Minecraft Snapshot 22w17a Server Jar Download

Version facts

What changed

Newest upstream commits:

• #1 · 27 Apr 2022 Added Goat Horn!
• A Goat Horn drops when a Goat rams a tree or any other hard block that occurs naturally where Goats spawn (Logs, Stone, Packed Ice, Iron Ore, copper Ore, or Emerald Ore) Other solid blocks are unfamiliar to the Goat, so it won't ram them
• Other solid blocks are unfamiliar to the Goat, so it won't ram them
• Use the horn to play a loud sound that can be heard from afar
• Each horn has its own sound based on the Goat it originated from

Compatibility

No plugins or mods — the unmodified game exactly as Mojang ships it (data packs still work).

Players need a Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 22w17a client on the same version.

Minecraft Snapshot 22w17a in other server software

Known issues & safety notes

• Preview builds are experimental: they can corrupt or irreversibly upgrade worlds, and most plugins and mods do not support them yet. Test on a copy of your world.

How to set up Minecraft Snapshot 22w17a

1. Install Java 17 or newer (e.g. Eclipse Temurin) and check it with java -version.
2. Download server.jar from Mojang (button above) into an empty folder.
3. Start it once with the script below; it creates eula.txt and stops.
4. Set eula=true in eula.txt to accept the Minecraft EULA, then start again. Players join on port 25565.

#!/bin/sh
# start.sh — Minecraft 22w17a
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
JAVA_MAJOR=$(java -version 2>&1 | awk -F'"' '/version/ {split($2, v, "."); print (v[1] == "1") ? v[2] : v[1]}')
if [ "$JAVA_MAJOR" -lt 17 ] 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "Java 17 or newer is required (found Java $JAVA_MAJOR)."
  exit 1
fi
java -Xms4G -Xmx4G -jar server.jar nogui

@echo off
REM start.bat — Minecraft 22w17a
REM Needs Java 17 or newer: run "java -version" to check.
java -Xms4G -Xmx4G -jar server.jar nogui
pause

Rule of thumb: 2–4 GB for a few friends, 6–10 GB for a public server with plugins. Set -Xms equal to -Xmx and leave 1–1.5 GB for the operating system. How much RAM?

Docker

docker run -d -p 25565:25565 -e EULA=TRUE -e TYPE=VANILLA -e VERSION=22w17a --name mc itzg/minecraft-server

Uses the community itzg/minecraft-server image, which downloads the file itself.

Upgrading

• Newer: Minecraft Snapshot 22w18a
• Previous: Minecraft Snapshot 22w16b
• How to update a Minecraft server safely