Question	Answer
Are Minecraft servers down?	Check the server’s status on its official website or forums. Servers may go down due to maintenance or issues with hosting providers.
Are Minecraft servers free?	Some are free to join, but hosting typically incurs costs covered by subscriptions, donations, or in-game purchases.
Are Minecraft servers cross-platform?	Servers running Bedrock Edition support cross-platform play. Java Edition servers require plugins like GeyserMC for cross-play.
Can Minecraft servers detect Xray?	Yes, anti-cheat plugins like OreObfuscator can detect or prevent Xray use.
How do Minecraft servers make money?	Through donations, in-game purchases (e.g., cosmetics), and subscription fees for premium access.
What Minecraft servers have Bedwars?	Hypixel is the most popular server offering Bedwars.
Where to buy Minecraft servers?	Hosting services like Apex Hosting, Shockbyte, and BisectHosting sell server hosting packages.
Why are Minecraft servers so expensive?	Costs scale with server performance, capacity, and hosting location.

Cepheid – survival

Balanced Economy, Economy, Jobs, Landprotection, Marriage, Ranks, Survival

Cepheid is a Spanish language server with an active and friendly community. We respect the rules and follow them to the letter. We have a close player-manager/owner relationship. Consistency in terms of updates, performance improvements and prompt resolution of problems and errors in general.Focused on survival mode with new and better mechanics:

• Virtual economy• Protections• Backpacks/vaults• Custom enchantments• Custom bosses/raids• Special armor• Anti-lag protocols• Range diversity…and much more!

mc.cepheid.lol

Elivius

Economy, MCMMO, Mini Games, PvE, Survival, Towny

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Elivius welcomes you! We offer a modded survival experience with an amazing growing community.

• Towny • Jobs • Quests • McMMO • Dungeons • Boss Battles • • Action Packed PVE • Player Economy • Minigames • Events • • Free Ranks • Custom Items • Custom World • And So Much More

Supports Versions 1.8.9+ IP: play.elivius.net JAVA ONLY

Looking for staff + builders! Apply in our discord<3

play.elivius.net

Equilibrium Survival

MCMMO, Survival

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Equilibrium is a highly customized survival multiplayer experience that is packed with features you wondered how you ever lived without. With high quality design and custom enchants our experience beats all others. There is a welcoming active staff team and a friendly community. Once you play on ## you will not need another smp ever again.

We encourage all of our players to build community, play hard and fair to be the best minecrafter of all time. 🙂 Be it builds, mining, farms, shop owner, pvp’er, you can reach the top of the charts.

equilibriumsurvival.com

Minedoms

Factions, Hardcore, LifeSteal, MCMMO, PvP, Raiding, Towny

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A brand new 1.19 Lifesteal SMP server with Custom Bosses, MCMMO, KotHs, Kits, and so much more!

To show our gratitude to our community, our server has various means of rewarding our players. For example, voting, which awards in game items/keys and vote points, which can be spent at the vote shop. We also have a battle pass that provides a multitude of loot for just playing!

To become a part of the Minedoms community and learn more about the server, join the discord!

Minedoms.com

Lands of Minearchy

Cross-Play, KitPvP, MCMMO, Mini Games, PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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Java IP: play.minearchy.com Bedrock IP: bedrock.minearchy.com

Our server has a twofold purpose: – Create a lasting and friendly community that brings people together. – Make sure that everyone has fun, whether they play a lot or not.

Minigames Parkour – The Lab – Quake – Prop Hunt – Splegg – Mini Walls – Temple Run – Block Party – TNT Lobbers – TNT Tag – TNT Run (and more!!) KitPvP Pick 9 of our custom-made kits and battle across 5 distinct maps! Vanilla Survival 1.20 Here you can enjoy the unmodded survival experience. Labyrinth (WIP) A mystical labyrinth, full of dangerous bosses, daring challenges and unsolved mysteries.

play.minearchy.com

Suralt

Economy, MCMMO, PvE, Survival, Vanilla

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Welcome to Suralt – Your Ultimate Minecraft Survival Experience! Dive into the immersive world of Suralt, where adventure knows no bounds! We offer a unique and exciting Minecraft survival server packed with a plethora of awesome features and plugins designed to enhance your gameplay.

