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How to Allow Cracked Players on Your Minecraft Server

Published on July 20, 2026

Do you want to allow players without a verified Minecraft account to join your server? By disabling account verification, players using a cracked Minecraft launcher can also connect. Because Minecraft cannot verify these players’ identities or retrieve their skins, you should secure the server with an authentication plugin afterward. In this guide, we explain how to safely allow cracked players on your Minecraft server.

Note ConsulHosting discourages the use of cracked accounts because they can be used to play Minecraft without a valid license. Consider Minecraft’s terms before allowing cracked players.

Allowing cracked players

  1. Log in to the game panel and go to your Minecraft server.
  2. Stop the Minecraft server if it is still running.
  3. Open the Files page.
  4. Open the server.properties file by clicking its filename.
  5. Find the line that starts with online-mode=.
Tip Use Ctrl+F on Windows and Linux or Cmd+F on macOS to find the setting more quickly.
  1. Change the line to:
properties
online-mode=false
  1. Save the file.
  2. Start the Minecraft server using the green start button.
Note The Minecraft server no longer verifies whether a player owns the username they are using. This allows someone to impersonate another player. You should therefore secure the server with an authentication plugin immediately.

Securing a cracked Minecraft server

An authentication plugin requires players to set a password when they join for the first time. During future visits, they must log in using this password. This prevents someone from gaining access simply by using an existing player’s username.

  1. Download AuthMeReloaded or OpeNLogin for the Minecraft version you are using.
  2. Log in to the game panel and go to your Minecraft server.
  3. Stop the Minecraft server if it is still running.
  4. Open the Files page and navigate to the plugins folder.
  5. Click Upload, select Upload Files, and upload the downloaded .jar file.
  6. Start the Minecraft server again.

Players must register when they join for the first time. With AuthMeReloaded and OpeNLogin, they can usually do this using:

/register PASSWORD PASSWORD

During future visits, they can log in using:

/login PASSWORD
Tip You may also be able to install the plugin directly from the Plugins page. Read our guide on installing plugins for more information.

Restoring Minecraft skins

When you disable online-mode, the Minecraft server can no longer retrieve player skins in the usual way. Players may therefore receive a default skin. The SkinsRestorer plugin allows you to display these skins again.

  1. Download SkinsRestorer for the server software and Minecraft version you are using.
  2. Log in to the game panel and go to your Minecraft server.
  3. Stop the Minecraft server if it is still running.
  4. Open the Files page and navigate to the plugins folder.
  5. Click Upload, select Upload Files, and upload the downloaded .jar file.
  6. Start the Minecraft server again.

SkinsRestorer attempts to restore skins automatically. Players can also use the following command to apply the skin associated with a Minecraft username:

/skin PLAYERNAME

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