Guides & docs

From signup to playing with friends in about five minutes - versions, RAM, your own address, and how wake-on-join works.

Keep your server private with the whitelist, make friends operators, and handle troublemakers - all from the Players tab.

The five server types explained in plain terms - what each is for, whether it takes plugins or mods, and a simple rule for choosing the right one.

The two versions of Minecraft, why they can’t simply play together, what Geyser does, and what that means for hosting a server today.

Protect your world with one-click snapshots, automatic schedules with retention, and safe restores.

A plain-English tour of the server.properties file - gameplay, world generation, performance and security settings - and which ones to leave alone.

What datapacks and resource packs each do, how to install both on your server, and the version + hosting gotchas that trip people up.

Why Minecraft servers lag, how to measure TPS, and the handful of changes - simulation distance, entity control, pre-generation, memory - that actually fix it.

Straight answers by server type and player count - and why more RAM past "enough" doesn’t make your server faster, and can even make it worse.

One-click plugin installs on Paper servers - search the Modrinth catalog, install, restart, done.

Install EssentialsX and set up the quality-of-life commands players expect - /sethome, /tpa, /spawn, warps, kits and a simple economy.

Install Dynmap and view a live, Google-Maps-style render of your server in the browser at your own subdomain - using Levyathan’s plugin web pages.

Set up ranks and fine-grained permissions with LuckPerms - groups, inheritance, prefixes, and the web editor - so you can hand out powers without handing out op.

Select regions, fill and replace blocks, copy-paste structures, sculpt with brushes and save schematics - the essential plugin for anyone who builds.

Log every block change and container access, find out exactly who did what, and undo griefing in seconds with CoreProtect - the survival server’s insurance policy.

Run a Fabric, NeoForge or Forge server, add mods one click at a time, or install a whole Modrinth modpack - plus the RAM and first-boot realities.

Connection timed out, failed to verify username, outdated client/server, mod mismatch and more - what each error means and how to fix it fast.

Bring a singleplayer world or a server from another host onto Levyathan - upload the world folder, match the version, and you’re back where you left off.