Guide: Set Up Your First Paper Minecraft Server

Summary

WiseHosting answers a community thread about setting up a first Paper Minecraft server with plugins. It clarifies you do not need a special launcher to join a Paper server and recommends using the panel Addons → Plugins installer. The announcement highlights AI-suggested plugins for area claiming and minimap features and invites further questions.

Original Post

can someone help me setup a minecraft server for me and my friends, i have never done this before

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Of course! What do you need help with?

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i want to make a paper server with plugins so that me and my friends could play , i searched youtube for some time and i didinot get a good tutorial video creating a plugin server,
i want to know whether i should install a seperate launcher to run the server ? am i able to use the default minecraft launcher for plugin based server
i also wanted to know are there any plugins for claiming areas and for minimap etc ( can you suggest me some good plugins for the server)

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Great questions! Firstly, you do not need a special launcher to join a Paper server, any launcher is fine - you don't need to install anything special on your PC.

For suggestions on plugins, I'd recommend searching for them through our built-in plugin installer on the panel (found in Addons → Plugins).

If you're not sure what to look for, our AI bot seems to make pretty good suggestions: #❓・ai-helper

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Let me know if this helps! 🙂

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I asked the bot for suggestions on plugins and they're all valid, I agree with them. The bot has been specially trained by me, so you're in good hands. 😊

Here's the AI bot's reply: https://discord.com/channels/1196414026280869938/1494818493462352102/1511330178339438644

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thanks 😁

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