How to Connect Velocity

General Information

How Much RAM Does Velocity Need?

RAM Amount	Number of Plugins	Number of Players
1.5 GB (DEV)	0-8	up to 100 players
3 GB (SAND)	8-15	up to 250 players
5 GB (DIRT)	20+	300+ players

Proxy servers are not resource-intensive because they do not store worlds or similar data.

Official recommendations suggest approximately ~512MB plus an additional 1GB buffer for every 100 players. However, this depends on how the proxy and the game modes are configured and optimized.

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Velocity Server Configuration

You will need at least two servers: one proxy server (Velocity) and another one for players to connect to.

1. Run the Proxy server at least once and configure everything with the server stopped.
2. Go to the Files tab in the server management panel.
3. For the server configuration, you will need two files:
   • velocity.toml
   • forwarding.secret

Configuring the velocity.toml file

bind = "0.0.0.0:PORT" → Replace PORT with the port assigned to your server on IceHost.

Where to check which PORT is assigned? In the Console tab on the left side of the panel, there is a lot of server information showing your current PORT.

The correct PORT configuration should look like this:

online-mode = true → false

This setting allows players with non-premium (pirated) game versions to join your server.)
It is recommended to keep this value as true since turning it off reduces security.

force-key-authentication = true → false

(Use only if you changed online-mode to false.)
This resolves issues like disabled chat due to a missing public key.

player-info-forwarding-mode = "none" → "modern"

Recommended setting.

• If only players with versions 1.13 or newer join → set to modern.
• If you want to allow older versions than 1.13 → choose bungeeguard.

Adding a Lobby Server

Add your first server, e.g., lobby. You will need IP-1 from the panel.

Sample configuration:

[servers]
lobby = "83.168.68.123:25551" # Lobby server IP
game = "IP:PORT of the game mode"

If you do not add more servers, do not write the tryb line; otherwise, the server will not start correctly.

Setting Default Server

try = [
     "lobby"
]

After saving the file, the Proxy server is configured. Copy the contents of forwarding.secret — it will be useful for the game mode configuration.

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Game Mode Server Configuration

1. Run the server at least once and configure it with the server stopped.
2. Go to the Files tab.
3. Needed files:
   • server.properties
   • forwarding.secret from Velocity
   • paper-global.yml in the config folder (sometimes named paper.yml)
   • spigot.yml

Editing paper-global.yml

Find the velocity section (Ctrl + F → velocity) and set the appropriate values.

WARNING:

If you set online-mode = false in the proxy, set online-mode = false here as well.

Editing server.properties

• Go to Files → server.properties
• online-mode=true → false (if you changed it in velocity.toml and paper-global.yml)
• enforce-secure-profile=true → false

Editing spigot.yml

• Go to Files → spigot.yml
• bungeecord: true → false

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That's it! If everything was done correctly, start the servers and everything should work.