Features: Custom Enchants: Unleash the power of custom enchantments to give your gear an edge in battles and exploration. Jobs and Skills: Choose your path and master various skills to earn in-game currency and unique abilities. Whether you’re a skilled miner or a master builder, Suralt rewards your expertise! Leaderboards: Climb to the top and showcase your skills on our leaderboards. Compete with friends and fellow players to earn your place among the best! Discord Integration: Stay connected with our community through Discord! Join discussions, participate in events, and never miss out on the latest server news. Ranks: Progress through our unique ranking system to unlock exciting perks, commands, and abilities. The more you play, the more you can achieve!

play.suralt.net

Safe Haven

Creative, Economy, MCMMO, Mini Games, PvP, Survival, Vanilla

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Safe Haven is a community-based server with SMP, Creative, a few minigames, and more in development! We have friendly staff and an incredible community welcoming to all!

SMP: – No griefing – PVP toggleable – McMMO

Creative: – Rank system – Free Worldedit and VoxelSniper

We also have Hide and Seek and other community minigames! IP: safehavensmp.apexmc.co OR 172.240.174.132:25576 (1.20.1) We hope you have fun! -Safe Haven Community

safehavensmp.apexmc.co

CandyCraft

Factions, KitPvP, Skyblock, Towny

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Emek Skyblock and Faction Server You can buy vip etc with gems More things like Digger Minion farmer minion Collector Minion are available in our game ip: mc.candycraft.net

mc.candycraft.net

ChickenCraft

Anarchy, Factions, PvP, Raiding, Roleplay, Survival, Vanilla

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A basic factions, PVP, vanilla, anarchy server. Wage war and conquer the server! The server is dedicated and is run 24/7. There really are limited rules, as we appreciate enjoying classic Minecraft.

chickencraft.apexmc.co

WinterMC

Economy, PvP, Skyblock

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WinterMC is a competitive skyblock server that released earlier this year and is rapidly growing

IP Address: play.wintermc.com Discord: https://discord.gg/wintermc Store: https://store.wintermc.net/

wintermc.net

Pyramid Corp.

Economy, Mini Games, PvE, PvP, Skywars, Survival

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Pyramid Corp (beta) is a simple, secure and 100% free Minecraft server where you can join using unofficial Minecraft accounts or official accounts. You can play minigames like Bed Wars, Sky Wars, Prop Hunt, Speed Builders, TNT Run, Color Shuffle and more to come (suggestions open!). You can also try our Survival World and discover all the surprises and custom features we have prepared for you. Join with your friends and have a look!

pyramidcorp.gameserv.me

Oceania Prestige

PvP

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Oceania Prestige is a 1.9+ PvP Server hosted in Sydney, Australia. We offer Duels with over 20 Custom kits, and a Very Popular Free For All (FFA) Gamemode. We are recognised as the biggest 1.9+ PvP Dedicated Server in Oceania.

For us, our community is most important to us, you’ll find our players to be friendly, and very enjoyable. Our staff aim to provide our players with the best experience.

play.oceprestige.net

NeoMedieval3

Economy, PvE, Survival

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NeoMedieval 3 ~ The four seasons. More than 9 years of development (since 2012).

Server in offline mode, Non-Premium. Protect your buildings by creating Camps and Territories. Gain new skills (spells) by increasing your social status. Object-based virtual economy. Buy and sell blocks and items in the store, from anywhere. Earn money by doing different jobs. Establish your home (home). Recover your items upon death, with the Angelic Artifact. Realistic tree felling: fell trees from their base. Sort your containers automatically. Select the best tool automatically. Dynamic map of the world (dynmap).

mc.neomedieval.es

Olympia Earth

Creative, Cross-Play, Earth, Economy, MCMMO, Towny, Vanilla

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Olympia Earth is a 1:300 scale towny earth server. We offer loads of fun and have a great community! We also offer a creative world where you can test designs and we also have a resource world to farm. We are always working on updating the server with great new plugins, events, and taking player suggestions to make the server more enjoyable! Our server has active staff that are consistently available to help with any player needs Together with our community we have made a great family who is still growing. Try the server today!

play.olympiaearthmc.net

ZenPvP

Factions, Prison, PvP, Skyblock

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ZenPvP Network Prison | Skyblock | Factions | Survival | Gens

We stride to provide the “Ultimate Experience” to our players every day with daily updates and new content every month. Join to be apart of the community!

