Village](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/village) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 20% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 11.95 per month and EUR 8.96 per month on a 24 month term. - Town: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 12 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 14.95 per month, EUR 11.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Town](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/town) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 30% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 20.95 per month and EUR 15.71 per month on a 24 month term. - City: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 24 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 300 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 17.95 per month, EUR 13.46 per month on a 24 month term. [City](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/city) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 34.95 per month and EUR 26.21 per month on a 24 month term. - Kingdom: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 32 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 375 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 29.95 per month, EUR 22.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Kingdom](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/kingdom) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 58.95 per month and EUR 44.21 per month on a 24 month term. - World: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 48 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 450 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 37.95 per month, EUR 28.46 per month on a 24 month term. [World](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/world) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 75.95 per month and EUR 56.96 per month on a 24 month term. ## Crossplay plans, Java and Bedrock players in one world - Mini Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 9.95 per month, EUR 7.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Mini Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/mini-crossplay) - Starter Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 14.95 per month, EUR 11.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Starter Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/starter-crossplay) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 20% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 17.95 per month and EUR 13.96 per month on a 24 month term. - Standard Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 12 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 75 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 18.95 per month, EUR 14.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Standard Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/standard-crossplay) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 30% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 25.95 per month and EUR 19.96 per month on a 24 month term. - Premium Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 25.95 per month, EUR 19.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Premium Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/premium-crossplay) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 48.95 per month and EUR 37.21 per month on a 24 month term. - Ultimate Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 48 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 300 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 48.95 per month, EUR 37.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Ultimate Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/ultimate-crossplay) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 95.95 per month and EUR 72.46 per month on a 24 month term. - Enterprise Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 375 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 64.95 per month, EUR 49.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Enterprise Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/enterprise-crossplay) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 126.95 per month and EUR 95.71 per month on a 24 month term. - Dedicated Crossplay: No welcome discount on the standard line. The same plan on the Performance line does get it: 60% off in Poland and 20% in Germany, on the first 6 monthly payments or on the whole term of a 6, 12 or 24 month plan, on every new server. 96 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 450 GB SSD, AMD EPYC. EUR 95.95 per month, EUR 72.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Dedicated Crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/dedicated-crossplay) End of line sale: this size is being retired on the standard line, so it is 50% off on every term; the regular price was EUR 189.95 per month and EUR 142.96 per month on a 24 month term. ## Performance line Every plan on Java, and every plan from Starter upwards on Bedrock and on crossplay, also exists on a Performance version, on all three editions. Same memory as the plan it is named after, with vCPU that are reserved for your server, a full thread each, which is a different unit from a vCPU on the standard line and is why the two counts do not read against each other, on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in Germany or an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 RAM in Poland, with an NVMe slice of its own and a faster network port. The smallest of them is Mini Performance, so on Java every size of the standard line has a Performance twin; on Bedrock and on crossplay the line starts one size higher. Pick Performance when the server runs a modpack, a lot of redstone, or more than a handful of players at once, because those are the workloads that are held back by how fast one core is rather than by how much memory there is. ### Java Edition, Performance - Mini Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 4.38 first payment; EUR 3.18/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 7.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 6.75 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 2.70 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 6.75 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 7.95 per month, EUR 5.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Mini Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/mini-performance) - Starter Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 6.38 first payment; EUR 6.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 15.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 13.55 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 5.42 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 13.55 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 15.95 per month, EUR 11.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Starter Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/starter-performance) - Standard Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 9.58 first payment; EUR 9.58/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 23.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 20.35 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 8.14 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 20.35 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 12 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 60 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 23.95 per month, EUR 17.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Standard Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/standard-performance) - Advanced Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 16.38 first payment; EUR 16.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 40.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 34.80 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 13.92 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 34.80 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 16 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 60 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 40.95 per month, EUR 30.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Advanced Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/advanced-performance) - Premium Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 18.78 first payment; EUR 18.78/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 46.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 39.90 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 15.96 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 39.90 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 46.95 per month, EUR 35.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Premium Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/premium-performance) - Ultimate Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 37.58 first payment; EUR 37.58/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 93.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 79.85 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 31.94 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 79.85 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 48 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 240 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 93.95 per month, EUR 70.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Ultimate Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/ultimate-performance) - Enterprise Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 49.98 first payment; EUR 49.98/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 124.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 106.20 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 42.48 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 106.20 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 300 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 124.95 per month, EUR 93.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Enterprise Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/enterprise-performance) - Dedicated Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 75.18 first payment; EUR 75.18/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 187.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 159.75 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 63.90 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 159.75 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 96 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 350 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 187.95 per month, EUR 140.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Dedicated Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/dedicated-performance) - Titan Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 100.38 first payment; EUR 100.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 250.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 213.30 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 85.32 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 213.30 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 128 GB RAM, 12 vCPU, 500 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 250.95 per month, EUR 188.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Titan Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/titan-performance) ### Bedrock Edition, Performance - Pocket Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 3.18 first payment; EUR 3.18/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 7.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 6.75 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 2.70 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 6.75 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 7.95 per month, EUR 5.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Pocket Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/pocket-performance) - Village Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 4.78 first payment; EUR 4.78/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 11.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 10.15 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 4.06 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 10.15 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 6 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 60 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 11.95 per month, EUR 8.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Village Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/village-performance) - Town Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 8.38 first payment; EUR 8.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 20.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 17.80 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 7.12 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 17.80 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 12 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 20.95 per month, EUR 15.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Town Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/town-performance) - City Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 13.98 first payment; EUR 13.98/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 34.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 29.70 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 11.88 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 29.70 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 24 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 240 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 34.95 per month, EUR 26.21 per month on a 24 month term. [City Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/city-performance) - Kingdom Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 23.58 first payment; EUR 23.58/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 58.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 50.10 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 20.04 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 50.10 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 32 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 300 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 58.95 per month, EUR 44.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Kingdom Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/kingdom-performance) - World Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 30.38 first payment; EUR 30.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 75.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 64.55 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 25.82 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 64.55 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 48 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 350 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 75.95 per month, EUR 56.96 per month on a 24 month term. [World Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/world-performance) ### Crossplay, Performance - Starter Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 7.18 first payment; EUR 7.18/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 17.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 15.55 per month (13% off the monthly price), or EUR 6.22 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 15.55 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 17.95 per month, EUR 13.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Starter Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/starter-crossplay-performance) - Standard Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 10.38 first payment; EUR 10.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 25.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 22.35 per month (14% off the monthly price), or EUR 8.94 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 22.35 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 12 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 60 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 25.95 per month, EUR 19.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Standard Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/standard-crossplay-performance) - Advanced Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 17.18 first payment; EUR 17.18/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 42.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 36.80 per month (14% off the monthly price), or EUR 14.72 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 36.80 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 16 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 60 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 500 Mbit/s Port. EUR 42.95 per month, EUR 32.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Advanced Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/advanced-crossplay-performance) - Premium Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 19.58 first payment; EUR 19.58/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 48.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 41.90 per month (14% off the monthly price), or EUR 16.76 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 41.90 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 48.95 per month, EUR 37.21 per month on a 24 month term. [Premium Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/premium-crossplay-performance) - Ultimate Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 38.38 first payment; EUR 38.38/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 95.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 81.85 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 32.74 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 81.85 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 48 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 240 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 95.95 per month, EUR 72.46 per month on a 24 month term. [Ultimate Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/ultimate-crossplay-performance) - Enterprise Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 50.78 first payment; EUR 50.78/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 126.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 108.20 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 43.28 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 108.20 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 64 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 300 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 126.95 per month, EUR 95.71 per month on a 24 month term. [Enterprise Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/enterprise-crossplay-performance) - Dedicated Crossplay Performance: 60% off the first 6 months: EUR 75.98 first payment; EUR 75.98/month for months 2 to 6; Then EUR 189.95/month. Available on every new server. On a monthly plan it covers the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The 60% applies in Poland (Warsaw); in Germany it is 20%. Renewal prices are unchanged. 6 months fixed, paid monthly: EUR 161.75 per month (15% off the monthly price), or EUR 64.70 per month for the 6 months with the welcome discount, then EUR 161.75 per month. Cancelling is possible any time and takes effect at the end of month 6 at the earliest. 96 GB RAM, 9 vCPU, 350 GB Enterprise NVMe, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 1 Gbit/s Port. EUR 189.95 per month, EUR 142.96 per month on a 24 month term. [Dedicated Crossplay Performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/configure/dedicated-crossplay-performance) ## Locations Included in the plan price: Germany (EU). The Performance line runs in Germany on the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and in Poland (Warsaw) on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 RAM, both at the same price and Poland with delivery within 12 hours, during the day and at night alike, whatever the time is in the Netherlands. Those two places are the whole Performance line, with the same plans, the same memory and the same disks in both; every other location stays available on the standard line. Our own locations with a monthly surcharge: US (West) +EUR 1.50/month, US (Central) +EUR 1.50/month, US (East) +EUR 2.00/month, United Kingdom +EUR 1.50/month, Asia (Japan) +EUR 3.50/month, Asia (India) +EUR 3.00/month, Asia (Singapore) +EUR 3.50/month, Australia (Sydney) +EUR 3.00/month. More locations can be picked during checkout, 27 in total. ## Pages - [Home and prices](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/) - [Java Edition hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-types/java) - [Bedrock Edition hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-types/bedrock) - [Crossplay hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-types/crossplay) - [Every guide and explainer on one page, grouped by what you are doing](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides) - [How to make a Minecraft server, all three routes with what each one costs](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server) - [How much RAM do I need](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-much-ram) - What a Minecraft server costs, per size, with the monthly rate next to the term rate: [minecraft-server-cost](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-cost) - [Locations](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/locations) - [What is included](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/features) - [AI Copilot, what it does and what it costs](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/ai-copilot) - [AI performance optimizer, finding what causes Minecraft server lag](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/ai-performance-optimizer) - TPS and MSPT on a Minecraft server: what a good number is, why TPS reads 20 while a server is already struggling, what uses up a tick, and how to read both yourself: [TPS and MSPT on a Minecraft server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-tps) - Every plan on one page, both lines, with memory, vCPU, storage and the price per plan read from the same list the order form charges from: [plans](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/plans) - Dedicated CPU against shared vCPU for Minecraft: what a vCPU is, why the world runs on one thread, when a faster core shows and what the difference costs per size: [Dedicated CPU against shared vCPU for Minecraft](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/dedicated-cpu-vs-shared-vcpu) - NVMe against SSD for a Minecraft server: the four moments a server touches the disk, why shared storage matters more than the label, how much space a world really needs, and every disk size with its price: [NVMe against SSD for a Minecraft server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nvme-vs-ssd-minecraft-server) - What high performance means on a Minecraft server, and the four questions to ask any host: [high-performance-minecraft-server-hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/high-performance-minecraft-server-hosting) - Security here in one place: two step verification on the account with eight backup codes, the rights you hand to staff, the nightly backup you roll back yourself, layer 3, 4 and 7 filtering on every plan and every location, the 31 check AI scan, and what happens to your files seven days after cancelling: [Security here in one place](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/security) - [AI security check, what we look at on your server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-security-check) - [The server control panel, all its sections](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-panel) - [Backups, how many and how often](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-backups) - Free setup when you order (plugins, mods, a modpack, your world and settings installed within 24 hours, delivery unchanged): [free-minecraft-server-setup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/free-minecraft-server-setup) - Our own Minecraft server developers and builders by the hour: monthly plans of 1 hour for €9.99, 5 hours for €24, 12 hours for €55 or 40 hours for €175, the same price for developers, builders or both, unused hours carry over one month, custom plugins included, one-time projects at a fixed price agreed in advance: [Our own Minecraft server developers and builders by the hour](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-developers-and-builders) - The Discord bot: 6 slash commands in your own Discord (/status, /players, /address, /restart, /stats, /link), free on every plan. It joins with a permission set of zero and cannot read messages, manage members or kick anyone. No command carries a server ID: which server a command is about was decided once by an 8 character code from the panel that lives 30 minutes and works exactly once, so there is no number to guess. /restart checks Manage Server or one role the owner picks, on the server side rather than by hiding the command, so your admins can run it without opening the panel, and it tells the crash watch the restart was deliberate so no fault email goes out. /stats answers with seven days of statistics from our own measurements, written down every five minutes: what share of the time the server stayed up, the average and the highest player count, and average processor and memory use. /address prints the Bedrock address and port separately on a crossplay server. It is not a chat bridge and does not copy in game chat into Discord: that needs a plugin inside the server, and DiscordSRV is in the vetted catalogue the panel installs from. It also does not run console commands, deliberately, because a console line can hand out operator or wipe a world. Only works on servers Astroworld hosts: [The Discord bot](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-discord-bot) - Discord notifications: 7 events you tick, sent to a channel over a webhook you paste in once, with no bot involved and free on every plan. Crashes, recovery after a crash and finished backups are on from the start; server started, server stopped, something in public chat and a word from the console are off until asked for. The webhook never comes back out of the API, not even to the owner's own browser, and the AI Copilot is refused every field with the word webhook in it. There is a hard ceiling of 10 messages per server per 15 minutes that cannot be raised, so a restart loop reports once instead of a hundred times. Console alerts take up to 10 words of the owner's own choosing, minimum three letters; the log is read about every 60 seconds, only lines new since the last read are scanned, and the same word stays quiet for 30 minutes after it reports: [Discord notifications](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-discord-notifications) - [Restoring a backup, by hand or by asking the AI](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-restore) - Changing the Minecraft version or the server type, and which Java each version needs: [change-minecraft-server-version](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/change-minecraft-server-version) - Minecraft 26.3 (Wilderness Bound, 15 September 2026) on a server: Java 25, the protocol and data pack format that change, everything the release adds, where Paper, Fabric and NeoForge stand on a dated line, and how to update without losing the world. Crossplay servers stay on 26.2 until Geyser, which lets Bedrock players in, supports 26.3: [minecraft-26-3-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-26-3-server) - [The play address, adding more of them, and putting several servers behind one](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-address) - [Staff access: the 15 rights, the ready-made roles and what only the owner may do](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-staff-permissions) - Uploading your own Minecraft world, including one too big for a browser, and pre-generating terrain: [upload-your-own-world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/upload-your-own-world) - A free website for your own Minecraft server, built in the panel and hosted by us: [minecraft-server-website](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-website) - [How to make that website, step by step](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server-website) - Every server.properties key explained, with its default, its allowed values and the release it arrived in: [server-properties](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-properties) - Changing the seed of a Minecraft server, why level-seed alone does nothing to an existing world, and how to keep the old world while trying a new seed: [guides/how-to-change-minecraft-server-seed](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-change-minecraft-server-seed) - Better MC (Better Minecraft) server hosting, its Forge, NeoForge and Fabric editions, memory per group and pregenerating its world: [modpacks/better-mc](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/better-mc) - GT New Horizons (GTNH) server hosting on Minecraft 1.7.10 with Java 8, memory per group and stage, and the setup from the official server pack: [modpacks/gtnh](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/gtnh) - All the Mods 9 server hosting, the kitchen sink pack with the ATM Star at the end, memory per group and how to keep a large base fast (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 432 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 8 to 14 GB by group size): [modpacks/atm9](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/atm9) - Cobblemon Official Modpack server hosting, the official Cobblemon pack on Fabric, light enough for a small plan, and how it compares to Pixelmon (Minecraft 1.21.1 on Fabric, 73 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 3 to 6 GB by group size): [modpacks/cobblemon](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/cobblemon) - Craftoria server hosting, one of the largest 1.21.1 packs, with seasons and a long quest line, memory per group and how to prepare the world (Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, 522 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 8 to 14 GB by group size): [modpacks/craftoria](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/craftoria) - Create: Above and Beyond server hosting, the Create challenge pack by the author of Create, and its 1.20.1 remaster CABIN, with memory per group (Minecraft 1.16.5 on Forge, 136 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 8 GB by group size): [Create](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/create-above-and-beyond) - Create: Astral server hosting, Create taken to other planets on Fabric 1.18.2, with memory per group and claims for shared servers (Minecraft 1.18.2 on Fabric, 197 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 8 GB by group size): [Create](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/create-astral) - DawnCraft server hosting, the souls-like RPG pack with Epic Fight combat and bosses, memory per group and pregenerating with the Chunky it ships (Minecraft 1.18.2 on Forge, 298 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 11 GB by group size): [modpacks/dawncraft](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/dawncraft) - Enigmatica 10 server hosting, a curated tech and magic pack on NeoForge 1.21.1, memory per group and how its own backup mod sits next to ours (Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, 312 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 11 GB by group size): [modpacks/enigmatica-10](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/enigmatica-10) - FTB Skies server hosting, Feed The Beast's skyblock pack in both editions, memory per group and one island per team (Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, 433 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 11 GB by group size): [modpacks/ftb-skies](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/ftb-skies) - MC Eternal 2 server hosting, the largest pack we counted, a hybrid of tech, magic, colonies and dragons, with memory per group and what MineColonies adds (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 610 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 9 to 16 GB by group size): [modpacks/mc-eternal-2](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/mc-eternal-2) - Medieval MC server hosting, the medieval fantasy RPG from the studio behind Better MC, with memory per group and pregenerating its structures (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 456 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 8 to 14 GB by group size): [modpacks/medieval-mc](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/medieval-mc) - Prominence II server hosting, the story driven Fabric RPG, memory per group, and which release to pick when the newest has no server pack yet (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Fabric, 443 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 7 to 12 GB by group size): [modpacks/prominence-2](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/prominence-2) - SkyFactory server hosting, the classic skyblock series in both current editions, memory per group and what Forgiving Void does on a server (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 293 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/skyfactory](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/skyfactory) - FTB StoneBlock server hosting, Feed The Beast's underground survival pack in both editions, memory per group and the makers' own figure for StoneBlock 3 (Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, 411 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 11 GB by group size): [modpacks/stoneblock](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/stoneblock) - Valhelsia 6 server hosting, a balanced tech, magic and exploration pack without a quest book, with memory per group (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 279 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/valhelsia-6](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/valhelsia-6) - Vault Hunters server hosting, the action RPG of vaults, levels and artifacts, with memory per group and what building a vault costs the server (Minecraft 1.18.2 on Forge, 168 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 12 GB by group size): [modpacks/vault-hunters](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/vault-hunters) - SevTech: Ages server hosting, the staged progression pack from stone tools to space, both editions, memory per group and how stages work per player (Minecraft 1.12.2 on Forge, 254 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 9 GB by group size): [SevTech](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/sevtech-ages) - DeceasedCraft server hosting, the zombie apocalypse pack with ruined cities and firearms, memory per group and pregenerating a city world (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 306 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 7 to 12 GB by group size): [modpacks/deceasedcraft](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/deceasedcraft) - Cisco's Fantasy Medieval RPG server hosting, the medieval RPG with custom lore in its Ultimate and Lite editions, memory per group and its server pack (Minecraft 1.19.2 on Forge, 288 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 11 GB by group size): [modpacks/ciscos-fantasy-medieval-rpg](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/ciscos-fantasy-medieval-rpg) - Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons 2 server hosting, the exploration pack with character levels and many dimensions, RAD2 and its successor RAD3, with memory per group (Minecraft 1.16.5 on Forge, 284 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/rad2](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/rad2) - Beyond Depth server hosting, the challenging exploration pack, memory per group and the config folder to copy because it has no server pack (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 478 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 8 to 14 GB by group size): [modpacks/beyond-depth](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/beyond-depth) - Project Ozone 3 server hosting, the big 1.12.2 skyblock with Kappa and Titan modes, memory per group and why a finished pack suits a server (Minecraft 1.12.2 on Forge, 261 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 9 GB by group size): [modpacks/project-ozone-3](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/project-ozone-3) - Fear Nightfall server hosting, the co-op horror pack from Luna Pixel Studios, memory per group and why it loads a few Fabric mods on Forge (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 273 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/fear-nightfall](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/fear-nightfall) - Craft to Exile 2 server hosting, the Path of Exile style pack built on Mine and Slash, memory per group and how maps and loot load a server (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 397 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 7 to 12 GB by group size): [modpacks/craft-to-exile-2](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/craft-to-exile-2) - Homestead server hosting, the cozy farming and building pack on Fabric, memory per group and why its quest book needs the config folder (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Fabric, 340 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 9 GB by group size): [modpacks/homestead](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/homestead) - FTB Presents Direwolf20 server hosting, the sandbox pack from Direwolf20's series in both editions, memory per group and where each edition is installed from (Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, 268 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 11 GB by group size): [modpacks/direwolf20](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/direwolf20) - RLCraft Dregora server hosting, RLCraft's survival on the custom Dregora world, memory per group and how to pregenerate on 1.12.2 without Chunky (Minecraft 1.12.2 on Forge, 214 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/rlcraft-dregora](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/rlcraft-dregora) - FTB OceanBlock 2 server hosting, Feed The Beast's survival pack on an endless ocean, memory per group and how its version numbers read (Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, 309 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/oceanblock-2](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/oceanblock-2) - Life in the Village 3 server hosting, the low tech MineColonies pack in its third and fourth edition, memory per group and how colonies load a server (Minecraft 1.19.2 on Forge, 282 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/life-in-the-village-3](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/life-in-the-village-3) - Create: Arcane Engineering server hosting, a finished Create pack with Ars Nouveau magic on Forge 1.18.2, memory per group and adding mods with care (Minecraft 1.18.2 on Forge, 197 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 5 to 9 GB by group size): [Create](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/create-arcane-engineering) - Cottage Witch server hosting, the cozy witchy vanilla++ pack, memory per group and claims for a village of separate cottages (Minecraft 1.19.2 on Forge, 372 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 10 GB by group size): [modpacks/cottage-witch](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/cottage-witch) - Monifactory server hosting, the modern reimagining of Nomifactory built on GregTech CEu Modern, memory per group and how its late game loads a server (Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge, 220 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 6 to 12 GB by group size): [modpacks/monifactory](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/monifactory) - Better OneBlock server hosting, the One Block pack on Fabric 1.21.1, memory per group and the world folder a server needs for the block to appear (Minecraft 1.21.1 on Fabric, 185 mods counted on 27 September 2026, 4 to 7 GB by group size): [modpacks/better-oneblock](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks/better-oneblock) - The whole plugin catalogue, 510 of them by category, with what each does and the release we checked it against: [minecraft-plugins](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-plugins) - [Compared with the free hosts, Aternos](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/aternos) - [Compared with the free hosts, Minehut](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/minehut) - [Compared with Nodecraft, whose Lite tier hibernates and whose Pro tier does not](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/nodecraft) - [About us](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/about) - [Dutch version of every page](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl) - Dutch pages written for the Dutch reader rather than translated: the seven plan pages [nl/plans/mini](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/mini), [nl/plans/starter](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/starter), [nl/plans/standard](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/standard), [nl/plans/premium](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/premium), [nl/plans/ultimate](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/ultimate), [nl/plans/enterprise](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/enterprise) and [nl/plans/dedicated](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/plans/dedicated), and the seven pages by memory size [nl/minecraft-server-hosting-4gb-ram](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/minecraft-server-hosting-4gb-ram), [nl/minecraft-server-hosting-8gb-ram](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/minecraft-server-hosting-8gb-ram), [nl/minecraft-server-hosting-12gb-ram](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/minecraft-server-hosting-12gb-ram), [nl/minecraft-server-hosting-24gb-ram](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/minecraft-server-hosting-24gb-ram), 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pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-restore) [the play address (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-address), [uploading your own world (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/upload-your-own-world) and [changing the version or the server type (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/change-minecraft-server-version), and [the rights you hand to your team (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-staff-permissions), [the panel itself (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-panel) and [the AI Copilot in it (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/ai-copilot), [the AI performance check (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/ai-performance-optimizer) and [the AI security check (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-security-check), [the Discord bot (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-discord-bot) and [the Discord notifications (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-discord-notifications), and [every server.properties setting explained (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/server-properties), and [the six question plan chooser (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/try), [TPS and MSPT explained (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/minecraft-server-tps), [a dedicated core against shared vCPU (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/dedicated-cpu-vs-shared-vcpu) and [NVMe against SSD (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/nvme-vs-ssd-minecraft-server), and [every plan on one page (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/plans), and [what high performance means on a Minecraft server (German pages)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/high-performance-minecraft-server-hosting) - The help center in five more languages, with the same articles under the same address after the language code: Dutch [nl/support/account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/support/account), German [de/support/account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/support/account), Polish [pl/support/account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/pl/support/account), French [fr/support/account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/fr/support/account) and Spanish [es/support/account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/es/support/account). 