Updating Vanilla Minecraft Snapshots on Your Server

Updating a Minecraft snapshot can sometimes be tedius as Mojang releases a new snapshot almost every week leading up to a major release. This guide will show you how to use StickyPiston's JAR selector to use a Minecraft snapshot version that will automatically get updated each week.

Note: If you do not want the server to automatically update the JAR, then you will need to set it's version manually with a user uploaded JAR file.

Contents

1. Using the One-Click Installer (Easiest)
2. What JAR Name to Use For Auto Updates
3. Using the Snapshot On Your Server
4. Using a Specific Minecraft Snapshot (Manual Updating)

Using The One-Click Installer

This is the easiest method of changing your server type. In the below article you can find steps on how to change your server using the Click and Play Installer:
How to: Change Your Minecraft Server Version with the Click and Play Installer

What JAR Name to Use For Auto Updates

StickyPiston gives users a very easy way of finding snapshots for users. To get the JAR name, you can use the JAR name below:
minecraft_server_snapshot_VERSION.jar
Replacing VERSION with the Minecraft version you want snapshots the snapshots for.
Example: If you want the snapshots for Minecraft 1.16, the JAR name you would use is minecraft_server_snapshot_1.16.jar

Using the Snapshot On Your Server

1. Log into Multicraft for your server.
2. Stop your server.
3. Backup your server's world. For a guide on how to backup your world, you can read more in our guide: How to: Backup Your Server's Minecraft World
   

   STICKY NOTE

   

   Before using snapshots on your server, make sure to take a backup as snapshots can be very unstable and can cause world corruption to occur.

4. Scroll down until you see Unlock Change Server JAR button and click it.
   
5. Replace the text in the box above the button with the name of the JAR file you determined, it should be in the format: minecraft_server_snapshot_VERSION.jar
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Save.
7. Start your server.

Using a Specific Minecraft Snapshot

To set the server to a snapshot JAR that doesn't update automatically, you will need to upload the server JAR manually for whatever snapshot version you'd like to install, this can be done using the FTP system inside of Multicraft, for more information on how to do this, read our guide about it:
How to: Upload a Snapshot to your Minecraft Server

Further Reading & External Links

• How to: Backup Your Server's Minecraft World
• How to: Upload a Snapshot to your Minecraft Server

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