Why Your MSPT Is High but TPS Still Shows 20
Why TPS holds at a flat 20.0 until MSPT crosses the 50ms tick budget, how to read the margin, and how to fix the load before you hit the cliff.
Performance Articles
Purpur vs Paper: Should You Switch Server Software?
Purpur vs Paper: Purpur is a Paper fork that adds hundreds of gameplay toggles, not speed. Who should switch, who should stay, and how to swap the jar.
Fix "Can't Keep Up! Is the Server Overloaded?" in Minecraft
Can't keep up is the server overloaded Minecraft means low TPS, not a bug. Read /tps and /mspt, use Spark to find the tick that ran long, and fix it.
How to Use the Spark Profiler to Find What's Lagging Your Server
Install the spark profiler, run /spark profiler during the lag, then read the call tree to name the exact plugin, entity, or task eating your tick time.
Vanilla vs Paper Server: What Changes When You Switch?
Vanilla vs Paper server: Paper is a drop-in fork that adds plugins, more TPS headroom, and deeper config while keeping the same world and port 25565.
How to Allocate More RAM to Minecraft (Java Client)
Allocate more RAM to Minecraft Java by editing -Xmx in your launcher. How much to give it, why maxing it out backfires, and how to verify the change took.
How to Schedule Automatic Restarts on a Minecraft Server
Why a daily restart clears memory leaks and steadies TPS, plus three ways to schedule it: a start-script loop, a cron job, or a plugin with countdown warnings.
View Distance vs Simulation Distance on a Minecraft Server
What view distance and simulation distance actually control on a Minecraft server, why simulation distance hits TPS and RAM harder, and how to tune both.
Best Low-Ping Minecraft Servers for North America
How North American players find low-ping Minecraft servers: filter the live US and Canada rankings, expect realistic ms by coast, and stop PvP rubber-banding.
How to Reduce Entity and Mob Lag on a Minecraft Server
Diagnose and fix entity lag on a Paper server — measure with spark, then tune mob caps, activation range, despawn, and merge-radius in the right order.
What Are TPS and MSPT on a Minecraft Server?
TPS is how many ticks your server runs per second (target 20); MSPT is how long each tick takes. Here's how they connect and how to read them.
How to Lower Your Ping on Minecraft Servers
Lower your Minecraft ping by picking a closer server and switching to a wired connection — plus how to tell your own latency apart from the server's lag.
How to Fix Chunks Not Loading on a Minecraft Server
Chunks not loading on a Minecraft server is either client-side (render distance, network, GPU) or server-side low TPS. Tell them apart, then fix it.
Why You Get Low FPS Only on Minecraft Servers (Not Singleplayer)
Your singleplayer world runs smooth but FPS tanks on servers — why crowds, entities, chunk loading, and server resource packs hit your frame rate, and the fix.
How to Fix Lag Spikes on a Minecraft Multiplayer Server
Tell client lag, server TPS drops, and high ping apart on a multiplayer server, then fix the lag spikes you can actually control with F3 and render distance.