🗃️Selecting a Hosting Service

This guide teaches users who are very new to Minecraft servers how to select a hosting service to host your servers.

This step is required if you want to setup your server on a host or even if you have bought our installation addon. (Ignore it if you are setting the server on your PC)

Identifying number of servers and specs required.

The number of servers and hardware needed vary from person to person and depends on the specific addons purchased by each individual.

Here's the table defining the specs and number of servers you need

Package/Addon	Gamemodes	Minimum Ram Required
Default/Minigames (Lobby And 6 Gamemodes)	Bedwars, Skywars, TntRun, BuildBattle, Duels, TheBridge + Main Lobby	4 Gb
Proxy	Proxy (Not required if you have not purchased and addon)	0.5 Gb (512 Mb)
Survival Addon	Survival	4 Gb
Skyblock Addon	Skyblock	4 Gb
Prison Addon	Prison	4 Gb
Factions Addon	Factions	2.5 Gb

Minecraft 1.20+ servers require a lot of resources to run properly with all our servers' plugins. So, for survival, prison and skyblock servers, we recommend at least 4-10 GB RAM for 5-10 players. And don't use Budget hosting.

Now you have 3 options to select from:

1. Buy individual servers (Convenient for those with fewer addons or no addons)

For Example:

1. If you buy only the default Oak Network with no addons, you only need 4Gb ram in 1 server. This is most convenient for those without any addons.

2. If you buy Oak Network along with Prison addon, you need 1 server with 4Gb RAM for default, 1 server with 2.5Gb RAM for prison and 1 server with 0.5Gb RAM for proxy. So, you require a total of 3 separate servers with 4Gb, 2.5Gb and 0.5Gb RAM. Proxy will automatically add up if you buy any addons

3. If you buy all 4 gamemode addons, you need a total of 6 separate servers with a total of 16 GB RAM. (Ram and server distribution according to the chart)

2. Buy 1 server with total RAM (If the hosting provides an option to server split)

If the hosting you are going to use provides the option to server split, then this is very convenient.

Calculate the total RAM required by you from the upper chart and buy 1 server with the total RAM. Afterwards, you just split that 1 server into the number of required servers according to the chart.

For Example:

If you buy Oak Network along with Prison addon, you can just buy 1 server with 7Gb RAM. Then you can just split it into 3 servers i.e. 1 server with 4Gb RAM for default, 1 server with 2.5Gb RAM for prison and 1 server with 0.5Gb RAM for proxy.

3. Buy 1 VPS with total ram

You can just buy 1 VPS with total ram according to the chart. VPS stands for Virtual Private Server.

If you don't want to setup the server on your PC due to privacy reasons, then this can be the best option. You can just get a Windows VPS and run the servers on it. This is very easy and explained in detail in Installing Setup On Pc Section.

Or you can get a Linux VPS and install a pterodactyl panel on it which gives you a professional Minecraft hosting interface and functions. This is a more professional way. (If you buy our installationn addon, installing pterodactyl will be our responsibility)

Recommended Hosting Services.

Over the past years we received partnership offers from numerous renowned hosting providers, but we chose to collaborate with Four Seasons Hosting. Why? Simply because they offer budget-friendly yet premium-quality hardware resources. Their top-tier performance at an affordable price makes them the perfect choice for our community. Four Seasons Hosting – Powering Your Gameplay with Excellence. [GET 16% off for 6 months with theshiper]

You can choose build your own server and make a custom plan with the total ram. They allow to split servers.

While Four Seasons Hosting is the best option from our viewpoint. You may choose any hosting of your liking. Some popular hosting services are Wither, Bisect, Apex, ShockByte, Sparked, GGServers, Hostinger

After buying individual servers, installing Oak Network on the server is explained in detail in Installing Setup On Web Host. If you have bought the installation addon, we will do this step.