Floodgate Setup

Paper / Spigot

1. Download Floodgate-Spigot from the download page.
2. Place the Floodgate-Spigot.jar in the plugins folder, and restart the server.
3. Change auth-type in Geyser's config to floodgate.
4. Restart the server.

Fabric

1. Download Floodgate-Fabric from the modrinth page.
2. Place the Floodgate-Fabric.jar in the mods folder, and restart the server. You also need FabricAPI installed.
3. Change auth-type in Geyser's config to floodgate.
4. Restart the server.

Note for Fabric behind a Velocity proxy

You will need to configure FabricProxyLite to allow the Fabric server to receive data from Velocity.

Proxy Servers

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You only need to install Floodgate on the BungeeCord or Velocity proxy server, unless you want to use the Floodgate API on the backend servers. Additionally, it will display Bedrock edition skins properly.

1. Download Floodgate for your proxy software from the download page.
2. Place the Floodgate jar in the plugins folder, and restart the proxy server.
3. Change auth-type in Geyser's config to floodgate.
4. Restart the server.

Installing Floodgate on servers behind the proxy

This is only needed when you want to use the Floodgate API on your backend server(s) behind a proxy.

1. After installing Floodgate on the proxy, install Floodgate on the backend servers (either Floodgate-Spigot, or Floodgate-Fabric).
2. Enable ip_forward in your BungeeCord config.yml if using BungeeCord. For Velocity, set up player information forwarding.
3. Set bungeecord to true in your spigot.yml. When using Velocity, see their guide, as they have multiple options that require different setups.
4. Start the proxy server.
5. Edit the Floodgate config on your proxy server and set send-floodgate-data to true.
6. Copy the key.pem file in the proxy Floodgate config folder to all backend servers’ Floodgate config folder.
7. Restart the backend servers and proxy server.

danger

DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THIS KEY TO ANYBODY! This key is what allows for Bedrock accounts to bypass the Java Edition authentication, and if anyone gets ahold of this, they can wreak havoc on your server.

ViaProxy

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To be able to use Floodgate authentication, you need to be able to install Floodgate on the Java server you are connecting to.

1. Download and install the platform-specific Floodgate jar (e.g. floodgate-spigot, or floodgate-fabric) here. See the platform setup instructions for a detailed, platform specific setup guide. Then, continue with the instructions below.
2. Copy the key.pem file in the Floodgate config folder to the `/plugins/Geyser/´ directory.
3. Restart ViaProxy.

danger

DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THIS KEY TO ANYBODY! This key is what allows for Bedrock accounts to bypass the Java Edition authentication, and if anyone gets ahold of this, they can wreak havoc on your server.

Standalone

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To be able to use Floodgate authentication, you need to be able to install Floodgate on the Java server you are connecting to.

1. Download and install the platform-specific Floodgate jar (e.g. floodgate-spigot, or floodgate-fabric) here. See the platform setup instructions for a detailed, platform specific setup guide. Then, continue with the instructions below.
2. Change auth-type in Geyser Standalone's config to floodgate.
3. Copy the key.pem file in the Floodgate config folder to the same directory as Geyser Standalone.
4. Restart Geyser-Standalone.

danger

DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THIS KEY TO ANYBODY! This key is what allows for Bedrock accounts to bypass the Java Edition authentication, and if anyone gets ahold of this, they can wreak havoc on your server.