Questions people ask

Yes. There's no paid plan and no card to enter. Kiphost is paid for by the ads on this site and the short ads you can choose to watch to give your server more time.

Minecraft: Java Edition on a computer and a Discord account to log in. Bedrock Edition (phones, consoles, the Microsoft Store version) can't join. See Java or Bedrock.

One at a time. Delete it from the dashboard if you want to start a different one.

3 GB of memory and 8 GB of storage. That's comfortable for a group of friends with a few plugins. There's no limit on CPU; servers share the machine's processors and use what they need.

The latest release of Paper by default. You can pick another version in your server's Settings tab.

A new server gets 30 minutes. Each ad you watch from the dashboard adds 6 hours. You can watch one ad an hour, and a server can hold up to 30 hours at once.

Yes. Time is a deadline, not a meter: it runs down whether the server is on or asleep. Napping is about saving the machine's memory, not your hours.

It keeps things fair. Without a limit, a few people could keep servers alive forever by watching ads back to back, and there'd be less room for everyone else.

Every server holds a spot on a machine. Capping how far ahead you can top up means servers nobody comes back to free their spot within about a day.

The server stops and can't be started or topped up again. Its files are kept for 7 days so you can download your world from the Files tab, then it's deleted for good. You can make a new server straight away.

Time is only added when the ad network confirms you watched the whole ad. If you closed it early, or an ad blocker stopped it, nothing is added and you can try again. If you're sure you finished it, contact us.

Most servers sit empty most of the day. When nobody's been online for 5 minutes, Kiphost saves the world and shuts the server down so its memory can go to someone who's playing. That's the main reason it can be free.

Join it from Minecraft, or choose Start on the dashboard. The first join wakes it and disconnects you with a message. Wait about 30 seconds and join again.

No. The world is saved before the server shuts down, exactly as if you'd stopped it yourself. Farms and crops don't grow while it's asleep, the same as chunks nobody is near.

If every machine is full when you make a server, you wait in line for a spot. Keep the dashboard open while you wait; spots are only held for people who are still there.

Yes. Upload Paper, Spigot or Bukkit plugins to the plugins folder from the Files tab and restart. See How to install plugins.

Not at the moment. Kiphost servers run Paper, which uses plugins. Most modpacks also need more than 3 GB of memory.

Yes. Upload it as a zip from the Files tab and extract it. See Upload your own world.

No. The address is set when you make the server so your friends' saved server lists keep working. To use a different one, make a new server.

Not yet. Every server gets an address ending in our domain.

Turn on the whitelist. See Invite friends and keep strangers out.

Almost every Minecraft player already has an account, so there's no new password to remember. It also makes it much harder for one person to make hundreds of free servers. We only ask Discord for your username and email.

Delete your server from the dashboard, then contact us from the email on your Discord account and we'll remove the rest. See the privacy policy for what we keep.

Servers that break the terms, for example by attacking other servers or mining cryptocurrency, are removed without notice. If you think it was a mistake, contact us.