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#Minecraft server properties (LGSM 210516)
#Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 MDT 2020
allow-flight=false
allow-nether=true
broadcast-console-to-ops=true
broadcast-rcon-to-ops=true
difficulty=easy
enable-command-block=false
enable-query=true
enable-rcon=false
enforce-whitelist=false
force-gamemode=false
function-permission-level=2
gamemode=survival
generate-structures=true
generator-settings=
hardcore=false
level-name=world
level-seed=
level-type=DEFAULT
max-build-height=256
max-players=20
max-tick-time=60000
max-world-size=29999984
motd=SERVERNAME
network-compression-threshold=256
online-mode=true
op-permission-level=4
player-idle-timeout=0
prevent-proxy-connections=false
pvp=true
rcon.password=ADMINPASSWORD
rcon.port=25575
resource-pack-sha1=
resource-pack=
server-ip=
server-port=25565
snooper-enabled=true
spawn-animals=true
spawn-monsters=true
spawn-npcs=true
spawn-protection=16
use-native-transport=true
view-distance=10
white-list=false

What these settings mean

Quick reference for the 20 most important keys in this Minecraft Java Edition config. Hover or tap any key to see what it controls — useful when you're tuning a server for the first time and don't want to grep through the upstream wiki.

Core

2 settings

max-players: Maximum simultaneous players. Mind your CPU and RAM budget.
motd: Server description shown in the multiplayer browser. Supports legacy § colour codes.

Network

5 settings

enable-query: true exposes the query protocol — required for server-status sites and Discord bots.
enforce-whitelist: true kicks already-online players who get removed from the whitelist.
online-mode: true verifies player identities with Mojang. Required for any public server — disabling allows cracked accounts and impersonation.
server-port: TCP port to bind. 25565 is the Java default.
white-list: true restricts joins to whitelist.json. Use with /whitelist add <name>.

Gameplay

4 settings

difficulty: Game difficulty. Minecraft: peaceful / easy / normal / hard. Insurgency: Sandstorm and most UE co-op shooters: a 0.0 (easy) to 1.0 (extreme) float.
gamemode: Default mode for new players: survival, creative, adventure, or spectator.
hardcore: true makes death permanent and locks difficulty to hard. World-wide ban from rejoining on death.
pvp: true allows player-vs-player damage. Used by Minecraft, Palworld and many other survival servers — disable for purely co-op play.

World

4 settings

level-name: Folder name of the world to load. Change to swap worlds without deleting.
level-seed: Numeric seed used to generate the world. Empty = random; copy a seed to reproduce the same world.
level-type: Generator: default, flat, large_biomes, amplified, single_biome_surface, etc.
spawn-protection: Radius (blocks) around the world spawn that non-ops cannot edit. 16 default; 0 disables.

Performance

2 settings

max-tick-time: Milliseconds before the watchdog kills a frozen tick. 60000 default; -1 disables (helpful when debugging).
view-distance: Server-side render distance in chunks. Each +1 roughly doubles chunk-update CPU cost. 10 is safe, 16 is heavy.

RCON

3 settings

enable-rcon: true enables Minecraft's RCON. Always set rcon.password to something strong if enabled.
rcon.password: RCON authentication password. Mandatory if RCON is enabled.
rcon.port: TCP port for the RCON listener. Don't expose to the public internet — bind locally and tunnel.

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