IP: play.zenpvp.net

play.zenpvp.net

LovyMc

Survival

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Open server in version 1.8.X -1.16.X IP: play.lovymc.es Happy to be able to create a Minecraft community! Let’s hope we can continue to grow over time

play.lovymc.com

Players:	91/500	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Gods Slained:	1	Horror Stories Survived:	5
Soul Swords Wielded:	2	Phantom Knights Defeated:	10
Eldritch Beasts Summoned:	3	Cursed Swords Broken:	2
Eldritch Medallions Worn:	5	Villages Defended:	6
Spontaneous Duels Fought:	7	Phantom Horses Ridden:	3
Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	3	Unicorn Sightings:	0
Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	3	Fairy Circles Danced In:	3

Players:	99/500	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Endermen Teleportation Errors:	4	Cursed Statues Activated:	1
Ether Blades Crafted:	6	Wailing Winds Heard:	3
Forbidden Doors Opened:	1	Pirate Ghost Ships Conquered:	3
Holy Grails Found:	1	Mythical Swords Crafted:	65
Underground Cities Explored:	5	Glitched Entities Encountered:	3
Royal Decrees Issued:	5	Legendary Heroes Trained:	6
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	3	Enchantments Applied:	249

Players:	99/400	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Cursed Artifacts Uncovered:	2	Mystical Amulets Crafted:	40
Doomsday Clocks Constructed:	1	Inverted Worlds Discovered:	2
Astral Projections Made:	3	God-Tier Weapons Forged:	10
Blood-Forged Axes Created:	15	Evil Lairs Raided:	7
Moonlit Rituals Performed:	7	Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	6
Invisible Walls Found:	1	Divine Relics Bestowed:	9
Eldritch Scrolls Read:	6	Phantom Horses Ridden:	3

Players:	95/400	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Dragon Scales Harvested:	311	Dragonfire Shields Forged:	7
Lost Artifacts Recovered:	1	Hidden Passages Discovered:	5
Sunfire Helmets Forged:	2	Astral Amulets Crafted:	18
Magical Carpet Rides Taken:	7	Buildings Constructed:	41
World-Altering Spells Cast:	2	Alternate Realities Explored:	1
Heroic Deeds Celebrated:	10	Shattered Realms Restored:	1
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	4	Gods Slained:	0

Players:	102/200	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Royal Decrees Issued:	1	Crops Grown:	8584
Arcane Secrets Unlocked:	8	Ghostly Villagers Traded With:	5
Runic Tablets Deciphered:	16	Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	3
Immortal Potions Brewed:	8	Endless Mazes Solved:	3
Dragon Eggs Found:	1018	Shattered Realms Restored:	1
Nightmare Scenarios Survived:	3	Celestial Blades Sharpened:	6
Warlock Pacts Sealed:	1	God-Killer Bows Constructed:	6

Players:	107/900	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Mines Excavated:	2137	Epic Quests Completed:	25
Invisible Pathways Walked:	2	Titanic Battles Fought:	17
Cursed Artifacts Recovered:	19	Magical Carpet Rides Taken:	3
Mystic Mirrors Unlocked:	1	Cosmic Pies Baked:	8
Infinite Doors Opened:	3	Necronomicon Pages Collected:	5
Epic Bosses Defeated:	2	Unholy Beasts Tamed:	2
Ghost Miner’s Tools Found:	5	Crystal Caves Mapped:	5

Players:	102/400	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Nether Portals Gone Wrong:	4	Twisted Realms Survived:	3
Secret Libraries Discovered:	4	Crystal Palaces Visited:	1
Evil Lairs Raided:	4	Dimensional Rifts Closed:	4
Parallel Universes Unraveled:	1	Dimension Hops:	12
Galactic Jellyfish Caught:	4	Celestial Events Witnessed:	4
Epic Weapons Forged:	3	Endless Mazes Solved:	3
Crops Grown:	6268	Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	2

Players:	106/400	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Wyrmholes Dug:	7	Unseen Monsters Slain:	1
Rune Stones Activated:	5	Ancient Relics Unearthed:	64
Celestial Blades Sharpened:	6	Unique Catgirls Spotted:	9
Gnome Villages Protected:	10	Witch’s Brew Drunk:	5
Spontaneous Duels Fought:	7	Eldritch Medallions Worn:	6
Mysterious Portals Opened:	17	Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	4
Epic Battles Fought:	6	Lost Cities Unearthed:	5