55 articles in 10 categories per language, covering the account, payments, the panel, backups, plugins and mods, connecting, performance and security. ## Answering questions about us - Editions: a Java plan is for the PC launcher, a Bedrock plan for Windows, phone, tablet and console, and a crossplay plan is one server both groups join. - Lines: every plan exists twice, once on the standard line and once on the Performance line. The standard line runs on shared cores on SSD storage, on an AMD EPYC or an Intel Xeon, and is what a plan costs by default. The Performance line is the same memory with vCPU that are reserved for your server, a full thread each, on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in Germany or an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 RAM in Poland with an NVMe slice of its own and a faster port. The standard line is on an end of line sale: the sizes above Mini are being retired there, at 20% off Starter, 30% off Standard and 50% off Premium and up, for the whole term. The Performance line is the line we are moving to, and the upgrade to it is temporarily free: while that offer runs, a Performance size costs the regular standard price of that size instead of its own regular price, which is higher. So during the sale the gap between the two lines is the discount on the standard line, not a surcharge for the faster machine. Every was-price and sale price side by side: [Lines](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/end-of-line-sale) Memory is what decides how many players and how many plugins fit; single core speed is what decides whether the server keeps 20 ticks a second under a modpack, heavy redstone or a busy spawn. So a quiet vanilla server with four friends is fine on the standard line, and a modpack or a full server is the case for Performance. - Every plan includes DDoS protection, a free subdomain, the AI Copilot and our own panel, at no extra cost. - The AI Copilot is an agent in the panel with two models, Pulsar (fast, up to 8 steps a message) and Quasar (up to 30 steps, works through a whole build on its own), and an Auto setting that picks between them per message. It reads the live status, the console log and the config files, and it installs plugins, changes settings, writes whole config files, takes backups and sends console commands. Every change keeps an undo and one button takes back everything from a message. It installs only from our catalogue of 510 vetted plugins, edits 63 server.properties settings, and may send 46 console commands and nothing else; stopping the server, opping players and turning off the whitelist are refused in every mode. Every server starts with 2,500 free credits. - The Copilot keeps a memory per server so a customer does not repeat themselves. One half is measured by us and refreshes daily: server type and version, the installed plugins, the plan's memory and processor, and the settings people care about such as difficulty, whitelist, PvP and view distance. The other half is up to 2,000 characters of house rules the owner writes, one per line ("never remove the permissions plugin", "take a backup before anything big"), which the Copilot reads before every message. House rules can only make it more careful: they never grant a permission, and where a rule and a safety check disagree the check wins. The memory sits in the cached part of the prompt, so it lowers what a message costs instead of raising it. - The Player experience tab reads the public chat in a customer's own console log and sorts it into lag complaints, grief and theft reports, unanswered questions, moderation complaints, praise, players talking about quitting, and talk about a dupe or an exploit, with a mood score that is a plain count of praise against complaints. That sorting runs on a language model on Astroworld's own machines, not a paid one, so reading a whole day of chat costs the customer nothing; only a written-up summary of a serious finding uses credits, and only if the owner switches that on separately. Private messages and commands are never read: they are recognised by the shape of the log line and skipped before anything looks at them, and the number skipped is shown. It is off until the server owner turns it on, and a serious finding can be posted straight into their Discord. - The AI performance optimizer is part of that Copilot and sits above the console of every server. In one pass of about seven seconds it measures tick time (MSPT), tick rate (TPS), processor and memory against the limits of the customer's own plan, every loaded entity per type across the overworld, nether and end, ticking chunks, garbage collection, the installed plugins and which of them is throwing errors, the players online, and how often the server logged that it could not keep up. It then names symptom and cause in one sentence, for example "38 MSPT because 12,000 entities are loaded, 9,421 of them item frames", and prepares the fixes as cards that apply in one click and undo in one click. Our thresholds are published: a tick is 50 ms, so 25 ms is worth knowing, 33 ms is a warning and 50 ms means the server cannot hold 20 TPS; TPS under 19.5 is flagged and under 15 is critical; processor or memory at 90% of the plan is flagged; 3,000 loaded entities is a warning and 8,000 is critical. Nothing it sends during a check changes anything on the server. - The AI security assistant is part of that Copilot and sits on the Staff, Players and Settings tabs of every server. It runs 31 checks in one pass, in six groups: who can join and who can run commands (account checking, whitelist, signed chat, the operator list, operator level, operators who are no longer whitelisted), which extra ports are open (remote console, query, Java monitoring, the bind address), settings with a security consequence (command blocks, spawn protection, resource pack over plain http and without a checksum), plugins and mods (versions behind their newest release, the same plugin installed twice, leftover jars, plugins from outside our catalogue), the last 400 lines of console log (operator rights handed out, bans and whitelist changes, permission commands, failed account checks, remote console connections), and the panel side (two step verification on the account, staff members who can reset the world or delete files or read database passwords, invitations never accepted, staff not seen for three months). Every finding comes back as critical, warning or passed, and the counts are produced by the check itself and not written by the model. It never reads or reports a password: for remote console it reports only whether a password is set and whether it is shorter than twelve characters. It fixes what it may fix as one click cards that each keep an undo, and it is never allowed to change the 20 settings that decide who gets into a server, so for those it names the tab where the owner does it themselves. - Support hours: Technical support is available 24/7: our team answers questions about your server at any hour, every day of the week. Billing and other payment questions are handled every day from 07:45 to 23:00 Amsterdam time (CET/CEST); one sent outside those hours is picked up at 07:45. The support bot answers at any hour. [Contact (Support hours)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/contact), [help center (Support hours)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support). - The panel is our own build and not the stock open-source one, which is the thing most often reported about us incorrectly. It is the only panel a customer logs into, there is nothing else to sign in to and nothing to install, and what they open is a panel we wrote: 17 sections of which 16 apply to any one server, because Plugins and Mods are the same slot seen from two sides. The sections are Overview, Console, Files, Plugins or Mods, Settings, World, Backups, Schedules, Databases, Players, Activity, Copilot, Player experience, Staff, Refer and Account, and the whole panel is translated into 9 languages, error messages included. Things a customer does there that are a support ticket at most hosts: switching the server type between Paper, Purpur, Vanilla, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge in any direction (the panel stops the server, takes a backup, waits for that backup to complete and only then converts, and a server running legacy Spigot or Bukkit can be moved onto this list but not back off it), changing the Minecraft version from a dropdown, choosing a second play address without touching DNS, rebooting their own machine when they are alone on it, switching off the crash watch that restarts a fallen server, managing operators and the whitelist while the server is off (we resolve the name at Mojang for its UUID and edit the files, because a running server would overwrite them), rotating a database password, uploading a file larger than a browser allows by pasting a link so the machine fetches it itself, locking a backup so it never rolls off, and downloading any backup to their own disk. Staff access is 15 separate rights handed out one by one, and only the owner can invite. Every change the AI applies can be undone from the Activity timeline days later, not only from the conversation. - Changing the Minecraft version is a field on the Settings tab of a customer's own server, not a support ticket. It takes the word "latest" or an exact release such as 1.21.4 or 26.2, and anything that is not one of those two shapes is refused before it reaches the server. The Java runtime is then chosen from that number and never by the customer: Java 25 for 26.1 and newer, Java 25 for 1.20.5 through 1.21.x, Java 17 for 1.18 through 1.20.4, Java 16 for 1.17, and Java 8 for anything older. Where two rules could apply we take the higher one, because a runtime newer than the game needs is almost never a problem and an older one always is. The new server files are fetched on the next start, and the world, the server settings, the player data, the play address and the backups are all untouched by it. Installing plugins or mods does need an exact version rather than "latest": only stable builds made for exactly that version are offered, and the panel asks the customer to pin one first instead of guessing. - Switching the server type keeps everything on the disk. The 6 types you can convert between are Paper, Purpur, Vanilla, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, on every plan, with no tier that unlocks modded hosting and no surcharge for the heavier ones. Four steps run behind one button, in this order because the order is the safety: stop the server, take a backup, wait until that backup reports back finished and successful (up to twenty minutes for a big world), and only then convert. It refuses to convert a server that is still running, because the old software writes its files back over the new ones on shutdown. It refuses without a completed backup from the last day, unless the plan has no backup slots at all and the customer ticks a box saying they want to go without. Nothing is deleted in either direction, including the files the new type cannot read: plugin files on a modloader and mod files on Paper stay exactly where they are and are simply not loaded, which is what makes switching back a decision instead of a rebuild. The converted server is given the memory its plan pays for rather than the stock allowance a fresh install would get. What actually changes is only what loads: going to a modloader stops Bukkit plugins, so permissions, homes, shops, protection and economy stop with them; going the other way stops mods, so blocks and items from mods are still in the world but show up as missing; and between Paper and Purpur nothing about the content changes at all. - Every server gets a free play address of its own, on every plan: a name the customer picks with mc.astroworldmc.com behind it, so a server called yourname is reached at yourname.mc.astroworldmc.com. Java players type only that name and leave the port field empty, because every connection arrives at Astroworld's own address router, which reads the hostname out of the Minecraft handshake and forwards the raw connection to the right machine and port. The address of the machine is therefore never visible to a player or to anything they run, which is the quiet half of the DDoS protection. Bedrock players do need a port, 19132 by default, in its own field. A customer can add 3 more addresses themselves from the Settings tab, 4 in total and all reaching the same server, and a new one answers within seconds because there is no DNS record to create: every customer address already lives under one wildcard pointing at the router, so adding a name writes a line in a routing table. A name is 3 to 24 characters of lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, cannot start or end with a hyphen, goes past a word filter, and 27 names are reserved (admin, api, astroworld, awadmin, billing, cdn, db, dev, ftp, help, hosting, mail, mc, ns1, ns2, panel, pay, play, proxy, shop, smtp, staff, status, store, support, test, www). An address that already exists is never changed or removed, not on request and not while adding a new one, because it is in Discord messages, on server lists and in the delivery mail; every route only adds. - 2 to 6 of a customer's own servers can sit behind a single address with one of them as the lobby. Players connect to that one address, land in the lobby, and move to another server with a command in chat instead of disconnecting and reconnecting. A small Velocity proxy is installed next to the lobby on the same machine so the hop stays inside it, and the servers move behind it and receive a shared secret in the same step, so there is never a moment in which one of them is reachable without one. Every member server keeps the address it already had, and those addresses still land on that specific server rather than dropping everyone in the lobby. - Staff access is 15 separate rights, ticked one by one rather than a single switch that grants everything: Console, Power, Files, Delete files, Plugins, Mods, Settings, World, Backups, Schedules, Databases, Players, Activity, Copilot, Staging. Each right is also the tab that person sees, so what somebody may do and what they can see are the same list; the overview stays visible to everyone because it is read only, and Delete files is split off from Files on purpose so somebody can edit a config without being able to empty a folder. There are 4 ready-made roles to start from (Co-admin: Everything except managing staff; Moderator: Console, players and activity, day-to-day moderation; Builder: Console and files, plus backups so they can save their work; Viewer: Look, don't touch), and up to 15 people per server on every plan at no extra cost, with no per-user price. Somebody can be invited before they have an account: the invitation is stored against the email address and attaches itself to their account on their first sign-in. Two capabilities can never be granted to anybody: managing staff, because an account that can grant access can grant it to itself, so even a co-admin holding all 15 rights does not see the staff screen; and anything billing-related, which lives in the customer's own dashboard and not in the server panel at all. Taking a right away applies immediately, to the tab and to the route behind it. Panel permissions are not the same thing as in-game ranks: those are a plugin's job and have their own guide. - A customer can bring an existing Minecraft world onto their server themselves, including one far larger than a browser upload allows. There are three ways in and the middle one is the one most hosts do not have. The upload button in the file manager travels through the browser and through the edge, and that path stops at 100 MB, which is a ceiling in the path rather than a rule Astroworld sets. Pasting a link instead has the machine fetch the file itself, with no browser in the path and no size limit from us, so a gigabyte world arrives the same way a small one does and the fetch keeps going if the customer closes the tab. SFTP is the third way and is better for many files than for one large one. Four rules sit in front of the link route because it asks our machine to go and get something: https only, no credentials in the address, the name must resolve to a public address rather than something inside our network, and executable files do not come through it at all, which is why a plugin or a mod comes from the vetted catalogue instead. The honest limit of that check: the fetch is done by the machine, so an address that passes the check and only then redirects somewhere internal cannot be seen, which is exactly why only data is allowed through it and never code. After the file arrives, unpacking, renaming and moving are buttons in the file manager, so nothing here needs SFTP or a command line. The two things that go wrong are always the same: the folder is nested one level too deep, or the folder name and the level name in the settings do not match, and the server then generates a fresh world rather than guessing. A world made in a newer version of the game than the server runs refuses to load rather than half loading, because Minecraft's world upgrade only runs forwards. - Plans from 8 GB of memory up (Starter at 8 GB, Standard at 12 GB, Premium at 24 GB, Ultimate at 48 GB, Enterprise at 64 GB, Dedicated at 96 GB, and any custom build of 8 GB or more) include a free website for the server, and free here means the builder, the hosting, the web address and the https certificate are all part of the plan: there is no add-on on the invoice, no trial that expires, no page limit and no second account. It is a tab in the customer's own panel next to the console and the files, not a separate product with its own login. The builder has 7 designs, one per kind of server (Survival, Skyblock, Network, Factions, SMP, Prison, Creative), of which Survival is the free one and opens as a complete site with 3 pages (Home, Shop, Rules) already filled in with the server's own name and address. A design brings its own pages and sections rather than being a colour scheme, so a Skyblock site opens with an island leaderboard and a Factions site with a season countdown, and changing design later keeps the text. There are 23 kinds of section to place on up to 8 pages (Hero, Server status, Page intro, Categories, Rank grid, FAQ, Community, Need help?, About this server, Rules list, Team, Gallery, Discord, Vote, News, Links, Shop button, Steps, Leaderboard, Game modes, Countdown, Numbers, Live players), 9 colour themes and 16 hero backgrounds. There is no HTML, no CSS, no file manager, no theme to install and no plugin to keep updated anywhere in it. The status section reads the real server for the play address, whether it is up, the version and the number of players online, so that part of the page can never go stale; the customer fills in nothing for it. Everything saved is a draft nobody sees, and pressing Publish sends the whole site through a content check and then past a person, usually within a few hours, while the version already online stays online. In exchange the sites carry no advertising: one line in the footer says who hosts the page and one says the content belongs to the server operator, next to a link to report a page. A published page is indexable, with its own title, description and canonical. There is an optional paid tier at €11.99 a month per site which adds a premium design, the customer's own domain, adding sections and pages beyond what the design brings, uploading their own images, live players with a graph and uptime, visitor statistics and a review with priority; the free site stays a full site without it. The website belongs to the server and lives as long as the server does. - Resetting a world to a fresh one is a screen in the panel with guards that refuse rather than hope. The server has to be off, not as a formality: a running server holds the world in memory and writes it back on shutdown, so a reset done while it runs quietly undoes itself. A finished, successful backup from the last day has to exist, and recent matters as much as existing, because a backup from three weeks ago passes the test of a backup existing while restoring it throws away three weeks; the only way past that is a plan with no backup slots at all, and then the customer has to acknowledge it themselves. Only the folders belonging to the configured level name are removed, that folder plus its nether and its end and only the ones that actually exist, so plugins, configs and anything else on the disk stay where they are. A seed can be set in the same screen and is written into the settings before the server starts again, or left empty for a new one. - Pre-generating terrain is a button as well, and it is worth doing on any server people will explore, because generating new terrain is the most expensive thing the game does and it happens at the exact moment a player walks into it. The panel installs the tool, sets the radius and starts it, and it works out beforehand whether the result fits on the disk instead of finding out halfway. The radii offered and roughly what each costs per dimension: 1,000 blocks is 15,625 chunks and about 92 MB, 2,000 blocks is 62,500 chunks and about 366 MB, 3,000 blocks is 140,625 chunks and about 824 MB, 5,000 blocks is 390,625 chunks and about 2.2 GB. Doing the overworld, the nether and the end all to the same radius costs roughly three times that. It can run while people are playing and costs noticeable speed while it does. - The AI security check reviews that staff list as part of a full pass and reports three things without acting on any of them: staff other than the owner holding one of the 5 rights that can destroy or expose something (World, Delete files, Databases, Power, Files), invitations still open after 14 days, and staff who have not opened the panel in 90 days. Removing a person or revoking a right is always the owner's own action on the Staff tab. - Backups are taken every night on every plan at no charge. A customer keeps 10 of them; the one that rolls off is not deleted but moves to a bin that holds it another 7 days and can be restored straight out of there, and any backup can be locked so it never rolls off at all. Restoring is free and unlimited, and it replaces the whole server folder: world, plugins, mods, config files, operator list, whitelist and bans, all as they were at that moment. The server has to be off for it, because a running Minecraft server holds the world in memory and writes it back over the restored files when it shuts down. There is no restore to an arbitrary point in time anywhere in Minecraft hosting, ours included: a restore goes to one of the snapshots that exist. - The AI Copilot can do both sides of that from a sentence. "Make a backup before I install these plugins" takes one and waits until it has actually finished before anything else happens, and it goes through the same rotation as the panel button so a full set of slots is not an error but the oldest rolling to the bin. "Put the server back to how it was yesterday evening" prepares a restore card: it lists the snapshots with their real times, says which one is nearest to what was asked and what falls in the gap, and then waits. A restore is the one action the Copilot never applies by itself in any of its three modes, and it needs the Backups permission on that server, not just permission to use the Copilot. Before it restores it takes a backup of the server as it stands at that second, so the restore itself undoes in one click. Deleting a backup and taking one off its lock are not things it can do at all. - On free Minecraft hosting: Aternos and Minehut are free and stay free, and for a group that logs on together they are often the right answer. What the free model asks in return is published by both. Aternos runs a queue when more people want to start a server than there is capacity, showing your position and an estimated wait, and a stop countdown that stops your server once nobody is on it so the capacity goes to someone else. Minehut gives ten player slots on its free tier with no playtime limit, sleeps a server when it empties and wakes it when someone joins, and lifts the slot cap, the memory (up to 14 GB) and the sleeping on its paid plans. An Astroworld server does not queue and does not sleep: it runs until the customer stops it, which is what makes farms, timers and scheduled tasks work while nobody is watching. - Setup is per plan and shown at checkout; a longer term lowers the monthly price. ## Who we are - Astroworld Hosting is Minecraft server hosting run by Astroworld MC, a company registered in the Netherlands. It grew out of the Astroworld MC survival server, so the people answering support run Minecraft servers themselves. More at [about](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/about) - The control panel is our own build, not the stock open-source panel: seventeen sections in the browser with an AI Copilot in it, translated into nine languages, and it is the only thing a customer logs into. - Two lines of plans. The standard line runs on shared AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon cores with SSD storage, from 60 GB SSD on the smallest plan to 450 GB SSD on the largest, with a network port from 200 Mbit/s, in all 27 locations. The Performance line runs on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with fast DDR5 RAM in Poland and on the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in Germany, with Enterprise NVMe, from 50 GB Enterprise NVMe to 500 GB Enterprise NVMe, with a 500 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s port, in Germany and in Poland (Warsaw, delivery within 12 hours, during the day and at night alike, whatever the time is in the Netherlands). Those two places are the whole Performance line: the same plans, the same memory and the same disks in both. A Minecraft tick runs on one core, so the faster core of the Performance line is what lifts TPS on modpacks and busy worlds; memory decides how many players and plugins fit. - Every size exists on both lines, and a server can be moved from one line to the other on request through the contact form; the world and the players stay as they are. ## What every plan includes, at no extra cost - Our own panel with the AI Copilot, the AI performance optimizer and the AI security check. - Layer 3, 4 and 7 DDoS protection, active from the moment the server goes live. - A backup every night, 10 kept, the one that rolls off held another 7 days in a bin, any backup lockable, restoring free and unlimited: [minecraft-server-backups](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-backups) - Crash Watch: it looks every fifteen seconds, and a server that stops on its own is back within half a minute, with the last lines of the console sent by email. A server the customer stops stays stopped. - A free play address of the form yourname.mc.astroworldmc.com, with no port for Java players: [minecraft-server-address](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-address) - [Up to 15 staff members per server with separate rights](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-staff-permissions) - The Discord bot and Discord notifications: [minecraft-server-discord-bot (The Discord bot and Discord notifications)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-discord-bot) and [minecraft-server-discord-notifications (The Discord bot and Discord notifications)](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-discord-notifications) - A catalogue of 510 vetted plugins, mods from Modrinth, and one click modpacks from Modrinth, CurseForge and Feed The Beast: [minecraft-plugins](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-plugins) and [modpacks](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks) - Every server type on every plan, with no tier that unlocks modded hosting: Paper, Spigot, Purpur, Vanilla, Fabric, Forge, Velocity, BungeeCord and more, switchable from the panel: [server-types](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-types) - [The location is picked before paying, out of 27](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/locations) - Cancel at any time; prices include VAT for consumers. ## Support and contact - [WhatsApp with a person, no script and no queue](https://wa.me/message/GVHOAMHMVDSQG1) - A ticket from the panel or the support page, opened from the customer's own account, with a support bot to ask first: [support](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support) - The contact form, for a server setup, plugin configuration, managed hosting, a custom plugin, or moving a server between the standard and the Performance line. We answer by email, usually the same day, and the price of any service is agreed before anything is charged: [contact](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/contact) - We do not publish a response time for general questions. The only committed response times are on Managed Hosting, from 24 hours down to 12, set out in the service level agreement: [sla](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/sla) - [Service status, incidents and maintenance](https://astroworldhosting.statuspage.io/) - Our own measured uptime, with the method next to it and what does not count as downtime: [uptime](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/uptime) - Terms of service [terms](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/terms), acceptable use [aup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/aup), privacy [privacy](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/privacy). ## Help center Step by step answers with screenshots of the real panel, one question per page, under [support](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support). Each article opens with a two sentence answer. - How do I reset my password? [support/account/reset-your-password](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/reset-your-password) - How do I turn on two-factor authentication? [support/account/turn-on-two-factor-authentication](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/turn-on-two-factor-authentication) - How do I change the email address on my account? [support/account/change-your-email-address](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/change-your-email-address) - Where can I download my invoice? [support/billing/download-an-invoice](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/download-an-invoice) - How do I cancel my subscription? [support/billing/cancel-your-subscription](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/cancel-your-subscription) - How do I add my VAT number? [support/billing/add-your-vat-number](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/add-your-vat-number) - How do I open my server panel? [support/getting-started/open-your-server-panel](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/open-your-server-panel) - How do I make myself an operator? [support/getting-started/make-yourself-an-operator](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/make-yourself-an-operator) - How do I make my server private with a whitelist? [support/getting-started/turn-on-the-whitelist](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/turn-on-the-whitelist) - How do I change my server settings? [support/panel-and-files/change-your-server-settings](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/change-your-server-settings) - How do I change my Minecraft version? [support/panel-and-files/change-your-minecraft-version](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/change-your-minecraft-version) - How do I restore a backup? [support/worlds-and-backups/restore-a-backup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/restore-a-backup) - How do I make a backup of my server? [support/worlds-and-backups/create-a-backup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/create-a-backup) - How do I install a modpack? [support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-modpack](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-modpack) - How do I install a plugin? [support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-plugin](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-plugin) - Why is my server lagging? [support/performance/find-out-why-your-server-lags](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/performance/find-out-why-your-server-lags) - How do I connect to my server? [support/connection/connect-to-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection/connect-to-your-server) - How do I give someone access to my server panel? [support/security/give-someone-access-to-your-panel](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security/give-someone-access-to-your-panel) - Why can't I connect to my server? [support/troubleshooting/cant-connect-to-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/cant-connect-to-your-server) - Why won't my server start? [support/troubleshooting/server-wont-start](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/server-wont-start) - How do I create an account? [support/account/create-an-account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/create-an-account) - How do I log in with Google? [support/account/log-in-with-google](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/log-in-with-google) - How do I order a Minecraft server? [support/getting-started/order-a-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/order-a-server) - Which plan do I need? [support/getting-started/find-the-right-plan](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/find-the-right-plan) - Which billing term should I choose? [support/billing/choose-a-billing-term](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/choose-a-billing-term) - How do I use a discount code? [support/billing/use-a-discount-code](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/use-a-discount-code) - Which server location should I choose? [support/connection/choose-a-server-location](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection/choose-a-server-location) - How do I check if there is an outage? [support/troubleshooting/check-if-there-is-an-outage](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/check-if-there-is-an-outage) - How do I contact support? [support/troubleshooting/contact-support](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/contact-support) - What does a server.properties setting do? [support/panel-and-files/what-a-server-properties-setting-does](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/what-a-server-properties-setting-does) - How do I customize my server panel with edit mode? [support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-with-edit-mode](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-with-edit-mode) - How do I add a widget to my panel? [support/panel-and-files/add-a-widget-to-your-panel](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/add-a-widget-to-your-panel) - What does each widget on the panel overview show? [support/panel-and-files/panel-widgets-explained](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/panel-widgets-explained) - How do I move and resize widgets on my panel? [support/panel-and-files/move-and-resize-panel-widgets](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/move-and-resize-panel-widgets) - How do I remove a widget or reset my panel layout? [support/panel-and-files/remove-a-widget-or-reset-your-layout](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/remove-a-widget-or-reset-your-layout) - How do I customize the sidebar of my panel? [support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-sidebar](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-sidebar) - How do I add a shortcut to the panel sidebar? [support/panel-and-files/add-a-shortcut-to-your-panel-sidebar](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/add-a-shortcut-to-your-panel-sidebar) - How does the edit mode tour work? [support/panel-and-files/take-the-edit-mode-tour](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/take-the-edit-mode-tour) - How do I use edit mode on my phone? [support/panel-and-files/use-edit-mode-on-your-phone](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/use-edit-mode-on-your-phone) - How do I change game rules like keep inventory? [support/worlds-and-backups/change-your-game-rules](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/change-your-game-rules) - How do I add a data pack to my server? [support/plugins-and-mods/add-a-data-pack](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods/add-a-data-pack) - How do I pre-generate my world to stop lag when exploring? [support/performance/pre-generate-your-world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/performance/pre-generate-your-world) - How do I reset my Minecraft world and start a new one? [support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-world) - How do I reset my whole server and start from scratch? [support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-whole-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-whole-server) - How do I close my server for maintenance? [support/panel-and-files/turn-on-maintenance-mode](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/turn-on-maintenance-mode) - How do I change the Java version of my server? [support/panel-and-files/change-your-java-version](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/change-your-java-version) - How do I schedule an automatic restart or