Minecraft servers that stay at 20 TPS

Hosted on my own machine in Germany. You get a control panel, SFTP and backups. Before selling a single server, I set off 11,466 TNT on it to see if it could keep up.

Slowest tick per step

Purpur 26.3, 6 threads, 8 GB, view distance 32. The line inside a bar is the median tick.

Idlemedian 5.6 ms
32.2
4,410 TNTover water
34.1
11,466 TNTinside a mountain
34.1
New terrain4 jumps of 3,000 blocks
47.8
Pre-generation16,129 chunks
23.7

How the test server held up

Each tick has 50 ms before the server falls behind 20 TPS. These are the slowest ticks spark measured in each step, with a player online the whole time.

Steps

In the order they ran, with the slowest tick of each step

  1. Cold start6.9 s
  2. Pre-generate 2000 × 2000 blocks4:05
  3. 4,410 TNT over water34.1 ms
  4. 11,466 TNT in a mountain34.1 ms
  5. Teleport into new terrain47.8 ms
TPS in every step
20.0
"Can't keep up" warnings
0
Cold start to joinable
6.9s

Plans

Same hardware and the same panel on every plan. The difference is memory, CPU time and storage.

PlanRAMCPUStorageFitsPrice
StoneFriends and small SMPs4 GB2 threads15 GBUp to about 10 players€4 per monthOrder Stone
IronPlugins and bigger worlds8 GB4 threads30 GBUp to about 30 players€8 per monthOrder Iron
NetheriteModpacks and communities12 GB6 threads60 GBHeavy modpacks, view distance 32€14 per monthOrder Netherite

The test above ran with 6 threads and 8 GB, between Iron and Netherite.

What every server comes with

Control panel
Start and stop, a live console, file manager and resource graphs
SFTP access
Upload worlds, plugins and mods with FileZilla or WinSCP
Two backups
Two backup slots per server, restored from the panel
Your own address
A free subdomain like yourname.maxhosting.uk, so nobody types an IP
Any version
Paper, Purpur, Vanilla or Forge, on the Minecraft version you pick
Hosted in Germany
On a machine I run myself, not rented from a big provider

Games

Minecraft Java Edition only, for now

Questions

How do I get my server?

Fill in the order page, either the simple questions or the advanced settings. I reply by email, set the server up by hand and send you the panel login and your address.

Can I upload my own world?

Yes. Stop the server, upload the world folder over SFTP or the file manager, and start it again.

Can I change plans later?

Yes, up or down. Your files stay where they are and only the limits change.

Do modpacks work?

Forge modpacks run on every plan, but bigger packs need the RAM of Netherite. Tell me the pack and I'll check it first.

Order a server

Answer a few questions for a recommendation, or set CPU, RAM and storage yourself. I reply with the final setup and price.