How To Increase Render Distance on a Minecraft Server

How can you increase the render distance on a Minecraft server? Well, in this video, we show you exactly how to increase the view distance on a Minecraft server. This will ensure that you can use the maximum view distance on your Minecraft server letting you see as far as possible on your server.

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About this video: So your on your Minecraft server, and no matter how hard you try, you cannot increase the render distance. It seems capped no matter what you set your local render distance to.

This is because in order to increase your render distance in a Minecraft server you actually need to change the view distance in the server properties on the server itself. Luckily, this video goes over exactly how to change the render distance on a Minecraft server letting you and your friends see as far as as you’d like on the server.

I do want to note that increasing the view distance on a server will cause the server to use more resources. You may need to increase the RAM dedicated to your server or get a better CPU to handle more chunks being loaded.

The maximum you can set your view distance to on a Minecraft server is 32. So setting “view-distance=32” will allow you to use the max render distance in-game. If lag is a concern, 12 or 16 can be a good middle ground for render distance on a Minecraft server allowing a little bit of an increase while still trying to maintain some performance.

With that being said, you now know how to increase the render distance on a Minecraft server. If you have any questions about how to increase the view distance on a Minecraft server, let us know in the comments. We will try our best to help you out.

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[TheBreakdownXYZ]

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[Henyahyah]

There’s also distant horizons which is actually insane but this is cool for vanilla

[_prime_]

Had this issue since I modded my server and just thought about it. Perfect timing to get this notification!

[Rappermand]

How much RAM does your server need to run on 32 render distance with 4 players?

[DarrenMartin-rton]

what about if im in somebody elses server

[nZaneR]

32 unfortunately is nothing. I want to use 512 or higher in combination with Distant Horizons clients and I'm looking for a solution.

[kaithomas]

GOAT!! Thank you! Such an easy fix and makes the game so much more enjoyable!

[clothespin]

Thank you. I set up my server this summer and no one in anything I read or referenced suggested doing this. But playing geyser it was making me crazy! Problem solved... I do wish I had kept a list of tweaks and adjustments to do in the files while I was doing it...ah well.

[Callzien_]

Does it make you laggy if you have a low power laptop

[natetheprogrammer]

Do you know of any mods that will let me increase the view distance past 32 on my server?

[slamjam]

how did you get to the optifine stop server thing
PLEASE HELP

[freshpineapple]

hey breakdown i changed my optifine settings, and now i can see through tree leaves and it doesnt look good, do u know which setting reverses that? thanks

[derpycwc]

Is there a way to increate the distance which banners are visable? (im using paper for server software)

[warprifter]

question. how do you do this in the nether if possible?

[mrdardon]

Is this working if I stop the Server within the Nitrado web interface?

[freedom]

Does this not work with a forge server? I can't seem to get my view distance to increase on my Forge Server. Please Help!

[AbdulHanan-vo]

I’m facing the same issue but the server is not mine what can i do. ?

[Klaudnine]

How to fix it when I'm on someone else's server and even though it's set to max render distance, it's low render distance

[borkamo]

Could be a good movie, Trailer is cringe tho