Custom domains

Point a domain you own at your Minecraft Java server: play.yourdomain.com instead of an IP or a FadeHost address. You keep full control of your DNS; FadeHost never touches your registrar.

Find it under Settings → General → Your own domain on any server. (If you’d rather not bring a domain, every server already has a FadeHost address, name.fadehost.gg, and a free subdomain on five more domains is right above this setting.)

How it works

1. Type your hostname (e.g. play.yourdomain.com) and hit Save.
2. The panel shows the exact SRV record to create at your DNS provider: name, priority, weight, port and target, all copyable. The SRV record carries the port, so it works no matter which port your server runs on.
3. Create that record wherever your DNS lives (Namecheap, GoDaddy…). On Cloudflare, use the panel’s Add record automatically option instead: click Create a scoped token (Cloudflare opens pre-filled with DNS-edit-only permission), paste the token, and FadeHost creates the record for you. The token is used once and never stored.
4. Hit Check DNS. The panel verifies the record live and flips to verified when it matches. Propagation can take up to an hour with some providers.

Players then just type play.yourdomain.com into Add Server. No port needed: the SRV record tells the game where to go.

Good to know

• Java Edition only. Bedrock clients don’t read SRV records; Bedrock players keep using the normal address and port.
• If your server runs on the default port (25565), a plain CNAME to your server’s address also passes verification.
• Changing your server’s software or settings never breaks the domain. If the server moves to a different node, the record’s target changes: re-check the panel, which always shows the current value. Your FadeHost address follows a move by itself.
• FadeHost-owned domains can’t be used here, since that’s what the free subdomain picker is for.

Open a ticket if you’re stuck. FadeHost support reads every one.