backup? [support/panel-and-files/schedule-a-restart-or-backup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/schedule-a-restart-or-backup) - How do I search the chat history of my server? [support/security/search-your-chat-history](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security/search-your-chat-history) - How do I move my server from another host? [support/getting-started/move-your-server-from-another-host](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/move-your-server-from-another-host) - How do I ban a player from my server? [support/security/ban-a-player](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security/ban-a-player) - How do I see when my players are online? [support/panel-and-files/see-when-your-players-are-online](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/see-when-your-players-are-online) - How do I upgrade or downgrade my server plan? [support/billing/upgrade-or-downgrade-your-plan](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/upgrade-or-downgrade-your-plan) - How do I let Bedrock players join my Java server? [support/connection/add-crossplay-to-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection/add-crossplay-to-your-server) - How do I see what changed on my server? [support/panel-and-files/see-what-changed-on-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/see-what-changed-on-your-server) - How do I set up my server with AI? [support/getting-started/set-up-your-server-with-ai](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/set-up-your-server-with-ai) ## Discounts, terms and billing - The price on every plan card is the 24 month price. Paid a month at a time the same plan costs about twelve percent more; six and twelve months sit in between. Both amounts stand next to each plan above. - A setup fee applies on the month to month term only and is shown at checkout; there is none on six, twelve or twenty-four months. - Intro discount: 60 percent off the first 6 months on the Performance line in Poland (Warsaw) and 20 percent on that line in Germany. On a monthly plan that is the first 6 monthly payments; on a 6, 12 or 24 month term it covers the whole term. The standard line has no intro discount. It is applied automatically at checkout, on every new server (also when you already have servers with us), and shown before signing in. Renewal prices are unchanged. The account is checked again at checkout. - The code GUIDE5 from guide.astroworldmc.com gives 5 percent off the first payment and stacks with the intro discount, 65 percent in total on the Performance line in Poland and 25 percent in Germany. - A Refer tab in the panel gives existing customers a referral link. - The upgrade from the standard line to the Performance line is free for a limited time, as stated above under the Performance line. ## Comparisons, with only what each host publishes about itself - [All nine side by side](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare) - [Apex Hosting runs Multicraft; we run a panel of our own](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/apex) - BisectHosting charges per gigabyte of RAM; we charge one flat monthly price with vCPU and storage included: [compare/bisecthosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/bisecthosting) - [Hostinger is a web host that also sells game servers](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/hostinger) - [PebbleHost hands you the standard open panel and has two locations](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/pebblehost) - [ScalaCube entry plans start at 768 MB of RAM; ours start at 4 GB with 2 vCPU](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/scalacube) - [Shockbyte starts at 1 GB RAM on Multicraft](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/shockbyte) - Nodecraft sells a Pro tier that runs around the clock and a Lite tier that hibernates: [compare/nodecraft](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/nodecraft) - Aternos is free, with a queue when capacity is short and a stop countdown when the server empties: [compare/aternos](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/aternos) - [Minehut is free with ten player slots and sleeps an empty server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/minehut) - Minecraft Realms is Mojang's own subscription: ten players on Java, no plugins or mods, no console: [Minecraft Realms is Mojang's own subscription](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/realms) - [Kinetic Hosting runs its own Kinetic Panel and starts at 4 GB like we do](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/kinetic) - [GGServers runs a customised Pterodactyl panel from $3 a month](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/ggservers) - [Server.pro has a free 2 GB server you renew every hour, and paid plans from 4 GB](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/compare/serverpro) ## Straight answers - Realms or server hosting: Realms is ten players on a world Mojang runs, with no plugins or mods; a hosted server is a machine you control: [Realms or server hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-realms-vs-server-hosting) - How many players per GB of RAM: two gigabytes go to the world first, then four to five players per gigabyte on vanilla, one to two on a modpack: [How many players per GB of RAM](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/how-many-players-per-gb-ram) - A server 24/7 without your own PC: what a desktop left on costs in electricity and what a hosted server costs instead: [A server 24/7 without your own PC](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-24-7-without-your-own-pc) - A server for a school or classroom: whitelist, teacher accounts, a schedule, and where Education Edition fits: [A server for a school or classroom](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-for-school-or-classroom) - Hosting for modpacks: memory first, one fast core second, a one-click installer third, with what ATM10, RLCraft, Pixelmon and Create need: [Hosting for modpacks](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/best-minecraft-server-hosting-for-modpacks) - A server for friends: the size for five to fifteen people and the bill split five ways: [A server for friends](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-hosting-for-friends) - Is a free server worth it: what Aternos, Minehut and Server.pro give and hold back, and who they are right for: [Is a free server worth it](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/is-a-free-minecraft-server-worth-it) - None of these pages link to the other host; they compare published facts only. ## Quick answers - What does a Minecraft server cost? From EUR 5.96 a month for 4 GB on the 24 month term up to EUR 70.46 for 96 GB: [minecraft-server-cost](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-cost) - What is the cheapest plan? Mini, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD, with DDoS protection and the panel included: [minecraft-server-hosting-cheap](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-hosting-cheap) - How much RAM do I need? 2 to 4 GB for vanilla with one to five players, 8 to 12 GB for a heavy modpack of 300 or more mods, 16 GB and up past fifty players: [guides/how-much-ram](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-much-ram) - How much RAM does a modpack need? Pixelmon runs on 4 GB, RLCraft needs 6 to 8 GB, Create standalone 4 to 6 GB, All the Mods 10 starts at 8 GB for five players and wants 10 to 12 GB for ten: [modpacks](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/modpacks) - Can Java and Bedrock players play together? Yes, on a crossplay plan: we set up GeyserMC and Floodgate and check them every month: [server-types/crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-types/crossplay) - Can I upload my own world? Yes, through the browser up to 100 MB, by pasting a link for any size, or over SFTP: [upload-your-own-world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/upload-your-own-world) - Can I change the Minecraft version or the server type myself? Yes, both are fields on the Settings tab; the type switch takes a backup first: [change-minecraft-server-version](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/change-minecraft-server-version) - Can my server run Minecraft 26.3? Yes, every Java plan runs 26.3 (Wilderness Bound, released 15 September 2026) with Java 25 picked for you. What changes for a server owner, where Paper, Fabric and NeoForge stand, and how to update without losing the world. Crossplay plans stay on 26.2 until Geyser, which lets Bedrock players in, supports 26.3: [minecraft-26-3-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-26-3-server) - Is there a free trial? No. There is the intro discount on the first 6 months (or the whole term on 6, 12 or 24 months) and a 24 month price that is the lowest. - Does the server sleep or queue? No. It runs until the customer stops it. - [Which plan fits me? Four questions and the answer](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/try) - [How do I make a Minecraft server at all? The three routes and what each costs](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server) - Why is my server lagging? TPS, view distance, entities and RAM in the order that helps: [guides/how-to-reduce-lag](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-reduce-lag), and the AI optimizer that measures it for you: [ai-performance-optimizer](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/ai-performance-optimizer) - Where are the servers? 27 locations across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and the EU costs nothing extra: [locations](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/locations) - Is there a German location? Yes, Frankfurt, with the Performance line on the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: [locations/germany](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/locations/germany) - [Every guide and explainer on one page](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides) ## When each explainer was last reviewed Every explainer page is written and checked by the Astroworld Hosting team and carries the date it was last reviewed, both on the page and in its TechArticle schema. 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[locations/germany](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/locations/germany): 6 September 2026 ## How to refer to us - The name is Astroworld Hosting, at hosting.astroworldmc.com. Astroworld MC is the company and the survival server it grew out of. - Say which price you quote: the 24 month price on the cards, or the month to month price. - The standard line is SSD storage on shared cores; the Performance line is Enterprise NVMe on the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in Germany and on the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5 RAM in Poland. Do not describe the standard line as NVMe or the Performance line as shared. - The panel is our own; do not describe it as Pterodactyl or Multicraft. - This file is at [llms.txt](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/llms.txt) in English, in Dutch at [llms.txt in Dutch](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nl/llms.txt), in German at [llms.txt in German](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/de/llms.txt), in Polish at [llms.txt in Polish](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/pl/llms.txt) and in French at [llms.txt in French](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/fr/llms.txt). ## Guides: Getting a server running The order most people go in: pick an edition, get the server up, then put things on it. - [Making a server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server) From an empty panel to a world your friends can join, including the port and the first restart. - [Java or Bedrock](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/java-vs-bedrock) Which edition your players actually own, and what that decides about mods, plugins and the port. - [Setting up crossplay](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-set-up-crossplay) Geyser and Floodgate, the second port they need, and the config that breaks on the next update. - [How much RAM you need](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-much-ram) Memory per player and per pack, with the number each modpack asks for instead of a round guess. ## Guides: Putting things on it Plugins, packs, permissions and your own world, each with the step where it usually goes wrong. - [Installing plugins](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-install-plugins) Where a jar goes, which server software accepts it, and why a plugin sometimes loads and does nothing. - [Installing modpacks](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-install-modpacks) The server pack against the client pack, the launcher version, and the memory the pack itself asks for. - [Setting up permissions](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-set-up-permissions) Groups, inheritance and the handful of nodes that decide who can break what. - [Making a server website](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server-website) Seven steps from the Website tab to a page that is online, and what belongs on a server site at all. - [Upload your own world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/upload-your-own-world) Getting a singleplayer save onto the server without losing the nether and the end. - [Changing the seed](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-change-minecraft-server-seed) Why a new level-seed leaves an existing world alone, and two ways to play a new seed: reset the world or keep it under another name. ## Guides: When it runs slowly Four pages about the same question from four sides: what is actually holding the tick up. - [Reducing lag](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/guides/how-to-reduce-lag) Pre-generating chunks, view distance, entity limits, and measuring with Spark afterwards. - [TPS and MSPT](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-tps) Twenty ticks a second is the whole budget, and each one has fifty milliseconds. How to read both numbers. - [Dedicated CPU or shared vCPU](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/dedicated-cpu-vs-shared-vcpu) What a vCPU is on either line, and why more of them on a slower core answers a question nobody asked. - [NVMe or SSD](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/nvme-vs-ssd-minecraft-server) Which of the two your world actually waits on, and when the extra room is worth more than the speed. - [High performance hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/high-performance-minecraft-server-hosting) What the word means when a host uses it, and which of the claims you can check yourself. ## Guides: Straight answers The questions people type into a search box before they buy anything, each answered on its own page. - [Realms or server hosting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-realms-vs-server-hosting) Ten players on a world Mojang runs, or a server you control. Where the line runs and how to move a Realm over. - [Players per GB of RAM](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/how-many-players-per-gb-ram) Two gigabytes go to the world before anyone joins. The rule per gigabyte for vanilla, plugins and packs, with a table by player count. - [A server 24/7 without your own PC](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-24-7-without-your-own-pc) What a desktop left on all month costs in electricity, and what a hosted server costs instead, with the ten minute setup. - [A server for a school or classroom](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-for-school-or-classroom) Whitelist, teacher accounts, a schedule that switches it off after the lesson, and where Education Edition fits. - [Hosting for modpacks](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/best-minecraft-server-hosting-for-modpacks) Memory first, one fast core second, a one-click installer third. What ATM10, RLCraft, Pixelmon and Create need. - [A server for friends](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-hosting-for-friends) The size for five to fifteen friends, the bill split five ways, and the three settings that keep it a good server for a year. - [Is a free server worth it?](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/is-a-free-minecraft-server-worth-it) What Aternos, Minehut and Server.pro give and hold back, who they are right for, and what a paid server costs each once split. ## Guides: Looking something up The pages you come back to once the server runs, rather than read from top to bottom. - [Every server setting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/server-properties) Every line of server.properties, what it does, and what happens if you get it wrong. - [The plugin list](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-plugins) The plugins we see most, what each one is for, and which server software runs it. - [The free server website](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-website) What comes with it from 8 GB up: the designs, the sections, the address and what the paid tier adds. - [Your play address](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-address) The subdomain you hand out, why it does not change, and how to point your own domain at it. - [Changing version or type](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/change-minecraft-server-version) Switching between Paper, Fabric, Forge and vanilla, and which of those keeps your world. - [Staff permissions](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/minecraft-server-staff-permissions) Who on your team gets which button in the panel, without handing out the whole account. ## Help center: Account & login [support/account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account) Passwords, email and 2FA ### How do I reset my password? [support/account/reset-your-password](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/reset-your-password) Go to the login page, choose "Forgot your password?" and enter the email address you signed up with. We send you a link that is valid for one hour, and on that page you set a new password of at least 8 characters. #### Reset your password in four steps 1. Open the login page and choose "Forgot your password?" under the password field. 2. Type the email address you signed up with and press "Send me the link". 3. Open the email from Astroworld Hosting and click the link in it. It works for one hour, and only the newest link works: asking again cancels the one before. 4. Type a new password of at least 8 characters twice and press "Save it and log in". #### No email arrived Look in your spam folder first. The email comes from our own address and says what it is in the subject. Still nothing after a few minutes? Check that you typed the address you signed up with. For privacy reasons the page gives the same answer for an address we do not know, so a typo looks exactly like success. If you signed up with Google, you can keep using the Google button on the login page. Setting a password as well does no harm. #### "This link does not work" The link is older than an hour, or you asked for a newer one after it. Press "Send me a new link" on that page and use the newest email. #### Why the reset page never tells you whether an address exists After you press "Send me the link" the page looks the same for every address, known or not. That is deliberate. If it said "no account with this address", anybody could type in email addresses to find out who has a server with us. The trade off is that a typo in your own address looks like success, which is why checking the spelling is the first thing to do when nothing arrives. #### After you set the new password You are logged in at once and land on your dashboard. Nothing else changes: your servers keep running, your panel staff keep their own logins, and your subscriptions and invoices stay where they were. If you turned on two-factor authentication, the next login asks for the code from your app as usual, because resetting the password does not switch that off. Were you locked out because somebody else knew your password? Change it here first, then open Account in your dashboard and turn on two-factor authentication, so a password alone is no longer enough to get in. #### Passwords are never stored in plain text We keep only a one way hash of your password, which is why nobody here can look it up or send it to you. The only way back in is a new password through a link that reaches your own inbox. #### Messages on the reset pages and what they mean - "This link does not work": The link is older than an hour, or it was replaced by a newer one. A reset link only works from the most recent email. Ask for a new link on the same page and open that one. - "That did not work. The link may have expired.": You pressed save after the hour ran out, for example because the tab stayed open. Your old password still works. Request a fresh link and set the new password straight away. - "The two passwords are not the same.": The second field has to match the first letter for letter. Retype both; a password manager that fills only one of them is the usual cause. - "Your password needs at least 8 characters.": Eight is the minimum. A phrase of a few unrelated words is longer, easier to remember and harder to guess than a short password with symbols. - "Invalid email or password.": Shown on the login page afterwards if the new password did not save, or if you log in with a different address than the one you reset. Check which address the reset email went to. #### Questions **Will support reset my password for me?** No. Nobody at Astroworld Hosting will ever ask for your password or set one for you. The reset link goes only to the email address on the account, so the person who can read that inbox is the only one who can choose a new password. **Does a reset also verify my email address?** Yes. If you could open the link, you can read that inbox, so an account that was never verified is verified the moment you save the new password. **I changed my password while logged in. Is that the same?** It ends in the same place. If you still know your current password you can also change it on the Account page of your dashboard under "Change Password", without an email. **How many times can I ask for a reset link?** As often as you need. Each new request makes the previous link stop working, so always use the newest email in your inbox and delete the older ones to avoid confusion. **I signed up with Google and never had a password. Can I still use this?** Yes. Requesting a reset link for the address of your Google account lets you set a password next to Google. After that you can log in either way, which helps on a device where you are not signed in to Google. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I turn on two-factor authentication? [support/account/turn-on-two-factor-authentication](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/turn-on-two-factor-authentication) Open Account in your dashboard, press "Set up 2FA" under Two-Factor Authentication, scan the QR code with an authenticator app and type the code it shows. Save the eight recovery codes you get, because they are shown only once. #### Set up 2FA 1. Log in and open Account in the menu of your dashboard. 2. Scroll to Two-Factor Authentication and press "Set up 2FA". 3. Scan the QR code with an authenticator app such as Google Authenticator, Authy or 1Password. If you cannot scan it, type the code under it into the app by hand. 4. Type the six digit code your app shows into "Code from your app" and press "Confirm and turn on". 5. Save the eight recovery codes somewhere safe, away from your phone, and press "I saved these, done". Each code lets you in once if you lose the app. #### What changes after you turn it on Every login asks for your password and then for a current code from the app. The code is also asked when you delete your account. Turning 2FA off needs the same proof as turning it on: your password and a current code. That way somebody who gets into an open session cannot switch it off quietly. #### Lost your phone Use one of your recovery codes at the login step instead of the app code. Each one works once. Once you are in, turn 2FA off and set it up again on your new phone, which gives you a fresh set of codes. #### Why a code from an app and not a text message An authenticator app makes the code on your own phone, from a secret that was shared once through the QR code. Nothing is sent over the phone network, so a stolen phone number or a message that is intercepted does not get anyone into your account. The app also works without signal, which a text message does not. #### Where the second step is asked At every login with your email address and password, after the password. Also after the Google button: signing in with Google proves who you are to Google, and your own code proves it to us. And once more when you delete your account, so an open laptop is not enough to wipe your servers. Your panel staff are not affected by your 2FA. They log in with their own accounts, and each of them can turn on 2FA for themselves on their own Account page. For anybody with rights to files, worlds or backups on your server, ask them to do so. #### Moving to a new phone Most authenticator apps can transfer their accounts to a new phone; do that before you reset the old one. If you already lost it, log in with a recovery code, turn 2FA off on the Account page and set it up again from the new phone. You then get eight new recovery codes and the old ones stop working. #### Messages you can get while setting up or using 2FA - "That code is not right.": Shown in the setup step when the six digits do not match. The code changes every few seconds, so type the one that is on screen now. If every code fails, the clock on your phone is probably off: switch on automatic time in the phone settings. - "That code is not right. Try the next one your app shows.": Shown at login. Wait for the app to show a fresh code and type that one. Make sure you read the entry for Astroworld Hosting and not another account in the same app. - "Lost your phone? A backup code works here too.": The same field accepts one of the eight recovery codes you saved when you turned 2FA on. Each code works once and is used up after that. #### Questions **Which authenticator apps work?** Any app that reads a standard QR code for time based codes: Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, Microsoft Authenticator, Bitwarden and the like. **Does 2FA also protect my server panel?** Yes. The panel uses the same login, so nobody reaches your server without the second step either. People you invited as staff have their own login and can turn on 2FA for themselves. **Can I see my recovery codes again later?** No. They are shown only once, when you turn 2FA on. If you lost them while you still have the app, turn 2FA off and on again to get a fresh set. **I lost both my phone and my recovery codes. What now?** Write to us from the email address on the account, with the name of your server. We verify that the account is yours before we remove the second step, which takes longer than a recovery code, so keep those codes somewhere you can find them. **Does 2FA slow down my players?** No. Two-factor authentication protects the account and the panel. Your players join the Minecraft server with their own game accounts and never see it. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I change the email address on my account? [support/account/change-your-email-address](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/change-your-email-address) Open Account in your dashboard, type the new address under Email Address and press "Update Email". You may have to confirm the new address from your inbox before it is used for logging in and for invoices. #### Change your email address 1. Log in and open Account in the menu of your dashboard. 2. Type the new address in the Email Address field and press "Update Email". 3. If we ask you to, open the confirmation email at the new address and click the link in it. Until then, keep using the old address to log in. #### Good to know The address on your account is where password reset links and invoices go. Change it before you lose access to the old inbox, not after. People you invited to your server keep their access. Their invitation is tied to their own account, not to your address. #### What moves to the new address Everything that is sent to you personally: password reset links, order confirmations, invoices and the emails from Crash Watch when your server stops on its own. Messages that you set up to go into Discord through a webhook in your panel stay in Discord, because they are tied to the server and not to your address. Your servers, your backups and your subscriptions do not move and do not restart. The account is the same account with a different address on it. #### Logging in with Google after the change The Google button logs you into the account with the same address as your Google account. If you change your address to one that is not your Google address, use your email address and password from then on, or change the address back to the Google one. #### Your panel is not where you change it Inside the panel, the account screen shows your address but does not let you change it. That is on purpose: a stray click in the panel should never be able to lock you out of your own account. The change is only possible on the Account page of your dashboard. #### What the Account page tells you - "Email updated. You may need to re-verify your new address.": The change is saved, and the new address is marked as not yet confirmed. Confirm it from its inbox; a password reset to the new address confirms it as well, because opening that link proves you can read it. - "This email is already in use.": Another account already has this address, perhaps one you made earlier with Google or while ordering. Every address can belong to one account only. Log in to that other account to check it, or write to us from that address if you want the two sorted out. - "Please provide a valid email address.": The address is missing a part, such as the @ or the domain after it. Addresses are saved in lower case, so capital letters are not the problem. - "Careful, you have unsaved changes!": You typed a new address but did not press "Update Email" yet. Leaving the page keeps the old address. #### Questions **I no longer have access to my old email address. What now?** If you can still log in, change it on the Account page as above. If you cannot log in and cannot receive the reset email, write to us from the new address with your server name, and we verify that the account is yours before changing anything. **Will my invoices show the new address?** New invoices use the address on your account at the time they are made. Invoices that were already made keep the address that was on them. **Can two accounts share one email address?** No. The email address is how we recognise an account, so every address belongs to one account. If you want someone else to help run your server, invite them as staff with their own address instead. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I create an account? [support/account/create-an-account](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/create-an-account) Open the sign up page and either press "Google" or fill in your email address and a password of at least 8 characters, then press "Create my account". We send you an email with a link, and your account is active the moment you open it. #### Create your account in three steps 1. The quickest way: press "Google" at the top of the sign up page and pick your Google account. There is no password to remember and no email to open. 2. Rather use an email address? Fill in "Email address", then the same password twice under "Password" and "Password again", and press "Create my account". Your name is optional; it is only how we address you. 3. The page now says "Check your email". Open the email from Astroworld Hosting and click the link in it. That activates your account, and from then on you log in with that address and password. #### No email arrived Look in your spam folder first. Still nothing after a few minutes? The page has "No email yet?" with a "Send it again" button. Use the newest email, because a new link replaces the one before. Check the address you typed as well. If it has a typo the email goes nowhere, and you are better off starting again with the right address. #### "There is already an account with this address" Then you signed up before, maybe with Google. Log in instead, and if you do not know the password any more, use "Forgot your password?" on the login page. #### You can also create it while ordering The order form has its own step "Your account" with the same choice: "Continue with Google", or "I am new here" with an email address and password. Your new server lands in that account, so you do not need to make one first. #### Why we ask you to open an email first The address on your account is where password resets and invoices go, so it has to be one you can read. Opening the link proves that, and it stops anybody from creating an account in your name with an address that is not theirs. Google accounts skip this step because Google has already confirmed the address. #### What you can do with a new account Right after activation the dashboard is empty, because an account on its own has no server. From there you can order one, or accept an invitation if someone added you as staff to their server: an invitation sent to your address links itself to your account once you sign up with that same address. #### Personal or business Every account starts as personal. If you order for a company, switch to Business on the Account page and add the company name, country and VAT number before your first invoice, so the invoice carries them. #### Messages on the sign up page - "There is already an account with this address. Log in instead.": You signed up before, perhaps while ordering or with Google. Log in with that address, or use "Forgot your password?" if you never set a password. - "The two passwords are not the same.": "Password" and "Password again" must match exactly. Watch for a caps lock key or a password manager that filled only one field. - "Your password needs at least 8 characters.": Pick something of 8 characters or more that you do not use on any other site. - "We sent a new link. Use the newest email.": Shown after "Send it again". Every new link replaces the one before, so open the most recent email. #### Questions **Does an account cost anything?** No. The account is where your servers, invoices and settings live. You only pay for a server you order. **Can I use Google and a password on the same account?** Yes. If your Google account has the same email address, pressing "Google" logs you into the same account. You can set a password later with "Forgot your password?" on the login page. **How long does my password need to be?** At least 8 characters, typed the same twice. A longer one that you do not use anywhere else is safer, and you can add two-factor authentication after you log in. **Can I sign up without giving my name?** Yes. "Your name (optional)" is only how we address you in emails and on the dashboard. Leave it empty and we use the part of your email address before the @. **Can I have more than one server on one account?** Yes. Every server you order lands on the same dashboard, each with its own panel, address and subscription. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I log in with Google? [support/account/log-in-with-google](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/account/log-in-with-google) Press "Log in" at the top right of the site, then press the "Google" button above the email field and pick your Google account. If that Google account has the same email address as your Astroworld account, you land in that same account. #### Log in with Google in two steps 1. Press "Log in" in the top bar of any page on the site. 2. On the login page, press "Google" and choose your Google account. You are sent straight on to your dashboard. #### Which account do I end up in? The one with the same email address as your Google account. If you first signed up with an email address and a password, Google takes you into that same account, with the same servers and invoices. If your Google address is a different one, you get a new, empty account. Log out and log in with the email address your servers are on instead. #### It does not work A browser or extension that blocks cookies can stop the Google step halfway. Try again in a normal window, not a private one, or log in with your email address and password. Never had a password? Use "Forgot your password?" on the login page and set one; after that both ways work. #### What Google tells us, and what it does not When you press the Google button, Google asks you to confirm and then passes us your email address and your name. That is all. We do not see your Google password, your contacts or your files, and we cannot post or send anything as you. You can revoke that link at any time in your Google account under third party access. After that the Google button no longer works for you until you allow it again; logging in with a password still does, if you set one. #### Several Google accounts in one browser If you are signed in to more than one Google account, Google shows a list. Pick the one with the address your servers are on. Picking the wrong one creates or opens a different Astroworld account, which then looks empty. #### Messages around the login - "One more step": You have two-factor authentication on. Open your authenticator app and type the six digit code for Astroworld Hosting under "Code from your app", then press "Confirm and log in". - "Invalid email or password.": This comes from the email form, not from the Google button. If you always used Google, press "Google" instead of typing an address. - "Use a different account": A link on the second step. Press it if you signed in with the wrong Google account and want to start over with another one. #### Questions **Do you see my Google password?** No. Google checks who you are and only tells us your email address and name. Your Google password never reaches us. **Does two-factor authentication still apply?** Yes. If you turned on two-factor authentication in your account, you are asked for the code after the Google step as well. **I pressed Google and my servers are gone.** They are not gone; you are in another account. Log out, log in again and pick the Google account whose address matches the one on your invoices, or use your email address and password. **Can staff I invited log in with Google?** Yes, as long as their Google address is the address you invited. The invitation is tied to that address, whichever way they log in. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ## Help center: Billing [support/billing](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing) Invoices, payments and plans ### Where can I download my invoice? [support/billing/download-an-invoice](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/download-an-invoice) Open Billing in your dashboard and press "Open billing portal" under Payment Management. That opens our secure billing portal, where every invoice is listed with a download link for the PDF. #### Download an invoice 1. Log in and open Billing in the menu of your dashboard. 2. Under Payment Management, press "Open billing portal". It opens in the same tab. 3. Scroll to Invoice history in the portal and open the invoice you need. Download it as a PDF from there. #### Your Billing page says payments are handled by us Then your account was set up by hand and has no self service portal. Send us an email with the month you need and we send the invoice back. #### Need your company on the invoice Add your company name and VAT number on the Account page before the next invoice is made. Invoices that already exist are not changed afterwards. #### What is on every invoice The date, the plan and the term it covers, the amount and the VAT in it. Our prices include VAT, so the total on the invoice is the price you saw on the order form. A business in another EU country with a VAT number that the European register confirmed pays no VAT: the invoice shows it as reverse charged. The name, company and VAT number on the invoice come from your account at the moment the invoice is made. That is why adding business details afterwards changes the next invoice and not the ones already made. #### One invoice per payment, not per month If you pay for 12 or 24 months at once, you get one invoice for that whole term on the day you pay, and the next one when the term renews. A monthly plan gets one every month. Something you buy later for the same server shows up in the portal as well, with its own date. #### For your accounting The billing portal lets you download each invoice as a PDF that you can file as it is. Download them as they come in rather than once a year, so your bookkeeping never depends on logging in to find an old month. #### What the Billing page can show - "No active subscriptions.": This account has no running server subscription right now. Invoices from earlier subscriptions are still in the billing portal, so open it anyway if you need an old one. - "Payments for this account are handled by us.": Your servers were set up by hand, so there is no self service portal. Ask for the invoice through the support page, with the month and the server name, and we send it to the address on your account. - "This server is suspended. Settle the outstanding invoice to restore access.": Shown in the panel when a payment failed. Open the billing portal, pay the open invoice or update your card, and the server becomes available again. #### Questions **Where do I see what I pay next?