Tuning Minecraft server TPS

The TPS budget

Minecraft runs at 20 TPS. If you drop below that, every player experiences lag. The main knobs:

• view-distance in server.properties: drop from 10 to 6–8 on large servers.
• simulation-distance: usually leave equal to or one below view-distance.
• entity-activation-range in paper.yml: the biggest lever for mob-heavy servers.
• pre-generate your world with Chunky. Generation is the single most expensive operation.