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Minecraft server for school friends
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Get your school friend group on your own Minecraft server

Your own world that is online 24/7, so nobody has to host from their bedroom PC. Split the cost between friends and it works out to a few coins a month each. Setup takes about five minutes.

Start a 4GB server

4GB comfortably fits 2 to 4 players on vanilla. You can upgrade or downgrade anytime.

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How it works

One of you sets it up, everyone plays, and the bill gets split. No port forwarding, no PC left on overnight.

1

One person starts the server

Pick a plan and check out. The server is installed automatically, usually in under two minutes, and that person owns the account and adds the others as sub-users.

2

Share the address

Copy the server address from your panel and drop it in the group chat. Turn on the whitelist so only your friends can join, and make your co-admins operators.

3

Everyone chips in

When the renewal invoice arrives, any sub-user the owner has allowed can open the server page and pay part of it with their own card. No collecting money in the group chat; every payment goes straight towards the bill.

Worked example: our 4GB plan is $13.16 per month. Split between four of you, that is about $3.29 each.

The owner stays in control of the subscription and covers whatever the group does not. Cards used to chip in are never saved or charged again. If the owner ever leaves the group, contact our support and we will help sort out the handover.

Connecting to your server Installing a modpack Whitelist and operators

A modpack for every friend group

Vanilla survival is a great start, but a shared modpack is what keeps a group coming back after the first month. Some favourites among student groups:

RLCraft Prominence™ II: Hasturian Era All the Mods 9 - ATM9 All the Mods 10 - ATM10 Cobblemon Official Modpack [Fabric] DawnCraft - Echoes of Legends Better MC [NEOFORGE] BMC5 SkyFactory 5 Vault Hunters Third Edition Create: Above and Beyond
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Questions school groups actually ask

Can I share admin access with my friends?
Yes. You can add friends as sub-users on the panel with their own logins, and choose exactly what each of them can do, from restarting the server to editing files. In-game, you can also make them operators with the op command. You stay in control of the billing either way.

Does the server stay online when nobody is playing?
Yes, it runs 24/7 on our hardware, so nobody in the group has to host from their own PC or leave a laptop running overnight. Whoever finishes their homework first can hop on, the world is always there.

What happens during exam season or school breaks?
If the whole group needs a break, you have options. You can downgrade to a smaller plan, or pause the server with our Cold Storage option, which keeps your world saved for a small storage fee while you are away. When you come back, you pick up exactly where you left off.

Is there a student discount?
Yes. Students and alumni get 20% off for life through our student page: open it and the discount is applied automatically at checkout. Split a small plan four ways and each person usually pays about the price of a snack per month.

Can classmates who do not own Minecraft join in offline mode?
Technically you can turn off online-mode in server.properties, but we do not recommend it: it disables account verification, which makes impersonation and griefing easy. A better route for friends on phones or consoles is Bedrock crossplay through Geyser, which we support. For Java, everyone needs their own account.

Which games can we run besides Minecraft?
The same plan can run other games too. You can switch the runtime from your dashboard to games like Terraria, Palworld, Rust or Valheim without buying a new server, so the group can change games between terms.

Do all of us need ServerPrism accounts?
Only the person paying needs a billing account. Friends you invite as sub-users create a free login for panel access, and anyone can join the game itself with just the server address.

Ready for the new school year?

Set the server up tonight, share the address in the group chat tomorrow. We handle the hosting, updates and backups.

Start your server