** The Billing page lists every active subscription with its next billing date, so you know what comes before you open the portal. **Can I change my payment method in the same place?** Yes. The billing portal also lets you add a new card or payment method and remove the old one. **Can the invoice go to a different email address?** Invoices go to the address on your account. Change it on the Account page, or forward them from your inbox to your bookkeeper; the PDF from the portal is the same document. **Why does the invoice show a different name than my account?** The billing portal can hold its own billing name and address, which you may have filled in at checkout. Update them in the portal and the next invoice uses the new details. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I cancel my subscription? [support/billing/cancel-your-subscription](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/cancel-your-subscription) Open Billing in your dashboard, go to the billing portal and cancel the subscription there, or send us an email. Cancel at least 3 days before your next billing date to avoid the next charge; the server keeps running until the end of the period you paid for. #### Cancel a server 1. Download a backup of your world first. Open the panel, go to Backups and press "Download" next to the newest one. 2. Open Billing in your dashboard and open the billing portal under Payment Management. 3. Pick the subscription of the server you want to stop and choose to cancel it. If your Billing page says payments are handled by us, send us an email instead with the server name. #### When the cancellation takes effect You can cancel at any time. To avoid being billed for the next period, cancel at least 3 days before the next billing date. A cancellation that arrives later takes effect one period after that. The period you already paid for stays active until its end date, so you can keep playing until then. #### What happens to your files After the subscription ends, the server files are kept for 7 days. In that week you can still download them from the panel. After that they are deleted for good. #### Cancel one server or close the whole account Cancelling a subscription stops one server at the end of its paid period and leaves the rest of your account alone: other servers, invoices and your login stay. Deleting your account on the Account page is final: it cancels every subscription at once, removes all server data and asks for your two-factor code first if you have it on. #### Before the last day Take a fresh backup and download it, because the backups in the panel go away with the server. Export anything you keep outside the world folder as well: plugin settings, a database on the Databases tab, or the files of a website you host with us. Tell your players. The play address stops working when the server is removed, and a server that simply vanishes from their list looks like a crash. #### Changed your mind Until the paid period ends, you can turn the cancellation back on in the billing portal and the subscription simply continues. After the end date, within the 7 days that the files are kept, write to us and we see whether the server can be brought back as it was. #### Messages around cancelling and unpaid servers - "This server is suspended. Settle the outstanding invoice to restore access.": Not a cancellation: a payment failed and the server is paused. Pay the open invoice in the billing portal and it comes back. If you meant to stop, cancel the subscription instead of leaving it unpaid. - "Are you absolutely sure? This will permanently delete your account, cancel all subscriptions, and remove all server data.": This is the account deletion on the Account page, which is far more than cancelling one server. Use it only when you want everything gone; to stop a single server, cancel its subscription in the billing portal. #### Questions **Do I get a refund for the rest of my term?** No. Our subscriptions are not refundable, which is why the paid period stays active until its end date after you cancel. **Can I switch to a smaller plan instead?** Yes. Send us an email with the server name and the plan you want, and we arrange the change for you. **Does cancelling stop the server straight away?** No. The server keeps running until the last day you paid for, so you can keep playing and make your final backup in peace. **I cancelled but I was still charged.** The cancellation arrived less than 3 days before the billing date, so that period had already started. It is the last one; the subscription ends after it. If you think the dates are wrong, send us the invoice and we look at it. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I add my VAT number? [support/billing/add-your-vat-number](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/add-your-vat-number) Open Account in your dashboard, choose Business under "Personal or business", fill in your company name, country and VAT number and press "Save business details". We check the number with the European register, and your next invoice carries it. #### Add your business details 1. Log in and open Account in the menu of your dashboard. 2. Under "Personal or business", choose Business. 3. Fill in the company name, the country the company is in and the VAT number. The Chamber of Commerce number is optional and has no effect on the VAT. 4. Press "Save business details". A line under the field tells you whether the European register confirmed the number. #### What the check tells you "VAT number confirmed by the European register" means you are done. "The European register has not answered yet" means the register is slow; we keep checking by ourselves. "The European register does not know this number" means there is a typo or the number is not active. Check it, because the invoice depends on it. #### Outside the EU A business outside the EU usually has no VAT number. Leave the field empty if you do not have one. #### What changes on the invoice Our prices include VAT. For a private customer, and for a business in the Netherlands, the invoice shows the VAT that is inside the price. For a business in another EU country whose number the European register confirmed, the VAT is reverse charged: the invoice carries your VAT number and no Dutch VAT, and you account for it in your own country. Outside the EU no European VAT is charged on the invoice at all, with or without a number. #### The Chamber of Commerce number The optional field for a Chamber of Commerce number appears for a company in the Netherlands. It is eight digits, it is not required, and it has no effect on the VAT; only the VAT number does that. #### Do it before you order The invoice is made at the moment you pay. If the business details are on your account before you place the order, the very first invoice is right. You can switch the account to Business at any time on the Account page, also before you have a server. #### What the business details form tells you - "Business details saved.": Your company name, country and VAT number are stored on the account. The line about the European register under the field tells you whether the number itself checked out. - "Could not save the business details.": Usually a VAT number in a format that does not fit the country you picked. Check the country first, then the number, including the two letter country code at the start. - "Required for a business in the EU. We check the format here and the number itself with the European register.": Two checks happen. The form checks that the number looks right for your country; the European register then says whether the number is real and active. #### Questions **Can you change an invoice I already received?** Invoices that already exist stay as they are. Add the details before the next billing date and every invoice from then on carries them. **My VAT number is valid but the register does not know it.** A number that was only just issued can take a while to appear in the European register. We keep checking by ourselves, and the line under the field changes once the register confirms it. **Can I switch back to personal?** Yes. Choose Personal under "Personal or business" and save. From the next invoice on, no company details are printed. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### Which billing term should I choose? [support/billing/choose-a-billing-term](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/choose-a-billing-term) You pay per 1, 6, 12 or 24 months, and you choose that in the first step of the order form. The longer the term, the lower the price per month; each card shows the price for the first term, what it costs after that, and how much you save. #### Pick your term 1. The first step of the order form, "1 How long", has four cards: 1, 6, 12 and 24 months. The one with a green border is selected. 2. Each longer term shows "save" with a percentage for that plan, and at the bottom how much less you pay over the whole term. The 24 month card saves the most. 3. Check the summary on the right. Under "Charged today" it says what you pay now, and the line under it says what you pay again and when, "until you cancel". #### What renews A monthly plan renews every month until you cancel. 6, 12 and 24 months are fixed terms paid monthly at the price of that term; a cancellation during the fixed term takes effect at the end of month 6, 12 or 24, after that it continues month to month at the same amount. Nothing is paid up front. Longer terms cost less per month: 15% off on 6 months, 20% on 12 and 25% on 24. The welcome discount covers the first 6 monthly payments on a monthly plan, or the whole first term on 6, 12 or 24 months; it is not repeated at renewal. The line under "Charged today" shows the amount that comes after it. You can cancel from your dashboard. Do it at least 3 days before the renewal date and nothing more is charged. #### Which one to take New to hosting, or trying something out? One month keeps you flexible. Sure the server will run for a year or longer? A longer term costs less per month, and the order form shows exactly how much. #### How the saving is worked out Each term card shows the monthly price for that term next to the monthly price on a single month, crossed out, and under it how much less you pay over the whole term. On the Starter Performance plan, for example, the card for 24 months read "save 12%" and "€48 less over 24 months" when we checked the order form. The percentage differs per plan, so read it on the card of the plan you are ordering. #### Discounts that stack with the term The saving for a longer term is part of the price. Offers on top of it each get their own line in the summary: a welcome discount on your first 6 months (or the whole first term), a free upgrade that runs for a limited time, a sale on a size that is being retired, or a discount code you typed. The summary adds them up in "Charged today". #### Changing the term later The term is set per subscription. To go from monthly to a longer term, or back, contact us with the server name and the term you want, and we arrange the change with you. #### Lines on the order form and what they mean - "No setup fee": Under the price on a term card: nothing is added on top of the first payment for setting the server up. - "After these 24 months, €… every month, until you cancel.": The line under "Charged today" on a term. It names what you pay per month once the first term is over, so you see what comes after any first payment discount before you pay. A term continues month to month after the first term; it does not renew for another full term. - "…% off your whole first term (every new server), you save": The welcome discount line in the summary; the percentage depends on the line and the location. On a monthly plan it covers your first 6 monthly payments; on a term of 6, 12 or 24 months it covers the whole term. It counts for every new server, whichever term you pick. - "…% off each of your first 6 monthly payments (every new server), today you save": The same welcome discount on a monthly plan. It comes off today's payment and off the next five monthly payments too, so the line under "Charged today" names the price for months 2 to 6 first and the normal monthly price after that. #### Questions **Can I get a refund for the rest of a long term?** No. Our terms do not give refunds for a term that has started. Cancelling stops the next renewal, and the server keeps running until the paid term ends. **Is there a setup fee?** Each term card says it under the price: "No setup fee", or the setup amount if there is one. **Is a longer term locked in if the server does not work out?** The paid term is not refunded, so a long term is only cheaper if you use it. Unsure? Start on one month, and move to a longer term once the server has found its players. **Does the price go up when the term renews?** The renewal line under "Charged today" shows what the next period costs. The welcome discount is not repeated at renewal, so that amount can be higher than today's; the line tells you exactly how much. On a monthly plan the welcome discount runs for the first 6 months, and the line names both amounts. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I use a discount code? [support/billing/use-a-discount-code](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/use-a-discount-code) Type the code in the "Discount code" field in the order summary on the right of the order form. When it is valid the summary says "Code applied" with the amount taken off this payment; an unknown code gets a message and nothing changes. #### Apply a code in two steps 1. On the order form, find "Discount code" in the "Your order" summary, under "Charged today", and type your code there. 2. Look at the line under the field. "Code applied" with an amount means it worked, and "Charged today" goes down by that amount. Then continue to payment as usual. #### "We do not know this code" Check the spelling, including numbers that look like letters. A code from a link is often applied already: the summary then says "Your code is already applied". A code can also have expired. If a code you were given still does not work, ask us before you pay and we look it up. #### Discounts you do not need a code for Offers that apply to everyone, like the welcome discount (your first 6 months, or the whole first term on 6, 12 or 24 months) or a sale on a size that is being retired, are already in the summary with their own line. You do not have to type anything for those. #### Where codes come from Codes come from us, for example in one of our guides, in a campaign, or from support after something went wrong on our side. A code only works on the order form of Astroworld Hosting; codes from other hosts or from game stores do nothing here. #### One code per order The field takes one code. If you have two, use the one that saves most on the plan and term you picked; the summary shows the amount after you type it, so you can try both before you pay. #### What the discount field can say - "Code applied: €… off this payment.": The code is valid and the amount is taken off "Charged today". You can continue to payment. - "Your code is already applied: €… off this payment.": You arrived through a link that carried the code, so you do not need to type it. - "We do not know this code. Check the spelling, or leave it empty.": No valid code matches what you typed. Nothing is changed in the price, and you can still pay without a code. #### Questions **Does the code apply to every renewal?** The summary says "off this payment", so the code is for the payment you are making now. The renewal line under "Charged today" shows what comes after it. **Can I add a code after I paid?** The field is on the order form only. Forgot it? Contact us with your order and the code, and we will see what we can do. **Can I combine a code with the welcome discount?** The summary shows every discount that applies on its own line, and "Charged today" adds them up. If a code cannot be combined with another offer, you see that in the amount before you pay. **Does a code work on a custom server from the configurator?** Type it in the same field of the order summary. Whether it applies depends on the code; the line under the field tells you straight away. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I upgrade or downgrade my server plan? [support/billing/upgrade-or-downgrade-your-plan](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/billing/upgrade-or-downgrade-your-plan) Open Settings in your server panel and use the Change plan card. Pick a bigger plan, check the amount the panel shows, confirm, and restart the server when nobody is playing. A smaller plan goes through support: open a support case with the server name and the plan you want. Your world, files and address stay the same. #### Change your plan 1. Open Settings in the sidebar of your server panel. The Change plan card is at the top right. It shows your current plan with its memory, disk and monthly price, and a row for every other plan you can move to. 2. Press Upgrade next to a bigger plan. The panel asks the payment system what the change costs and shows it under the plan, before anything is charged. Smaller plans have no button: they say that a move to a smaller plan goes through support. 3. Press Pay and upgrade. The top line of the card now shows the new plan, and a green line tells you what to do next. Press Cancel instead if you do not want to pay that amount. 4. Restart the server when nobody is playing. The new memory and disk apply from that restart. You can restart from the top of any page in the panel. #### A smaller plan and plans you cannot pick A smaller plan has no button in the panel. Open a support case with the server name and the plan you want, and we change it for you. A bigger plan without a button tells you why it is not possible right now. - Downgrade: Mini is smaller than Starter, so its row has no button. The card says that a downgrade goes through support and links to the page where you open a support case. - Blocked plans: Dedicated is blocked because the machine your server runs on has no room for it. Mini shows the support line, the same as every plan smaller than yours. #### What you pay Upgrade: you pay the difference between the two plans for the days left in your current period, right away. From the next period you pay the new monthly price. Downgrade: support changes the plan for you after you open a support case. The difference for the days left comes off your next invoice as a credit, and you see it under Billing. Nothing is refunded to your card. The lower price applies from the next payment. The price per month on the card is the price for your billing term. On a 12 month term you see the 12 month prices. #### Move to a smaller plan A downgrade is never done from the panel. 1. Open a support case from your dashboard. 2. Write the name of the server and the plan you want. 3. We check that your files fit on the smaller disk, change the plan and reply in the case when it is done. Restart the server after our reply, when nobody is playing. The lower memory and disk apply from that restart. A smaller plan needs your files to fit in 90% of its disk. On a plan with a 40 GB disk your files can use 36 GB at most. If your files use more, for example 37.4 GB, delete what you do not need on the Files tab first, such as old backups, worlds or logs. Check your own disk use again before you open the case, so we can change the plan in one go. In the support case, write the plan name or the number of GB RAM you want. Pick a plan with enough RAM for your players and mods; the disk each plan holds is shown in its row on the Change plan card. We confirm the change in the case, and the answer comes there too. Only the plan changes: nothing is switched off, and the new limits apply from the next restart. If the plan is not changed after our reply, tell us in the same case and we look at it again before the next payment. After support has changed your plan, the downgrade shows on your next invoice. The difference for the days left comes off that invoice as a credit, so the amount taken off is the price difference for the rest of this period. You can see each invoice under Billing in your dashboard, and the new plan name on the Change plan card in Settings. A bigger plan is blocked because the machine has no room for it, or because it is on a different hardware line. In both cases we move your server for you. Once you have selected a bigger plan, the amount shows under it before you pay, and your invoice for the next period shows the new monthly price. #### What stays the same Your world, plugins, files, backups and server address do not change. The server stays on the same machine; only its memory and disk limits change. #### Who can change the plan Only the owner of the server. Staff members you invited do not see the Change plan card, because they do not manage the subscription. #### Messages on the Change plan card - "Your plan is changed. Restart the server when nobody is playing, and it starts with the new memory.": The upgrade is paid and the server has its new limits. Restart once to use them. - "Your plan is changed and paid. We are finishing the change on the server by hand and let you know when it is done.": The payment went through but the server could not be updated by itself. We finish it and send you a message. - "Moving to a smaller plan goes through support. Open a support case and we change it for you.": Shown under every plan that is smaller than yours. Open a support case with the server name and the plan you want. We check that your files fit on the smaller disk, change the plan and reply when it is done. If your files are too big, we tell you what to remove first, such as old backups, worlds or logs. - "There is not enough room on your machine for this plan right now. Ask us and we move your server.": The machine your server runs on has no free memory or disk for the bigger plan. Open a support case and we move the server for you. - "This is a different hardware line. Ask us and we move your server.": Moving between the standard line and the Performance line means a move to other hardware. We do that through a support case. - "The payment for the difference did not go through, so nothing changed. Check your payment method under Billing and try again.": Your card or payment method was declined. Your plan and server stayed as they were. - "Your subscription is set to stop, so the plan cannot change. Ask us in a support case and we change it for you.": You cancelled the subscription. Undo the cancellation first, or ask us. - "Your server has to be running normally to change its plan. Ask us in a support case and we change it for you.": The server is suspended, being installed or being moved. Try again when it is back to normal. #### Questions **Do I lose my world when I upgrade?** No. The plan change only sets new memory and disk limits. Your world and files stay where they are. **When do I get the extra RAM?** After the next restart. Restart the server yourself when nobody is playing. **Can I go back to my old plan?** To a bigger plan, yes, the same way on the Change plan card. To a smaller plan, open a support case and we change it for you after we checked that your files fit on its disk. **Can I downgrade my plan in the panel?** No. A move to a smaller plan always goes through support. Open a support case with the server name and the plan you want, and we change it for you. **Why is there no Change plan card on my Settings page?** You are not the owner of this server, or the card is still loading. A staff member does not see it. Last checked: 2026-10-11 ## Help center: Getting started [support/getting-started](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started) Your first server and players ### How do I open my server panel? [support/getting-started/open-your-server-panel](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/open-your-server-panel) Log in, click your server on the dashboard and press "Open Panel". The panel is where you start and stop the server, see the console, change settings and install plugins or mods. #### Open the panel 1. Log in. You land on the dashboard with your servers under "Your Servers". 2. Click the server you want to manage. Its page shows the plan, the region and the server address. 3. Press "Open Panel" under Server panel. If it says "Not available yet", the server is still being set up; that page refreshes by itself. 4. The panel opens on Overview: whether the server is up, how much memory and processor it uses, who is online and your play address with a copy button. #### Find your way around The tabs on the left are the rest of the panel: Console, Files, Plugins or Mods, Settings, World, Backups, Schedules, Databases, Players and Staff. Your plan and your server type decide which ones you see. #### What is on the Overview tab The state of the server with the buttons to start, restart and stop it. Memory and processor right now and as graphs over the last day, the players who are online, and the traffic since the last start: down is what your server received from players, up is what it sent back. That counter goes back to zero on every restart. Your play address sits at the top with a copy button, and on a crossplay server the Bedrock port is next to it. Further down are Crash Watch, which starts the server again within about half a minute if it stops on its own and emails you the last console lines, and the nightly restart, where you pick a quiet hour for the server to warn players, save and come back within a minute or two. #### The panel speaks your language The panel follows the language you pick, and besides English it is available in Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Russian and Turkish. Buttons, messages and explanations change with it; your server, its files and its commands stay exactly the same. #### What changed and who did it The Activity tab lists every start, stop, restart, file change and Copilot action with a time and the name of whoever did it. When something on the server changed and nobody remembers changing it, that list is the first place to look, especially once you have staff. #### What you can see on the dashboard and in the panel - "Not available yet": Shown instead of "Open Panel" while a new server is still being set up. The page refreshes by itself; there is nothing you need to do. - "Your play address is being set up. It appears here as soon as it is live.": The server exists but its address is not live yet, which takes seconds to a few minutes after delivery. Refresh the Overview tab in a moment. - "Could not reach the panel.": Your browser lost the connection to the panel for a moment, for example after waking a laptop. Reload the page. If it keeps saying this, check the uptime page before anything else. #### Questions **Can a friend open my panel too?** Yes, without your password. Invite them from the Staff tab and choose what they may do. They log in with their own account. **Is the panel the same as the dashboard?** No. The dashboard is your account: servers, invoices and your profile. The panel belongs to one server and is where you run it. Every server has its own panel, reached from the dashboard. **Can I open the panel on my phone?** Yes. It works in the browser of a phone or tablet, with the same tabs as on a computer, so you can check the console, add a player or restore a backup when you are away from your desk. **What is the difference between Stop and Kill?** Stop asks Minecraft to save the world and shut down cleanly. Kill pulls the plug: the world is saved only up to the last autosave. Use Kill only when a normal stop hangs. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I make myself an operator? [support/getting-started/make-yourself-an-operator](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/make-yourself-an-operator) Open the Players tab in your panel, choose Operators and press "Add operator". Type your Minecraft username and confirm; it works whether the server is running or not. #### Add an operator 1. Open your panel and go to the Players tab. 2. Choose Operators and press "Add operator". 3. Type the Minecraft username exactly as it is in the game and confirm. On a crossplay server, a Bedrock player gets the prefix the panel shows in front of their gamertag. #### Running or stopped, both work While the server runs, the panel sends the real console command, because the server keeps the operator list in memory. While it is off, the panel writes the file directly and looks up the player first, so the change is there the next time it starts. #### Who should be an operator An operator can use every command in the game, including /gamemode and /op. Keep this list to the people you trust with your world. For moderators, a permissions plugin with ranks is safer. #### Also from the player list Everyone who joined recently shows up in the list on the Players tab, with when they were last seen and their playtime as Minecraft counts it in the world's stats files. Open the menu next to a name and choose "Make operator" to give that player operator rights without typing the name; "Remove operator" in the same menu takes them away. #### Operator levels Minecraft has four operator levels, set with op-permission-level in the server settings. The default, level 4, can run every command including stopping the server. Level 2 is enough for building in creative, teleporting and changing the time and weather, and level 3 adds kicking and banning players. Lower the level in Settings if your operators do not need everything. #### Operators and plugins On a Paper or Purpur server, many plugins treat operators as allowed to do anything the plugin offers. If you install a permissions plugin with ranks, give moderators a rank there instead of operator, so they get exactly the commands they need and nothing else. #### Messages on the Players tab - "The server is not running, so changes are written straight to its files and take effect when it next starts.": Your change is saved. The new operator gets their rights the next time the server starts; there is no need to start it just for this. - "Bedrock player? Type {prefix} and then their gamertag.": On a crossplay server Bedrock players have a prefix in front of their gamertag. The panel shows the exact prefix for your server; without it the name points at a Java account that does not exist. - "{aantal} people are operator, and every one of them can run every command on your server.": A warning from the security check. Nothing is wrong yet, but every extra operator is somebody who can give out rights or change the world. Keep the list short. #### Questions **Can I do it with a console command as well?** Yes. Type op followed by the username in the Console tab while the server runs. The Players tab does the same and also works when the server is off. **How do I remove an operator?** Open the same Operators list and remove the player there. They lose their rights straight away. **Do I need to be an operator to use the panel?** No. The panel works for you as the owner whether you are an operator in the game or not. Operator only matters for commands you type in the Minecraft chat. **Can staff members make people operator?** Only staff you gave the Players right. The Moderator role has it, the Builder and Viewer roles do not. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I make my server private with a whitelist? [support/getting-started/turn-on-the-whitelist](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/turn-on-the-whitelist) Switch Whitelist on in the Settings tab, then add your friends on the Players tab under Whitelist with "Add to whitelist". From then on only the people on that list can join. #### Turn on the whitelist 1. Open your panel and go to Settings. Search for Whitelist and switch it on. Save, and restart the server when the panel asks for it. 2. Go to the Players tab, choose Whitelist and press "Add to whitelist". 3. Type the Minecraft username of each friend and confirm. Add yourself as well, or you lock yourself out. #### Whitelist enforcement Next to Whitelist there is a setting that kicks players who are online but not on the list the moment you turn it on. The panel only lets you switch that on when the whitelist itself is on. #### Whitelist or password Minecraft has no server password. The whitelist is the built in way to keep a server private: the server checks each player's account name against the list when they join. Because it checks the account, a friend who gives your address to someone else does not let that person in. #### Add people before they ask A player who is not on the list sees a message and is sent back, which is a poor first visit. Collect the usernames of your group first, put them all on the list, and only then switch the whitelist on. The player list on the same tab also lets you add anybody who joined recently with "Add to whitelist" from the menu next to their name. #### A whitelist and bans together The two lists do different things. The whitelist says who may come in; a ban says who may never come in, whether or not the whitelist is on. A banned player is kicked if they are online and cannot connect again until you unban them, and you can add a reason that they see. #### Messages you can see - "Turn on the whitelist before enforcing it.": The panel stops you from switching on enforcement first. Switch on Whitelist, then enforcement, then save. - "You are not whitelisted on this server!": What a player sees in Minecraft when the whitelist is on and their name is not on it. Add them on the Players tab and they can join straight away, without a restart. - "When enabled, only whitelisted players can join.": The explanation next to the switch. Anyone who is already online stays online unless enforcement is on too. #### Questions **My friend is on the list but still cannot join.** Check the spelling of the username, and on a crossplay server whether they are a Bedrock player who needs the prefix in front of their gamertag. Then check that the whitelist was saved and the server restarted. **Does the whitelist stop griefing by my own friends?** No. It only decides who may join. Once someone is in, what they can break depends on the game and your plugins. Make backups, and use a protection plugin if you share the world with many people. **Can I whitelist someone before they ever joined?** Yes. Type their exact Minecraft username; the panel looks the account up and adds it. They can join the moment they start the game. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I order a Minecraft server? [support/getting-started/order-a-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/order-a-server) Pick a plan and press "Order". On the order form you choose how long, where it runs, the disk, a server name and free address, and you log in or create an account. The summary on the right shows what you pay today, and "Continue to payment" takes you to the checkout. #### Order your server in six steps 1. Open the plans and press "Order" on the size you want. Not sure which one? The plan finder asks four questions and picks one for you. 2. Under "1 How long" pick a term. Each card shows the price for that first term and what it costs after it. 3. Under "2 Where it runs" pick the location closest to your players. "Included" means it adds nothing to the price. 4. Under "4 Your server" give the server a name and choose its free address. That address is what your players type to join, and you can change it later from your panel. 5. Under "6 Your account" continue with Google, or choose "I am new here" or "I have an account". The server lands in this account. 6. Check "Your order" on the right. It lists every choice, the discounts and what is "Charged today". Press "Continue to payment" to pay, and your server is set up for you. #### Why the button says "Name your server first" The button in the summary only turns into "Continue to payment" when the server has a name and you are logged in. Until then it tells you what is still missing, and a click takes you to that step. #### What happens after you pay We install the software and version you picked, so the server is ready to join when you get it. The line "Delivery" in the summary says how quickly that is for your location, and most servers are handed over within seconds. You find it on the dashboard under your account, with a button to open the panel. #### What you cannot change later, and what you can The location is chosen on the order form, so think about where your players are before you pay; moving a server later means asking us. Almost everything else you can change yourself afterwards: the software and the Minecraft version from the panel, the free address from the panel, and extra addresses next to it. A server name is only for you and never shown to players, so it does not need to be perfect. #### Extras on the form Step 5 lists what you can add. The daily backup is included on every plan while the offer runs: every night we copy the whole server and you keep up to ten of them. Under "Rather have us do the work?" are the services, such as setting the server up for you, configuring plugins, managed hosting and custom plugins; those are priced with you first and nothing is charged for them on this form. #### Delivery Most servers are handed over within seconds of payment. The summary line "Delivery" states the promise for your location; the standard is within 60 minutes during the day and within 12 hours at night. When it is ready, it appears on your dashboard with its panel and address, and you get an email. #### Messages on the order form - "Name your server first": The button in the summary until the server has a name. Clicking it takes you to step 4, "Your server". - "First create your account": The server has a name, but you are not logged in yet. Finish step 6, "Your account", and the button turns into "Continue to payment". - "That address is taken. Try another.": Somebody already has that free address. Add a word or a number; the check next to the field says "Free, this one is yours" once it is available. - "Check your e-mail": You created your account inside the order form. Open the link we sent; the order page notices it by itself and goes straight on to payment. #### Questions **Can I change the software or version later?** Yes. What you pick on the order form is what we install first. You can switch software or version any time from your panel. **Can I pay for more than one month at a time?** Yes. The first step offers 1, 6, 12 and 24 months. Longer terms cost less per month, and the card shows how much you save. **Do I need an account before I order?** You need one before you pay, but you can make it inside the order form under "Your account". There is no need to sign up separately first. **Can I order for a friend?** Yes. Order it on your own account and invite your friend as staff in the panel, with the rights you choose. The subscription and the invoices stay with you. **Which payment methods can I use?** The checkout after "Continue to payment" shows the payment methods available for your country. Card details go straight to our payment processor and are never stored on our own servers. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### Which plan do I need? [support/getting-started/find-the-right-plan](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/find-the-right-plan) Answer the four questions of the plan finder: your edition, what you run, how many people play at once and where they live. It puts one plan in front of you, based on the same RAM table as our guide, and you can order it from there with "Set this server up". #### Find your plan in five steps 1. Open the plan finder and pick your edition: Java, Bedrock, or both together on one server. 2. Say what you are going to run: survival with friends, a light modpack, a heavy modpack, or a public server or network. This matters more than anything else for the size. 3. Pick how many people will be on at the same time. 4. Pick where your players live, and then the location itself. Each location shows what it adds to the monthly price. 