Getting Started

Requirements

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With the release of Minecraft 1.20.5, Leaves now requires Java 21 to run. We recommend using Java 21, which is easy to download and install.

Leaves Version	Recommended Java Version
1.17.1+	Java 21

Downloading Leaves

LeavesMC provides runnable server jars directly from our website's downloads page.

Click on the build number to download a file.

Running The Server

To run the server you will need to either create a startup script or run a command in your terminal.

You can generate a startup script using PaperMC's Startup Script Generator.

You can also obtain the optimized terminal command to run the server there.

If you're just looking for a short command:

java -Xmx4G -Xms4G -jar leaves.jar --nogui

Ensure you navigated your terminal to the directory of your server and that you have replaced leaves.jar with the name of the jar you have downloaded.

The amount of RAM can be set by changing the numbers in the -Xms and -Xmx arguments.

--nogui disables Vanilla's GUI, so you don't get double interfaces when using the command line.

To configure your server, see Leaves Configuration and Paper Configuration.