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We give you your own stable address: yourworld.arcadeservers.com — it stays the same even if the IP changes, and every Java version joins through it. If you have turned cross-play on, mobile (Bedrock) players use the same address. Alongside it you also get a waiting address: yourworld.gir.arcadeservers.com. While your server is off, a player connecting there sees a short waiting screen, your server starts right then and they are let in automatically once it is ready. The waiting address works on Minecraft 1.20.5 and newer Java versions; older versions and Bedrock use the direct address. While the feature is on, the panel shows both addresses with one-click copy.

Yes, if you want them to. Alongside your direct address you also get a waiting address: yourworld.gir.arcadeservers.com. While your server is off, a player connects to that address, sees a “please wait” screen and is let in automatically once the server is ready — so you don't have to be around to start it. You decide who may start it. By default your server's own lists rule: if the whitelist is on, only the people on it; if it is off, operators (OPs) can; if you have neither, nobody can start it (and we let you know). Turn the second switch off in Settings and your server becomes open to everyone: any player who knows the waiting address can start it even if they are on none of your lists — that is the state to pick if you want to run an open community server. Careful: this switch only grants the right to START the server, not the right to play on it; if your server's own whitelist is on, a stranger starts your server, the hour is charged, but they are turned away. If you really want anyone to play, you have to turn your server's whitelist off too. You get a notification every time, naming who did it; if you want to cap your spending, use the daily spending limit in Settings. The hour that gets opened is charged to you; on free servers there is no charge. The feature is on by default on new servers and you can turn it off under Settings. The waiting address works on Minecraft 1.20.5 and newer Java versions; older versions and mobile (Bedrock) players use the direct address. While your server is off the direct address does not work, so be deliberate about which address you hand out.

Yes. On 4 GB and larger packages you can enable 'Java + Bedrock' from the panel with one click (Minecraft 1.20.5+; Paper/Purpur/Spigot/CraftBukkit servers). Once on, mobile and Windows 10 Bedrock players enter yourworld.arcadeservers.com as the address plus the server's port number in the port box, and play in the SAME world as Java players. Bedrock players always use the direct address; the waiting address works on the Java side only. Consoles (Xbox/PlayStation/Switch) are not supported. Bedrock players just need to keep Minecraft updated; they don't have to worry about the server's Java version. Because the Bedrock bridge uses a small amount of the server's own RAM, it's offered only on 4 GB and larger packages, at no extra cost.

When you enable 'Java + Bedrock', phone and Windows (Bedrock) players join your server through the same address. They don't need the Java Edition; being signed in to a Microsoft/Xbox account in their game is enough. The only exception: players not signed in to any Microsoft/Xbox account can't join; when they try, the game tells them to 'sign in to Xbox'. This is Minecraft's own security rule, not our setting, and it can't be disabled. This feature doesn't change the Java (PC) side; the Java side follows the "Allow unverified logins (offline mode)" switch under Settings, and that switch is on by default on newly created servers. You can turn it off and it stays off. If you change the switch later, items, position, progress, stats, advancements, operator/whitelist entries, ban records and pet or horse ownership are carried over to the new identity automatically; the one exception is that Mojang skins aren't delivered while the switch is on.

All nine server platforms and current Minecraft Java versions: Vanilla, Paper, Purpur, Spigot, CraftBukkit, Fabric, Quilt, Forge, NeoForge and ready-made modpacks. Starting your server from inside the game (the waiting address) works on Minecraft 1.20.5 and newer Java versions; older versions and Bedrock players join through the direct address. You can change the version and the software later; switching to a mod loader (Fabric, Quilt, Forge, NeoForge) unlocks from 8 GB, while the plugin side is available on every package.

Absolutely. Server setup, domain and infrastructure are fully automated. You just pick a package and give it a name; we handle the rest.

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