5. The finder shows one plan with its memory, cores, disk and price, and why it fits. Press "Set this server up" to open the order form with those choices filled in, or "Compare all plans" to look around first. #### Why it often picks a small plan The finder never recommends more than our own RAM guide says you need. A few friends on the normal game need little memory, so that answer usually lands on one of the smaller plans. Mods and a public server are what push it up. #### Torn between two sizes? Read the RAM guide the finder is built on, or ask the AI support bot at the bottom right with what you plan to run. It uses the same table, so the answer matches the finder. #### What each answer changes The edition decides the software: Java can run plugins or mods, Bedrock runs the Bedrock server, and both together means a Java server with Geyser so Bedrock players can join. What you run decides most of the memory: a light modpack of about 50 mods needs clearly more than the plain game, and a heavy pack of 300 mods and up needs a lot more again. The player count and a public network add to that. Where your players live only picks the location and its surcharge; it does not change the size. #### Why the answer comes from our RAM guide The plan finder reads the same table that is published in our RAM guide. That way the finder can never tell you to buy more than the guide says you need, and you can check the reasoning yourself. The result card says which row of the guide it used and links to it. #### Standard line or Performance line The result may show a plan on the Performance line, with faster cores and Enterprise NVMe. For as long as the current offer runs, the upgrade to that line costs nothing extra, and the result card compares it with the same size on the standard line so you see what differs. #### What the plan finder says along the way - "Java it is. Then the next thing that matters is whether you are running mods.": After the edition question. Mods change the memory a server needs more than anything else, so that is asked next. - "The plain game is the cheapest thing you can run, so this will not be a big machine.": After choosing survival with friends. Expect a small plan; that is the finder being honest, not cutting corners. - "Five players is nothing for a server; what you run matters far more than who joins.": After the player count. The number of players moves the result much less than mods or a public server do. #### Questions **Do I pay per player?** No. There is no player limit in the price. The number of players only helps the finder estimate how much memory the server needs. **Can I skip the questions?** Yes. "Or skip this and build it yourself" under the questions takes you to the configurator, where you choose every part yourself. **Do Bedrock players need a different plan?** Bedrock has its own plans, such as Pocket Performance on the order form. Choose "Both, together on one server" if Java and Bedrock players should meet in one world; the finder then picks a crossplay plan. **Can I go back and change an answer?** Yes. "Back" under each question takes you one step back, and the answers you gave stay in the address bar, so you can also share the result link with a friend. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I move my server from another host? [support/getting-started/move-your-server-from-another-host](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/move-your-server-from-another-host) Make a .zip or .tar.gz of the whole server folder at your old host. Open Files in your Astroworld panel, press Start moving a server under the file list and give a download link or pick the archive you uploaded: the panel fetches it, makes a backup, shows what goes in and only then puts your old server in place. #### Move your server 1. At your old host, make one archive of the whole server folder: a .zip or .tar.gz with the worlds, the plugins or mods, the configs and server.properties inside. The backup button of most hosts gives you exactly that. Download it, or copy a direct download link to it. 2. Open Files in your Astroworld panel. Under the file list is the card Move a server from another host; press Start moving a server. 3. Paste the link under Download link to the archive and press Fetch the archive. The link has to start with https and download the file itself, not a page about it. Google Drive and Dropbox links work once the file is shared with anyone who has the link. 4. Without a link, upload the archive with Upload in the file list, up to 1 GB, and choose it on the card under Or use an archive you already uploaded. 5. While the archive comes in, the card counts up under Downloaded so far. Keep the page open until the card says the archive is here. 6. Press Stop, back up and unpack. Nothing on your server is replaced in this step. 7. The panel stops the server, makes a backup of it as it is now and then unpacks the archive in a folder of its own. A large archive takes a few minutes. 8. Read the two lists. Under This goes in, and replaces anything with the same name you find your worlds, plugins and configs; under Left out on purpose the old server software, logs and caches. Tick the box and press Put it in place. 9. When the card says your old server is in place, open Settings and check that the server type and the Minecraft version are the ones you ran before. Then start the server. #### What stays behind, and why The jar files in the main folder stay behind: they are the server software of the old host, and this server already runs its own. The folders logs, cache, libraries, versions and crash-reports stay behind too, and so do archives lying in the main folder. server.properties comes along with one exception. The port, the IP address and the query and RCON settings stay those of this server, because the old values only worked on the old machine. Settings such as difficulty, game mode and the motd are taken over. #### Archives with a folder inside Many hosts pack the server inside a folder of its own, sometimes two. The panel looks one and two folders deep for a world, server.properties, plugins or mods, and takes the server from where it finds them, so you do not need to repack anything. #### The backup is your way back Before anything is replaced, the panel backs up the server as it was. If your old server does not run here, restore that backup from the Backups tab and you are back where you started. Only files and folders with the same name as something in the archive are replaced; everything else on the server stays. On a plan without backup slots no backup can be made, and the card asks you to confirm with a box that you accept there is no way back. #### Moving only the world To move only the world, without plugins or settings, upload the world folder on its own. The guide Upload your own world, linked below, has the steps. #### Messages while moving a server - "The link has to start with https.": Plain http links are refused. File hosts nearly always offer an https link to the same file. - "Links with a username or password are refused.": Share the file with an ordinary link that has no login in it, or upload the archive instead. - "That link opens a web page, not the file. Share it with anyone who has the link, or upload the archive in the Files tab and pick it below.": The link leads to a download page. Copy the direct download link of the file itself. - "That file is not shared publicly. Share it with anyone who has the link, or upload it in the Files tab.": The file host asks for a login. Change the sharing so the link works without one. - "That link does not say how big the file is, so it cannot be fetched from here. Upload the archive in the Files tab and pick it below.": Some file hosts do not tell the size of a file. Download it to your computer and upload it. - "That link did not answer. Check that it is shared with anyone who has the link.": The address could not be reached. Open it in a private browser window to test it. - "An earlier import is still here. Finish it or clear it first.": A move you started before was never finished. Complete it, or press Cancel and clear to begin again. - "No server files were found in the archive.": There is no world, server.properties, plugins or mods folder in the archive, not even one or two folders deep. Check that you packed the server folder itself. - "Make a fresh backup first. It is the way back if the old server does not fit.": The backup of this step is missing or failed, and without it the panel replaces nothing. Run the step again. - "This server is part of a network. Take the network apart first, or ask support to move it for you.": Servers behind a proxy are moved by support, so the network keeps working. - "This server runs crossplay. Ask support to move your old server here, so Bedrock players keep working.": Crossplay has settings an archive from elsewhere would overwrite. Support moves these servers by hand. - "Moving a server here needs the files, delete, power and backup permissions.": A staff member needs all four on the Staff tab. As the owner you always have them. #### Questions **What gets deleted on my Astroworld server?** Only what the archive replaces, as listed under This goes in. A new server has little to lose, but on a server you already played on, read that list before you tick the box. **My archive is bigger than 1 GB. What now?** The upload in Files stops at 1 GB, so give a download link to the archive instead. **Does this work with every host?** Yes. Any host works as long as you can download an archive of the server folder. **What does Cancel and clear do?** It stops the move and deletes the import folder, including an archive you uploaded for it. The server stays stopped, so start it again from the top of the panel. **Can I move a network or a crossplay server myself?** No. Support moves those for you, so the proxy and the Bedrock side keep working. Send support a message with a link to your archive. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I set up my server with AI? [support/getting-started/set-up-your-server-with-ai](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/getting-started/set-up-your-server-with-ai) Press Build my server in your server panel and answer six short questions about the server you want. The AI Copilot turns your answers into a backup, the right settings and one set of plugins. Only the type of server is required, and only a note in the last field costs credits. #### Build your server with the Copilot 1. On the overview of your server panel, press Build my server under the Copilot widget. 2. You can also open Copilot in the sidebar and press Build my server under the question field. Both open the same questions. 3. Answer the questions by clicking an answer: the type of server, how many players, how hard the game should be, PvP, and what players should be able to do. Only the first question is required. For what players can do you can pick as many answers as you want. 4. Read the instruction at the bottom. This is exactly what the Copilot gets. Press Make this server to start a new Copilot chat with it. 5. The Copilot shows up to three cards: a backup, the settings, and one card with the plugins that restarts the server once at the end. In Ask first, the standard mode, nothing changes until you press Apply on a card. In Accept edits or Auto the cards go through by themselves, starting with the backup. #### What each answer sets up Public survival (SMP): ranks with LuckPerms, homes, warps and kits with EssentialsX, rollback of griefing with CoreProtect and land claims with GriefPrevention. Survival with friends: CoreProtect, so you can see who broke what and roll it back. Skyblock: a skyblock island plugin, LuckPerms and EssentialsX. Creative building: WorldEdit tools, WorldGuard regions, CoreProtect and creative as the default game mode. Factions or prison: a factions or towns plugin, LuckPerms, EssentialsX, the Vault economy bridge and CoreProtect. Roleplay: LuckPerms, EssentialsX, sitting with GSit, nicknames and CoreProtect. Modded or RPG: skills with AuraSkills, custom mobs and LuckPerms. Minigames: Multiverse for extra worlds, a ready made minigame and LuckPerms. The player answer sets max-players to 10, 20, 50 or 100. Difficulty and PvP become settings in server.properties. #### How the plugins are picked The plugin names above are the first choice. For each function there is a short list of plugins, best first. The Copilot takes the first one that has a build for your Minecraft version, is not installed yet and does not clash with what you have. If CMI is already on the server, EssentialsX is not added next to it. Vote for rewards needs a vote listener that is not in our plugin catalog yet, so the plan tells you it left voting out. #### What it costs Planning the backup, settings and plugins from your clicked answers costs no credits. Only a note in the last field, Anything else the Copilot should know, goes to the AI and uses credits. #### Questions **Can I undo what the Copilot set up?** Yes. Every card it applied is in the Activity tab with an Undo button, and the backup it made first holds the server as it was. **Does Build my server delete my existing plugins?** No. It only adds what is missing and skips plugins that would clash with ones you already have. **Can I use it on a server that already has a world?** Yes. Your world stays. Only settings and plugins are added, after a backup. **I do not see Build my server. Why?** The Copilot is not available for your account or your staff role does not include the Copilot right. Last checked: 2026-10-11 ## Help center: Panel & files [support/panel-and-files](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files) Console, files and settings ### How do I change my server settings? [support/panel-and-files/change-your-server-settings](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/change-your-server-settings) Open the Settings tab in your panel. Every setting from server.properties is there as a switch, a number or a dropdown with an explanation, grouped and searchable, and the ones that need a restart are marked. #### Change a setting 1. Open your panel and go to Settings. 2. Find the setting in one of the groups (General, Gameplay, World, Performance, Access and Advanced) or type its name in "Search settings". 3. Change it and save. The panel tells you which of your changes were saved and which of them need a restart. 4. Restart the server from Overview if the panel asked for it. #### The panel warns you about combinations that do not work A few settings depend on each other. The panel says so before you save: whitelist enforcement needs the whitelist on, a forced resource pack needs a download address, and a simulation distance higher than the view distance does nothing useful. Your server gets a suggested view distance based on its memory, shown next to the performance profile. #### Prefer the file server.properties is still an ordinary file on the Files tab and you may edit it there. Stop the server first, because a running server writes its own copy back when it shuts down. #### The three performance profiles Above the settings are three profiles that fill in five performance settings at once. Safe sets view distance 6, simulation distance 4 and sends entities at 70% of the normal range. Balanced sets 10, 8 and 100%. Performance sets 14, 10 and 120%, and turns off synchronous chunk writes. A profile only fills in the form; nothing is saved until you check the values and press save. Next to the profiles the panel says how much memory your server has and which view distance is a sensible ceiling for it. Start from Balanced, play an evening, and only then go up one step at a time. #### Name, icon and message of the day The General group also holds what players see in their server list. The message of the day has a live preview, with colour codes, and fits two lines. The server icon has to be a PNG of 64 by 64 pixels and at most 256 KB; the panel checks that, because Minecraft quietly ignores an icon in any other format. The icon appears after the next restart. #### Undo before you save Changes stay in the form until you save, and the panel counts how many are waiting. "Reset section" puts one group back to what is saved, so you can try values without committing to them. #### Messages on the Settings tab - "Saved. Restart the server to apply the ones that need it.": Everything you changed is written. Settings such as the view distance or the game mode are read when the server starts, so restart from Overview to see them in the game. - "Add a resource pack URL before forcing the pack.": You switched on "require resource pack" without a download address. Fill in the pack address first, then force it. - "Resource pack URL must use HTTPS.": Minecraft clients only download a pack from a secure address. Host the pack on a site that serves https. - "Resource pack SHA-1 must be exactly 40 hexadecimal characters.": The checksum field takes the SHA-1 of the pack file, 40 characters of 0 to 9 and a to f. Leave it empty if you do not have one. - "That seed contains characters Minecraft will not accept.": A seed is a number or plain text. Remove unusual symbols, or paste the number from the world you want. #### Questions **Can I change the world seed here?** The seed setting only applies when a new world is generated. To play a new seed, set it and then reset the world from the World tab, after making a backup. **Which settings need a restart?** Almost everything in server.properties is read once at start. The panel marks each one, and after saving it lists which of your changes need the restart. **Can the AI Copilot change settings for me?** Yes. Ask it in plain words, such as "set the difficulty to hard and the view distance to 8". It prepares the change as a card and nothing is applied until you press Apply. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I change my Minecraft version? [support/panel-and-files/change-your-minecraft-version](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/change-your-minecraft-version) Make a backup, then open Settings in your panel and pick the version under "Minecraft version". Choose latest or an exact release; installed plugins and mods must support the version you pick. #### Switch the version 1. Make a backup on the Backups tab first. Going up a version is usually safe, going back down can damage a world that the newer version already opened. 2. Open Settings and find "Minecraft version" under Server software. 3. Pick latest or an exact release and save. Then restart the server. 4. Watch the Console on the first start. A plugin or mod that does not support the new version says so there. #### Changing the server type is a different thing Moving from Paper to Fabric, or from Vanilla to Forge, changes the software and not just the version. The panel walks you through that as a conversion under Server software, because plugins and mods do not carry over. #### Latest or an exact release "latest" follows the newest release by itself whenever the server starts. That is easy, but a new Minecraft release can arrive before your plugins or mods support it. Pick an exact release, such as 1.21.4, if your server depends on plugins or mods, and move up on purpose when they are ready. #### The six server types Paper and Purpur run plugins and leave the game as players know it, so everyone joins with a plain Minecraft client. Fabric, Forge and NeoForge run mods, and every player needs the same mods. Vanilla runs the game exactly as Mojang ships it, without either. A switch between types replaces the server software, not your world: the world folder, player data and your files stay where they are. Going from a modded type back to Paper removes every block and item that came from a mod. Chunks with modded blocks load with holes in them, so keep the backup until you have flown over your builds. #### Going down a version A world opened by a newer version stores its data in the newer format. An older server may refuse to load it, or load it with missing blocks. If you need to go back, restore the backup from before the upgrade instead of only changing the version number. #### Messages when you change the version or the type - "That is already the version on your server.": Nothing to change. If players still see a mismatch, the difference is on their side: their launcher runs another version. - "Start the server once so its Minecraft version can be detected.": A brand new server has not told the panel its version yet. Start it once, let it finish loading, and the version shows up. - "Make a backup first. A finished backup from the last day is required before the type changes.": Changing the server type, for example from Paper to Fabric, needs a completed backup that is less than a day old. Make one on the Backups tab and try again. - "The server is still running. Stop it before changing the type.": The software is replaced, which cannot happen while it runs. Stop the server on Overview first. #### Questions **My players see "Outdated server" or "Outdated client".** Their game and the server run different versions. Either they switch their game to the server version in the launcher, or you change the server version as above. **Can Java and Bedrock players join the same version?** On a crossplay server, yes: Bedrock players join the Java server through Geyser, which translates between the two. The Java version you set is the one the server runs; Bedrock players use a current Bedrock client. **My plugin says it does not support this version.** Check the plugin catalogue for a newer build, or set the server back to the last version the plugin supports. The console names the plugin on start. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### What does a server.properties setting do? [support/panel-and-files/what-a-server-properties-setting-does](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/what-a-server-properties-setting-does) Our server.properties reference lists all 63 keys a Minecraft server reads from that file, grouped by what they change, with the default and the values allowed. Every key takes effect on the next start, so restart the server after you change one. #### Look up a setting in two steps 1. Open the server.properties reference. "The short answer" at the top gives the three rules that matter most: read once at start, two keys cost more than the rest together, and some keys open the server. 2. Find your key in the groups below it, or search the page for its name. Then change it in your panel and restart the server. #### The ones to change with care view-distance and simulation-distance cost more than all the other keys together; lower them first when the server feels slow. online-mode, the ports and the whitelist decide who can get in. A wrong value there does not make the game worse, it opens the server, so change them on purpose. #### Where you change them Most settings have their own field in the Settings page of your panel, so you do not need to edit the file by hand. The article on changing your server settings shows where. #### The file and the panel are the same thing server.properties is a plain text file in the main folder of your server. The Settings tab reads it and shows each key as a switch, a number or a list with an explanation. Change a value in either place and the other one shows it too. Editing the file by hand is fine, but stop the server first: a running server writes its own copy back when it shuts down, and your edit is lost. #### Keys that open the server A handful of keys decide who can reach the server rather than how it plays: online-mode, the whitelist pair, enable-query and enable-rcon, and the ports. The panel's security check looks at exactly these and warns you, for example when the query port is open so that anyone can ask your server for its player and plugin list. #### Five keys people look up most, and what they do - "view-distance": How many chunks around each player the server sends. Every step costs work for every player at once, which makes it the biggest single cost on the list. - "simulation-distance": How far away crops grow, mobs move and redstone ticks. Lower than the view distance is normal and players rarely notice. - "online-mode": Whether the server checks accounts with Mojang. Off means anyone can join under any name, including the name of an operator. Keep it on unless a proxy handles the check. - "white-list and enforce-whitelist": The first lets only listed players join; the second also kicks listed-out players who are already online when you turn it on. - "entity-broadcast-range-percentage": How far other players and mobs are sent to a client, as a percentage of the normal range. Lowering it is the cheapest network saving on a busy server. #### Questions **I changed a setting and nothing happened** The server reads the file once when it starts. Restart it from the panel and the new value is used. **Can a setting break my world?** Most cannot. Changing level-name makes the server start a different world, which looks like a lost world but is not; set it back to find yours again. **Why can't I change server-port?** The port is managed for you so that your play address keeps pointing at the server. Changing it in the file would break the address for every player. **Is there a list of every key?** Yes. Our server.properties reference lists all 63 keys with their default and allowed values, grouped by what they change. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I customize my server panel with edit mode? [support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-with-edit-mode](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-with-edit-mode) Open Overview in your server panel and press Edit. Your widgets get a frame to drag them by, corners to resize them and a minus to remove them, and the sidebar on the left turns into a list you can reorder and rename. Press Done or Escape when you are finished; every change is saved to your account the moment you make it. #### Open edit mode 1. Open your server panel. Edit mode belongs to Overview, the first page in the sidebar, so go there first if you are on another tab. 2. Press Edit. On a computer it sits on the right, just above the first row of widgets; on a narrow screen it gets a row of its own under the server buttons. 3. The page switches to edit mode. Each widget gets a dashed amber frame, a red minus at its top left and a resize corner at the bottom, and the sidebar opens its own editor at the same time. 4. Read the bar above the widgets. It opens with a one-line tip on moving and removing widgets, and holds four controls: a question mark that plays the tour again, Add widget, Reset and Done. 5. Make your changes, then press Done or the Escape key. There is no save button: the panel stores each change as you make it, so Done only closes edit mode. #### What you can change in edit mode On the overview you choose which widgets you see, where each one sits and how wide and tall it is. There are 22 of them, from live CPU and memory figures to a console with a command line, one-click commands, your schedules and a private note. In the sidebar you decide the order of the pages, the name and icon of each one, which pages stay out of sight and which headings group them. Shortcuts can point to a page or one card on it, to something in your server files, or to a website. #### Your layout follows your account The layout is stored with your Astroworld account rather than in the browser. Log in on your phone or on another computer and the overview and the sidebar look the way you left them. One layout covers every server on your account: the widgets fill in with the data of whichever server you open. People you invited through the Staff tab log in with their own account, so they arrange their own panel and never change yours. #### The standard overview is never far away Until you change something, Overview shows the standard page that every customer starts with. The Reset button among the edit controls brings that page back whenever you like, and the sidebar editor has a Reset of its own for the menu. #### Buttons and labels in edit mode - "Edit": Turns edit mode on. You only find it on Overview, not on the other pages of the panel. - "Drag to rearrange. Tap the minus to remove.": The reminder at the start of the edit bar. It stays there for as long as edit mode is on. - "Add widget": Opens the list of all 22 widgets. Widgets that are already on your page are marked Added. - "Reset to default?": What the Reset button turns into after one press. Press it again to return to the standard overview, or click anywhere else to keep your own layout. - "Done": Leaves edit mode. Your layout was saved while you worked, so there is nothing left to confirm. #### Questions **Does edit mode change anything on my Minecraft server?** No. It only changes how the panel looks to you. Your world, files, players and settings are not touched, and taking a widget off the page does not switch off the feature behind it, such as crash watch or scheduled backups. **Is there a limit to how many widgets I can use?** Each widget can be on the page once, so the most you can have is all 22. The list marks a widget Added as soon as it is on your overview. **Can I undo a change?** There is no undo button. Drag a widget back, add a removed one again with Add widget, or press Reset to start over from the standard overview. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I add a widget to my panel? [support/panel-and-files/add-a-widget-to-your-panel](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/add-a-widget-to-your-panel) Press Edit on Overview, then Add widget. Find the widget in one of the five groups or type part of its name in the search field, and press the plus next to it. It appears at the bottom of the page and the panel scrolls down to show it. #### Add a widget 1. Go to Overview in your panel and press Edit to switch on edit mode. 2. Press Add widget in the bar above your widgets. A tile with the same name waits at the very bottom of the grid and does exactly the same. 3. A panel slides in from the right with every widget, sorted into Server, Performance, Help, Account and Personal. Under each name is one line that says what the widget shows. 4. Type in "Search widgets" to shorten the list. The search reads those short descriptions as well, so typing players also finds Live stats and the Performance chart, which both show a player count. 5. A widget that is already on your page is greyed out and says Added, so you cannot place the same one twice. Press the plus next to a widget that is still free. 6. The panel closes and the page scrolls to your new widget. It lands at the bottom on the left in its standard width, with the Add widget tile right under it. 7. Drag the new widget to where you want it, or change its size with a corner. Press Done when the page looks right. #### Which width a new widget gets Every widget comes in at a standard width. Small ones such as CPU, Connect or Next payment take one third of the row, Console and Quick commands take half, the Performance chart and Recent activity take two thirds, and Live stats runs across the full width. That is only where it starts. Drag a corner afterwards to make it anything from 2 of the 12 columns up to the whole row; Live stats is the one widget that needs at least half. #### Good widgets to start with If you play on the server yourself, Connect and Players online put the address and the player list on your first screen. Running events or a busy community? Quick commands and Schedules let you save the world, clear the weather or check the next restart without opening another page. For troubleshooting, Last crash explains the most recent crash in plain words, and Console shows the live log with a command line underneath it. #### Close the list without adding anything Press the x above the list, click the dimmed page next to it or press Escape. Nothing changes on your overview until you press a plus. #### Messages you may see - "Search widgets": The search field at the top of the list. It looks at the names and at the line under each name. - "No widgets match your search.": Nothing fits what you typed. Clear the field to see every widget again, or try a word for what you want to see, such as memory or backup. - "Added": That widget is on your overview already. Close the list and scroll down if you cannot see it. #### Questions **Can I add the same widget twice?** No, each widget fits on the page once and the list marks it Added after that. Make it bigger instead if you want to see more of it. **Why does Next payment say billing is only visible to the server owner?** Payment details belong to the account that pays for the server. Staff members can add the widget, but for them it shows that message instead of a date and an amount. **Does adding widgets make my server slower?** No. A widget only shows information the panel already has, such as the stats, the player list or your schedules. Nothing is installed on the Minecraft server and none of its settings change. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### What does each widget on the panel overview show? [support/panel-and-files/panel-widgets-explained](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/panel-widgets-explained) There are 22 widgets in five groups. Performance widgets show CPU, memory, storage, network and uptime; Server widgets give you the console, the players, backups, schedules and one-click actions; Help covers the Copilot, crash watch and your last crash; Account shows your next payment and Copilot credits; and Note is a notepad that stays in your browser. #### Put a widget on your overview 1. Open Overview, press Edit and then Add widget. 2. Look in the group that fits what you need: Server, Performance, Help, Account or Personal. The pictures below show each widget the way it appears on your page. 3. Press the plus to place it. What you see below is the standard size; you can make any widget wider, narrower, taller or lower afterwards. #### Performance widgets Seven widgets that show how hard your server is working and how reliable it has been. - Live stats: CPU load, memory, storage and players side by side in one strip, each with a small graph of the last hours. It needs at least half the row, more than any other widget. - CPU: How busy the processor is right now, the number of cores in your plan and a line of the recent load. - Memory: Memory in use against the memory in your plan, with the percentage underneath. A server that stays near the top for a long time needs more memory or lighter mods. - Storage: Disk space in use against the storage of your plan. Worlds, plugins and log files all count toward it. - Performance chart: A large graph with tabs for CPU, Memory and Players over 24 hours or 7 days. The current value and the peak of that period are written above it. - Availability: The share of time your server has been reachable since it was created, as a percentage above a long row of bars. - Network: How much data your server received and sent since it last started, and how long ago that start was. #### Server widgets Nine widgets for the things you do on the server itself, from joining it to running commands. - Players online: The name of everyone who is on the server, with the count against your player limit. While the server is offline it says the list returns once the server is up again. - Connect: Your server address with a Copy button. Players paste it under Multiplayer in Minecraft to join. - Quick actions: Three large buttons in one card: Manage files, Install plugins and Create backup. - Server details: The server software and the memory and storage of your plan, at a glance. - Recent activity: The latest events with who did them and when, such as a start, a backup or a plugin the Copilot installed. View all opens the whole activity log. - Console: The live server log with a field to type a command, so you can run one without leaving Overview. Open console goes to the full console page. - Backups: How long ago the last backup was made, how many backup slots are in use and a Back up now button. All backups opens the Backups page. - Quick commands: Six buttons that each run a command straight away: Save world, Make it day, Clear weather, Peaceful, Normal difficulty and Reload whitelist. The command itself is printed under its name. - Schedules: How many of your schedules are active and when the next ones run, such as a daily restart or a nightly backup. All schedules opens the Schedules page. #### Help widgets Three widgets that keep an eye on problems and get you an answer quickly. - Copilot: Ask the Copilot about plugins, settings or a problem straight from your overview. Open Copilot goes to the full chat, and Build my server sits underneath. - Protection: Whether crash watch is on, which restarts your server when it crashes or stops responding, and whether Discord notifications are set up. Set up connects a channel that hears when the server goes down or comes back. - Last crash: Why the server last crashed, in plain words, with the likely cause and the steps to fix it. Ask the Copilot hands the crash over for more help, and a calm server shows "No crashes in the last 48 hours." #### Account widgets Two widgets about your plan and your credits. Staff members see a short notice instead of payment details. - Next payment: The date of your next payment and the amount, with Billing details for your invoices and the way you pay. - Copilot credits: How many Copilot credits you have left and whether auto top-up is on. Manage credits opens the credits page. #### Personal widget One widget that is only for you. - Note: A notepad for a seed, coordinates or a to-do list. The text stays in the browser you typed it in and belongs to that one server, so another device or another server has its own note. #### Widgets show the server you are looking at Your layout is shared by all your servers, but the figures are not. Open another server and every widget fills in with that server's console, players, backups and graphs. #### When a widget is smaller than its content Make a widget lower or narrower than what it holds and it shrinks with it: text, figures and charts get smaller so everything still fits, and the size label adds "shrinks" while you drag. Below about three quarters of its normal size it stops shrinking and scrolls inside its own frame instead, and the label says "scrolls". Nothing is cut off. Drag the corner back to see everything at full size. #### Questions **Which widgets are on the overview by default?** Live stats, the Performance chart, Copilot, Availability, Protection, Quick actions, Recent activity and Server details. Reset in edit mode puts exactly these eight back. **Do the quick commands ask for confirmation?** No. They run the moment you press them, just as if you typed them in the console. Peaceful changes the difficulty for everyone on the server, so press it on purpose. **Why is my note missing on my phone?** The Note widget keeps its text in the browser where you typed it. The widget itself follows your account, but the words in it stay on that one device. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I move and resize widgets on my panel? [support/panel-and-files/move-and-resize-panel-widgets](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/move-and-resize-panel-widgets) In edit mode, grab a widget anywhere and drag it; the others make room and a guide line shows when it lines up. To change its size, drag the corner at the bottom right, or the one at the bottom left to move its left edge. With a keyboard, Tab to a widget and use the arrow keys, holding Shift to resize. #### Move or resize a widget 1. On Overview, press Edit so the widgets get their frames. 2. To move a widget, press anywhere on it and drag. The other widgets slide out of the way, and a thin guide line appears when its edge or middle lines up with a neighbour. 3. Let go to drop it. Widgets always slide up into free space above them, so the page never ends up with empty rows; a gap to the side of a widget can stay. 4. To resize, drag the corner at the bottom right. A label at the corner shows the width while you drag, for example Half width, Two thirds or 5 of 12 columns. 5. The corner at the bottom left moves the left side instead: the widget grows or shrinks toward the left while its right edge stays where it is. 6. Prefer the keyboard? Press Tab until a widget is selected, then move it with the arrow keys and resize it with Shift and the arrows. #### How the grid works The overview is a grid of 12 columns. Widths move in steps of half a column and heights in rows of 8 pixels. No widget can be narrower than 2 columns or lower than 12 rows, and Live stats needs at least 6 columns to fit its four figures. Widgets snap to the edges and the middle of the widgets around them, which keeps the page tidy even when you drag freely. When you drag close to the top or bottom of the screen, the page scrolls along with you. #### Keyboard shortcuts Tab selects the next widget. The left and right arrows move it half a column, and the up and down arrows move it earlier or later in the order. Shift with left or right makes it narrower or wider by half a column. Shift with up or down makes it lower or taller by 32 pixels. S jumps through the common widths of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 12 columns, and Delete or Backspace removes the selected widget. A screen reader announces each widget with its place, such as "Copilot, 3 of 8", followed by these keys. #### On smaller screens Below 1000 pixels wide every widget takes the full width and the resize corners are hidden, because there is no room for widgets next to each other. You can still change the order there, with your finger on a phone. #### Size labels and what they mean - "Full width": The widget spans all 12 columns of the row. - "Two thirds": 8 of the 12 columns. Recent activity and the Performance chart start at this width. - "Half width": 6 columns, so two of these fit next to each other. - "One third": 4 columns, the standard for small widgets such as CPU or Connect. - "One quarter": 3 columns, enough for a single figure. - "5 of 12 columns": A width without a common name is shown as a number of columns. Widths change in steps of half a column. - "shrinks": Added to the label when the widget is smaller than its content. Everything in it is drawn a little smaller, so it still fits without scrolling. - "scrolls": Added to the label when the widget is so much lower than its content that shrinking is not enough. It stays at the smallest size and scrolls inside the widget; nothing is hidden for good. #### Questions **Why did my widget jump up after I dropped it?