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Create your first server

From a fresh account to a live Minecraft server in about a minute.

Before you start

You need a Campfire account — sign up with an email and password, a magic link, or Google. Every server belongs to a plan (its RAM and player headroom), so have a rough idea of your group size; you can change plans later without losing the world.

Create the server

1. In the dashboard, click New server.
2. Give it a name — this is a label for you, not the join address.
3. Pick a plan. More RAM means more players, plugins, and mods.
4. Pick the software: Vanilla (unmodified Minecraft), Paper (plugins), Fabric/Forge/NeoForge (mods), or a Modpack from Modrinth or CurseForge — for packs you choose the pack instead of a Minecraft version, and it brings its own loader and version.
5. Pick the Minecraft version and a region close to your players.
6. On Paper, Fabric, and NeoForge you can enable crossplay so Bedrock players (consoles, phones, Windows) can join your Java server.
7. Click Create server.

While it provisions

You land on the server page immediately with the status Provisioning while the machine is prepared, the software installed, and the world generated. This typically takes under a minute — modpacks take longer because the pack and its mods download on first boot. When the status flips to Running, the join address appears on the overview.

Next steps

• Connect to your server and invite friends.
• Set the MOTD, whitelist, and operators in server settings.
• Add content on the Mods & plugins tab.