10 Minecraft Server Scenarios (and How to Fix Them)

Running a Minecraft server isn’t just about installing plugins and hoping for the best. Real players will test your patience, break your rules, and sometimes break your server. Here are 10 scenarios you’ll face as a server owner—and how to fix them like a pro.

Scenario 1: A Player “Accidentally” Deletes Spawn

Your spawn area looked amazing yesterday. Today, it’s a wasteland. How do you fix this without restarting the world?

Solution: Install CoreProtect. It lets you roll back grief instantly. Example:

/co rollback u:PlayerName t:1h r:50

This rolls back everything PlayerName did in the last hour within a 50-block radius. Boom—spawn is back.

Scenario 2: Players Build Everywhere and Steal From Each Other

You wanted a chill survival server, but players are building on top of each other and stealing diamonds. What now?

Solution: Install GriefPrevention. It allows players to claim land with a golden shovel so only they (and trusted friends) can build inside.

To give trust:

/trust PlayerName

To remove trust:

/untrust PlayerName

Scenario 3: Random Players Spamming Chat with Links

Your chat is now an ad board for shady websites. How do you stop it?

Solution: Install ChatControl or LiteBans. Configure filters to block IPs, URLs, and swear words. Also, set a cooldown between messages:

/chc reload

Scenario 4: Staff Have Too Much Power (and Abuse It)

You gave someone OP to “help,” and now they’ve spawned 1,000 Withers at spawn. RIP.

Solution: Use LuckPerms. Create specific ranks and give them only the permissions they need.

Example to add a permission:

/lp user PlayerName permission set essentials.fly true

And to remove OP:

/deop PlayerName

Scenario 5: Economy Gone Wild

Players have millions of in-game currency because of farms or dupes. The economy is broken.

Solution: Use EssentialsX Economy or Currencies plugins with money caps, taxes, and anti-dupe checks.

To set someone’s balance:

/eco set PlayerName 500

Scenario 6: TPS is at 5 and Players Are Complaining

Lag monsters have invaded. Every tick feels like molasses. What do you do?

Solution: Install Spark or LagAssist to diagnose lag sources. Then:

- Limit hopper usage
- Clear dropped entities automatically
- Use Paper or Purpur instead of Spigot for better optimization

Check TPS with:

/tps

Scenario 7: Players Keep Falling into the Void

If you run Skyblock or Void worlds, players falling into nothingness is a daily event.

Solution: Use VoidTeleport to send them back to spawn or their island when they fall below Y=0.

Scenario 8: You Need More Worlds

Players want a creative world, a survival world, and a nether hub.

Solution: Install Multiverse-Core. Example commands:

/mv create creative normal

/mv tp creative

Scenario 9: Players Complain About Too Many Creepers

Exploding mobs ruining everything?

Solution: Control mob spawning with EssentialsX config or MythicMobs. Set limits or turn off creeper damage entirely.

Scenario 10: Backups? What Backups?

Server crashes, world corrupts, everything gone. Don’t let this happen.

Solution: Create an automatic backup!

This can easily be done on the SlothHosting panel, we make sure that all plans have at least 1 backup incase this happens.

Automatic backups can be created by going to the Schedules tab, in there you can choose when you want your schedule to run, and then you can just simpily tell it to create a backup. Problem sorted!