Guides & Documentation

1. Finding Your Server IP & Port

Once your server is created, log into the game control panel at panel.tornhost.com.

• Select your server from the main dashboard list.
• On your server console, you will see your primary connection endpoint (e.g. 185.207.xxx.xxx:25565).
• Click the address once to copy it to your clipboard.
• Open Minecraft → Multiplayer → Add Server → Paste your address into the Server Address field.

2. Uploading Custom Worlds & Maps

You can upload world folders either through the web File Manager or using an SFTP client like FileZilla or WinSCP for large files.

• Stop your server from the console before modifying world files to prevent data corruption.
• Navigate to the Settings tab in the panel to retrieve your SFTP Host, Port, and Username.
• Connect using your panel password and navigate to the root server directory.
• Upload your world folder (e.g. world, world_nether, world_the_end) or upload a .zip archive and use Unarchive in the web File Manager.
• Start your server to load the new world.

3. Installing Plugins & Modpacks

TornHost supports all server software including Paper, Purpur, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, Spigot, and Bedrock.

• Plugins (Paper / Purpur / Spigot): Drop your .jar files into the /plugins directory and restart your server.
• Modpacks (Fabric / Forge): In the panel, go to Startup or Versions to select your preferred loader version, or upload the modpack files to the /mods folder.
• Ensure that your client version and all required client-side mods match the server loader.

Avoid memorizing numeric IP addresses by creating a free custom subdomain like play.yourname.tornhost.com.

• Navigate to the Network tab in your server dashboard.
• Enter your desired prefix (e.g. play or smp).
• Click Create Subdomain. DNS records propagate quickly across the network.

5. Backups & Rollback

We maintain automated offsite snapshots so you never lose game progress.

• Navigate to the Backups tab in your server control panel.
• Click Create Backup to generate an immediate full server snapshot.
• To restore an earlier snapshot, click the options icon next to the backup and select Restore.
• You can also lock important backups to prevent them from being overwritten by automatic rotation.

If your server experiences TPS drops or block lag:

• Type tps in the console to verify whether your server is running at 20.0 TPS.
• In server.properties, consider lowering view-distance from 10 to 6 or 8, and setting simulation-distance to 4.
• Use the Paper profiler (/spark tps and /spark sampler) to pinpoint which entity, mob farm, or plugin is consuming CPU cycles.
• If your world requires more memory for heavy modpacks, upgrade your plan in your billing dashboard.