Minecraft Proxy Network Guide: Setting Up Velocity & BungeeCord

If you are expanding your Minecraft community beyond a single server world, setting up a proxy network like **Velocity** or **BungeeCord** allows players to switch between Lobby, Survival, and Minigame servers instantly without disconnecting!

Why Velocity is Superior to BungeeCord in 2026

Velocity is a modern proxy written from scratch for performance and security. It prevents common BungeeCord exploits, handles modern 1.21 protocol changes seamlessly, and uses far less CPU memory.

Modern Modern Forwarding (Secret Key) Security

Never run a proxy without strict IP forwarding protection! Otherwise, players can bypass the proxy and join sub-servers as Administrator.

velocity.toml Setup

player-info-forwarding-mode = "modern"
forwarding-secret-file = "forwarding.secret"

Copy the generated secret string into your backend Paper servers' paper-global.yml configuration.

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