To connect to your server, copy the server address and enter it in your Minecraft client, as a new server or with "Direct Connect". You can find the server address on the server page.

This address includes your server port if "Cracked" is enabled in the options. Read more details about cracked launchers, especially TLauncher, here.

If this doesn't work, please continue reading this guide, otherwise: Have fun!

Is your server online?

Please make sure that your server is online if you have problems ...

Why is there a queue?

Our system is not infinitely large, and sometimes more users want to play than we have resources for. If our system is full, you have to wait until other players have finished playing and their server got stopped. It's like at the supermarket: If all employees are already serving other customers, you have to wait until it's your turn. That's the only way to keep it fair for everyone.

How does the queue work?

As soon as you click on the green start button, you'll see a screen ...

Starting your server on Aternos is usually just as easy as clicking the start button and let the Aternos system do the hard work of loading all the files and starting the server with the correct configuration. But sometimes that's not enough and the server refuses to start and just switches its status from starting to stopping after the Aternos system discovers the failed start.

When this happens it's most of the times a fixable problem caused by the installed software and not a problem in the ...