<h2 id="heading-introduction">Introduction</h2>
<p>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!</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/LIR7YwB.jpeg" alt class="image--center mx-auto" /></p>
<h2 id="heading-prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Pretty Fast PC with lots of RAM(at least 16GB) and high CPU computing power.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Java 17 LTS</p>
</li>
<li><p>Paper MC - <a target="_blank" href="https://papermc.io/">https://papermc.io/</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="heading-instructions">Instructions</h2>
<ol>
<li><p>Download Java 17 if you haven't and follow the installation instructions. Be sure to add Java 17 /bin/ directory to your path!</p>
</li>
<li><p>Download Paper MC 1.19 from <a target="_blank" href="https://papermc.io/downloads">https://papermc.io/downloads</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Unzipped the folder in the location you want your MC server to be stored.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Run <code>CMD</code>, navigate to the folder and type in <code>java -Xms2G -Xmx2G -jar paper.jar</code> to start the paper MC server. You may need to restart it a few times to make changes to the configuration.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Connect to your server by typing <code>127.0.0.1</code> or <code>localhost</code> in the Server Address while using Direct Connect / LAN / Multiplayer feature.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>So there you have it, a running Minecraft Server on your PC in less than 30 minutes!</p>


## 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!

![](https://i.imgur.com/LIR7YwB.jpeg align="center")

## Prerequisites

* Pretty Fast PC with lots of RAM(at least 16GB) and high CPU computing power.
    
* Java 17 LTS
    
* Paper MC - [https://papermc.io/](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](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!

How to setup a Minecraft Server in less than 30 minutes!

Table of contents

Introduction

Prerequisites

Instructions