Paper

Download Paper 26.2-rc-2 Server

The Paper server JAR for Minecraft 26.2-rc-2, direct from the official source. Build details, release date and Java requirements below.

Java required

Java 21

Released

Jun 13, 2026

Build

File size

50 MB

Channel

Experimental

SHA-1 checksum

24ae28e97617532ba26ef5077c27cd5c9390f4037597611f7274dc73dfbf911a

Experimental

26.2-rc-2

Build 7

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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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