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What fits on a 32 GB Minecraft server
| Server | Players online on 32 GB |
|---|---|
| Paper with 20 or more plugins | About 90 |
| Vanilla survival | Up to 120 |
| Light modpack, about 50 mods | Up to 56 |
| Heavy modpack, 300 mods or more | Up to 26 |
View distance on a large server
A player keeps a square of chunks loaded around them. At view distance 10 that is 441 chunks, at 16 it is 1,089, two and a half times as many. The player counts above are for 10.
| View distance | Chunks per player | Paper players with plugins on 32 GB |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 441 | About 90 |
| 12 | 625 | About 63 |
| 16 | 1,089 | About 36 |
Keep view-distance at 10 and simulation-distance lower on a busy server. server.properties explained has both settings.
Keep a public server fast
- Pre-generate the world inside a border before you open the server
- Limit entities and hoppers per chunk in the Paper config
- Restart at the quietest hour; the Players tab shows when that is
- Ask the AI Copilot for a performance check: it measures TPS, tick time, RAM and loaded entities
See reduce lag and pre-generate your world.
32 GB Minecraft server price and the sizes around it
Every plan costs €0.80 per GB of RAM a month, on every term. The vCPU and the NVMe storage grow with the memory.
| RAM | vCPU | NVMe storage | Price a month | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 GB | 3 | 80 GB | €12.80 | 16 GB server |
| 24 GB | 3 | 120 GB | €19.20 | 24 GB server |
| 32 GB | 4 | 160 GB | €25.60 | 32 GB server |
| 48 GB | 4 | 200 GB | €38.40 | 48 GB server |
| 64 GB | 6 | 200 GB | €51.20 | 64 GB server |
Questions about a 32 GB Minecraft server
How many players can join a 32 GB Minecraft server?
About 90 on Paper with 20 or more plugins and up to 120 on vanilla at view distance 10, fewer at a higher view distance.
How many vCPU does the 32 GB plan have?
4 vCPU on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Up to three more can be added on the order form, to 7 in total.
Is there a bigger plan than 32 GB?
Yes, plans go up to 128 GB. See Minecraft server plans.
Should a server of 90 players be one server?
It can be. Many large servers split survival, creative and minigames into a network; see build a server network.
Written by the Cheapest Minecraft Hosting team, first published , updated .