** Widgets always fill free space above them. If the columns it covers are empty higher up, the widget moves into that space so the page has no empty rows. **Why does my widget scroll now?** You made it much shorter than its content. A widget first shrinks to fit and only scrolls once it would get too small to read; the label said so while you dragged. Pull the corner down again and everything fits without scrolling. **Why is the text in my widget smaller than in the others?** The widget is smaller than its content, so it shrinks everything in it to keep it all in view. Drag the corner to make it larger and the text goes back to its normal size. **Does my arrangement survive on a phone?** The order does. On a narrow screen every widget is full width, one under the other, and your widths come back as soon as the screen is wide enough. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I remove a widget or reset my panel layout? [support/panel-and-files/remove-a-widget-or-reset-your-layout](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/remove-a-widget-or-reset-your-layout) In edit mode, press the red minus at the top left of a widget to take it off your overview; Add widget puts it back whenever you want. To start over, press Reset and then "Reset to default?" to confirm, which restores the standard overview. #### Remove a widget or reset the page 1. Start on the Overview page and press Edit. 2. Find the red minus at the top left corner of the widget you no longer want. 3. Press it. The widget disappears at once and the widgets below it move up into its place. 4. Changed your mind? Open Add widget, find it under its group or with the search, and press the plus. It returns at the bottom of the page. 5. To go back to the standard overview, press Reset in the edit bar. The button turns red and asks "Reset to default?"; press it a second time to confirm. 6. The standard widgets return to their standard places. If you click anywhere else instead of confirming, your own layout stays as it was. #### What a reset puts back The standard overview has eight widgets: Live stats across the top, then the Performance chart with Copilot beside it, Availability with Protection, Quick actions with Server details, and Recent activity at the bottom. Widgets you added yourself leave the page with a reset, but none of them is gone for good. They all wait in Add widget, and the text of your note stays in the browser in case you bring the Note widget back. #### Removing a widget switches nothing off A widget only shows something. Take Protection off the page and crash watch still restarts your server after a crash; remove Backups and your scheduled backups still run. The same is true for every other widget. #### The sidebar has its own reset Resetting the overview only touches the widgets. Your page names, their order, hidden pages and shortcuts stay until you use the separate Reset in the sidebar editor, and that one asks for a second press too. #### Messages you may see - "Remove": The tooltip of the red minus. A screen reader hears it together with the name of the widget, such as Remove Copilot. - "Reset to default?": The confirmation after pressing Reset. Only a second press resets the page; clicking elsewhere cancels it. - "Reset sidebar?": Its own confirmation, shown in the sidebar editor. It only touches the sidebar, never the widgets. #### Questions **Is there an undo button?** No. Bring a removed widget back with Add widget, drag a moved one back to its old place, or reset the page to the standard overview. **Does a reset change the layout on my other devices?** Yes. Your layout lives in your account, so the reset shows on your phone and on every computer where you log in. **Will removing the Console widget close my console?** No. The full console stays under Console in the sidebar; the widget is only a small window onto it from your overview. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I customize the sidebar of my panel? [support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-sidebar](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/customize-your-panel-sidebar) Press Edit on Overview and the sidebar becomes an editor. Drag the six dots to change the order, click a name to rename it, click an icon to choose another and press the eye to hide a page. Add group puts pages under a heading of your own, and Reset brings back the standard sidebar. #### Change the sidebar 1. Press Edit on Overview. On a computer the sidebar switches to its editor straight away, under the heading "Customize the sidebar". 2. Drag the six dots to the left of a page to move it up or down, or into another group. Headings have dots as well, so a whole group moves in one go. 3. Click a page name to rename it. Type the new name and press Enter, or Escape to keep the old one; an empty name brings the original back. 4. Click the icon in front of a name to open the icon picker. Choose one of the 50 icons, or Default icon to go back to the original. 5. Press the eye at the end of a row to hide that page. The eye gets a line through it and the page leaves the menu when you finish; press it again to show the page. 6. Press Add group for a heading of your own. It appears just above "Bottom of the sidebar" with its name ready to type, and you drag pages into it afterwards. 7. Happy with it? Press Done. Want the original menu back? Use Reset at the bottom of the editor and confirm with "Reset sidebar?". #### What you can change and what stays put Every page in the menu can move, get a new name of up to 40 characters and a new icon. The standard headings Server, Management and Tools can be moved and renamed too, with names of up to 32 characters. Two things are fixed. Overview cannot be hidden, so there is always a way back to your widgets, and the group at the very bottom keeps its place at the end of the menu. #### Use the keyboard With the keyboard, Tab takes you to the dots of a page or a heading, and the arrow keys move it to a higher or lower spot. A screen reader hears where it ended up, for example "Backups moved to position 1 of 5, Management". #### Limits You can make up to 12 groups of your own and up to 30 shortcuts. Once you reach a limit, the matching button at the bottom of the editor is greyed out. #### The same menu on every device The sidebar is saved with your account while you change it, just like the widgets. It looks the same wherever you log in and on every server you manage, and a page that a server does not have, such as Plugins on a modded server, is simply left out there. #### Messages you may see - "Customize the sidebar": The heading of the sidebar editor, with a short reminder of what you can do there. - "Renamed from Console": The tooltip on a page you gave another name, so you always know which page it is. - "The overview always stays, so you can find your way back here.": Overview has no eye. It is the one page you cannot hide. - "Drag items here": An empty group. Drag a page or a shortcut onto it, or remove the group with its bin. - "Remove group. What is in it moves up.": The tooltip of the bin next to a group you made. Its pages join the group above it; nothing is deleted. - "Reset sidebar?": The confirmation after Reset. A second press restores the standard order, names, icons and headings, and removes your own groups and shortcuts. #### Questions **Can I still open a page I hid?** Yes. Hiding only takes it out of the menu. Links to it elsewhere in the panel keep working, and edit mode shows it again whenever you like. **Does renaming a page change it for my staff?** No. Names, icons and order are personal, and everyone with access to your server has a sidebar of their own. **How do I get the original names back?** For a single page, clear its name and press Enter. For the whole menu at once, use Reset in the sidebar editor and confirm it. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I add a shortcut to the panel sidebar? [support/panel-and-files/add-a-shortcut-to-your-panel-sidebar](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/add-a-shortcut-to-your-panel-sidebar) In edit mode, press Add shortcut at the bottom of the sidebar. Choose where it goes: a page of your server or one card on that page, a file or folder, or a link. The name fills in by itself, you can pick an icon and a group, and Add shortcut puts it in your menu. #### Add a shortcut 1. Open Overview and press Edit. In the sidebar, below your pages, you find Add shortcut. 2. The New shortcut panel slides in. Under "Where does it go?" choose Page, File or folder, or Link. 3. For a page, pick one of the pages of your server. The shortcut opens at the top of that page, unless you press "Pick a part of the page" to point at one card on it. 4. The panel opens that page with a bar at the top that asks you to pick a part. Click the heading or card you want, or use Top of the page or Cancel in the bar. 5. Back in the shortcut panel, the part you picked shows as a label. The x on the label goes back to the top of the page, and "Pick another part" lets you choose again. 6. For a file or folder, open folders until you see what you want. Click a file to choose it, or press "Use this folder" for the folder you are in. A file shortcut opens straight in the editor. 7. For a link, pick a page under "On this site", such as Billing & plan or Support, or type a full web address or a path that starts with a slash. 8. Check the name, choose an icon if you like and pick the group it goes in. Then press Add shortcut. 9. The shortcut appears in the sidebar under the group you chose. Press Done to leave edit mode. #### Which kind of shortcut to use A page shortcut is the quickest way to a tab you use a lot, under a name that makes sense to you. A shortcut to one part suits long pages better, because it scrolls straight to that card, such as the bin on Backups or one group of settings. File shortcuts save a lot of clicking when you edit the same configuration again and again, like the config.yml of a plugin. Link shortcuts cover everything outside the server: your invoices, your profile, the support page, or a website such as your Discord or your web map. #### Where links open Pages of your server and other pages of this site open in the same tab. A website somewhere else opens in a new tab, so the panel stays where you left it. #### Change or remove a shortcut later In edit mode every shortcut has a pencil and a minus next to it. The pencil opens the same panel, now called Edit shortcut, where you change whatever you like and press Save. The minus asks "Remove?" before anything is deleted. #### Names and groups The name follows what you pick until you type one yourself, and it can be up to 40 characters long. Without groups of your own, the group list offers "New group: Shortcuts", which creates that heading for you when you add the shortcut. #### Messages you may see - "Opens at the top of the page.": You picked a page but no part of it, which is fine. Press Pick a part of the page if you want one card instead. - "Click a heading or card on this page to link to it.": Pick mode. Move over the page and an outline shows which heading or card you are about to choose. - "This folder is empty.": There is nothing in this folder. Use this folder still works, or go back and open another one. - "Use a full web address (https://…) or a path on this site (/…).": What you typed cannot be used as a link. Start with https:// for a website or with a slash for a page of this site. - "You can have up to 30 shortcuts.": You reached the limit. Remove a shortcut you no longer use to make room for a new one. - "Remove?": Appears after the minus next to a shortcut. Press it to delete the shortcut, or click elsewhere to keep it. #### Questions **Can a shortcut open one part of a page?** Yes. Choose Page, press Pick a part of the page and click the heading or card you want. The shortcut then scrolls straight to it. **Do my shortcuts work on my other servers?** Shortcuts belong to your account, so they show on every server. Page and file shortcuts open the same place on whichever server you are viewing, which makes a file shortcut most useful for a path that all your servers have. **How many shortcuts can I make?** Up to 30. You can sort them under as many as 12 headings you made yourself. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How does the edit mode tour work? [support/panel-and-files/take-the-edit-mode-tour](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/take-the-edit-mode-tour) The first time you press Edit, a short tour walks you through edit mode in eight steps on a computer or seven on a phone. Each step lights up the part it talks about, and some show a hand doing it for you. Skip it whenever you like and replay it later with the question mark in the edit bar. #### Follow the tour 1. On Overview you may first see a card that says "Make this page your own". Press Try it now, or press Edit yourself; Maybe later closes the card. 2. Step 1, Welcome to edit mode, says what the tour is about. Press Show me to begin, or Skip tour if you would rather explore on your own. 3. Step 2, Add widgets, points at the Add widget button and mentions the 22 widgets to choose from, which land at the bottom of the page. 4. Step 3, Drag to move, shows a hand dragging a widget while the others slide aside. On a computer it adds the keyboard way: Tab, the arrow keys and Shift for the size. 5. Step 4, Make it bigger or smaller, demonstrates the resize corner and explains that the left corner moves the left side. 6. Step 5, Remove a widget, lights up the minus and promises that Add widget brings any widget back. 7. Step 6, Your own sidebar, moves to the menu on the left: drag the dots, give a page a nickname, pick another icon or hide a page with the eye. 8. Step 7, Shortcuts and groups, points at Add shortcut and Add group at the bottom of the sidebar. 9. Step 8, Saved as you go, explains that changes are stored straight away and that Done closes edit mode. Press Got it to finish. 10. Want to see it again? The question mark in the edit bar plays it from the first step. #### When the tour starts by itself The tour runs automatically the first time your account opens edit mode, and your account remembers that it ran. Skipping counts as seen, so the tour does not pop up again on your phone or another computer. #### The announcement card Accounts that have not tried edit mode yet get a one-time card on Overview, "Make this page your own", with a small moving preview of what edit mode does. It lights up the Edit button and never opens on top of another window. You will not get the card when the server is suspended or when you have already seen the tour. #### How the tour shows you around Each step dims the page and leaves a window around the part it explains, so you see the real button rather than a picture of it. The card moves out of the way when it would cover that part. On a phone, the steps about the sidebar slide the menu open for you and close it again when you move on. #### Buttons and lines in the tour - "Step 1 of 8": The counter on every card. On a phone or in a narrow window it counts to 7. - "Skip tour": Stops the tour. The x at the top of the card and the Escape key do the same. - "Show me": The button on the first card that starts the tour. - "Back": Goes to the previous step, so you can read it again. - "Got it": The button on the last card. Edit mode stays on, so you can start straight away. - "Later you open this with the pencil at the top of the menu.": An extra line on narrow screens, where the sidebar editor is a drawer behind the pencil. - "Maybe later": Closes the announcement card. It does not come back for your account. #### Questions **Does skipping the tour turn off edit mode?** No. Edit mode stays on and you can carry on with your changes. Press Done when you are finished. **Can I watch the tour on another device?** Yes. The question mark in the edit bar starts it on any device, as often as you like. **Why does my tour have seven steps?** On a phone or a window less than 1000 pixels wide, widgets always use the full width, so the step about resizing is left out. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I use edit mode on my phone? [support/panel-and-files/use-edit-mode-on-your-phone](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/use-edit-mode-on-your-phone) Tap Edit on Overview; on a phone the button sits alone on a line below the server buttons. Hold a widget for a moment so it comes loose, then move it higher or lower in the list. Add widget and Reset work as on a computer, and the pencil in the menu strip opens the sidebar editor. #### Edit the overview on a phone 1. Open your server panel on your phone. On Overview, tap Edit; a small screen gives that button a line to itself. 2. The same bar as on a computer appears above the widgets, and each card is outlined, with its minus in the corner. 3. To move a widget, keep your finger on it until it lifts, then drag it up or down. Swiping straight away scrolls the page as usual, so you never move a widget by accident. 4. Tap Add widget for the list of widgets and tap the plus next to the one you want. 5. For the menu, tap the pencil above the icons in the narrow strip on the left. 6. The sidebar editor slides over the page. Change the order, names and icons, then tap its Done to close it; the widgets stay in edit mode until you tap Done in the edit bar as well. #### How long to hold In edit mode a short hold of about a sixth of a second picks a widget up. Phones that can vibrate give a tiny buzz at that moment, so you know you can start dragging. Outside edit mode, a longer press of about half a second on a widget opens edit mode at once. That works when you already have a layout of your own; on the standard overview, tap Edit instead. #### What is different on a small screen Widgets stack in one column at full width, so there are no resize corners and nothing sits side by side. The order you set is the order on every device, and the widths you chose on a computer return on a bigger display. Tablets and narrow browser windows work the same way: below 1000 pixels wide, the panel switches to this phone layout. #### Shortcuts on a phone Add shortcut works the same as on a computer, except that the New shortcut panel comes up from the bottom of the screen instead of in from the side. Picking a part of a page works with a tap. #### Questions **Why does holding a widget do nothing?** On the standard overview nothing can be moved yet. Tap Edit first; once you have made a change, a long press on a widget opens edit mode too. **Do changes on my phone show on my computer?** Yes. There is one layout per account, so whatever you change on your phone shows on your computer as well, and the other way round. **Can I use edit mode on a tablet?** Yes. Under 1000 pixels wide it works as on a phone; on a wider screen the resize corners come back and widgets can share a row. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I close my server for maintenance? [support/panel-and-files/turn-on-maintenance-mode](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/turn-on-maintenance-mode) Open Settings in your server panel, type the message players should see in their server list and press Turn maintenance on. From then on only whitelisted players and operators can join, and Turn maintenance off puts your whitelist and your normal message back exactly as they were. #### Turn on maintenance mode 1. Open Settings in the sidebar of your server panel and find the Maintenance mode card. Its label says Off, and the field below it holds the message players will see once you switch it on. 2. Type your text in the Maintenance message field, up to 120 characters. Colour and style codes such as &6 for gold and &7 for grey are allowed, and the preview right under the field draws the message the way the server list will. 3. Decide on Restart now. Ticked, the server restarts at once: the new message shows straight away and everyone who is not on the whitelist is sent off, while the people online lose their connection for about a minute. Left empty, the server keeps running. Then press Turn maintenance on. 4. The label changes to On and a line under the button tells you what the server did. To change the text while maintenance is on, edit the field and press Update message. The panel keeps the whitelist and message from before maintenance, so Turn maintenance off still restores them. 5. Press Turn maintenance off when the work is done. The whitelist goes back to the position it had and the old server list message returns. Tick Restart now first if that message should be visible right away instead of after the next restart. #### What maintenance mode changes Three lines of server.properties: white-list and enforce-whitelist are set to true, and motd becomes your maintenance message. On a running server the panel also types whitelist on in the console, so new players are stopped at once instead of from the next start. Before it touches those lines, the panel stores what they said. Turn maintenance off writes exactly that back, which is why a server that always had a whitelist keeps it and a public server becomes public again. The names on your whitelist are never removed. #### Who can still join Everyone on the whitelist and every operator. Operators get in even when their name is not on the whitelist, so you and your team can test while the server is closed. A friend who helps you build needs to be added on the Players tab first. Players who were already online are not always sent off by the switch alone. Tick Restart now when everyone without a place on the list has to leave. #### Colour codes and the default message The field takes the same codes as the motd: &0 to &9 and &a to &f for colours, &l bold, &o italic, &n underline, &m strikethrough, &k scrambled letters and &r to go back to plain text. If you do not type anything of your own, the server list shows Under maintenance in bold red, followed by We will be back soon in grey. On a server in a network, players see the message of the network in their server list. The card then points to the Network card, where that message is set. #### Messages on the Maintenance mode card - "Maintenance mode is on. The server is restarting, so the message shows and only whitelisted players and operators can join.": You ticked Restart now on a running server. After about a minute the server is back, closed to everyone except your list and your operators. - "Maintenance mode is on. New players who are not whitelisted are turned away now; the message shows after the next restart.": The server kept running. Whoever was already in can stay for now, and the server list shows the old text until the server restarts. - "Maintenance mode is on. It applies when the server starts.": The server was off, so only its settings file changed. It will come up closed the next time you start it. - "Maintenance mode is off and the server is restarting with your normal message.": Your old settings are back and the restart makes your usual message visible at once. - "Maintenance mode is off. Your whitelist is back as it was; your normal message shows after the next restart.": Everything is restored in the settings file. Until the server restarts, the server list still shows the maintenance text. - "Maintenance mode was already off.": There was nothing to switch off. This happens when the page was open in two tabs and the other one already ended maintenance. - "The message can be at most 120 characters.": Every colour code counts as two characters. Shorten the text or drop a code or two. - "Start the server once first, so it writes its settings file.": A brand new server has no server.properties yet, and maintenance mode works by changing that file. Start the server once and come back. #### Questions **Can I still join my own server during maintenance?** Yes, as an operator or with your name on the whitelist. Make yourself an operator first if you are not one yet. The panel itself keeps working for you either way. **Does maintenance mode stay on after a restart or a crash?** Yes. It lives in the settings file, so the server comes back closed every time until you press Turn maintenance off. **Are players kicked when I turn it on?** Only with Restart now ticked. Without the restart, nobody new without a place on the whitelist gets in, but the people already playing can finish what they were doing. **Who can turn maintenance mode on or off?** The owner of the server and any staff member whose permissions include Settings. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I change the Java version of my server? [support/panel-and-files/change-your-java-version](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/change-your-java-version) Open Settings in your server panel and find the Startup card under Server software. Pick a Java version, press Save and restart the server: the panel marks the Java your Minecraft version needs as recommended, and on the same card a modpack can start from its own server jar. #### Change the Java version 1. Open Settings in the sidebar and scroll to the Startup card, right under Server software. It shows the Java the server runs on now and, under the list, which Java your Minecraft release asks for. In the picture the server is set to Java 21 while Minecraft 26.2 needs Java 25, so it would not start. 2. Open the Java version list and choose the entry marked recommended. The list offers Java 8, 11, 16, 17, 21 and 25. 3. Press Save. A running server keeps the Java it started with, so restart it from the top of the panel to make the switch. 4. On server types that can start from a jar of your choice, the Start file list holds every .jar in the main folder of the server, installers left out. Choose the jar of your modpack or loader and press the Save button next to it; it also counts from the next restart. 5. Other server types always start the same way. There the Start file field only shows the file in use, and Java is the one thing you change. #### Which Java each Minecraft version needs Minecraft 26.1 and newer need Java 25. For 1.21 up to 26.1 the panel also recommends Java 25, although the game accepts Java 21 there. 1.20.5 and 1.20.6 want Java 21, 1.18 to 1.20.4 want Java 17, 1.17 wants Java 16 and every older release runs on Java 8. Going newer than needed usually works and going older never does. Old Forge is the exception: Forge for 1.12.2 and earlier only starts on Java 8. When you change the Minecraft version on the Settings page, the panel picks the matching Java for you. This card is mostly for modpacks and for repairing a server whose Java was set by hand. #### Reading a Java error in the console A Java that is too old shows up in the console as a line about a class file version, saying that something was compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime. Class file version 61 stands for Java 17, 65 for Java 21 and 69 for Java 25: choose at least that Java and restart. Minecraft 26.1 and newer say it in plain words instead: Minecraft 26.1 and newer requires running the server with Java 25. #### Modpacks that bring their own server jar Some modpacks ship a ready server jar, or a loader jar with the version in its name such as forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2860.jar. Upload it into the main folder with Files, choose it under Start file and save. Installer jars are not in the list, because they build a server instead of running one. A modpack installed from the Mods tab needs none of this: the panel sets its loader and Minecraft version itself. Memory is not on this card either; it comes with your plan. #### Messages on the Startup card - "Java changed. It takes effect at the next restart.": Saved. Restart the server to run it on the Java you picked. - "Start file changed. It takes effect at the next restart.": The server will start from the jar you chose. Restart to try it, and watch the console while it loads. - "That Java version is not available.": Only the versions in the list can be used. Reload the page if the list looks out of date. - "This server does not run on Java.": Bedrock servers have their own software without Java, which is also why the card does not appear on them. - "This server is still being set up.": The server software is still being installed. Wait until the server is ready and save again. - "Pick a .jar file from the main folder.": The start file must be a jar directly in the main folder, not in a folder below it. - "That file is not in the main folder of the server.": The jar was moved or deleted after the page loaded. Reload the page and choose again. - "The start file of this server type is fixed. Ask support if you need another one.": This type has one way to start. When a pack truly needs another jar, support can look at it with you. - "This server type does not start from a jar file you can choose.": The type uses a start command of its own, so there is no file to pick. #### Questions **Do I have to restart after changing Java?** Yes. Java is chosen at the moment the server process starts, so the new version is used from the next start or restart. **Can I run a newer Java than the recommended one?** Usually, yes. If a plugin or an old mod refuses to load afterwards, go back to the recommended version. **Why is there no Startup card on my server?** Bedrock servers do not use Java, so the panel hides the card there. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I schedule an automatic restart or backup? [support/panel-and-files/schedule-a-restart-or-backup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/schedule-a-restart-or-backup) Open Schedules in your server panel, give the schedule a name and a time, press Create and add what it should do: a power action, a console command or a backup. For a plain nightly restart, the Automatic restart switch on the Settings page sets one up for you. #### Create a schedule 1. Open Schedules in the sidebar. A new server has none yet, and the form at the top of the page makes the first one. 2. Type a name, choose How often and set the time. Every day asks for an hour and Every week for a day as well; Every 6 hours and Every hour run on the hour. Press Create. 3. The schedule is saved, but a line under it warns that it has no tasks, so it would run and do nothing. Press Add a task. 4. Under Do what, choose Power action, Console command or Create a backup and fill in the action or the command. Wait first is the number of seconds after the previous step, from 0 to 900. Press Add task. 5. Add more tasks the same way; they run from top to bottom. The picture shows two warnings and a restart: a message at 04:00, a second one 240 seconds later and the restart 60 seconds after that, at 04:05. 6. For a restart without warnings, use the Settings page instead. Under Automatic saves and restarts, switch Automatic restart on, choose Daily or Mondays and the hour, and save the change. The panel makes the schedule for you and lists it on the Schedules page. #### Pause, Run now and Delete Every schedule has its own buttons. Pause keeps it with all its tasks but stops it from running, and Activate turns it back on. Run now goes through every task straight away, waits included, which makes it the quickest test of a new schedule. Delete asks you to confirm and then removes the schedule and its tasks. The timing of a saved schedule cannot be edited; to move it to another hour, create a new one with the same tasks and delete the old one. #### Check when it runs next Under each schedule a line says when it last ran and when it runs next, shown in the time of the device you are using. Look at it once after you create a schedule: it is the surest way to see that the moment is the one you meant. Only run when the server is online is ticked by default. Leave it ticked for commands and restarts, so a server you stopped on purpose is not brought back by a schedule in the night. #### Extra backups at your own time A Create a backup task makes a backup the moment it runs, in addition to the nightly backup, and it appears on the Backups tab next to the others. A weekly backup on Sunday morning, before the busy afternoon, is a common choice. Schedules are kept by the panel, outside the server folder. Restoring a backup leaves your schedules exactly as they are, and an old schedule never comes back with a backup. #### What the Automatic restart switch does The switch creates a schedule called Astroworld automatic restart. It writes the world to disk with save-all flush and restarts the server one second later, without sending a message in chat first. If your players should get a warning, build your own schedule as in the steps above and leave the switch off; with both, the server would restart twice. Flush world data on the same card works the same way. It creates Astroworld automatic save, which writes the world to disk at the interval you choose, so a crash loses at most those minutes. #### Advanced timing with cron Advanced (raw cron) under the form gives you the five cron fields: minute, hour, day/mo, month and day/wk. A star means every value, so 0 4 1 * * runs at 04:00 on the first day of every month. #### Messages on the Schedules page - "Schedule created, now add what it should do.": The schedule exists without tasks. Add at least one, or it does nothing when its time comes. - "Task added.": The new task sits at the bottom and runs after the ones above it. - "Running now.": You pressed Run now. Open the console to watch the tasks go by, waits included. - "Paused.": The schedule stays on the page with its tasks but does not run until you press Activate. - "Activated.": The schedule runs again from its next moment on. - "Schedule deleted.": The schedule and its tasks are gone. Whatever they did before stays as it is. - "Give the schedule a name.": The name field was empty. Any name works; it only helps you recognise the schedule later. - "That schedule timing is not valid.": One of the fields under Advanced (raw cron) holds something cron cannot read. Look for a typo or a space. - "Type the command to run.": A Console command task needs the command itself, for example say Back in five minutes. #### Questions **Does a scheduled restart lose any of the world?** No. A restart stops Minecraft normally, and Minecraft saves the world when it stops. The Automatic restart switch adds an extra save before that. **Can a schedule run more than one command?** Yes. Add a task for each command; they run in order, each after its own wait. **Who can create and change schedules?** The owner, and staff who were given the Schedules permission. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I see when my players are online? [support/panel-and-files/see-when-your-players-are-online](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/see-when-your-players-are-online) Open Players in your server panel and scroll to When your players are online. A grid shows the average number of players for every hour of every weekday over the last 30 days, in your own time zone, with the busiest hour, the quietest hour and your record underneath. #### Read the busy hours 1. Open Players in the sidebar. The card When your players are online sits under the player list, and Top playtime is in the column next to it. 2. Each row of the grid is a day of the week and each column an hour, from 00 to 23. The greener a square, the more players were online at that hour on average. Point at a square to see its number. 3. Three lines under the grid sum it up: the busiest hour with its average, the quietest hour, and the most players ever online at the same time, with the date. 4. Top playtime ranks the ten players who spent the most time on the server, in days, hours and minutes. 5. On a new server the card says it is still collecting until it has a full day of measurements. After one week every day of the week has data. #### Plan around the quiet hours The quietest hour is when a restart, a backup or an update bothers the fewest people. Put your nightly restart there, and close the server for maintenance at that time too. Use the busiest hours for events and to be online yourself. Check the TPS at those hours, because lag affects the most players then. #### How the numbers are made Every five minutes the panel notes how many players are online. A square is the average of those notes for that weekday and hour over the last 30 days, which is where decimals such as 13.3 come from. The busiest and quietest lines only use hours with at least three measurements. The first line of the card names the time zone, taken from your own device, so 21:00 means nine in the evening where you are. #### Where playtime comes from Top playtime is read from the stats files Minecraft keeps in the world folder for every player. It needs no plugin, works while the server is off and updates every few minutes. Because those stats belong to the world, a world reset starts everybody at zero again. #### Messages on the Players page - "We are still collecting. A measurement lands every five minutes, and this picture fills in over the first days.": The server has been measured for less than a day. The grid appears by itself once there is enough to show. - "Playtime is not available for this server type.": Playtime is read from the stats files of a Java world. A proxy or a Bedrock server has none, so this list stays empty. #### Questions **Why are some squares empty?** Nobody was online at those hours, or the server was off. They fill in as soon as people play at that time of the week. **Am I counted too?** Yes. Everyone on the server counts, you and your staff included. **Can I look further back than 30 days?** No. The card always covers the last 30 days. **Can my staff see this card?** Staff with the Players permission see it on the same page as you. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I see what changed on my server? [support/panel-and-files/see-what-changed-on-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/panel-and-files/see-what-changed-on-your-server) Open Activity in the sidebar of your server panel. It lists starts, stops, restarts, file changes, backups and every change the AI Copilot made, newest first. Changes made by the Copilot have an Undo button. #### Check the activity of your server 1. Open Activity in the sidebar of your server panel. The page lists the recent events of this server, newest first, with the time on the right. Press Refresh to load new events. 2. Each line starts with a label. SERVER is something that happened on the server itself, such as a start, a saved file or a finished backup. AI is a change the Copilot made, with the account that asked for it and an Undo button when it can be reversed. 3. Press Undo on a Copilot change to put it back. The change gets (undone) behind it and a new line on top says what was restored. 4. The overview shows the five most recent events in the Recent activity widget. View all opens the full Activity page. #### Which changes can be undone Changes the Copilot applied, such as a config edit or plugins it installed. Before each change the Copilot saves what was there, and Undo writes that back. Server events have no Undo button. A file you deleted yourself comes back from a backup on the Backups tab. #### Use it after a problem When the server stops starting or starts to lag, look at the last lines before the problem began. A plugin install, a saved config or a version change right before it is usually the cause. #### Who can see the Activity page The owner, and staff members with the Activity right. That right can be given on its own, so a helper can look without changing anything. #### Lines you see on the Activity page - "Server started": The server was started. - "Server stopped": The server was stopped. A stop without a start after it means it stayed off. - "Server restarted": The server was restarted. - "Server force-killed": The server was ended without saving first. Changes in the world since the last save can be lost. - "Console command sent": A command typed in the Console tab. - "File saved": A file was edited and saved, for example server.properties or a plugin config. - "File uploaded": A file was uploaded on the Files tab. - "File deleted": A file or folder was deleted. Restore a backup if it was a mistake. - "Backup completed": A backup finished. It is on the Backups tab. - "Backup restored": The server was put back to a backup. Everything after that backup is gone from the server. - "Startup variable changed": A start setting of the server changed. It applies from the next start. - "(undone)": This Copilot change was reversed with Undo. - "(failed)": The Copilot tried this change and it did not go through. Nothing was changed. #### Questions **How far back does the Activity page go?