How Much RAM Does an After The Silence Server Need?
After The Silence (see the After The Silence pack page) is a Forge 1.20.1 recreation of The Last of Us, and its infected AI, ruined-city generation, and scavenging systems are what drive its RAM needs beyond a typical zombie-apocalypse pack. Here's how much memory to budget for depending on how many survivors are actually logging in. Finnish players: Minecraft-palvelin hosting is our native-language page. German players: Minecraft-Server mieten covers the same hosting auf Deutsch. Svenska spelare: Hyra Minecraft-server täcker samma hosting på svenska.
3GB
Bare minimum for solo play or testing the pack alone. Forge 1.20.1 plus After The Silence's infected AI and structure generation leave almost no headroom, and tick lag shows up fast once anything else is running.
5GB
The best starting point for most After The Silence servers. This matches the pack's own recommended floor and comfortably covers the infected mob logic, ruined-city generation, and resource/scavenging systems for a small group.
8GB
Safer for a mid-size, active survivor group exploring multiple areas at once. Gives real breathing room for chunk loading and infected spawning without players tripping over each other's lag.
12GB
Built for 10+ players or a long-running world with a lot of explored terrain and scavenged structures. Keeps the scarcity-driven survival loop smooth even as the world state grows.
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