Server Setup
Bukkit / Spigot / Paper plugins add roughly 50 MB each.
Default is 10. Higher view distance loads more chunks and needs more world-cache RAM.
Figures are a transparent heuristic based on common hosting guidance — real usage varies by version, world gen, and specific plugins/mods.
Recommended RAM
Recommended server RAM
0
GB
Recommended JVM flags:
-Xms4G -Xmx4G
Base JVM + server
0 GB
Per-player
0 GB
Plugins
0 GB
World cache
0 GB
Java heap (-Xmx)
0 GB
OS + JVM headroom
0 GB
Suggested Vultr Plan
2 GB Cloud Compute
Rounded up for headroom — a Minecraft box also needs RAM for the OS, the JVM itself, and off-heap memory, so the plan is bigger than the Java heap.
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Estimate only. Actual Minecraft server memory depends on your Minecraft version, world generation, entity counts, and the specific plugins or mods installed. Benchmark with real players before committing to production.