Questions. And the answers.
Playing
- What happens when nobody plays?
- The server sleeps 10 minutes after the last player leaves. You can change this time in the dashboard. A sleeping server uses no credits.
- How long is a wake?
- About thirty seconds when a machine is ready. A wake that must first make a machine takes longer than that.
- Does a server that sleeps look offline?
- No. Servers are always reachable from your Minecraft server menu, even when asleep. Join them to wake them up.
- Which address do I get?
- One <name>.sculk.app address for each server. Your friends add it in Minecraft like any other server address. No IPs to remember or type.
Worlds and mods
- Is my world safe when the server sleeps?
- Yes. The world is in storage. The server writes it there before it stops and reads it again at the next wake.
- Are there backups?
- Sculk copies each world each day and keeps the last 7 of those copies. You can also make a backup at any time and restore one from the dashboard.
- Can I use my own world?
- Yes. You can upload the world as a zip file in the dashboard.
- Can I use mods?
- Yes. You can install mods from the “Mods” screen. Sculk shows Fabric mods for your Minecraft version. If a mod has no build for your version, Sculk tells you and installs nothing.
Credits
- What is a credit?
- One credit gives 1 GB of memory for one hour. A 4 GB server uses 4 credits each hour while awake.
- Do credits expire?
- No. Credits stay on your account until a server uses them. Credits from a chip-in stay in that server’s balance. Delete the server and its balance goes back to your account.
- What happens when I run out of credits?
- The server runs for 30 minutes, then sleeps. Sculk keeps the world. Add credits and the next join wakes the server again.
- Can my friends pay?
- Yes. You can share the cost. Give them the chip-in link for your server. They can add credits to it without an account.
Get started
Make a server, share the address, and play with your friends without the work.