What is an SMP server?

SMP means survival multiplayer: a shared survival world where a group builds, trades and plays together. Our Minecraft SMP comes with spawn, economy, shops and protection already set up.

Which Minecraft version can I join with?

The server runs Paper 26.3. Thanks to ViaVersion and ViaBackwards, Java players on older versions such as 1.21.11 can join too. Bedrock players connect through Geyser.

Can Bedrock players join?

Yes. Geyser and Floodgate are installed, Bedrock players do not need a Java account. They connect with the server IP and the Bedrock port. That is the third port of your server, shown in the panel under Network.

How do diamonds work as currency?

At the diamond bank at spawn you deposit diamonds (/bank einzahlen) and withdraw them again (/bank auszahlen). Shops, rent and /pay use the balance. Every balance is backed by deposited diamonds.

How do I rent a shop?

In the market district, click the sign of a shop and click again to confirm, or type /shop mieten followed by the shop number, for example /shop mieten 12. By default a shop costs 8 diamonds for 7 days, operators set price and duration via /smp. Rent is taken from your balance and renews automatically. When it runs out, you get your items back with /shop abholen.

Can I change the settings?

Yes. As an operator, /smp opens a menu for worlds, PvP, combat log, shop prices, farm world reset, spawn speed and server name. Some values also exist in the panel under startup parameters. A panel value only takes effect when you change it there. Otherwise the /smp menu setting stays.

Is there protection against griefing and X-ray?

Spawn is fully protected and you claim land with a golden shovel. Anti-xray hides ores in the Overworld and Nether, and an anticheat is active.

Can I add my own plugins?

Yes, via SFTP or the panel file manager in the plugins folder. Check first that a plugin supports Paper 26.3. The panel plugin marketplace is not available for the SMP.

How does voice chat work?

Simple Voice Chat is installed and uses the second port of your server (UDP), shown in the panel under Network. Every Java player needs the Simple Voice Chat mod in their own client.

Do I lose my worlds when updating?

No. A reinstall detects the existing SMP and only replaces Paper and the plugins. Worlds, player data and settings stay. A backup beforehand is still a good idea.

How much RAM does the SMP need?

4 GB is enough for a small group. With more players and large explored worlds, 8 GB or more is worth it.

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Name: Minecraft SMP Server Hosting
Brand: RespawnHost
SKU: minecraft-smp-hosting
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Spawn island with market
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Java and Bedrock

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Basics

What is the Minecraft SMP server?

A fully set-up survival multiplayer server built by RespawnHost. You order it and you and your friends spawn straight onto a finished island: a market district with 32 shops to rent, a diamond bank and portals to survival, a farm world, the Nether and the End. Diamonds are the currency, land is claimed with a golden shovel. Java and Bedrock players play together, and every setting can be changed in-game through a menu.

32 shops to rent

4 worlds by portal

Java and Bedrock

Settings in-game via /smp

See your SMP in action

The video shows the spawn, the worlds, the bank and shops, the /smp settings menu and how to order the server and play with Java and Bedrock together. Video in German.

Java Edition

Bedrock (mobile)

Bedrock (console)

Crossplay

Java and Bedrock on the same SMP

Geyser and Floodgate are already installed. Friends on PC (Java), phone, console or Windows (Bedrock) join the same server without a Java account. ViaVersion and ViaBackwards also let Java players on older versions in. Bedrock uses the third port of your server, which the panel fills in automatically.

What is inside Minecraft SMP

Everything you would otherwise spend an evening installing and configuring is already done.

Built spawn island

A plaza with a cascade fountain and a floating giant diamond, a market district with a clock tower, a diamond bank, a portal court and a cherry garden. Speed, no PvP and no monsters at spawn.

Diamonds as currency

Players deposit diamonds at the bank and trade with their balance. Every balance is backed by real diamonds, no money comes out of thin air.

32 shops to rent

Click the shop sign, pay the rent, place chests and start selling. Rent renews from the balance, you set price and period yourself.

Portals with random landing

Survival, farm world and Nether drop players at a random safe spot, the worlds are pre-generated while the server is idle. The farm world resets on a schedule.

Protection built in

Land claims with a golden shovel, a combat log against escaping fights, anti-xray for the Overworld and Nether and an anticheat are active from the start.

