The Bedrock server is much more frugal than the Java server: a freshly started server with an empty world uses only about 0.2 GB on our test servers. You mainly need more memory for more players, a larger view distance and add-ons.
Guide values
| What you play | Players at once | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla with friends | up to 5 | 2 GB |
| Vanilla, larger group | 5–15 | 3–4 GB |
| With add-ons or a large world | up to 15 | 4–6 GB |
| Many players, many add-ons | 15+ | 6–8 GB |
What else affects the requirement
- View distance:
view-distanceandtick-distance(Settings tab) cost the most. A view distance of 10–16 is enough for most servers. - Add-ons: Behavior packs with many new creatures or scripts need more memory and CPU – how to install add-ons.
- Exploration: Many players running in different directions at once load many new chunks.
Start small, upgrade later
You don't have to decide right away: you can change the memory yourself at any time – your world, mods and settings stay, and on an upgrade you only pay the pro-rata difference. See Booking more or less memory.
On the server page, the history shows how much memory your server really uses and recommends a suitable tier if needed – more on this. If it lags even though memory is free, more CPU power usually helps more.
Try it out
You can test the Minecraft Bedrock server free for 24 hours – how it works. To order: Rent a Minecraft Bedrock server.