When creating an Minecraft server, there are plenty of options. This guide currently covers the setup of an Survival Multiplayer Server without mods. We will be adding more guides to help you set up a server with mods in the near future. Create a Vanilla Survival Multiplayer Server (MSP) Follow these steps and you should have an online Minecraft Java server up and running in no time. 1. Download and install Java Java You can download the most recent version of Java from Oracle. 2. Download the offical Minecraft Server This is minecraft.net's download page. 3. Create an account for your Minecraft server You can name the folder and then place it wherever you want. Top minecraft servers I suggest creating something that is simple and easy to locate. I love calling the folder minecraft server and place it in my User/Home folder. 4. Create your Minecraft server folder Transfer the server.jar file you downloaded into your minecraft folder Windows: Create a new file named run.bat Create an automated (.bat) file in Windows On MacOS or Linux: create an entirely new file called run.sh. Edit your new file and make the text appear to be 5. Generate your server and accept the EULA With your run file created Let's begin the server. Windows Double-click your run.bat folder On MacOS / Linux you can open the terminal to your Minecraft server folder, and run bash ./run.sh. The command line should show logs. The minecraft server folder should now be filled with new files. Open the file eual.txt and replace eula=false with eula=true. 6. Connect and run to your server After you have the eula accepted, run your server again following the same method in 5.. Open Minecraft and connect directly using 127.0.0.1:25565. Make sure that your server is working If you're not able to connect. If everything is fine and you're not sure why you cannot connect, you can ask for assistance on our discord. 7. Make your server public Now you can connect to your server remotely. Let's open it up to your friends, so they can join. Check out the interactive guide.