Add the server
If the connection fails, check that you're not on an outdated snapshot, that your client isn't on Bedrock, and that no VPN is blocking the connection.
- Open Minecraft Java Edition on a recent release (DonutSMP runs on 1.21+; a current version is safest).
- Go to Multiplayer, then Add Server.
- Enter donutsmp.net as the server address and save it.
- Double-click the entry to connect. At peak hours you may land in a queue, that is normal, leave the client running.
Bedrock Edition
DonutSMP is a Java server that accepts Bedrock players through a cross-play proxy, so console and mobile players can get in, but the experience is not identical: some inventory interactions, crystal PvP timings and client mods simply don't exist on Bedrock.
Schematics are Java-only. Litematica and WorldEdit files can't be loaded on Bedrock, so if you want to build anything from this library you'll need the Java client.
Your first hour on DonutSMP
- Do not build anything valuable near spawn. Travel thousands of blocks out first.
- Grind starter money before you gear up: spawners and mob farms are the standard route.
- Build a hidden stash before you build anything pretty. Everything you own that isn't hidden will eventually be found.
- Keep a regear kit in a second location so a single raid doesn't reset you.
Recommended client setup
- Fabric + Litematica + MaLiLib: required to build any schematic from this site.
- A performance mod set (Sodium, Lithium): the queue and busy chunks are heavy.
- A minimap with waypoints: losing your stash coordinates is the most common beginner mistake.