It's common to enable flight on your Minecraft server, change difficulty, toggle PvP, change MOTD, and much more. To change Minecraft server settings you'll have to edit a file named server.properties. Alternatively, for more advanced users, you can make yourself OP and make many of these changes via in-game commands.
Changing Server Settings
- 1Access the Game Host Bros panel and stop your Minecraft server.
- 2Go to
File Manager. - 3Open
server.properties, edit the settings you want to change, and then click save. - 4Start your server.
These are the most commonly changed Minecraft server settings. A full list can be found here.
Minecraft Server Settings
| Setting | Default Value | Other Possible Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow-flight | false | true | Allows users to use flight on the server while in Survival mode. |
| difficulty | easy | peaceful, normal, hard | Defines the difficulty (such as damage dealt by mobs and the way hunger and poison affect players) of the server. |
| enable-command-block | false | true | Enables command blocks. |
| enforce-whitelist | false | true | Enforces the whitelist on the server. |
| gamemode | survival | creative, adventure, spectator | Defines the mode of gameplay. |
| hardcore | false | true | Server difficulty is ignored and set to hard, and players are set to spectator mode if they die. |
| level-name | world | (Any valid string) | The “level-name” value is used as the world name and its folder name. |
| level-seed | blank | (Any valid seed value) | Sets a world seed for the player’s world, as in Singleplayer. The world generates with a random seed if left blank. |
| level-type | minecraft:normal | minecraft:flat, minecraft:large_biomes, minecraft:amplified, minecraft:custom | Determines the world preset that is generated. |
| max-players | 20 | (Any positive integer) | The maximum number of players that can play on the server at the same time. |
| motd | A Minecraft Server | (Any valid string) | This is the message that is displayed in the server list of the client. |
| player-idle-timeout | 0 | (Any positive integer) | If non-zero, players are kicked from the server if they are idle for more than that many minutes. |
| pvp | true | false | Enables player versus player combat. |
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