Troubleshooting Every Minecraft Server Issue

This is always the first step if something goes wrong. Errors in your console will be able to tell you what's wrong.

You can also refer to your error logs located in the /logs folder in your server's directory for full logs of the past and present.

If your server has crashed recently, it is likely that it will generate a crash report. If you are unsure of how to, feel free to read our guide on how to locate and read crash reports.

This will load your server with no plugins, so if this resolves the issue, you will know a plugin is causing the problem. If this is the case, you can usually rule out world corruption from being a potential cause, which is great to know.

If you're running mods on your server, generate a backup before you try this same method out with the mods folder.

Generate a backup of your server, then rename each world directory before restarting your server. If the server was not starting, but starts without problem after changing the world folder name, this would indicate world data corruption is at play. Feel free to refer to our guide on the topic here if your world is experiencing corruption.