Find your router’s list of connected items. This will vary from router to router. If you can’t find a way to assign a static IP address, consult your router’s documentation for specific instructions. Select your computer. Change your computer’s number if necessary. Click Save or Apply. Wait for your router to finish rebooting if necessary.

Find the “Port Forwarding” section (again, consult your router’s manual or online documentation for model-specific instructions) and create a new rule if necessary. Enter “Minecraft” as the description or title. Enter your computer’s static IP address (usually “192. 168. 2. number”) in the “IP” or “Address” section of the rule. Select TCP & UDP from the “TCP” or “UDP” menu. Enter 25565 in both port text boxes. Ensure that the rule is enabled by checking its box or clicking the On button. Save and apply your settings by clicking Save or Apply.

Windows — Right-click the desktop, select New, click Folder, type in Minecraft Server, and press ↵ Enter. Mac — Click the desktop, click File, click New Folder in the drop-down menu, type in Minecraft Server, and press ⏎ Return.

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The “Xmx3G” and “Xms1G” lines refer to the amount of computer RAM used (3 gigabytes at most, 1 gigabyte to start up). If your computer can’t handle these specifications, you can lower them. You can also use “M” instead of “G” to indicate megabytes instead of gigabytes if you want to use under a gigabyte of RAM.

Windows — Click File, click Save As. . . , type run. bat into the “File name” text box, click the “Save as type” drop-down box and click All Files, select your “Minecraft Server” folder, and click Save. Mac — Click Format, click Make Plain Text, click OK when prompted, click File, click Save, type in run, click the downward-facing arrow to the right of the “Name” field, uncheck the “Hide Extension” box, replace the “. txt” part of the name with “. command”, click Save, and click Use . command when prompted.

Windows — Go to https://java. com/en/download/installed. jsp in Internet Explorer (other browsers won’t work), then click Agree and Continue and follow any on-screen prompts. Mac — Go to https://java. com/en/download/, click Free Java Download, open the setup file, and follow any setup instructions.

Go to the JDK webpage Check the “Accept License Agreement” box below the “Java SE Development Kit 8u171” heading. Click the download link to the right of your operating system. Double-click the install file, then follow the on-screen instructions (on a Mac, you’ll drag the Java icon onto the “Applications” folder).

You can also click the JAR file, press Ctrl+C (Windows) or ⌘ Command+C (Mac), open the “Minecraft Server” folder, and press Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Command+V (Mac).

This is the safest way to quit the server any time you’re done using it.

On a Mac, you can also click the file, click File, and click Rename. . . to bring up the rename text box.

On a Mac, you can also click the file, click File, and click Rename. . . to bring up the rename text box.

On a Mac, you can also click the file, click File, and click Rename. . . to bring up the rename text box.

Windows — Double-click the file, then click Notepad in the resulting window and click OK. Mac — Click the file, click File, select Open With, and click TextEdit.

For example, if your computer’s static IP address is “192. 168. 2. 25”, you would have server-ip=192. 168. 2. 25 here.

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

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

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

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

In some cases, you can also type localhost into this box; however, this won’t work on all networks, so you should stick to entering your computer’s IP address.

Open Minecraft and click Multiplayer Click Direct Connect Enter your computer’s public IP address (not the local IP address that you enter to host the server). Click Join Server