You can still host a server by yourself fine if you want, but renting one has become so dirt cheap, if you're willing to set aside a few dollars, you'll have a much better and easier experience. It's by far the cheapest host and you can have a new server ready to go in less than 30 seconds.Īlternatively you can use Aternos which is completely free, but it's not great for modded servers as it limits you on RAM. Exaroton is disgustingly cheap, you can load it with $5 and have enough to run a server on and off for months. Nowadays while you can host your own server, I'd honestly recommend something like Exaroton ( or its sister site Aternos ( if you don't want to pay anything at all. Just to update this, it seems a lot of people have read this and messaged me. Sure if you were hosting for 20 or more people then I'd consider it (or buy a proper server PC). In theory you could rent a server, but for two people it's a bit unnecessary. Every router is different, but you need to unblock 25565 (by default) TCP and UDP, Google can help you with that. You need to unblock the ports on your router, otherwise your friend will be unable to connect to it. This is probably the trickiest bit if you haven't done it before. If you're playing on LAN (same internet connection), this isn't needed. It's just a process of copying the mods around really. Nearly every pack has a server you can download, just google it. Ideally this PC should be one that you're NOT currently playing minecraft on at the same time. A good CPU and spare 4gigs of RAM are needed. It needs to be 'fairly' decent but depends on the number of friends joining you. You don't need to buy a server, you can host it on your own computer if you want to but you will need a few things:Ī PC to run the server.
those are probably the three most popular at the moment, however there are many more on the twitch launcher if you take a look. Age of Enginneering, Project Ozone 2, Skyfactory 3. Please see my comments below).Īs nroe says, probably the first thing you need to do is find a modpack you want to play. (EDIT: This was true when I wrote it 4 years ago but things have changed quite a bit since then.
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