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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.

Change type

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.

Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.

Plugin version with publisher-declared game versions and loaders. These declarations do not replace an independent compatibility test.

No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for the game updates on this page unless a plugin says otherwise. Check affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.

Interface Change documented 06/20/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/20/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/20/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/20/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/19/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/19/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/19/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/19/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Game update Source entry dated 06/16/2026

Minecraft Java Edition - 26.2

Effects on plugins

Not checked yet: EssentialsX, Multiverse-Core, CoreProtect, Simple Voice Chat, LuckPerms, WorldEdit, WorldGuard, TAB, TabTPS, SkinsRestorer, VeinMiner, Chunky, Plasmo Voice, squaremap, BlueMap, Dynmap, Plan Player Analytics, Votifier

Open original source

Server software / mod loader Published 06/15/2026

Fabric for Minecraft 26.2

Open original source Open plugin history

Plugin release Published by the developer 06/12/2026

Exploration Reloaded 0.1.3-beta+26.1.x

Release channel: beta

Declared game versions: 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2

Supported server software: fabric

Open plugin history

Plugin release Published by the developer 06/12/2026

Exploration Reloaded 0.1.3-beta+1.21.11

Release channel: beta

Declared game versions: 1.21.11

Supported server software: fabric

Open plugin history

Plugin release Published by the developer 06/09/2026

Terralith 2.6.2

Release channel: release

Declared game versions: 1.21.1

Supported server software: fabric

Open plugin history

Interface Change documented 06/05/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/03/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/02/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/02/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/02/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Interface Change documented 06/02/2026

Minecraft Java: game tools: revised

Setting Change documented 06/02/2026

Minecraft: editor settings changed

The editor describes new or changed values. The field comparison shows the original defaults, constraints and explanations before and after this documented change.

Changed settings (1)

Max Spieler: Changed max-players

Before

Setting
max-players

Default

20

Range / options

1 – 200

When it takes effect

Follow the editor’s activation instructions when saving.

After

Setting
max-players

Default

20

Range / options

1 – 200

When it takes effect

Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

What the interface looks like

The image shows the interface on its capture date; earlier versions may differ.

Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08

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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the 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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Max Players

Setting: max-players
Default: 20
Range / options: 1 – 200
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Whitelist

Setting: white-list
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enforce Whitelist

Setting: enforce-whitelist
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Server List Status

Setting: enable-status
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Hide Online Players

Setting: hide-online-players
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Broadcast Console Messages to Operators

Setting: broadcast-console-to-ops
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Difficulty

Setting: difficulty
Default: easy
Range / options: peaceful, easy, normal, hard
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Game Mode

Setting: gamemode
Default: survival
Range / options: survival, creative, adventure, spectator
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Force Game Mode on Join

Setting: force-gamemode
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable PvP

Setting: pvp
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Nether

Setting: allow-nether
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Enable Command Blocks

Setting: enable-command-block
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Spawn Monsters

Setting: spawn-monsters
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
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: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
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: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

World Seed

Setting: level-seed
Default
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

World Type

Setting: level-type
Default: normal
Range / options: normal, flat, largeBiomes, amplified
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Generate Structures

Setting: generate-structures
Default: true
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Max. World Size

Setting: max-world-size
Default: 29999984
Range / options: 1 – 29999984
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

View Distance

Java view distance in chunks. High values increase network, memory and CPU load.

Setting: view-distance
Default: 10
Range / options: 2 – 32
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

AFK Timeout (Minutes)

Setting: player-idle-timeout
Default: 0
Range / options: 0 – 999
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Entity Broadcast Range (%)

Setting: entity-broadcast-range-percentage
Default: 100
Range / options: 10 – 1000
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Compression Threshold (Bytes)

Setting: network-compression-threshold
Default: 256
Range / options: -1 – 65535
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Require Resource Pack

Setting: require-resource-pack
Default: false
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Resource Pack URL

Setting: resource-pack
Default
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Resource Pack SHA-1

Setting: resource-pack-sha1
Default
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Minecraft version

Minecraft version installed on the server.

Setting: MINECRAFT_VERSION
Default: latest
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

Server JAR file

Name of the JAR file the server starts with.

Setting: SERVER_JARFILE
Default: server.jar
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.

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
When it takes effect: Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.