This week I decided to start a new Minecraft server and instead of starting from scratch I decided to use a pre-configured setup using setups is extremely convenient for those of us who don’t know how to start servers from scratch or simply those who are just too Lazy to bother and that’s me today I’m feeling lazy and I wanted to explore what setups are available for a cheap price so that’s right in order to do this we need to spend a bit of money but hopefully we’re also able to make a Little bit of money out of this as well to recoup our costs so to get started we’re going to head to builtbybit.com which was formerly known as MC Market and this website actually has a great range of resources like plugins builds configurations Graphics models Etc but Today we’re going to be looking at the resources section and more specifically server setups and we’re going to be filtering by survival ultimately I’d like to either build a classic survival server or a lifesteal SMP server so let’s take a look through all of these setups and see what we find and remember We’re looking for something that’s both unique and also not too simple so after a little bit of searching I found a few servers that interested me two of which were survival servers and the other was a lifesteal server but before we do move on to the next step this is your daily Reminder to subscribe to the channel if you haven’t done so yet I have made lots of server creation videos like this in the past and if you want me to make more of them in the future show your support by liking the video and commenting below for the YouTube algorithm of all the Servers I did see my favorite one was this one called smart survival so I decided to buy a copy of it and this one costs 21.5 Euros which is equal to about 23 USD or 34 AUD in terms of price this is a little steeper than other setups Usually you’d be paying around a 10 to 15 USD Mark for these kind of things anyway now that that’s been bought I need to also download a few plugins and then find a website to host This Server the server host we’re going with is called Pebble host I’ve used them plenty Of times in the past and they’ve always been reliable I went with a server hosted in North America with three gigabytes of RAM for three dollars a month or nine dollars a quarter in order to upload our setup to the server we’ve purchased we’re going to use another Program called filezilla which uses file transfer protocol or FTP which essentially allows us to transfer files from one system to another alternatively we could have just dragged and dropped the files from our downloads folder into the pebblehost interface but this is a much easier method in order to log into Filezilla we need to use our FTP credentials which are available from the file manager then it’s just a case of replacing the existing files with the ones we’ve downloaded and restarting the server so all in all that took about 30 minutes of uploading and a few restarts To get it working properly but now you can see that our server is live so time to log in and see if it’s working properly so it looks like the server’s working but there are things that aren’t for example none of the NPCs are visible and I’m sure there’s many other things As well that need to be fixed so what we need to do now is a bunch of troubleshooting we’ll have a look at all the files see if we can fix up some of the plugins and I’ll be back with you guys once I have an update so I’ve been Tinkering with the plugins and I think this server is now ready to play but before we get players online we do need to come up with a name for it and the name should somehow tie into the gameplay Mechanics for example This Server includes quests dungeons Rifts Jobs and more it’s survival but it also has an RPG feel I discovered these cosmetics and I really like this Tiki hat and I also think that the tiki hat would make for a really cool logo so the name I have decided upon is Tiki SMP and Now that I have a name I can customize the rest of the plugins on the server to also say that two days later I’ve spent the last couple of days tinkering with the plug-in configs and I’m happy with where the server is now at there were a few plugins which confused me but Fortunately I was able to join a support Discord from the creators of the setup which I found extremely beneficial aside from the physical server I have also set up a custom domain of tiki smp.net to connect directly to our server I had to pay for the domain so the price of that Is on the screen now I also installed via version which allows players from both 1.19.2 and 1.19.3 to connect I have set up an official Discord and written up a list of features for new players to understand and I have also set up a donor store for the server which Includes ranks a premium battle pass crate keys and more so I think the server is now in a state which can be publicly advertised I want players to connect to it and have a good time so now the tricky part is where I actually have to advertise This Server and we’re Going to do it in a number of ways so those are through Minecraft forums this is called social media and most effectively through YouTube I’m going to be using open AI it’s chat GPT bot to write all of my descriptions ads and even video scripting for example for our Forum post we want to write an advertisement for a new Minecraft server called Tiki SMP this will be on version 1.9 10.2 and Beyond and is the ultimate survival server blah blah blah you can see it here and it’s created something for me hey everyone I’m excited to Announce the launch of DK SMP blah blah blah and I’ve just got that to be made a little bit longer and here is my perfect Ballroom post with our Forum posts as well we want to have a YouTube channel to back it up as well so now let’s get On to making that promotional video so we’re going to be doing this on a fresh YouTube channel with zero subscribers so fast forward it’s been over a month since I uploaded the tiki SMP trailer video and guess how many views it has earned a whopping 49 views and those 49 Views have translated to only one person joining the Discord and about 10 people joining the server I think these results are pretty disappointing but to be honest I haven’t really done anything other than post that video If I were really trying to grow a new community I’d be a lot more active and sharing the good name of tiki s p in all platforms I mentioned earlier the thing with owning Minecraft servers is that as a server owner you do need to be engaged with your community and I simply wasn’t unfortunately Minecraft server communities just aren’t self-sufficient Without a face a leadership theme or without a famous YouTuber to promote it so whilst the process of setting up a server is relatively easy maintaining it is the hard part honestly I was kind of hoping for a happier ending to anybody who currently owns a Minecraft server And wants to build a community my advice to you is to not give up even if you have a community that is rooting for your demise or doesn’t appreciate the efforts you put in screw the haters and follow your passion and whilst Tiki s p has been a failure I will leave the Server up for a little bit if anybody watching this video wants to give it a go thank you all for watching this video and your support and have a good day Video Information
This video, titled ‘I Downloaded A Minecraft Premade Survival Server! [Guide]’, was uploaded by daKatz on 2023-02-18 02:43:08. It has garnered 4092 views and 90 likes. The duration of the video is 00:06:37 or 397 seconds.
I decided to start a new Minecraft server. And instead of starting from scratch, I used a pre-configured setup. Using setups is super handy for those who don’t know how to download and configure their own plugins, or even those who are too lazy to do the work. If you want to learn about starting and maintaining a Minecraft server then watch this video!
If you’re interested on playing on this server you can. The IP is tikismp.net I also set up a Discord server for the community which you can join here: https://discord.gg/VRvjZ9bPWT
If you end up making your own server, leave the IP in the comments, so I can join and check it out too!
Join my discord! https://discord.gg/TnshEbb
Where I bought the setup – https://builtbybit.com/ Where I bought my domain – https://www.name.com/ Server host – https://pebblehost.com/