{"id":381,"date":"2025-06-14T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craftforge.dev\/?p=381"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:12:55","slug":"how-to-create-a-spigot-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftforge.dev\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/how-to-create-a-spigot-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a Spigot Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First of all, create your server from the Server Selection Window (the First window that opens up). After that, go to the &#8220;Software&#8221; box, and it shows custom. Click this, and select &#8220;Spigot&#8221;. From this, you can leave it at the most recent version, or select a different Minecraft Version. These are all supported, but may require different Java JDK&#8217;s to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this, create the server. From this, a terminal will pop up. And it will start downloading the BuildTools.jar file provided by Spigot. 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