How to Change Max Players on Your Minecraft Bedrock Server

Set the player limit on your Bedrock dedicated server via Startup, server.properties, or the allowlist bypass for admins.

The default Bedrock Dedicated Server allows 10 simultaneous players. You can raise or lower this depending on your server plan.

Change the Player Limit

In the XGamingServer Panel, click Startup in the sidebar.

Find the Max Players variable and set it to your desired number.

Go to Console and restart the server for the change to take effect.

Click Files in the sidebar and open server.properties.

Find and change:

max-players=20

Click Save Content and restart from Console.

If your server is full, admins can still join if they have ignoresPlayerLimit set to true in allowlist.json:

[
  {
    "ignoresPlayerLimit": true,
    "name": "AdminPlayer",
    "xuid": "2535416790845590"
  }
]

This requires allow-list=true in server.properties. See the whitelist guide for details.

More players means more chunks loaded, more entities tracked, and more network traffic. If you notice lag at higher player counts:

See the server.properties guide for full performance tuning options.