Which offer should I choose?
General Information
Choosing a server offer primarily depends on the Minecraft version, game mode, number of players, and the number and type of plugins. For example:
- For version 1.8.8 with about 15 plugins, 4 GB RAM with a small margin usually suffices.
- For the latest version, 1.21.8, with the same number of plugins, at least 7 GB RAM is recommended due to higher requirements of newer versions.
The choice of server core also matters
- Vanilla – A clean, unmodified Minecraft server version without plugin support, offering original gameplay and minimal optimization.
Cores supporting plugins
- PaperMC – A popular, optimized core based on Spigot/Bukkit, providing high performance, broad plugin compatibility, and extensive configuration options.
- Purpur – An enhanced version of PaperMC with even more configuration options, additional features, and optimizations, allowing deep gameplay customization.
- Pufferfish – An improved PaperMC version optimized for large servers, offering advanced performance features like partial multithreading, faster entity processing, and full Paper plugin compatibility.
- Leaves – An enhanced PaperMC version focusing on maximum performance and stability within the default game features.
- Leaf – An enhanced PaperMC version that borrows solutions from multiple cores, emphasizing high performance and stability while maintaining all standard game features.
- Advanced Slime Paper – A continuation of Paper focused on implementing the Slime Region format created by Hypixel, aimed at efficient world loading and disk space savings.
Multithreaded cores (experimental)
- CanvasMC – An alternative to Folia that introduces multithreading while maintaining maximum compatibility with Paper plugins, although some plugins may not work properly, it performs better than the following cores.
- Folia – An core using multithreading where different world areas are processed in parallel on multiple threads, significantly increasing performance at the cost of compatibility with most Paper plugins.
- Lumina – An improved version of Folia. Very experimental.
- DivineMC – An core based simultaneously on Paper and Folia, offering additional fixes and optimizations aimed at increasing stability and performance in multithreaded environments, but with limited plugin compatibility.
Proxy cores supporting plugins
- Bungeecord – A popular proxy core for connecting multiple Minecraft servers into one network, allowing players to switch between worlds and game modes.
- Waterfall – An improved, more stable and efficient version of Bungeecord, providing better handling of large server networks. (Not supported)
- Velocity – A modern, lightweight, and highly efficient proxy designed for scalability and security, recommended for new installations. (Best choice)
Limbo core
- LoopHP Limbo – A transitional server holding players for example in a queue when AFK for more than x minutes.
- NanoLimbo – A transitional server holding players for example in a queue when AFK for more than x minutes.
Cores supporting mods
- Forge – The most popular mod core allowing advanced gameplay modification on both server and client sides.
- NeoForge – An enhanced version of Forge introducing better compatibility and modern solutions for mods.
- Fabric – A lightweight and fast mod core, valued for performance and quick update support for new Minecraft versions.
- Quilt – An extension of Fabric offering additional features and greater flexibility for mod creators.
- Legacy Fabric – A project allowing running Fabric mods on older Minecraft versions not officially supported by Fabric.
Cores supporting both mods and plugins (experimental)
- MagmaMC – Bukkit + NeoForge. (Not supported)
- Arclight – Bukkit + Forge/NeoForge/Fabric.
- Sponge – SpongeAPI + Forge/NeoForge.
- MohistMC – Bukkit, Spigot + Forge/NeoForge.
Actual resource requirements may vary depending on plugin/mod quality, number of online players, scripts used, start flags, and overall configuration optimization.
Which offer to Choose?
At IceHost.PL we offer 2 types of offers: dedicated and shared.
What is the difference between dedicated and shared offers?
- Dedicated resources – used only by you, which in most cases improves performance.
- Shared resources – can be used simultaneously by multiple users, but generally this does not significantly affect performance.
Which Location to Choose?
If your community mostly comes from Poland, choose a server location in Poland. Server location only affects latency (ping).
| Server Location | Latency (Ping) |
|---|---|
| Polska (Wrocław) | 5-10 ms |
| Europa (Netherlands, Eygelshoven) | 30-40 ms |
Below are our suggested values depending on the offer (adjust the amount of RAM according to your server pack).
| Minecraft Server Version | Minimum RAM | Recommended RAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8+ | 1.5 GB | 3 GB |
| 1.12+ | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| 1.16+ | 2.5 GB | 4.5 GB |
| 1.18+ | 3.5 GB | 5 GB |
| 1.21+ | 4 GB | 6 GB |
These are suggested values and may vary depending on user server configuration.
For example, if you want to play with a group of friends (~5-10 people) on version 1.21.6, a 5GB offer should suffice, but if you are creating a public server with plugins, at least 8GB RAM is recommended (without optimization, even 12+ GB RAM may be required).
Memory Usage by Plugins/Players
The number of plugins and their optimization also greatly affect your offer choice for the Minecraft server. For example, we recommend an additional 1.5 GB RAM for every 10 extra plugins on the server and about 512MB RAM for every additional 10 slots (Values may vary depending on optimization of plugins/core).
We discourage using scripts on Minecraft servers due to their poor optimization and using only a single CPU thread.
Below are suggested values depending on version, number of slots, and plugins.
| RAM Amount | Number of Players (Approximate) | Number of Plugins/Mods |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 GB (DEV) | up to 3 | up to 2 |
| 3 GB (SAND) | up to 8 | up to 10 |
| 5 GB (DIRT) | up to 20 | up to 30 |
| 8 GB (WOOL) | up to 50 | up to 50 |
| 10 GB (STONE) | up to 70 | up to 60 |
| 14 GB (DIORYT) | up to 100 | up to 100 |
| 17+ GB (IRON) | over 100 | over 100 |
All values above are estimated for the latest Minecraft version (1.21.8) and may vary depending on your server configuration.
The recommended world size may vary depending on the number of generated chunks. Approximate world size can be estimated using the website: onlinemo.de/world.
It is important to generate chunks beforehand using a mod or Chunky plugin. This will make gameplay much smoother, but remember that chunk generation uses disk space.