How To Make Your Own Minecraft Survival Server For You And Your Friends

EDIT: This also means that I host my Bukkit Server, which me and my buddies have been working on until I get the steps to portforwarding down or I have enough cash to buy a server.

Step 1: Server Software: This step is completely up to you. What you want to do is download your server software, it could be Bukkit, the minecraft server software from minecraft.net, or some other software I don't even know about! It's easy to download it and launch it. Once it has all the files, you can stop the server. Another option is to create a LAN Server. This can be used to allow others to connect to your world using a client that I will talk about in a moment. Create a new environment with the settings you like. Open it to LAN. Minecraft-servers.Biz A server!

Step 2: The Evolve client: This is the client I am referring to. Evolve. This client allows you to host parties with your friends, chat with others, and find other servers. The VPN is the most important feature that you will use in this tutorial. It's kinda like hamachi. But it's in the form a Xbox Live party. You can chat or use your keyboard to communicate with others using a headset or microphone. Register at Evolve Home Page to create an account and then download the client. This client can also work on other games hosting servers, such Terraria, Steam Games and even PSP games with Adhoc mode. Monster Hunter 3 Portable is an excellent example.

Step 3: Getting your friends: Once you got Evolve, sign in from the client, and then start getting friends to download the client too. Once you have that done, open the Friend window and click the dropdown bar to create a party. Once that's done you can go into the party and invite your friends. Then, choose the game. (Minecraft, in this case)

Final Step: Server Time Once you have done everything, you can now start the server.

This is how to create a Minecraft Server in only 4 steps! Thanks for reading and don't forget subscribe, diamond, favorite!