Minecraft Server Hosting :Rent your Minecraft server from $8.07/mo
Minecraft is still the most-played sandbox game on earth, and thousands of communities run their own worlds : vanilla Survival, SkyBlock, Factions, minigame networks and heavy modpacks.
In short
Renting a Minecraft server from Nexus Games costs $8.07 to $49.08 per month, on a Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor with DDR5 ECC memory and SSD NVMe storage. DDoS protection, the management panel and instant delivery are included in every plan, with no commitment. We have hosted game servers since 2018.
The essentials
- Starting price
- $8.07/mo
- For Minecraft
- 10,000+ 1-click modpacks · 9 supported versions
- Hardware
- Ryzen 9 7950X3D · DDR5 ECC · SSD NVMe
- Anti-DDoS
- Included
- Location and delivery
- Europe · US (EAST) · instant delivery
Configure my plan
No commitment · instant delivery · Anti-DDoS included
Configure my plan
Minecraft
10,000+ 1-click modpacksSince 2018- DDR5 RAM4 Go
- Storage40 Go NVMe
- Anti-DDoSIncluded
- LocationEurope
Hardware components
- ProcessorRyzen 9 7950X3D16 Cores/32 Threads
- RAMDDR5 ECC
- StorageSSD NVMe
“1-click setup, genuinely blown away by how simple NexusPanel is.”
“I've tried a lot of hosts, and yours is the best. Nothing to fault.”
How much RAM for your Minecraft server?
Concrete guidance to pick the right plan first time.
2 to 4 GB
Vanilla or Paper with friends, up to about ten players.
6 to 10 GB
Plugin-heavy Paper or a light modpack, community server.
12 to 32 GB
Large modpack (All the Mods, RLCraft) or a Velocity multi-server network.
Your plan's RAM is dedicated, never shared with other servers, and you can change tier at any time without losing your world.
Every plan and its price
Every tier runs on Ryzen 9 7950X3D, DDR5 ECC and SSD NVMe, with DDoS protection included.
| RAM | Price per month |
|---|---|
| 4 GB | $8.07 |
| 8 GB | $15.00 |
| 12 GB | $21.94 |
| 16 GB | $28.87 |
| 32 GB | $49.08 |
You can change tier at any time from your client area, prorated and without losing your progress.
Why choose Nexus Games for your Minecraft server?
10,000+ 1-click modpacks
Over 10,000 modpacks are preinstalled and install in one click, and you switch version or distribution (Paper, Spigot, Purpur, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric, Mohist) just as fast, without touching a file.
Human support, 7 days a week
A team that actually knows Minecraft, reachable on Discord and from NexusPanel, seven days a week.
Performance and a modern panel
A Minecraft server's TPS depends directly on the CPU: the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and DDR5 ECC RAM absorb heavy Forge modpacks and busy worlds without lag. And NexusPanel keeps console, WebFTP and backups in one place.
Choosing a Minecraft host: the criteria that matter
The same questions come up before every rental. Here is what to check with any Minecraft host — and how we answer.
| Criterion | What to check | At Nexus Games |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Single-core clock speed, not core count: a game server saturates one thread long before it uses sixteen. | Ryzen 9 7950X3D · 16 Cores/32 Threads |
| RAM | DDR5 ECC corrects memory errors — which matters on a world that runs for months without a restart. | DDR5 ECC · 128–192 GB |
| Storage | NVMe decides how long a world takes to load and a backup to complete. | SSD NVMe |
| Included RAM | Size for your peak concurrent players, never for the average. | 4 – 32 GB |
| Mods & plugins | That the game's ecosystem installs from the panel, not only over FTP. | Paper, Spigot, Forge, Fabric, plugins, mods · one-click install |
| Anti-DDoS | Included or billed as an add-on: the difference shows on the invoice, not on the homepage. | Included |
| Backup | Being able to restore yourself, without opening a ticket or waiting. | Optional · restore from NexusPanel |
| Location | Latency follows distance: a server close to your players beats a powerful one far away. | Europe · US (EAST) |
| Support | Real hours and a direct channel, rather than a contact form. | Seven days a week · Discord and NexusPanel |
| Starting price | The price of the entry tier, and what it already includes. | $8.07/mo |
NexusPanel: manage your Minecraft server in 1 click
Install Paper, Spigot, Forge, Fabric, plugins, mods in 1 click, with no technical skills.
What kind of Minecraft server can you host?
Survival (Vanilla / Paper)
The great classic: multiplayer survival on Paper/Spigot with economy plugins, protections and mini-events.
Modded (Forge / Fabric / modpacks)
Modpacks like RLCraft, All the Mods or a custom pack via Forge, Fabric or NeoForge (adjustable RAM).
Creative & build
Creative servers with WorldEdit, plots and building tools for your projects.
Mini-games (BedWars, SkyWars…)
A mini-games network: BedWars, SkyWars, Prison, KitPvP or SkyBlock.
Anarchy & PvP
No-rules servers or pure PvP-focused ones, with or without wipes.
Minecraft hosting: everything you need to know
Minecraft remains the most-played sandbox in the world, driven by thousands of servers with radically different worlds: vanilla Survival with friends, SkyBlock, Faction PvP, mini-games or heavy technical modpacks. Each server type has its own requirements, but they all share the same need: a stable 20 ticks-per-second TPS, without which the experience degrades as soon as players and entities multiply.
Nexus Games hosts your Minecraft server on Ryzen 9 7950X3D and DDR5 ECC RAM, the ideal combination to hold a constant TPS even on the heaviest Forge modpacks. You freely choose your loader (Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric) and your version (from 1.8 to the latest), install a CurseForge modpack in one click and tune your plugins, all from NexusPanel, delivered in seconds.
