Released 2019-07-19
Minecraft 1.14.4 needs Java 8
Fabric first appeared on 1.14.4, so this is where today's two-loader landscape begins. It is also the version where villagers became a performance headache that server admins still plan around.
Java version required
8or newer
An older Java will not start it. A much newer Java normally does, but that is up to the server software rather than Minecraft.
Availability
Paper is available for 1.14.4
It accepts Bukkit / Spigot / Paper plugins.
Will the file I downloaded work?
Mods and plugins are two different things that both come as a .jar. Use the wrong kind and there is usually no error: the server boots and the content is simply missing.
running on Paper
No. Forge is a mod platform and Paper runs plugins — two separate systems that just share a file extension. Nothing loads, and you get no warning.
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Things to know about this version
Village and Pillage filled the world with entity AI, and villagers are especially costly to simulate. On a 1.14.4 server with big villages, pathfinding will eat real CPU time — good to know before you blame your hardware.
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This version on the Java timeline
- Java 81.7 through 1.16.5
- Java 161.17 and 1.17.1
- Java 171.18 through 1.20.4
- Java 211.20.5 and everything after