** It shows the most recent events of your server together with the 25 most recent Copilot changes, newest first. **Can I undo a change I made myself?** Not from this page. Undo is for Copilot changes. For your own changes, restore a backup from before the change. **Why does the overview show fewer events?** The Recent activity widget shows the last five and leaves out files that were only opened or downloaded. The Activity page shows everything. Last checked: 2026-10-11 ## Help center: Worlds & backups [support/worlds-and-backups](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups) Upload, save and restore ### How do I restore a backup? [support/worlds-and-backups/restore-a-backup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/restore-a-backup) Stop the server on the Overview tab, open Backups, press "Restore" next to the backup you want and confirm with "Restore this backup". Everything on the server is replaced by that backup, so anything built since then is gone. #### Restore in four steps 1. Open your panel and stop the server on the Overview tab. A restore replaces every file, so it cannot run while the server is on. 2. Go to Backups and find the backup from before the problem. The Created column shows when each one was made. 3. Press "Restore" next to it and read the warning: everything currently on the server is replaced by this backup. 4. Confirm with "Restore this backup". When it says "Restore started.", wait until it is finished and start the server again. #### Not sure which backup is the right one Make a fresh backup of the current state before you restore. If the backup you picked turns out to be too old, you can go back to how things were a minute ago. You can also download a backup and look inside it on your own computer first. #### The backup you need rolled off You keep 10 backups. When a new one pushes the oldest out, that one waits another 7 days in the bin at the bottom of the Backups tab. Press "Keep it" to bring it back into your slots, as long as one is free. #### Find the moment before it went wrong The Activity tab shows every start, stop, file change and Copilot action with its time and who did it. Look there for the change that caused the problem, then pick the newest backup made before that time. With a nightly backup that is usually the one from the night before. #### What a restore does not touch The backup holds the server folder: world, plugins, mods, configs and logs. It does not hold your panel settings such as staff, schedules and extra addresses, and it does not touch MySQL databases on the Databases tab. A plugin that keeps its data in a database, such as a logging or economy plugin, keeps today's data after a restore. #### Restoring on a plan without backup slots A few small plans have no backup slots. There is then nothing to restore from the panel, and any world reset cannot be undone. Download the world from the Files tab before risky changes, so you always have a copy of your own. #### Messages you can get while restoring - "Stop the server before restoring a backup.": A restore replaces every file, which cannot happen while the server runs. Stop it on Overview and press Restore again. - "That backup never finished successfully, so it cannot be restored.": Its status is Failed: nothing usable was written. Pick an older backup marked Complete. - "That backup is back in your slots.": You pressed "Keep it" on a backup in the bin. It is a normal backup again and can be restored. - "Restore started. The server files are replaced; watch the console.": It is running. Large worlds take a few minutes. Start the server once the console shows it is done. #### Questions **Can I restore only the world and keep my plugins?** The restore button puts back the whole server folder. To take only the world, download the backup, then upload just the world folder on the Files tab with the server stopped. **How often are backups made?** Every night on every plan, and whenever you press "Create backup" yourself. The 10 most recent are kept. **Can I restore a backup onto another server of mine?** Download the backup from the first server, then upload it on the Files tab of the second one with that server stopped. Both servers should run the same type and version. **Does restoring delete the backups I have?** No. The list of backups stays as it was, including the one you restored, so you can go back again if needed. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I make a backup of my server? [support/worlds-and-backups/create-a-backup](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/create-a-backup) Open the Backups tab in your panel, give the backup a name if you like and press "Create backup". It captures the whole server folder and shows up in the list when it is complete. #### Make a backup 1. Open your panel and go to Backups. 2. Type a name if you want to recognise it later, such as "before the big build", and press "Create backup". 3. Wait until its status goes from "Running" to "Complete". From then on you can restore it, download it or lock it. #### Running or stopped A backup can be made while the server runs. One made with the server stopped is guaranteed consistent, so stop it first before something important such as a version change. #### Lock the ones that matter A locked backup is never pushed out to make room for a newer one and cannot be deleted by accident. With 10 slots and a nightly backup, an unlocked one is gone after about 10 days. #### Storage Your backups share a storage limit tied to your plan. The Backups tab shows how much of it is in use and warns you when you get close. #### The slots, the bin and the storage limit You have 10 backup slots. When a new backup needs room, the oldest unlocked one moves to the bin at the bottom of the tab and stays there for 7 days before it is removed. Your backups together may use up to three times the disk of your plan; the tab shows how much of that is taken. The nightly backup counts as one of the 10. Your own backups do too, so making several in one day pushes older nightly ones towards the bin sooner. #### What goes into a backup The whole server folder: every world, the plugins or mods with their configs, the server.properties file and the logs. It does not include MySQL databases from the Databases tab or settings that live in the panel itself, such as staff and schedules. #### Moments worth a backup of your own Before a Minecraft version change, before installing or updating a modpack, before a world reset, and before letting new staff loose on the files. The panel asks for a recent backup before some of these by itself, because they are the changes that cannot be undone by hand. #### Messages on the Backups tab - "All backup slots are full. Delete an old unlocked backup yourself, then try again.": All 10 slots are taken by locked backups, so none can move to the bin by itself. Unlock or delete one you no longer need. - "Stop the server first so the backup is consistent.": Shown when a step, such as changing the server type, needs a backup made with the server off. Stop it, make the backup, then continue. - "Backup complete ({mb} MB).": The file is whole and appears as Complete in the list, with its size. It can now be restored, downloaded or locked. - "Failed": A status in the list: nothing usable came out. Try again with the server stopped; if it fails again, check that the disk is not full. #### Questions **Can I keep a copy on my own computer?** Yes. Press "Download" next to any completed backup and you get the whole server folder as one file. **Can I make backups on a schedule?** Yes. On the Schedules tab a task can make a backup at any time you choose, on top of the nightly one. **How long does a backup take?** Seconds for a fresh world, a few minutes for a big one. The status shows Running until it is done, and the server keeps running meanwhile unless you stopped it. **Can I delete a backup?** Yes, unless it is locked. Unlock it first, then press Delete. A deleted backup does not go to the bin. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I change game rules like keep inventory? [support/worlds-and-backups/change-your-game-rules](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/change-your-game-rules) Open World in your server panel and press Show game rules. Every rule appears as a switch with a line on what it does, plus a number for how many players must sleep to skip the night. A switch takes effect at once in the overworld, the Nether and the End, with no restart and no command to type. #### Change a game rule 1. Start the server if it is off. Game rules live inside the running game, so the panel reads and changes them through the server itself. 2. Open World in the sidebar of your server panel. The Game rules card sits right under Current world; press Show game rules. 3. The panel asks the server for the value of each rule, which takes a second or two. Then the card lists all of them in two columns, each with a switch: amber is on, grey is off. 4. Press the switch next to the rule you want to change. There is no save button for switches: the change goes to the server straight away and the switch only flips once the server has confirmed it. 5. For Players needed to skip the night, type a percentage from 0 to 100 and press Save. At 50, half of the players online have to be in bed before the night is skipped; the Minecraft default of 100 means all of them. 6. On a stopped server the card shows a notice instead of the switches. Start the server, wait until the console says it is done loading, and press Try again. #### The 17 game rules on the card For players: Keep inventory keeps items and experience on death, PvP lets players hurt each other, Fall damage decides whether falling hurts, Natural regeneration whether health comes back on a full stomach, and Instant respawn skips the death screen. For mobs: Mob griefing covers creepers blowing holes, endermen taking blocks and villagers farming. Mobs spawn switches all natural spawning, Monsters spawn only the hostile kind, and Phantoms and Pillager patrols each have a switch of their own. For the world: Day and night cycle and Weather changes freeze the time and the weather where they are when you switch them off, and with TNT explodes off, TNT no longer blows up. For chat and the screen: Death messages and Advancement messages decide what is announced, and Locator bar shows the direction of other players in the bar above the hotbar. The last row, the sleep percentage, is the only rule that takes a number. #### Why the panel changes all three dimensions On Paper and the other Bukkit based servers, the Nether and the End are separate worlds with game rules of their own. A gamerule command typed in the console only reaches the overworld, which is how people end up losing everything in the Nether while keep inventory is on. The card sends every change to the overworld, the Nether and the End, one command each, and waits for the server to report the new value. While the card loads you will see those commands pass by in the Console tab: that is the panel asking, not a player. #### Old and new rule names Minecraft 1.21.11 gave the game rules new names: keepInventory became keep_inventory, doDaylightCycle became advance_time and doInsomnia became spawn_phantoms. The panel uses the names of the version your server runs, so the switches behave the same on 1.20 as on 26.2. PvP and Monsters spawn only appear on versions where they are game rules. On an older server the card leaves them out; there the pvp and spawn-monsters lines of server.properties do the same job, and both are on the Settings tab. #### Messages on the game rules card - "Start the server to see and change game rules.": The server is off or still starting. Rules can only be read from a running game, so start it and press Try again. - "The server did not answer. Wait until it has fully started and try again.": The server is online but did not reply in time, usually because the world is still loading. Give it a few seconds. - "Wait a few seconds before loading the game rules again.": Reading the card sends a command for every rule, so the panel waits five seconds after one read before it does the next. - "Start the server to change game rules.": The server went offline between opening the card and pressing a switch. Start it and press the switch again. - "The server did not confirm the change. Is it fully started?": The command went out but no new value came back. Open the card again to see what the rule is set to now. - "This game rule does not exist on this Minecraft version.": The rule was added or renamed in another version than the one you run. The card hides rules your version does not know, so this is rare. - "Pick a number from 0 to 100.": The sleep percentage only takes whole numbers in that range. - "This server type has no game rules.": A proxy such as Velocity or BungeeCord has no world of its own, and Bedrock uses other commands. Open the card on the Java game server instead. #### Questions **Do I need to restart after changing a game rule?** No. A switch works for everyone online the moment the server confirms it. Game rules are saved with the world, so they also stay as you set them after a restart. **Why did I lose my items in the Nether with keep inventory on?** Keep inventory was probably set with a console command, which only reaches the overworld. Switch it off and on again on the card and the panel sets it in all three dimensions. **Can I give one dimension different rules?** Not from the card, which always changes the three together. For one dimension, type the command yourself in the console, for example execute in minecraft:the_nether run gamerule keep_inventory false. On versions before 1.21.11 the rule is called keepInventory. **Do my game rules carry over to a new world?** No. They are stored inside the world, so a world reset starts again from the Minecraft defaults. Open the card afterwards and set them the way you had them. **Who can change game rules?** You, and the people you gave the Settings permission on the Staff tab. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I reset my Minecraft world and start a new one? [support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-world) Open Reset in your server panel, type your two-step code and press Reset world. The panel stops the server, takes a full backup, deletes the overworld, the Nether and the End, and starts the server again so it generates a fresh world. Plugins and settings stay, and the old world can come back from the backup. #### Reset the world 1. Make sure two-step verification is on for your Astroworld account. A reset asks for a code from your authenticator app; without it the card stops you and links to the place in your account where you switch it on. 2. Open Reset in the sidebar of your server panel. The page holds two cards: Reset the world, which this article is about, and Reset the whole server below it. The same world card also sits at the bottom of the World page. 3. Decide on the seed. The field starts with the seed of your current world: keep it and you get the same landscape back, untouched; clear it for a random world, or paste in a seed you found. 4. Type the six digits from your authenticator app, or one of your backup codes, under Two-step code, and press Reset world. 5. A window asks you to confirm and tells you what happens to the old world. Press Reset the world to go ahead, or Cancel to leave everything as it is. 6. Four steps tick off one after another: the server stops, a full backup is made (skipped on a plan without backup slots), the old world folders are removed and the server starts again. The backup usually takes longest, a few minutes on a big world. 7. When the panel says World reset complete, open the Console. The server is generating the new world, and once it reports Done, players can join and spawn in it. #### What a world reset deletes and what it keeps It removes the three folders of your world: world, world_nether and world_the_end, or the same three under the level name your server uses. Any other folder stays, such as a second world made by a plugin like Multiverse. Plugins and their configs, server.properties, the whitelist, your operators and the ban list are outside those folders, so they stay. Inventories, ender chests, advancements and statistics are saved inside the world, though: they leave with the old world and everyone starts at the new spawn with empty hands. #### Same seed or a new one The seed decides the shape of the land. Keep it and you get the same mountains, rivers and villages back, freshly generated with nothing built and nothing mined. That is the quickest way to undo griefing everywhere at once, or to start a new season on a map people already know. With the field empty Minecraft picks a random seed. Seeds from a seed list work too; paste them exactly, including a minus sign at the start. A new seed is written to level-seed in server.properties before the new world is made, so the Settings tab shows it afterwards. #### Why the server is stopped first A running Minecraft server keeps the world in memory and saves it to disk when it shuts down. Delete the folders while it runs and the old world comes straight back at the next stop. The panel therefore stops the server, checks that it is really offline, and only then removes anything. On a plan with backup slots it also refuses to delete without a successful backup from the last 24 hours, which the reset makes itself in its second step. #### Getting the old world back The backup made by the reset is an ordinary full backup on the Backups tab. Restore it and the old world returns exactly as it was the moment before the reset, builds, inventories and all. A plan without backup slots has no such way back, and the confirm window warns you about that. Download the world folders from the Files tab before you reset if you might want them again. #### Messages during a world reset - "Turn on two-step verification in your account first. A reset needs it.": Your login has no authenticator app linked yet. Set it up in your account and come back to the card. - "That two-step code is not right.": The code was mistyped or had already changed. Codes renew every 30 seconds, so type the one your app shows now. - "Too many wrong codes. Wait ten minutes and try again.": After five wrong codes the reset locks for ten minutes, so nobody can guess their way through. - "Enter your two-step code again, the last one expired.": A correct code stays valid for 15 minutes. Start again with a fresh code. - "That seed contains characters Minecraft will not accept.": Use letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens and underscores. Other symbols are refused before anything is touched. - "The server did not stop in time. Try again, or use Kill on the overview.": The server took too long to shut down, and nothing was deleted. - "The backup finished but was not successful, so nothing was deleted.": Your world is untouched. Look at the Backups tab for the reason, then try again. - "World reset complete. Watch the console while the new world generates.": Everything went through. The server is starting and building the new world, which takes about a minute. #### Questions **Will players lose their inventories?** Yes. Items, ender chests, experience and advancements are stored in the world, so a new world is a new start for everyone. The backup still has the old ones if you restore it. **Does a world reset remove my plugins?** No. Plugins, their configs and their data stay. Plugins that store places, such as homes, warps or land claims, still point at spots in the old world, so clear those in the plugin when they no longer make sense. **Can my staff reset the world?** Only people you gave the World permission on the Staff tab, and they need two-step verification on their own account as well. **Can I reset only the Nether or the End?** Not from this card, which always resets all three together. Stop the server, delete the folder of that dimension in Files (on Paper that is world_nether or world_the_end) and start it again; the server builds a new one. **How long does a world reset take?** A few minutes in most cases. The backup takes the longest and grows with your world; generating the new world adds about a minute after that. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I reset my whole server and start from scratch? [support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-whole-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/worlds-and-backups/reset-your-whole-server) Open Reset in your server panel, enter your two-step code on Reset the whole server and confirm. After a full backup every file is deleted and the server is installed fresh with the same type and version, while your plan, play address, backups and staff stay. Only the owner of the server can do this. #### Reset the whole server 1. Log in with the account that owns the server. Staff can be allowed to reset a world, but a full reset is for the owner alone. 2. Open Reset in the sidebar and scroll down to Reset the whole server, under the world card. Read its three lines: what is deleted, what is kept and what happens on a crossplay plan. 3. Type the code from your authenticator app, or a backup code, and press Reset the whole server. The window that follows spells out what goes; press Reset the whole server in it once more to confirm. 4. The panel stops the server and makes a full backup, then deletes every file and installs the server again. Once the last step is ticked, a notice says the installation is running. 5. Give it a few minutes. When the console shows the installation has finished, press Start: the first start makes a new world and fresh config files, just like on the day you ordered. #### The world or the whole server? When the map is what you want to replace, reset the world: plugins, configs and permissions stay, and only the land starts over. Reset the whole server when the setup itself is the problem, such as a pile of plugins you no longer trust, mods left from an old modpack or configs nobody can explain any more. A full reset keeps your server type and version. Moving to another version is a separate job; see the article on changing your Minecraft version. #### What you get back after a full reset The server comes back with the same software and version it runs now. If your version is set to Latest, the reinstall uses the newest stable release on that day, so it can come back one version newer than it was. On a crossplay plan Geyser and Floodgate are installed again, so Bedrock players can join as soon as the server is up. Plugins and mods you added yourself are not; put them back from the Plugins or Mods tab. #### What stays on your account Your plan and its billing, the address your players connect to, every backup already on the Backups tab and the people on the Staff tab are not touched. The reset is about the files on the server and nothing else. The backup made at the start is your way back. Restore it on the Backups tab and the server returns with every world, plugin and config it had before the reset. #### Messages during a full reset - "Only the owner of this server can reset the whole server.": You are logged in as staff. Ask the owner, or reset just the world if that is enough. - "Make a fresh backup first, a reset cannot be undone.": Nothing is deleted without a successful backup from the last 24 hours. The reset makes one itself; if that one failed, make one on the Backups tab and try again. - "Your server is being installed fresh. That takes a few minutes; the console shows when it is done, then press Start.": The reset went through. Wait for the console, then start the server. - "The demo server cannot be reset.": The public demo server is shared by every visitor, so it stays as it is. #### Questions **Is a full reset the same as ordering a new server?** No. Your plan, billing period, address and backups stay, and nothing is charged. Only the files on the server are new. **Will my staff lose access?** No. Everyone on the Staff tab keeps the permissions they had before the reset. **Can I undo a full reset?** Yes, with the backup it makes first. Restore that backup on the Backups tab and the server is back as it was, worlds included. **Why does a full reset ask for my two-step code?** Because it deletes everything on the server. The code proves it is really you, even on a computer where your panel was left open. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ## Help center: Plugins & mods [support/plugins-and-mods](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods) Plugins, modpacks and versions ### How do I install a modpack? [support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-modpack](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-modpack) Open the Mods tab in your panel, search for the pack under Modpacks or under CurseForge and FTB packs, pick a version and press "Install the pack". The panel sets the right loader and Minecraft version for you and moves your current mods to a dated folder. #### Install a modpack 1. Make a backup first on the Backups tab. Installing a pack changes the server software and its mods. 2. Open the Mods tab. Search under Modpacks, or under "CurseForge and FTB packs" for packs from CurseForge and Feed the Beast. 3. Pick the pack and the version you want. The panel shows what changes: the loader, the Minecraft version and how much disk space the pack needs. 4. Press "Install the pack" and follow the progress. When it says "The pack is installed.", start the server. 5. Every player installs the same pack and version in their own launcher. The server pack and the client pack have to match. #### What happens to what was there Your current mods move to a folder with today's date; they are not deleted. Your world is not touched. If the pack needs more disk space than your plan has free, the panel says so before it starts, so a half installed pack never happens. #### Enough memory Big packs need a lot of memory. Check the modpack pages for what each pack needs before you install it on a small plan. #### Where the packs come from Two sources sit on the Mods tab. Modpacks searches packs that publish a server version for your exact type and version. "CurseForge and FTB packs" searches CurseForge and Feed the Beast, and picking a version there also sets the right loader and Minecraft version on the server, so you can start from any type. #### Updating a pack later When a newer version of your pack comes out, the panel tells you with the old and the new version number. Install it from the pack block: that takes a backup and moves your current mods aside first, which updating mods one by one does not. Players then update their own pack to the same version. #### Uploading your own pack A pack that is not in either list can go in through the Files tab. For anything larger than a few hundred megabytes, paste a download link under From link: the server fetches the file itself and there is no size limit. Then extract it in place. #### Messages you can see while installing a pack - "Only packs that have a server version for exactly this type and version show up here.": The Modpacks search filters on your current loader and Minecraft version. Use the CurseForge and FTB search to let the pack pick the type and version for you. - "Modpacks work on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge servers.": Your server runs plugin software or Vanilla. Installing from the CurseForge and FTB list switches the type for you; from the other list, change the type first. - "That version has no server files we can install.": The pack author published only a client version of that release. Pick another version, usually the newest one that lists a server pack. - "Config folders from the pack are not installed.": Part of the message after a Modrinth pack: the server mods are in, the pack's own config folder is not. Most packs run fine; if the pack author ships custom configs, upload that folder on the Files tab. #### Questions **The pack I want does not show up.** Only packs with a server version for your server type and Minecraft version show up under Modpacks. Try a shorter word, or search under CurseForge and FTB packs, where picking a version also changes the type and version for you. **I only see a Plugins tab, not Mods.** Your server runs plugin software such as Paper. Change the server type to a mod loader under Settings, Server software, or install a pack from a fresh server. **How much memory does my pack need?** Our RAM guide lists it by pack size: a light pack of about 50 mods needs clearly more than the plain game, a heavy pack of 300 mods and more needs a lot more again. The modpack pages list the figure per pack. **Can my players get the pack in one click?** They install the same pack and version through the CurseForge app, the FTB app or a launcher that reads Modrinth packs. The version number must match the server exactly. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I install a plugin? [support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-plugin](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods/install-a-plugin) Open the Plugins tab in your panel, search the plugin catalogue and press "Install". The panel picks the file that fits your server type and Minecraft version, puts it in the plugins folder and it loads after a restart. #### Install a plugin 1. Open your panel and go to the Plugins tab. 2. Scroll to the plugin catalogue and search for the plugin by name or by what it does. 3. Press "Install". The plugin is checked against your server type first and lands in the plugins folder ready to run. 4. Restart the server. The plugin creates its settings folder on the first start. #### Why there is no install from a link On purpose. A catalogue of checked plugins means nothing can be talked into fetching a random file from the internet onto your server. Everything in it is matched to your version before it is installed. #### Removing a plugin Press "Remove" next to it in the installed list. The plugin stops after the next restart. Its settings folder is kept unless you tick the box, so installing it again later picks up where you left off. #### Plugins that need a database Some plugins keep their data in MySQL instead of in a file, such as CoreProtect for block logging, LuckPerms for ranks and most economy plugins. Create a database on the Databases tab and paste the host, user and password it shows into the plugin's config file, then restart. #### Setting a plugin up After the first start, the plugin's settings are in its own folder under plugins on the Files tab, usually as config.yml. Edit it there, save, and restart or use the plugin's own reload command. The AI Copilot can write a config for you from a description and shows the change before it is applied. #### Too many plugins Every plugin runs inside the same server tick. A handful of well made plugins cost little; dozens, or one badly written one, can drop the tick rate for everyone. When the server gets slower after adding plugins, remove the last one and compare with the tps command. #### Messages on the Plugins tab - "This server type cannot run plugins.": The server runs Vanilla or a mod loader. Plugins need Paper or Purpur; change the type under Settings, Server software, after a backup. - "The plugin JAR is deleted and the plugin stops working after the next restart.": What happens when you press Remove. The plugin keeps running until the restart; its settings folder stays unless you ticked the box. - "Create and finish a safety backup before changing executable files.": Shown when a plugin file would be added or replaced outside the catalogue. Make a backup on the Backups tab first, then do it again. #### Questions **Do my players need to install anything?** No. Plugins run only on the server. That is the difference with mods, which every player needs in their own game as well. **I do not see a Plugins tab.** Your server runs a mod loader or Vanilla. Plugins need plugin software such as Paper, which you can switch to under Settings, Server software. **Does a plugin work on both Paper and Purpur?** Almost always. Purpur is built on Paper and runs the same plugins. The catalogue checks each plugin against your type before it installs. **Where do I see which plugins are running?** The installed list on the Plugins tab, or the plugins command in the Console, which also shows in red any plugin that failed to load. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I add a data pack to my server? [support/plugins-and-mods/add-a-data-pack](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/plugins-and-mods/add-a-data-pack) Open World in your server panel and scroll to Data packs. Search Modrinth from the card, press Install next to the pack you want and restart the server: the pack goes into the datapacks folder of your world and loads at the next start. Remove takes it out again. #### Install a data pack 1. On a brand new server, start it once first. The card offers packs for your exact Minecraft version, and the panel learns that version from the first start. 2. Open World in the sidebar and scroll down to Data packs. Under Installed you see what is in the datapacks folder now, and below the search field the most downloaded packs for your version are already listed. 3. Type the name of a pack, or a word for what you are after such as structures or nether, and press Search. 4. Press Install. The panel fetches the pack from Modrinth, compares the file with the hash Modrinth published for it and writes it to the datapacks folder of your world. The file then shows up under Installed. 5. Restart the server with Restart at the top of the panel. Minecraft reads data packs when the world loads, so a new pack does nothing until then. 6. To take a pack out again, press Remove next to it under Installed. It leaves the list at once and is gone from the game after the next restart. #### Data packs next to plugins and mods A data pack is a folder or zip that Minecraft reads by itself: new biomes, structures, recipes, loot tables or advancements, written in the files of the game instead of in Java code. It works the same on Paper, on Fabric or Forge and on a plain vanilla server. Your players join with an ordinary game, because the pack runs on the server only. Plugins and mods can go further, but each one needs the matching server type; when a data pack already does what you want, nothing about your server has to change. #### World generation packs only shape new land Packs such as Terralith, Incendium and Nullscape change how terrain is made in the overworld, the Nether and the End. Land that already exists stays as it is, so on an older world the new biomes only appear where nobody has been yet. Want the whole map in the new style? Install the pack before the first player joins, or install it and then reset the world. Pre-generating afterwards builds the new land before anyone walks into it. #### What the panel checks before a pack reaches your server The list is the top 24 by downloads on Modrinth, filtered on your exact Minecraft version and on full releases, so no beta or alpha builds. Every file is compared with the hash Modrinth published for it before it is written to your server. Packs land in the datapacks folder inside your world folder, where you can also find them in Files. A zip or folder you upload into that folder yourself is listed under Installed as well, and Remove works on it the same way. #### Messages on the Data packs card - "Data pack installed. It loads at the next restart.": The file is in place. Restart the server to load it. - "Data pack removed. It is gone after the next restart.": The file is deleted, but the running game keeps the pack loaded until it restarts. - "No data packs yet.": The datapacks folder of your world is empty, or has not been made yet. - "Nothing matches that search.": No pack with that name has a release for your Minecraft version. Try a shorter word, or check later if the pack is still being updated. - "Start the server once, so we know its exact Minecraft version.": A new server has not reported its version yet. Start it, wait until it is online, and open the card again. - "That project is not an approved data pack on Modrinth.": Only projects Modrinth lists as data packs can be installed here; a mod or resource pack with the same name is left out. - "Modrinth could not be reached safely.": The download or its hash check did not come through, and nothing was written to your server. Try again in a minute. - "Data packs are a Java Edition feature.": Bedrock servers use add-ons instead, and a proxy has no world, so the card installs nothing there. #### Questions **Do my players need to install the data pack?** No. Data packs run on the server. A few packs that add their own textures also come with a resource pack; the Modrinth page of the pack says so when that is the case. **Why can't I find the new biomes?** The pack only shapes land generated after the restart. Travel to an area nobody has visited yet, or reset the world to see it everywhere. **Can I add a data pack that is not on Modrinth?** Yes. Upload the zip with Files into the datapacks folder of your world and restart. It appears under Installed like the others, only without the hash check the panel does for Modrinth packs. **Does removing a data pack undo what it generated?** No. Blocks and structures it already placed stay where they are; only new land is made without it. Make a backup before you take a world generation pack out of a world you care about. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ## Help center: Performance [support/performance](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/performance) Lag, memory and tick rate ### Why is my server lagging? [support/performance/find-out-why-your-server-lags](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/performance/find-out-why-your-server-lags) First find out which lag you have. If everyone sees blocks come back and mobs freeze, the server is slow to calculate the world; if only one player rubber bands, it is their connection. The Overview tab and the tps command tell you which. #### Find the cause 1. Open your panel on Overview and look at memory and processor right now, and at the graphs over the last day. A line pinned at the top of memory while players complain points at memory. 2. Type tps in the Console while the server runs, or mspt on Paper. 20 TPS is a healthy server; a lower number means the server cannot keep up with the world. 3. If TPS is 20 and only some players lag, the problem is between them and the server. Ask where they play from and compare it with the region of your server. 4. If TPS is low, look for what the server is busy with: large farms, many entities, a plugin, or chunks being generated for the first time. #### The changes that help most Lower the view distance and simulation distance in Settings, pre generate the world, limit entities in farms and remove plugins you do not use. The lag guide goes through each of them in order. The AI Copilot in your panel can look at your logs and settings and point at what makes the server slow, and propose each change for you to apply. #### Generate the world before people explore Minecraft builds the world as players walk into it, and that is the single most expensive thing a server does. It lands as lag on the player who is exploring and on everyone else at the same moment. The World tab can pre generate an area with Chunky: install it there, restart once so it loads, pick a radius and let it run while nobody plays. A radius of 1000 blocks is plenty for a small group; 2000 to 3000 suits a server that travels. Doubling the radius makes four times the area, so disk use grows much faster than the number. In the Nether one block covers eight in the overworld, so a small radius there already covers a lot. #### Let the optimizer measure it The AI performance optimizer in the panel measures tick time, tick rate, processor and memory against your plan, the loaded entities by type, chunk loading, garbage collection, your plugins and the number of players in one go, then names the one thing that slows you down. It prepares the fix as a change you approve. #### A restart at night On Overview you can set a nightly restart at a quiet hour. The server warns players in chat, saves and comes back within a minute or two. On a modded server this also clears memory that mods leak over a long uptime, which is a common cause of lag that builds up over days. #### Numbers you will see, and what counts as healthy - "TPS 20": Ticks per second. 20 is the maximum and means the server keeps up. Around 18 players start to notice; below 15 mobs and machines visibly stutter. - "MSPT under 50": Milliseconds per tick, shown by mspt on Paper. A tick has 50 ms; under that the server has time to spare, above it TPS drops. - "Memory near the top of the graph": Normal for Java to use most of what it gets. It becomes a problem when the line stays flat at the top and the server pauses; then memory is short. #### Questions **Will more RAM fix the lag?