How to Change the View Distance on Your Minecraft Bedrock Edition Server ​

Customize View Distance on your Minecraft Bedrock Edition server.

What is the view distance? ​

The view-distance determines how many chunks a player can see around them. A chunk in Minecraft is an area of the world of 16x16 blocks. This means: If the view distance is set to 10, the player can see in a square of 21x21 chunks - i.e. 10 chunks in each direction. The view distance only affects the loading and display of the world, not the active calculation of e.g. mobs, redstone or the growth of plants.

What effects does the setting have on my server? ​

• Higher values allow a larger world view.
• The more players are online at the same time, the greater the load on the server.
• Too high values can lead to stuttering, connection problems or high RAM utilization.

How do I change the view distance? ​

1. Open dashboard
   Go to your Minecraft Bedrock Edition server in the dashboard.

2. Open file browser
   Open the file browser.

3. Open config
   Open the file server.properties.

4. Find entry
   Search for the following entry:

   view-distance=32

   view-distance=32

5. Change value
   Change the value as desired (e.g. 12 or 10).

6. Save changes
   Save the changes by clicking on "Save".

7. Restart server
   Restart the server so that the changes become active.