View source for Minecraft 1.8

Hello, if you've been linked to this page, you're running a Minecraft 1.8 server.

At the time of this page being written, Minecraft 1.8 is '''6 years old''' (released in 2014!).

Servers that far outdated (while still able to run functionally, including with modern plugins) obviously cannot be supported by any reasonable development work. As such, we've prepared this page to help you get your server updated to a supportable version.

First, some information: '''You can''' run a more modern server (at time of writing, that is 1.15.2 ideally, or as far back as 1.12.2 for basic support) '''while still allowing older game clients to join''', and enjoying '''older style PvP''' if you prefer that.

== How To Update Properly ==

=== Current Spigot Jar ===

You will of course need to gather the latest Spigot version using BuildTools: https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/buildtools/

=== Letting In Older Clients ===

To allow older clients to connect, you can make use of a protocol plugins.

* One such plugin is "ProtocolSupport", found here: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/protocolsupport.7201/
* You can also consider one called "ViaRewind", which is an extension of the plugin "ViaBackwards". These are reverse-direction versions of popular plugin "ViaVersion". You can find this plugin here: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/viarewind.52109/

=== Legacy-Style PvP ===

To enable older style PvP, there are various options available, such as this: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/oldcombatmechanics-disable-1-9-hit-cooldown.19510/ or this: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/1-8-pvp-for-1-9-1-10-and-1-11.19291/ or just search the Spigot resources section for "1.8 PvP" and pick your favorite.

== Note If You Don't Follow This Guide ==

If you run a 1.8 Minecraft server, and do not follow this guide to update your server (instead keeping the old version), you can use current versions of the Citizens and/or Sentinel, however '''you will NOT get any support''' from helpers with any questions/etc you may have.

'''Citizens and related plugins''' (Sentinel, etc.) '''all function fully in their current versions''' (latest releases and dev [[Versions|versions]]) '''on 1.8.8 Spigot servers''', however you may not have all features available (primarily those that only work in newer Minecraft versions anyway), and if something goes wrong (such as an error message appearing), there's no guarantee we can do much to help with the issue.

'''Denizen''' is an exception, and does not support 1.8 any longer.

The important thing here is that Minecraft 1.8 is '''6 years old''' at this point and continuing to age, it's nonsense to run a version that old - especially when, as you can see from the information above, you don't need to run that old version on your server to get any of the popular features of 1.8 minecraft.