Votifier, server lists, and the Advertise page

Server lists are how new players find you, and voting is how those lists rank servers: players vote for you daily, you climb the list, and you thank them with an in-game reward. Two pieces make that loop work — Votifier to receive votes, and a rewards plugin to hand out prizes. On top of that, Falix has its own Advertise page that lists your server without any of the plugin setup. This guide covers both paths honestly, including the one Falix-specific gotcha with Votifier.

How voting actually works

The flow has four hops, and knowing them makes every setup guide make sense:

1. A player clicks Vote on a server-list website and enters your server address.
2. The website sends a vote packet to your server, to the address and port you registered with it.
3. Votifier (running as a plugin on your server) receives that packet and fires a "player voted" event.
4. A rewards plugin listens for that event and gives the player their reward.

So Votifier is a listener — it doesn't give rewards itself. You pair it with a rewards plugin to actually do something with the vote. The maintained modern Votifier is NuVotifier; install it from the Plugins page.

The Falix-specific part: Votifier needs its own port

This is the step people miss. Votifier listens for incoming vote packets on a network port — and every listener on a Falix server has to bind to a real, allocated port, not localhost. Your main Minecraft port is busy with the game, so Votifier needs an additional port.

1. Open the Network page and, on the Ports tab, add an additional port allocation. Note the port number.
2. In Votifier's config (/plugins/NuVotifier/config.yml), set its host to 0.0.0.0 and its port to that allocated number.
3. Restart. When you register on a listing site, give the site your public address and this port — not the game port.

⚠️ Heads up: Free plans have a small number of total port allocations (a handful), and every additional port and Bedrock listener counts against it. If you're out of ports, you'll need to free one up or move to a plan with more. Bind 0.0.0.0, never localhost — a service bound to localhost is unreachable from outside the container.

Votifier also uses a public key so the listing site can prove a vote really came from it. NuVotifier generates a key pair on first start (under its plugin folder); listing sites ask you to paste the public key when you register. Keep the private key private — it stays on the server.

Registering on server lists

Pick a couple of the big Minecraft server-list sites and create a listing. Each one will ask for:

• Your server's public address and Votifier port (the extra one above).
• Your Votifier public key.
• A description, banner, and tags for the listing itself.

Once registered, the site's Vote button will send packets your Votifier receives. Test with the site's "test vote" feature if it has one, and watch your console for Votifier logging the vote.

The rewards side

Install a votes-rewards plugin (a dedicated voting/rewards plugin) and configure what a vote gives — money, items, a crate key, a thank-you broadcast. This is where you decide the incentive. Common touches: a small daily reward, a bonus for voting on every list, and a monthly milestone. The rewards plugin listens for the event Votifier fires, so Votifier must be working first.

💡 Tip: Set rewards that are nice but not essential. If voting is the only way to get something powerful, players who can't vote (or when a list is down) feel shut out. Keep it a thank-you, not a paywall.

Falix's built-in Advertise page

Separately from all of the above, Falix has an Advertise page for Minecraft servers — publish your server to Falix's own public server list to attract players, with no plugin setup at all:

• Edit your listing with a live preview so you see how it looks before it goes public.
• Publish or unpublish whenever you like.
• Collect votes on your Falix listing.
• A premium boost is available to raise your placement.

It's the zero-config way to get discovered — good to turn on regardless of whether you also run Votifier for the external lists. The two aren't exclusive: the Advertise page is Falix's own listing; Votifier is for third-party sites.

Verify it works

• Votifier path: cast a test vote from a listing site and watch the console for Votifier logging it, then confirm the rewards plugin gave the reward in-game.
• Advertise path: publish your listing and open the Falix server list to see it appear with your live-preview details.

Troubleshooting

• Test votes never arrive — nearly always the port. The listing site must have your extra allocated port (not the game port), Votifier must bind 0.0.0.0 on that port, and the port must exist on the Network page.
• "Invalid signature" / key errors — the public key you pasted into the listing site doesn't match Votifier's current key. Re-copy the public key from Votifier's folder.
• Votes arrive but no reward — Votifier is fine; the rewards plugin isn't configured or didn't load. Check it in /plugins and read its config.
• Out of ports — free plans allow only a few allocations total; remove an unused one or upgrade for more.
• Listing-site specifics — each site's exact fields and test tools differ and change; follow the site's own instructions for what to paste where.

Next steps

• Customize your server
• The Advertise page
• Getting started with plugins