Minecraft Java Edition: updates, settings and interface
The update history for Minecraft Java Edition has 760 entries, last updated on November 2, 2026. Each entry shows its type, date and origin.
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Recorded, available and installed are different states. Your actual installation status and suitable updates are shown in the server panel.
114 changes that affect all games (latest on November 1, 2026) are listed in the overview. View changes for all games
Notes on these entries
The guided tools were revised in the shared panel code. The entry concerns the interface or its processing. The date records the change; availability on an individual server depends on the game, software, plugins and permissions.
Plugin version with publisher-declared game versions and loaders. These declarations do not replace an independent compatibility test.
This version was recorded in our plugin catalog. Installation depends on game version, loader, dependencies and the selected release channel. Existing installations are not changed by this catalog entry.
All settings shown here take effect after saving and restarting the server.
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Lithostitched 2.0.4-neoforge-26.3
Release channel: release
Declared game versions: 26.3
Supported server software: neoforge
Lithostitched 2.0.4-fabric-26.3
Release channel: release
Declared game versions: 26.3
Supported server software: fabric
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Chunky: revised
Pyrellium 0.4.0-1.21.1-neo
Release channel: release
Declared game versions: 1.21.1
Supported server software: neoforge
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Community roles: revised
Community roles: revised
Community roles: revised
Community roles: revised
LuckPerms 5.5.71
Release channel: release
Declared game versions: 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.20.6, 1.21, 26.1, 26.2
Supported server software: spigot, paper, bukkit
TAB 5.0.7
Release channel: release
Supported server software: paper, waterfall, velocity
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
Minecraft Java: game tools: revised
What the interface looks like
The image shows the interface on its capture date; earlier versions may differ.
What the settings do
These values come from our guided editors. Defaults are the editor starting values; they do not show the contents of a customer server.
Message of the Day (MOTD)
- Setting
- motd
- Default
- A Minecraft Server
Server Port
The port is assigned automatically when the server starts and cannot be changed here.
- Setting
- server-port
- Default
- 25565
- Range / options
- 1024 – 65535
Max Players
- Setting
- max-players
- Default
- 20
- Range / options
- 1 – 200
Online Mode (Mojang Auth)
Java Edition: online authentication protects player names and UUIDs. Disabling it enables identity spoofing and is not recommended.
- Setting
- online-mode
- Default
- true
Enable Whitelist
- Setting
- white-list
- Default
- false
Enforce Whitelist
- Setting
- enforce-whitelist
- Default
- false
Enable Server List Status
- Setting
- enable-status
- Default
- true
Hide Online Players
- Setting
- hide-online-players
- Default
- false
Broadcast Console Messages to Operators
- Setting
- broadcast-console-to-ops
- Default
- true
Difficulty
- Setting
- difficulty
- Default
- easy
- Range / options
- peaceful, easy, normal, hard
Game Mode
- Setting
- gamemode
- Default
- survival
- Range / options
- survival, creative, adventure, spectator
Force Game Mode on Join
- Setting
- force-gamemode
- Default
- false
Enable PvP
- Setting
- pvp
- Default
- true
- When it takes effect
- Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.
Use this gamerule instead:
pvp
Allow Flight
- Setting
- allow-flight
- Default
- false
Enable Nether
- Setting
- allow-nether
- Default
- true
- When it takes effect
- Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.
Use this gamerule instead:
allowEnteringNetherUsingPortals
Spawn Protection (Radius)
- Setting
- spawn-protection
- Default
- 16
- Range / options
- 0 – 100
Enable Command Blocks
- Setting
- enable-command-block
- Default
- false
- When it takes effect
- Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.
Use this gamerule instead:
commandBlocksEnabled
Hardcore Mode
- Setting
- hardcore
- Default
- false
Spawn Monsters
- Setting
- spawn-monsters
- Default
- true
- When it takes effect
- Since Minecraft 1.21.9, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.
Use this gamerule instead:
spawnMonsters
Spawn Animals
- Setting
- spawn-animals
- Default
- true
- When it takes effect
- Since Minecraft 1.21.2, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.
Spawn NPCs
- Setting
- spawn-npcs
- Default
- true
- When it takes effect
- Since Minecraft 1.21.2, this setting is no longer read from server.properties.
World Name
Determines which world folder is loaded. A new name loads a different (possibly empty) world — your existing world is not deleted and returns once you re-enter the old name and restart.
- Setting
- level-name
- Default
- world
World Seed
- Setting
- level-seed
- Default
World Type
- Setting
- level-type
- Default
- normal
- Range / options
- normal, flat, largeBiomes, amplified
Generate Structures
- Setting
- generate-structures
- Default
- true
Max. World Size
- Setting
- max-world-size
- Default
- 29999984
- Range / options
- 1 – 29999984
View Distance
Java view distance in chunks. High values increase network, memory and CPU load.
- Setting
- view-distance
- Default
- 10
- Range / options
- 2 – 32
Simulation Distance
Java simulation distance for ticks, mobs and redstone. It is not Bedrock tick distance; high values increase CPU load.
- Setting
- simulation-distance
- Default
- 10
- Range / options
- 2 – 32
AFK Timeout (Minutes)
- Setting
- player-idle-timeout
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0 – 999
Entity Broadcast Range (%)
- Setting
- entity-broadcast-range-percentage
- Default
- 100
- Range / options
- 10 – 1000
Compression Threshold (Bytes)
- Setting
- network-compression-threshold
- Default
- 256
- Range / options
- -1 – 65535
Require Resource Pack
- Setting
- require-resource-pack
- Default
- false
Resource Pack URL
- Setting
- resource-pack
- Default
Resource Pack SHA-1
- Setting
- resource-pack-sha1
- Default
Minecraft version
Minecraft version installed on the server.
- Setting
- MINECRAFT_VERSION
- Default
- latest
Server JAR file
Name of the JAR file the server starts with.
- Setting
- SERVER_JARFILE
- Default
- server.jar
Build number
Build of the server software for the selected Minecraft version. "latest" or an empty field means the newest build.
- Setting
- BUILD_NUMBER
- Default
- latest