Goodbye Lag: 3 Technical Tricks to Keep Your Server at 20 TPS

It's Not Your Internet, It's Your Server (And Here's How to Fix It)

There’s nothing more frustrating than being in the middle of a PVP fight or running from a Creeper only to have the game freeze. We often blame our connection, but in 90% of cases, the problem is server performance (the famous TPS or Ticks Per Second).

If you want your community to enjoy smooth gameplay, here are 3 optimization secrets used by professional admins that you can apply today.

1. Ditch "Vanilla Minecraft"

The most common rookie mistake is creating a server using the official file from Mojang (server.jar). Unfortunately, the official software is poorly optimized.

The Solution: Change your server core to PaperMC.

• These are modified versions of Minecraft specifically designed for performance.
• They fix lighting bugs and optimize chunk loading.
• At Mineando, you can select these versions with a single click in the control panel.

2. The Secret of World "Pre-generation"

Have you noticed that lag usually happens exactly when someone goes out to explore new areas or flies fast with Elytras?

This happens because the processor has to "create" the mathematical terrain in real-time. That is heavy lifting for the CPU!

The Trick: Install a plugin called Chunky and use it to pre-generate the world (for example, a 1,000-block radius) while no one is playing. That way, when your friends explore, the map is already "drawn," and there won't be any stuttering.

3. The Importance of "Single Thread Rating"

This is where hosting quality comes in. Minecraft's codebase is old: almost everything that happens on the server occurs on a single processor core.

It doesn't matter if you hire a cheap host that gives you "8 cores" if those cores are old and slow. You need raw power per core.

The Mineando Advantage: By charging by the hour, we can afford to use latest-generation processors with high clock speeds. A 4GB server at Mineando usually performs better than a 10GB one at a budget host, simply because our processor "crunches" the data faster.

Conclusion

Optimization is key, but if the engine is bad, the car won't run. Combine good software (Paper), best practices (Pre-generation), and elite hardware (Mineando) to achieve those desired constant 20 TPS.

Experience true smoothness: Start your high-performance server now