How To Change a Minecraft Servers Java Version

Changing your Minecraft Servers Java Version can be useful if you are changing the versions of Minecraft.

1 Login to the Kinetic Panel

2 Head to the Settings Page

3 You should now see the Java Version/Environment Box, here you can change the version that your server may require,

Graalvm

All our servers come with both the normal Java JRE and the Graalvm JRE. Graalvm is a more optimised version of the JRE. As such it can help with lowering RAM usage on your server.

Running The Wrong Version

If you’re running the wrong version, your server will not load. Our panel should detect this is the case, and show you this box

This box will allow you to select the correct version of Java

Minecraft Java versions

1.20.5+ - Java 21

1.18 (All versions) – Java 17

1.17 (All versions) – Java 16

1.16 (Paper and Arclight) – Java 11

All lower versions and 1.16 (if not running paper or arclight) – Java 8