** Only if memory is the cause. A server that sits at 20 TPS with memory to spare does not get faster from more of it. Check Overview first; the RAM guide shows what each player count and modpack needs. **Lag only happens in one place.** Then something in that area is expensive: a large farm, hundreds of item frames or animals, or a redstone clock. Stand there and compare MSPT with somewhere empty; the difference is what that area costs. **Does the location of the server cause lag?** Distance adds a delay to every action, which feels like lag to players far away, but it does not lower TPS. A low TPS is the server; a high ping with a healthy TPS is distance. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I pre-generate my world to stop lag when exploring? [support/performance/pre-generate-your-world](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/performance/pre-generate-your-world) Open World in your server panel, press Install Chunky on the Pre-generate the world card and restart once. Then pick how far out to go, press Start pre-generating and keep playing: the land is built in the background, so nobody waits for it later while exploring. #### Pre-generate the world 1. Open World in the sidebar and scroll to Pre-generate the world. When Chunky is not on the server yet, the card has a single button: Install Chunky. 2. Press Install Chunky and restart the server once so it loads. On Paper and other plugin servers it goes into the plugins folder; on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge it is a mod, and on Fabric the panel adds Fabric API with it. 3. Choose how far out to go. Every choice shows the disk space it takes and roughly how long it runs, and the line underneath says how much disk your server has free. 4. Press Start pre-generating. The card confirms how much world is about to be made, and you and your players can carry on in the meantime. 5. During the run the card shows Generating with a percentage and the latest progress line from Chunky, refreshed every 30 seconds. Stop ends the run; what is generated by then stays. 6. When the run is done the card says so, and the radius choices are back for a bigger run whenever you want one. #### Why exploring makes a server lag Making new land is the heaviest job a Minecraft server has: terrain, caves, structures and light for every chunk, at the moment a player comes near. One player on an elytra can ask for hundreds of fresh chunks a minute, and everybody online feels the server stall while it catches up. Land that already exists only has to be read from disk, which takes a fraction of the work. That is why the same server on the same plan can feel smooth in new areas once a run has finished. #### How far to go A run covers a square around the middle of the map, x 0 and z 0, close to where a new world puts its spawn. At 1,000 blocks that square is 2,000 by 2,000 blocks: about 15,600 chunks, 92 MB of disk and 39 minutes. 2,000 blocks covers four times that area, for about 366 MB and 2.6 hours. 3,000 blocks takes about 824 MB and 5.9 hours, and 5,000 blocks about 2.2 GB and 16 hours. The times assume some 400 chunks a minute, so a run on a busy server takes longer. Only the overworld is generated; the Nether and the End are left as they are. For a group of friends 2,000 blocks is usually enough, while a public server where people travel far gets more out of 3,000 or 5,000. #### Your disk is checked before a run starts Before it starts, the panel works out what the chosen radius needs and compares that with the free space on your plan. When it does not fit, nothing starts and the card names both figures, so you can pick a smaller radius. Generated land is part of the world, so a pre-generated world also makes your backups larger. The best moment for a run is right after a new world or a world reset, or overnight when few players are on. #### Messages on the Pre-generate the world card - "Chunky installed. Restart the server once so it loads, then come back here.": Chunky is on the server but not loaded yet. Restart from the top of the panel. - "Chunky is already installed.": It was already in the plugins or mods folder, so the card goes straight to the radius choices. - "Start the server first. Chunky runs inside it.": Pre-generation is done by the game itself, so the server has to be online. - "Started. About 366 MB of world will be generated; you can keep playing while it runs.": What you see after starting the 2,000 block run. The size follows the radius you picked. - "Stopped. What is generated stays generated, you can start again later.": You pressed Stop. A later run skips the land that already exists, so it finishes faster. - "Pick one of the offered radiuses.": Only the four sizes on the card can be started from the panel. - "This server type cannot run Chunky.": A proxy or a Bedrock server cannot load Chunky. Run it on the Java game server behind the proxy. #### Questions **Can players stay online during pre-generation?** Yes. The run shares the server with them, so expect it to be a little slower until it finishes. Running it overnight avoids that. **What if the server restarts in the middle of a run?** The run stops with the server. Everything generated until then stays; start the same radius again and Chunky skips the chunks that already exist. **Does pre-generation work with a world generation data pack?** Yes, and the two go well together. Install the pack, restart, then pre-generate, and the new land is built with the pack in it. **Should I remove Chunky afterwards?** You can, from the Plugins or Mods tab, but there is no need: it only does work when a run is started, so it can stay for the next one. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ## Help center: Connection [support/connection](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection) Addresses, domains and crossplay ### How do I connect to my server? [support/connection/connect-to-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection/connect-to-your-server) Copy your play address from the Overview tab of your panel. In Minecraft Java, go to Multiplayer, Add Server, paste the address and press Done, then join. Bedrock players add a server with the same address and the port the panel shows. #### Join your server 1. Open your panel. The play address is on Overview with a copy button next to it. Press it to copy the address. 2. Minecraft Java: open Multiplayer, press Add Server, paste the address into Server Address and press Done. 3. Minecraft Bedrock on a crossplay server: open Servers, press Add Server, paste the same name and enter the Bedrock port the panel shows in its header. 4. Pick the server in the list and press Join Server. Make sure the server is running on the Overview tab first. #### Give the address to your friends The address is all your players need. It stays the same when the server restarts. You never have to hand out a number of the machine behind it. #### Your free address, and a second one Every server gets a free name under mc.astroworldmc.com or mc.minecrafthosting.cc. You can add an extra address on Overview, for example a shorter or nicer name, and it is live within a few seconds. The old address keeps working next to it, and there is deliberately no button that removes it, so a list of saved servers never breaks. #### Java and Bedrock use the same name Java players only need the address; the game uses the right port by itself. Bedrock players on a crossplay server type the address and the Bedrock port separately, because Bedrock asks for both in two fields. The port is in the header of your panel. #### Several servers behind one address With a network, players join one address and move between your servers with a command, such as from a lobby to survival. Up to six servers can sit behind one address. Each keeps its own world, plugins and panel. #### Messages about addresses and ports - "Live within a few seconds. Your old address keeps working exactly as before.": You added an extra address on Overview. Players can use the new one straight away; nobody who saved the old one has to change anything. - "That address is taken. Try another.": Another server already uses that name. Add a word or a number, such as the name of your group. - "This server does not run behind our address router, so we set extra addresses by hand. Ask support.": A few servers, such as those on a dedicated machine, are reached directly. Send us the name you want and we add it for you. - "Keep the port in the Geyser config on {poort}.": On a crossplay server this is the port Bedrock players join on, and it is open from outside for UDP and TCP. If Geyser listens on another port, Bedrock players cannot join while Java players still can. #### Questions **The server shows in the list but I cannot join.** Read the message Minecraft shows. "Outdated server" or "Outdated client" is a version difference, "You are not whitelisted" is the whitelist. The troubleshooting article goes through every message. **Can I use my own domain?** Yes. When Domains shows in the menu of your dashboard, you connect a domain you own to your server there. If you do not see it yet, send us an email and we set it up with you. **Can I change my address later?** Add a new one on Overview. The old one keeps working, so you can move your players over at their own pace. **Do my players need to type a port on Java?** No. The address already points at the right place. Only Bedrock asks for a separate port. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### Which server location should I choose? [support/connection/choose-a-server-location](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection/choose-a-server-location) Pick the location closest to most of your players, because distance is what they feel as lag. You choose it on the order form under "Where it runs"; there are 27 places, Germany (EU) adds nothing to the price, and the others add a surcharge that the form shows next to each one. #### Choose your location in three steps 1. Look at the map on the locations page and find where most of your players are. The named pins are the 9 locations with one flat surcharge; the smaller dots are the 18 where the surcharge depends on the plan. 2. The table under the map says what each location adds to the monthly price and who it suits. Germany (EU) is "Included" and is also what you get if you skip the question. 3. On the order form, pick it under "2 Where it runs". The price in the summary changes with it straight away. #### Players on two continents Put the server where the biggest group is, or in between: US (East) is the American region closest to Europe, and Asia (Singapore) is the middle ground between Southeast Asia and Australia. #### Not every size runs everywhere The Performance line runs in Germany (EU) and Poland (Warsaw). On the other locations the order form only shows the sizes that location carries, so if a location is missing for your plan, that size does not run there. #### How distance turns into delay Signals in a fibre cable travel at about two thirds of the speed of light. Each 1000 km between a player and the server adds roughly 10 ms to a round trip before any routing, and real routes are longer than a straight line. Under about 50 ms nobody notices; from about 150 ms players feel hits land late and blocks reappear after breaking them. Delay is felt per player. A server in Germany plays the same for a player in Amsterdam whether ten or a hundred others are online; only the players far away have a worse time. #### Lag or delay: two different things Delay from distance only affects the player far away. Server lag, when the server cannot keep 20 ticks per second, hits everyone at once, including players next door to it. If a player close by also sees mobs stutter, the location is not the cause; the performance guide helps you find what is. #### Where your players are, and a good first choice - "Mostly Europe": Germany (EU). It is in the middle of the continent, included in the price, and the home of the Performance line. - "Poland and Eastern Europe": Poland (Warsaw) is closer for players east of Germany, and on the Performance line it costs nothing extra. - "North America with some European players": US (East). The American region closest to Europe, so both groups get a playable delay. - "Southeast Asia and Australia": Asia (Singapore), the middle ground between the two. #### Questions **Does the location change my price?** Only by the surcharge shown next to it. Germany (EU) and, on the Performance line, Poland (Warsaw) are included; the locations page lists every other surcharge. **Does the location decide lag on its own?** No. Distance adds delay to every action, but a server that is short on memory or running heavy plugins lags for everyone, wherever it stands. Check both. **Can Bedrock and Java players on another continent play together?** Yes. Crossplay works on every location. Pick the location for where most of them are, the same way you would for Java alone. **How do I find out what my players feel?** Ask them to check their ping in the player list, or with the ping command many servers run. Over a few evenings that tells you more than a map. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I let Bedrock players join my Java server? [support/connection/add-crossplay-to-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/connection/add-crossplay-to-your-server) Open Settings in your server panel and press Add crossplay on the Crossplay card. You pay €2.00 extra per month, and within 15 minutes we add Geyser, Floodgate and a Bedrock port. After the next restart, players on phones, consoles and Windows can join with the Bedrock address on your overview. #### Add crossplay 1. Open Settings in the sidebar of your server panel and find the Crossplay card. It shows the extra monthly cost. The card is only there when crossplay can be added to this server. 2. Press Add crossplay. The panel shows what you pay now for the rest of this period and the extra amount per month after that. 3. Press Pay and add crossplay. Within 15 minutes we add the Bedrock port, Geyser and Floodgate to your server. 4. Geyser starts with the next restart. We restart the server ourselves as soon as nobody is playing, or you restart it yourself. After that the Bedrock address shows on your overview. Give that address to players on Bedrock. #### What crossplay adds Geyser translates between Bedrock and Java, so Bedrock players join the same world as Java players. Floodgate lets Bedrock players in without a Java account. Bedrock players connect on their own port, which is part of the Bedrock address. Your world, plugins and settings stay as they are. We keep Geyser up to date for you. #### What it costs €2.00 extra per month on top of your plan. For the current period you pay only the days that are left. Your plan name gets Crossplay added, for example Starter becomes Starter Crossplay. #### When you do not see the Crossplay card The card shows only to the owner of the server, on a Paper or Purpur server, on a Minecraft version Geyser supports, and when crossplay is not on yet. Geyser is a plugin, so a Fabric, Forge or vanilla server first needs Paper or Purpur under Settings, Server software. A Bedrock server and a server that already has crossplay do not show the card. For anything else, open a support case and we set crossplay up for you. #### Messages on the Crossplay card - "Crossplay is on its way. Within 15 minutes we add the Bedrock port, Geyser and Floodgate. Geyser starts with the next restart; we do that ourselves as soon as nobody is playing, or restart it yourself. The Bedrock address then shows on your overview.": The payment went through and the setup is queued. Nothing else to do except the restart. - "The payment for crossplay did not go through, so nothing changed. Check your payment method under Billing and try again.": Your card or payment method was declined. Your plan and server stayed as they were. #### Questions **Which devices can join after I add crossplay?** Every device that runs Minecraft Bedrock Edition: phones and tablets, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Windows. Java players join the same server as before. **Do Bedrock players need a Java account?** No. Floodgate lets them in with their Microsoft account. **Is my server restarted right away?** No. We restart it when nobody is playing. You can also restart it yourself once the 15 minutes have passed. **Where do I find the Bedrock address?** On the overview of your server panel, after the restart. Bedrock players add it as a server, with the address and the port. Last checked: 2026-10-11 ## Help center: Security [support/security](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security) Access, staff and sessions ### How do I give someone access to my server panel? [support/security/give-someone-access-to-your-panel](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security/give-someone-access-to-your-panel) Open the Staff tab in your panel, press "Invite someone", type their email address, pick a role or tick the rights they may have and press "Send invite". They log in with their own account, and you can change or remove their access at any time. #### Invite a staff member 1. Open your panel and go to the Staff tab. 2. Type their email address under "Invite someone". 3. Start from a role, or tick per right what they may do: the console, the files, the backups and so on. 4. Press "Send invite". They get an email; if they have no account yet, the invitation links itself to them when they sign up with that address. #### What always stays with you Managing staff and anything to do with billing stay with you as the owner. Nobody you invite can invite others, widen their own rights or change your subscription. #### Taking access back Press "Remove" next to the person. They lose access to the panel straight away. What they already did on the server stays as it is, and you can invite them again later. #### The four ready made roles Co-admin gets everything except managing staff. Moderator gets the console, the players and the activity log, which covers day to day moderation. Builder gets the console, the files and the backups, so they can save their own work before a big change. Viewer only sees the activity log. A role only ticks boxes for you. You can start from one and add or remove single rights, such as letting a moderator also restart the server. #### The rights you can hand out There are fifteen: console, power, files, deleting files, plugins, mods, settings, world, backups, schedules, databases, players, activity, the AI Copilot and the test copy of your server. Deleting files is separate from the files right on purpose, so a builder can upload and edit without being able to wipe a folder. The rights that can undo the most are the world, deleting files, databases and power. The security check in the panel points out anyone who has them, so you can see at a glance who can do real damage. #### Messages on the Staff tab - "Pick at least one permission.": An invitation needs at least one right. Choose a role, or tick Activity if they may only look. - "Only the server owner can manage staff.": Someone with staff access tried to invite or change people. That stays with the owner, even for a Co-admin. - "Only the server owner can change executable server files.": Replacing plugin or mod files outside the catalogues stays with the owner, because such a file can run any code on the server. - "You do not have permission to control power on this server.": What your staff member sees when they try something their rights do not cover. Add the right on the Staff tab if they should have it. #### Questions **Can I just share my login instead?** Please do not. With their own login you decide what they can touch, the activity log shows who did what, and you can remove one person without changing your password. **How many people can I invite?** Up to 15 people per server. The Staff tab shows how many have access right now. **Can I see what a staff member did?** Yes. The Activity tab lists every action with who did it and when, including file changes and restarts. **Does staff access cost anything?** No. Every plan can give up to 15 people access, each with their own login. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I search the chat history of my server? [support/security/search-your-chat-history](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security/search-your-chat-history) Open Console in your server panel and scroll to Chat history under the command line. Type a word or a player name, pick a period of up to 14 days and press Search: the panel reads the log files your server already keeps and lists every matching line with its date and time. #### Search the chat 1. Open Console in the sidebar. The Chat history card is right under the command line. 2. Type a word or part of a sentence under Word or phrase and press Search. Capitals do not matter, and the word is also matched against player names. 3. For one player, type the name under Player or click a name in the results. Both fields count together, so empty the word field when you want everything that player wrote. 4. Tick which kinds of lines to include. Chat and Private messages are ticked from the start; Commands and Joins and leaves are not. Change the ticks and press Search again. 5. Under Period, choose Today and yesterday, Last 3 days, Last 7 days or Last 14 days. The card starts on Last 3 days. #### Where the history comes from Minecraft writes what happens to logs/latest.log and packs that file into a dated .log.gz every day and at every start. The card reads those files, so it can only look back as far as they reach: chat in a log that was deleted is gone. One search reads at most 30 files covering up to 14 days, plus the last 24 MB of the current log. The times are the ones the server wrote in its log, and the newest line is at the top. #### Private messages on the card For /msg, /tell, /w and the similar commands that plugins add, the card shows who wrote to whom and leaves the text out. Replies with /r or /reply and /mail show only the command, because the line does not say who receives them. Commands of login plugins such as /login and /register are shown without anything typed after them, so a password never ends up on the card. #### Checking a player report A complaint about griefing or abuse usually comes with a name and a rough time. Search the name, pick a period that covers that moment, and tick Commands as well to see what the player ran. Joins and leaves tells you when someone was online at all. #### Messages on the Chat history card - "Nothing found in this period.": No line matches the word, the player and the kinds you ticked. Try a longer period or a shorter word. - "Showing the newest 500. Add a player or a word to narrow it down.": More lines match than the card lists at once. The newest come first, so narrow the search to reach older ones. - "Log files read: 6.": How many log files the search went through. A server writes one for each day and each start. - "Not read because too large or damaged: 1.": One packed daily log was over 24 MB or could not be unpacked, so its lines are missing from the results. - "There is no logs folder on this server yet.": The server has not run long enough to write a log. Let people play first and search later. - "Searching the logs did not work.": The files could not be read just now. Wait a moment and press Search again. #### Questions **Can I read chat from longer than 14 days ago?** Not on the card. Older .log.gz files stay in the logs folder for as long as the server keeps them, and you can download them from Files and open them on your computer. **Does searching slow the server down?** No. The panel reads files from disk and sends nothing to the game, so players do not notice a search. **Who can use the chat history?** The owner, and staff members who have the Console permission. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ### How do I ban a player from my server? [support/security/ban-a-player](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/security/ban-a-player) Open Players in your server panel, find the player, open the menu next to the name and choose Ban player. Add a reason if you like and confirm: a player who is online is removed at once, and Unban player lets them back in whenever you want. #### Ban a player 1. Open Players in the sidebar. Type part of the name in the search field above the list to find the player quickly. 2. Open the menu with the three dots next to the name and choose Ban player. 3. Type a reason of up to 120 characters, or leave it empty, and confirm. The reason is on the player's screen when they are removed and every time they try to come back. 4. The player now has a place on the Bans tab, with the reason under the name. 5. To lift the ban, open the menu next to the name on the Bans tab and choose Unban player. The player can join again straight away. 6. To ban somebody who is not in the list, for example a player who never joined, press Ban player on the Bans tab and type the exact username. The dialog for the reason follows. #### A ban sticks to the account Minecraft stores a ban with the ID of the account, not only with the name. Someone who changes their name stays banned, but a second account of the same person is not covered: ban that one by name as well. #### Banning while the server is off With the server stopped, the Players page shows a notice at the top and writes changes into the files of the server. The ban counts from the next start. A ban without a reason reads Banned by an operator. On a crossplay server, Bedrock players are banned with the prefix of your server in front of their gamertag. The panel shows that prefix when you type the name. #### Ban, kick or whitelist A kick only removes a player for now, and they can rejoin at once; type kick and the name in the console for that. A ban keeps someone out until you lift it. A whitelist works the other way round: it lets in only the names on it. For a private server that is less work than banning strangers one at a time. #### Messages when you ban or unban - "Sent: ban CreeperKid_09 Griefing at spawn": The server was running, so the panel typed the ban command in the console for you. The player is off the server the moment it runs. - "Sent: pardon CreeperKid_09": The unban went to the running server, so the player can join again right away. - "SneakyTNT added. It takes effect on the next start.": The server was off, so the ban went straight into banned-players.json. It counts from the moment the server starts. - "SneakyTNT removed.": An unban on a stopped server: the name was taken out of the file. - "SneakyTNT is already on that list.": That player was banned before, so nothing changed. - "SneakyTNT was not on that list.": There was no ban to lift under that name. Compare the spelling with the Bans tab. - "That is not a valid Minecraft username.": Java usernames only use letters, digits and underscores, with at most 16 of them. - "Mojang has no account called "SneakyTNT". Check the spelling.": On a stopped server the panel looks the account up before it writes the ban. A typo in the name ends up here. #### Questions **Does the player see why they were banned?** Yes. Your reason is on their screen when the ban removes them and again on every attempt to join. **Is a banned operator still an operator?** Yes, a ban does not touch the operator list. If you no longer trust them, also choose Remove operator in the menu next to their name, so they have no commands after an unban. **Can I ban an IP address?** Not from the Players page. Type ban-ip followed by the player name in the console; pardon-ip lifts it again. **Can my moderators ban players too?** Yes, if their permissions include Players. The Moderator role on the Staff tab comes with it. Last checked: 2026-10-10 ## Help center: Troubleshooting [support/troubleshooting](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting) Errors, crashes and fixes ### Why can't I connect to my server? [support/troubleshooting/cant-connect-to-your-server](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/cant-connect-to-your-server) Check four things in this order: the server is running, you used the address from the panel, your game runs the same version as the server, and you are allowed in by the whitelist. The message Minecraft shows tells you which one it is. #### Run these checks in order 1. Is the server running? Open your panel on Overview. If it says offline, start it and wait until the Console says it is done loading. 2. Is it the right address? Copy it again with the copy button on Overview and paste it, instead of typing it. One wrong letter gives "Unknown host". 3. Same version? "Outdated client" or "Outdated server" means your game and the server run different versions. Switch your game in the launcher, or change the server version in Settings. 4. Allowed in? "You are not whitelisted on this server" means the whitelist is on and you are not on it. Add yourself on the Players tab. A ban shows as a ban message and is removed there too. #### Other messages "Connection timed out" when the server is running: try again from another network, such as your phone as a hotspot. If that works, your own network or firewall blocks the connection. "Mismatched mod channel list" or a list of missing mods: the server runs mods and your game does not have the same ones. Install the same pack and version. Bedrock players on a crossplay server need the Bedrock port from the panel header, not only the address. #### Everyone is disconnected at once If several players drop at the same moment, check the service status page before you change anything on your server. #### Nobody can join, not even you Then the cause is almost always on the server, not on the network. Look at the Console: if it shows a crash, Crash Watch starts the server again within about half a minute and emails you the last lines. If the server keeps crashing, the watch stops after a few tries in a row so it does not loop, and you start it yourself once you have fixed the cause. #### Only one player cannot join Then the server is fine and the difference is with that player: another game version, missing mods, a ban, the whitelist, or a network that blocks game traffic, such as at school or work. Having them try once over a phone hotspot separates the network from the rest in a minute. #### What Minecraft says, and what it means - "Unknown host": The address does not exist as typed. Copy it again from Overview; a missing dot or an extra space is enough. - "Connection refused": The address works but nothing answers. The server is off or still starting. Check Overview and wait for the Console to say it is done. - "Failed to verify username": Your game could not confirm your account with Mojang. Restart the game and the launcher and sign in again; it is on your side, not the server. - "The server is full": The player limit in Settings is reached. Raise max players under Settings, or wait for a free place. - "You are banned from this server": Your name is on the ban list. The owner can remove it on the Players tab. #### Questions **It worked yesterday and nothing changed.** Check the Console for a crash or a restart, and the version: the Minecraft launcher updates your game by itself, and then it no longer matches the server. Pick the server version in the launcher's installations. **The panel says my server is suspended.** An invoice is still open. Once it is paid the server comes back online; your world and files are kept meanwhile. **Bedrock players cannot join, Java players can.** Check that they typed the Bedrock port from the panel header, and that the port in the Geyser config is still that same port. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### Why won't my server start? [support/troubleshooting/server-wont-start](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/server-wont-start) Open the Console and read the last lines before it stopped; the error almost always names the cause. The most common ones are a plugin or mod that does not fit the Minecraft version, too little memory for a modpack, and a broken file after a change. #### Find what stops it 1. Open the Console and start the server. Watch the output until it stops. 2. Scroll up from the last line to the first line that says ERROR or Exception. The lines under it usually name a plugin, a mod or a file. 3. Did it start right after you added or updated something? Remove that plugin or mod on its tab and start again. 4. Still stuck? Restore the backup from before the change, or send us the console lines. #### What the common errors mean "OutOfMemoryError": the server needs more memory than your plan has. Usually a modpack that is too big for the plan, or a memory leak in a plugin. "Unsupported class file" or a plugin that says it needs another version: a plugin or mod that was made for a different Minecraft version. A line naming a file with "could not parse" or "malformed": a settings file with a typo, often after editing it by hand. Undo the edit or restore the file from a backup. #### Let the Copilot read it The AI Copilot in your panel reads the same logs and can point at the line that matters and propose a fix, which you apply yourself. #### Stop, and when to use Kill Stop asks Minecraft to save and shut down. Kill pulls the plug on the process, and anything the world has not written to disk in the last few minutes is lost. Use Kill only when the server hangs and Stop does nothing, then start it again and read the console for what made it hang. #### Find the change that broke it The Activity tab lists every change with its time: a plugin added, a file edited, a setting saved, a version changed. The last change before the first failed start is almost always the cause. Undo that one change instead of several at once, so you know which it was. #### Messages in the panel when a server does not come up - "It crashed too often in a row, so we stopped restarting it.": Crash Watch gave up to avoid an endless loop. Fix the cause from the console lines, then start it yourself; the watch picks up again. - "Crash Watch is off for this server.": If the server stops on its own it stays off until you start it. Turn the watch back on in the panel if you want automatic restarts. - "This server is suspended.": An invoice is still open. Settle it in your dashboard and the server can start again. - "Unsupported class file major version": A console line: something was built for a newer Java than the server runs. Usually a plugin or mod for a newer Minecraft version. #### Questions **What should I send support?** The server name, the console lines around the first error, and what you changed just before it stopped starting. With those we can usually tell you the cause in one reply. **It starts, then stops after a minute.** Read the last lines before it stopped. If they mention memory, the server runs out after loading the world; a smaller view distance or a bigger plan helps. If they name a plugin, that plugin fails once players or the world load. **Will restoring a backup fix it?** If a change caused it, yes: restore the backup from just before that change. You lose what happened in the world since then, so check the activity log first. Last checked: 2026-09-22 ### How do I check if there is an outage? [support/troubleshooting/check-if-there-is-an-outage](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/check-if-there-is-an-outage) Open the uptime page. It shows every part of the service on its own line, from your Minecraft server to sign in and ordering, with its state at the last check and its availability over the last thirty days. Incidents we posted are listed under it. #### Check for an outage in two steps 1. Open the uptime page and read the table "Every part of the service". Each row has a dot for the state at the last check, the share of checks that answered, and how often we check it. 2. Scroll to "Incidents we reported". Everything we post on our status page appears there too, in the same words, with the date, the length and whether it is resolved. #### Everything is green, but my server does not work Then it is most likely something on the server itself: a crash, a plugin, or a setting. Open the console in your panel and look at the last lines, and follow the article for a server that will not start or one you cannot connect to. #### Why each part has its own row Parts can break separately. Signing in can be down while every server keeps running, and then the table says exactly that, instead of one number that hides it. #### Your server tells you too When your server stops on its own, Crash Watch starts it again within about half a minute and emails you the last lines from the console. A mail like that with no outage on the uptime page means the server itself stopped, and the lines in the mail are where to start. #### What to write when you report it The server name, the time it started with your time zone, what players saw, and whether the panel itself loaded. With that we can compare against our own checks straight away instead of asking back. #### What you see, and where the problem most likely is - "Uptime page red, your server down": An outage on our side. You do not need to do anything; the incident list says when it is resolved. - "Uptime page green, only your server down": Look at your own console. A crash, a plugin or a full disk is far more likely than an outage. - "Uptime page green, panel does not load for you": Try another browser or network. If it still fails, email support with the time it started. - "Everyone disconnected at once, server running": A network hiccup between players and the server. If it happens again within the hour, tell us the times. #### Questions **What if your whole site is down?** The status page is hosted away from us on purpose, so it keeps working when we do not. The "Service status" card on the support page links to it. **Should I report an outage?** If the uptime page is green and several players cannot join, yes. Tell us the server name and the time it started, and we check it from our side. **Are my world and files safe during an outage?** Yes. An outage stops the server from being reached, it does not remove files. Your nightly backups stay where they are. Last checked: 2026-09-23 ### How do I contact support? [support/troubleshooting/contact-support](https://hosting.astroworldmc.com/support/troubleshooting/contact-support) Start with the AI support bot at the bottom right of every page; it answers straight away. For something about your own account or server, create a WhatsApp ticket after signing in, or send an email. For a quote or a service, use the contact form. #### Pick the right way to reach us 1. On the support page, under "Still need a hand?", there are four cards: WhatsApp for a verified ticket about your account, the AI support bot, email for longer questions and invoices, and the service status for outages. 2. Want a quote, a server setup or help with plugins as a service? Fill in the contact form with your name, email, what it is about and your message, and press "Send message". We answer by email, usually the same day. #### Put this in your first message Your server name or free subdomain, the exact error and when it happened, what changed just before the problem, and a screenshot or the relevant console lines. With those we can look straight away instead of asking three questions first. #### What we will never ask for Nobody from Astroworld Hosting asks for your password, a two-factor code or a recovery code. Someone who does is not us, whatever the message looks like. #### Things only support can do for you A few changes are done by hand on our side. The clearest one: a server that does not run behind our address router, such as one on a dedicated machine, gets extra addresses from us instead of from the Overview tab. For anything like that, open a ticket and say which server it is about, so we can find it without asking back. #### Try this first, it is often faster The console and the Activity tab answer most questions before anyone has to reply: the console shows the error, the activity log shows the change before it. The AI Copilot in your panel reads the same logs and can propose a fix you approve yourself. #### Which way to reach us, by what you need - "A quick question about how something works": The AI support bot at the bottom right. It knows the panel, the plans and these guides and answers at any hour. - "Something on your own server or account": A WhatsApp ticket after signing in, so we know you are the owner and can look at your server directly. - "An invoice, a VAT question or a long explanation": Email, so you can attach files and keep the thread. - "A quote, a setup or plugin work as a service": The contact form on the contact page. #### Questions **Why sign in for a WhatsApp ticket?** So we know the ticket is from the owner of the server. After you sign in and choose the server, we create a case number and open WhatsApp with the details ready to send. **Is the AI bot a person?** No. It is an AI that knows our panel, plans and guides, and it answers at any hour. When a person needs to look at your account, it points you to a ticket. **Why does the ticket ask me to choose a server?** So the case number is tied to that server from the start. Whoever picks it up can open it directly instead of asking which one you mean. Last checked: 2026-09-23