Change your max players

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Change your max players

Server settings · Updated 27 October 2026

Every PiglinHost plan comes with unlimited player slots, so you choose how many people can be online at once.

Change your max players

  1. Open Properties and search for max-players.
  2. Type how many players can be online at once.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Restart your server. The new player count shows in the server list.

Your server's name in the list

The name players see in their server list is whatever they typed when they added your server. The message underneath it is your MOTD. To change it, see Server icon and MOTD.

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