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How to stop a Minecraft server pausing when empty
Set pause-when-empty-seconds=-1 in server.properties and restart the server. The world keeps ticking, so farms run with nobody online.
pause-when-empty-seconds
Sets how many seconds the server waits with no players online before it pauses the game.
pause-when-empty-seconds=<value> Examples
pause-when-empty-seconds=60 Pause after one minute without players.
pause-when-empty-seconds=-1 Never pause.
Arguments
valueRequired- The value to write after the equals sign.
What it does
While paused, the world stops ticking: crops, furnaces and farms do not run until a player joins. Set a negative value if you need the world to keep running while empty.
Good to know
- Changes take effect after a server restart.
Run it on your server
On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.
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