Minecraft View Distance & TPS Optimizer
Calculate optimal view-distance and simulation-distance for your hardware. See estimated RAM usage, chunk count, and mob cap — with recommended settings based on your RAM and player count.
Server Hardware
Distance Settings
What players can see
What runs (entities, crops, redstone)
Live Estimates
Chunks/Player
289
Total Chunks
3,468
Chunk RAM
5.1 GB
Mob Cap
14
Chunk RAM usage of 8 GB allocated
64%
Recommended Settings for Your Hardware
Recommended view-distance
8
Recommended simulation-distance
5
Apply recommendations
server.properties Snippet
view-distance=8 simulation-distance=5
Understanding the Difference
view-distance controls what players see.
simulation-distance controls what runs — entities move, crops grow, and redstone fires only within this radius.
You can set view-distance=10 and simulation-distance=5: players see far but only the inner ring does server work.
This is the most effective way to improve TPS without hurting visual experience.
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