Minetest

Game

An open source voxel game engine. Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server.

Author: support@pterodactyl.ioSource: pterodactyl/game-eggsUpdated: 5/24/2026

Startup Command

luanti --server --port {{SERVER_PORT}} --gameid {{DEFAULT_GAME}} --world /home/container/.minetest/worlds/{{WORLD_NAME}} --terminal --config /home/container/.minetest/minetest.conf --logfile /home/container/server.log

Docker Images

Label	Image
Minetest	ghcr.io/ptero-eggs/games:minetest

Environment Variables

Name	Variable	Default	Rules
Name of the admin player. When running a server, clients connecting with this name are admins.	SERVER_ADMIN_NAME	changeme	required\|string\|max:32
Server name Name of the server, to be displayed when players join and in the serverlist.	SERVER_NAME	Minetest server	required\|string\|max:64
Description of the server Description of server, to be displayed when players join and in the serverlist.	SERVER_DESC	mine here	required\|string\|max:64
Domain name of the server Domain name of server, to be displayed in the serverlist.	SERVER_DOMAIN	game.minetest.net	required\|string\|
Server url Homepage of server, to be displayed in the serverlist.	SERVER_URL	https://minetest.net	required\|string\|
Show in server list Automatically report to the serverlist.	SERVER_ANNOUNCE	true	string\|in:true,false
Announce serverlist Announce to this serverlist.	SERVER_LIST_URL	servers.minetest.net	required\|string\|
message of the day Message of the day displayed to players connecting.	SERVER_MOTD	none	nullable\|string\|max:128
Max Players Maximum number of players that can be connected simultaneously.	SERVER_MAX_USERS	15	required\|string\|min:0\|max:65535
Server password New users need to input this password.	SERVER_PASSWORD	none	nullable\|string\|max:64
World name The name of the world	WORLD_NAME	world	required\|string\|max:32
Game name Default game when creating a new world. Only change if you have already uploaded the game!	DEFAULT_GAME	minetest	required\|string\|max:32
Community download Download a community game. Needs COMMUNITY_GAME_NAME and COMMUNITY_GAME_AUTOR	COMMUNITY_DOWNLOAD	1	required\|boolean
Community game name Case sensitive! Example: https://content.minetest.net/packages/Wuzzy/mineclone2/ then this should be mineclone2	COMMUNITY_GAME_NAME	minetest_game	nullable\|string\|max:64
Community game author Case-sensitive! Example: https://content.minetest.net/packages/Wuzzy/mineclone2/ then this should be Wuzzy	COMMUNITY_GAME_AUTOR	Minetest	nullable\|string\|max:64
Game PATH	MINETEST_GAME_PATH	/home/container/.minetest/games	required\|string\|max:64