Settings by menu

As an operator, /smp opens a menu: lock worlds, PvP, shop prices, farm world reset, server name and more. No file editing.

Gaming Infrastructure

Premium hardware for your Minecraft SMP server

Cost calculator

Calculate your real costs for Minecraft SMP

Play time per day3h

1h24h

Your typical day

0:0024:00

Prepaid

15.98 €

runs around the clock

RespawnHost

~5.32 €

3h/day billed

Your savings

versus the prepaid plan, at 90 h/month

67 %

~10.66 €

The prepaid plan only pays off from around 9.0 hours a day. Below that, Pay-per-Use is cheaper.

For reference: €11.00 (4 GB, monthly, BisectHosting, as of July 2026)

Based on the 4 GB package. Actual costs may vary depending on usage.

Hardware & Infrastruktur

Optimized for Minecraft SMP

Processor

AMD Ryzen

RAM

DDR5

Storage

NVMe SSD

DDoS

Gaming DDoS Protection

Uplink

25 Gbit/s

Uptime

100.00 %

Ping test

Germany · EU
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US West
Salt Lake City, UT
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US East
Charlotte, NC
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India
Noida
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Ping measured from each regional test server to your internet connection. In-game ping may differ. An unavailable result can mean the connection is blocked or the test server cannot be reached.

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Pay-per-use: only pay while your server runs

With pay-per-use your balance is only used while the server is online. Prefer a fixed price? Choose a fixed plan with a monthly price.

Server off, no cost

With pay-per-use a stopped server costs nothing.

Live billing

Your balance is charged while the server runs. You can see it in the panel at any time.

Fixed plan available

Fixed monthly price without a minimum term, ends at the end of the paid period.

How billing works

Maximum per month running 24/7 (4 GB)42.59 € / Month

Pay-per-use hourly rate≈ 0.0592 € / Hour

(0.0592 € × 720 Hours = 42.59 €)

Live billing

While your SMP runs, the balance is charged by the second.

Example: 4 GB Package

2 hours online≈ 0.12 €

Server turned off0.00 €

Total costOnly what you play!

Minecraft SMP server FAQ

Minecraft SMP server hosting: built, configured, ready to play

A good SMP needs more than an empty Paper server. Building a spawn, setting up an economy, shops, land claims, portals, permissions, tab list and scoreboard takes days. With the Minecraft SMP by RespawnHost all of that is done. You order, your friends join and spawn on a finished island.

Why a ready-made SMP server?

Most SMP projects do not fail on the idea but on the setup. Which plugins match the current version, how do you stop griefing at spawn, how do you get Bedrock friends onto the server? Our template answers that with a tested selection of plugins in fixed versions and a RespawnHost plugin that ties everything together.

It is still your server. The in-game menu /smp changes name, PvP, shop prices, worlds and schedules. If you want to go deeper, you have full file access via SFTP and the file manager.

Version and updates

The template runs on Paper 26.3. All plugins are downloaded from their makers during installation and checked by checksum. Reinstalling from the panel updates Paper and the plugins, your worlds and settings stay.

What is set up in Minecraft SMP

Spawn island with market district (32 shops), diamond bank, portal court and garden
Diamond economy: /bank, /pay, /baltop, backed by real diamonds
Rentable shops with chest selling (QuickShop) and returned goods when the rent ends
Worlds: survival, farm world with reset schedule, Nether and End, landing by random teleport
Land claims with a golden shovel (GriefPrevention), homes, /tpa, /back
Combat log, anti-xray and anticheat
Tab list and scoreboard with server name, rank, diamonds and shop
Simple Voice Chat, a spawn map and a handbook via /guide

New players get a starter kit, a spawn map in their off hand and a handbook that updates itself whenever you change a setting.

Pricing: pay-per-use or fixed plan

With pay-per-use you pay from 0.0592 € per hour, only for the time your server runs. You top up your balance first, for example with PayPal or card.

Prefer a fixed price? The fixed plan starts at 15.98 € per month for 4 GB, longer terms cost less. SMP plans start at 4 GB RAM because Geyser and the plugins need more memory than a vanilla server.

Locations

You choose the location when ordering: Germany, Salt Lake City (US West), Charlotte (US East) or Noida (India). Servers run on modern AMD Ryzen CPUs with NVMe SSDs and are protected against DDoS attacks.

Last updated: July 2026