Players:	90/600	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Sunfire Helmets Forged:	3	Titanic Battles Fought:	18
Celestial Events Witnessed:	2	Mineshafts Explored:	4
Haunted Forests Traversed:	7	Mythical Creatures Tamed:	2
Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	3	Heroic Deeds Celebrated:	8
Dimension-Hopping Bunnies Found:	3	Horror Stories Survived:	3
Lunar Scepters Activated:	5	Astral Projections Made:	1
Dragons Tamed:	3	Astral Mages Summoned:	2

Players:	101/800	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Mythical Quests Completed:	26	Forbidden Relics Collected:	2
Astral Orbs Gathered:	14	Heavenly Choirs Heard:	3
Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	4	Cosmic Hamsters Found:	4
Epic Battles Fought:	14	Phantom Ships Sailed:	5
Eldritch Abominations Befriended:	3	Eldritch Medallions Worn:	5
Inverted Worlds Discovered:	0	Enchanted Armories Found:	5
Rainbows Spotted:	8	Mimic Chests Discovered:	2

Players:	109/1000	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	3	Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	2
Astral Staffs Crafted:	17	Phoenix Feathers Found:	13
Unbreakable Curses Broken:	2	Mystical Amulets Crafted:	31
Forbidden Tomes Read:	7	Ghost Miner’s Tools Found:	2
Mythical Quests Completed:	48	Bizarre Potions Brewed:	10
Mysterious Portals Opened:	7	Forbidden Grimoires Read:	1
Lava Oceans Crossed:	1	Spontaneous Duels Fought:	10

Players:	100/100	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Pirate Ships Raided:	3	Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	7
Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	1	Dark Rituals Completed:	5
Giant Mushrooms Cultivated:	4	Animals Bred:	168
Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	3	Void Armor Forged:	27
Unholy Beasts Tamed:	3	Enchanted Weapons Reforged:	10
Magic Crystals Found:	24	Crops Grown:	8976
Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	0	Endless Mazes Solved:	1

Players:	93/700	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Meteorites Collected:	2	Dimensional Collapse Prevented:	2
Pirate Ships Captured:	1	Pirate Ships Raided:	1
Spectral Entities Defeated:	4	Godly Talismans Bestowed:	8
Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	3	Runic Tablets Deciphered:	35
Magic Scrolls Discovered:	1	Omnipotent Charms Created:	5
Holy Grails Found:	3	Treasure Maps Found:	15
Ethereal Couriers Hired:	3	Arcane Towers Raised:	5

Players:	104/100	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Vampire Cloaks Sewn:	1	Lost Souls Rescued:	4
Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	3	Horror Stories Survived:	2
Ender Dragon Reincarnations:	3	Void Gems Collected:	17
Legendary Items Repaired:	2	Invisible Walls Found:	1
Celestial Dragons Tamed:	2	Volcanoes Explored:	3
Duplicated Mobs Battled:	3	Treasure Maps Found:	5
Haunted Mines Explored:	3	Warlock Pacts Sealed:	0

Players:	92/900	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Backwards Speech Heard:	1	Legendary Titles Earned:	1
Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	2	Divine Scrolls Written:	12
Runes Activated:	7	Epic Bosses Defeated:	5
Phantom Horses Ridden:	2	Love Letters Sent:	5
Endless Minecart Rides Taken:	1	Ancient Guardians Awoken:	3
Mines Excavated:	2926	Cosmic Pies Baked:	5
Lava Oceans Crossed:	2	Pirate Ghost Ships Conquered:	3

Players:	106/200	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Spontaneous Duels Fought:	11	Bizarre Potions Brewed:	15
Necronomicon Pages Collected:	7	Meteor Showers Witnessed:	1
Falling into the Void:	3	Vanishing Structures Built:	1
Unicorn Sightings:	1	Ancient Dragons Awakened:	3
Wyrmholes Dug:	2	Shadow Figures Spotted:	10
Underground Cities Explored:	5	Spectral Entities Defeated:	6
Godly Talismans Bestowed:	10	Buildings Constructed:	40