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Halloween Minecraft Server Ideas: Plugins, Modpacks, Maps

Five Halloween events for your Minecraft server, the plugins, datapacks, modpacks and maps that run them, and how much RAM each setup needs.

Team BruceNode·Oct 24, 2026·10 min read

MinecraftNews

Dev Update: One-Click Minecraft Modpacks and Server Software Switching

Install a Minecraft modpack on your server in a few clicks and switch between Paper, Fabric, Forge and more from the dashboard. Here's how both work.

Team BruceNode·Oct 11, 2026·4 min read

ComparisonHytale

Best Hytale Server Hosting in 2026: An Honest Ranking

BruceNode, Apex, BisectHosting and Shockbyte ranked on renewal pricing, mod workflow and support, including where we lose. Find the right Hytale host for your group.

Team BruceNode·Sep 17, 2026·7 min read

MinecraftGuide

Minecraft Server Lag in 2026: How to Find and Fix Low TPS

Minecraft server lag is almost always the heap, view distance, entities or one bad plugin. Check TPS, profile with spark, then fix the real cause before adding RAM.

Team BruceNode·Aug 19, 2026·6 min read

MinecraftGuide

How to Add a Resource Pack to Your Minecraft Server

Set a server resource pack in three lines of server.properties. Where to find a pack, how to host it, the SHA-1 hash, and why downloads fail.

Team BruceNode·Aug 11, 2026·4 min read

MinecraftGuide

How to Install Plugins on a Minecraft Server

Run Paper, drop the jar in the plugins folder, restart. The two-minute walkthrough for installing Minecraft plugins, plus the fixes when one won't load.

Team BruceNode·Aug 7, 2026·5 min read

ComparisonPalworld

Best Palworld Server Hosting in 2026: An Honest Ranking

Honest 2026 ranking of Palworld hosts: Hostinger, Shockbyte, GPORTAL, Nitrado, and DatHost, plus why BruceNode wins on right-sized 16 GB plans and hourly billing.

Team BruceNode·Jun 13, 2026·7 min read

MinecraftGuide

Hourly Game Server Hosting in 2026: When Pay-As-You-Go Actually Beats Monthly

Hourly server hosting is per-second prorated and paid from a wallet you top up. Break-even is around 8 days of monthly uptime on a $8 plan. When hourly wins, when monthly wins, and how pause-anytime works.

Team BruceNode·May 25, 2026·7 min read

GuideHytale

How to Host a Modded Hytale Server (2026 Guide)

Hosting a modded Hytale server is dramatically easier than modded Minecraft because Hytale streams mods from server to client. Sizing, CurseForge install, dependencies, update strategy, backups, and when to move from self-host to managed.

Team BruceNode·May 22, 2026·10 min read

MinecraftGuide

Minecraft Crossplay in 2026: How to Let Bedrock Players Join Your Java Server

Step-by-step Geyser and Floodgate setup so Bedrock players can join your Java Minecraft server in 2026. Plugin install, config, ports, and the gotchas nobody warns you about.

BruceNode·May 17, 2026·7 min read