Paper

Download Paper 26.2 Server

The Paper server JAR for Minecraft 26.2, direct from the official source. Build details, release date and Java requirements below.

Java required

Java 21

Released

Sep 15, 2026

Build

124

File size

62 MB

Channel

Stable

SHA-1 checksum

274bbcb9807ad79a479617ce695a7c0686e652a8d1cabfd0e288d92a3ea29593

Latest stable build

26.2

Build 124

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⚡ Experimental build available

An experimental build is available for this Minecraft version. Use it only if you understand it has not been promoted to stable yet. Build 82

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What's new in Minecraft 26.2

The newest Paper build for Minecraft 26.2 is build 124, published on Sep 15, 2026.

Builds published: 109
Upstream commits: 143

Figures taken from the official release notes for this version.

Setup

Start script (Linux/macOS)

java -Xms4G -Xmx4G --add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector -XX:+UseG1GC -jar paper.jar nogui

Start script (Windows)

java -Xms4G -Xmx4G --add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector -XX:+UseG1GC -jar paper.jar --nogui
pause

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