It hasn't always been this way, but hosting a Minecraft server has gotten much easier than it used to be, and this remains the same for Minecraft 1.18.

Best way to add any plugin to a Minecraft 1.18 server Players should note that they must be running Spigot or some other fork of Spigot, such as PaperSpigot (Formally known as Paper).

To make sure you don't have to suffer the indignity of fighting things yourself, we've got some suggestions for the best Minecraft XP farms for 1.18 on both Bedrock and Java versions of the game.