Introduction

For the uninitiated, Minecraft is an open-world, building blocks sandbox game coded in Java. It is popular among all ages and has limitless applications!

Prerequisites

• Pretty Fast PC with lots of RAM(at least 16GB) and high CPU computing power.

• Java 17 LTS

• Paper MC - https://papermc.io/

Instructions

1. Download Java 17 if you haven't and follow the installation instructions. Be sure to add Java 17 /bin/ directory to your path!

2. Download Paper MC 1.19 from https://papermc.io/downloads

3. Unzipped the folder in the location you want your MC server to be stored.

4. Run CMD, navigate to the folder and type in java -Xms2G -Xmx2G -jar paper.jar to start the paper MC server. You may need to restart it a few times to make changes to the configuration.

5. Connect to your server by typing 127.0.0.1 or localhost in the Server Address while using Direct Connect / LAN / Multiplayer feature.

So there you have it, a running Minecraft Server on your PC in less than 30 minutes!