Modded Minecraft
Modded Minecraft server: 24 modpacks installed in one click
The panel gives access to more than 10,000 CurseForge modpacks. The pages below cover the most played ones: for each, its Minecraft version, its mod loader and the RAM tier we recommend.
- RLCraftForge · Minecraft 1.12.2 · 12 GB
- All the Mods 10NeoForge · Minecraft 1.21.1 · 12 GB
- The Pixelmon ModpackNeoForge · Minecraft 1.21.1 · 8 GB
- Better MC [FORGE] BMC4Forge · Minecraft 1.20.1 · 8 GB
- SkyFactory 4Forge · Minecraft 1.12.2 · 8 GB
- All the Mods 9Forge · Minecraft 1.20.1 · 12 GB
- Prominence II: Hasturian EraFabric · Minecraft 1.20.1 · 8 GB
- DawnCraft - Echoes of LegendsForge · Minecraft 1.18.2 · 8 GB
What you can do with your Minecraft server
Paper, Forge, Fabric or Purpur: which server type?
Your server type decides what you can install afterwards, and it changes with one click from the panel. Here is what each one is for, without the jargon.
- Paper: for a plugin server
- The reference for a survival, factions or minigame server running Bukkit/Spigot plugins. Paper optimises performance heavily over vanilla and accepts thousands of existing plugins. The right default if you are unsure.
- Forge: for heavy modpacks
- Forge is the long-standing ecosystem for big mods — RLCraft, All the Mods, the industrial packs. Every player must install the same pack. It is the most memory-hungry option: size up generously.
- Fabric: light and current
- Fabric tracks recent Minecraft versions faster than Forge and starts quicker. Ideal for a modern, lightweight modded server, provided the mods you want exist as Fabric builds.
- Purpur and Mohist: the special cases
- Purpur extends Paper with hundreds of configurable gameplay options. Mohist runs Forge mods and Bukkit plugins together — handy, but more fragile. Keep them for a specific need.
Frequently asked questions · Minecraft server
All of them, from 1.8 to the latest: pick and switch in one click across Vanilla, Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric and Quilt.
From NexusPanel, select your CurseForge modpack from the list: installation, configuration and the correct Java version are handled automatically, with no files to upload.
Vanilla or Paper with a few players needs very little; light Fabric packs want 4-6 GB, most CurseForge packs 8-10 GB, and heavy kitchen-sink packs like RLCraft or All the Mods 12 GB or more. Mods drive RAM, not player count, and our plans scale up to unlimited.
As a rule of thumb: 2-4 GB for vanilla or Paper with a small group, 4-6 GB for Paper plus a solid plugin set, 6-10 GB for a medium modpack, and 12-16 GB or more for kitchen-sink packs like All the Mods or RLCraft. Mods and plugins drive RAM far more than player count does, so size on your pack first. The RAM you order is dedicated to your server and never oversold, and you can move up a plan at any time.
Start by lowering view-distance and simulation-distance in server.properties, those two settings alone recover a lot of TPS on heavy packs. Then pre-generate your chunks so the server is not carving out new terrain while players explore, and start the server with the Aikar JVM flags so the garbage collector suits a Minecraft workload. Watch the live console and your TPS after each change rather than tuning everything at once.
Free offers exist, but the trade-offs are real: RAM is shared between many customers, performance drops at peak times, ads or forced branding are common, backups are unreliable and servers are often suspended after a period of inactivity. A paid plan gives you dedicated RAM, Anti-DDoS, optional backups and support 7 days a week. Our entry Minecraft plan starts at $8.07/month with no commitment.
Yes. Velocity or BungeeCord act as a proxy in front of several backend servers (lobby, survival, minigames) so players move between them without reconnecting. You run the proxy and each backend as separate servers and link them through the proxy configuration; Velocity is the modern option and BungeeCord the long-established one.
Nine versions and distributions are preinstalled and selectable from NexusPanel: Vanilla, Paper, Spigot, Purpur, CraftBukkit, Forge, NeoForge, Fabric and Mohist. You switch version or loader in one click, without reinstalling your server or losing your world.
Yes. Bukkit/Spigot plugins install from the panel or via WebFTP; run Paper or Purpur for the best plugin performance.
Minecraft is a paid game. A Nexus Games server is a separate rental that keeps your world online and accessible to your community 24/7.
Nexus Games is rated one of the best Minecraft hosts thanks to AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processors, DDR5 ECC memory and Gen4 NVMe storage, with Anti-DDoS included, 1-click Paper/Forge/Fabric modpacks and support 7 days a week.
At Nexus Games a Minecraft server starts at $8.07/month and is billed by the RAM you allocate (light Fabric or vanilla setups stay cheap, heavy modpacks want more) up to $49.08/month for the largest plan. CPU and bandwidth are included and Anti-DDoS is standard.
Minecraft TPS is single-core bound, so the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with its 5.7 GHz clock and 128 MB 3D V-Cache (used on every Nexus Games Minecraft server) holds a stable 20 TPS even with heavy Forge modpacks and busy worlds.
From a few friends to hundreds on Paper. It depends mainly on RAM and view-distance rather than a hard slot cap; our hardware keeps busy networks lag-free.
Your Minecraft server is hosted in US East, on our Ryzen 9 7950X3D infrastructure with a 1 Gbit/s network and permanent Anti-DDoS protection. That proximity keeps latency low and stable for your players.
Yes, and it is straightforward: download the files from your current server (world, configs, mods) and upload them through NexusPanel's WebFTP. You keep your progress, your settings and your add-ons — nothing to reconfigure, nothing to reinstall.
With the Backup add-on, you create your backups yourself from NexusPanel, with the server stopped, and restore them in one click. Good habit: make one before an update or a mod installation.
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