Have you ever dreamed of creating your own Minecraft world where you and your friends can explore, build, and battle together—on your terms? Maybe you’ve tried joining public servers, only to find ...

Once you are in control of one of these private networks, you will be able to manage things like the time of day in the game, the map layout, and who gets to play with you. Some popular examples of ...

How do you host a Minecraft server? You like Minecraft, but you don't want to play with people you don't know. It's understandable: you can tell your friends to "eff off" a lot more comfortably than a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There are literally thousands of Minecraft servers to join right now. Whether you want a friendly community playing the vanilla Minecraft experience, ...

It's not an option I would recommend too much in the long run, because to play, that person will have to be connected and with the server running at all times. In other words, every time you want to ...

NOTE: Yes, I require you to have quite a bit of technical knowledge when it comes to Java and other things such as that. As well as folder locations, unzipping, how jars/modding works in Minecraft, ...