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.

Dad Energy MC Server

New SMP Server – launched Sat 24th Feb!!!

Come and join an exciting new community of more mature minecraft enthusiasts. Aimed at those who self-identify with the ‘Dad Energy’ label.

It’s not just for dads and it’s not strictly age-limited, nor is it gender-specific. It’s for those seeking a friendly, mature, drama-free environment to play our favourite game with like-minded people.

We’ve already got an extremely healthy and active community with loads of plans for spawn town, community farms, minigames, competitions etc. but are still seeking to recruit new members.

Drop into the discord and say hi!

https://discord.gg/ERHpPuu2Qh

realme

Mini Games, PvP, Skywars, Survival

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Finnish Minecraft server! From us you can find e.g. Survival, Battle Royale, Bounty Hunter and Finland’s best SkyWars!

realmi.fi

Dextrality

Factions, Hardcore, MCMMO, PvE, PvP, Raiding, Roleplay

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Welcome to this vast and exciting world, brave adventurer! But be careful, you can’t just walk around here like it’s nothing, as there are certain rules you must follow so you don’t end up being exiled from humanity, your land, and the world. So get ready to challenge your limits, explore incredible places and face epic challenges while following the rules and becoming a real hero of this great adventure!

play.dextrality.net

Dragon Block Apollo

Economy, Factions, PvE, PvP, Survival

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1.7.10 Modded Server, please follow this installation guide: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlgzVBIYBywThe forefront of the Dragon Block server community! 1.2.5 / GT Update is now released and available for everyone to play! Check out our website for the full Change-Log! apollomcnetwork.net/dbchomeJoin our community of over 50,000 registered players along with over 10,000 Discord members, join today to experience the premiere Dragon Block Experience.– 240 Main Story Quests !Recently Revamped! – 6 Carefully created races !New Race Majin! – Human, Saiyan, Half-Saiyan, Namekian, Arcosian, and Majin – 7+ Forms per Race! – 4 Servers across North America (3) and Europe (1) – Multiplayer Questing! (Party / Co-Op Questing) !Recently Revamped! – Active player base – And Much More!

DBC.ApolloNetworkMC.net

MineBox Network

Creative, Economy, Mini Games, Skyblock, Skywars, Survival

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Do you need a high-performance Minecraft community? Join MineBox Network! We are the number one server in quality and modalities, we take our work very seriously to progress as much as possible. We have been online for more than 5 years!

mcs.minebox.es

TavernMC

Cross-Play, Economy, MCMMO, PvE, PvP, Raiding, Survival

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TavernMC is a Survival Minecraft server that adds a ton of new layers to the game. Players can team up with their friends, and explore a massive world with beautiful biomes. Be careful! because there are bears, and other creatures that spawn. Go on quests, take on some jobs, and level up to become the strongest. What makes this server unique? – Custom Mobs (Bears, Racoons, Skunks, and Bosses) – Custom Items (Ones that are better than netherite) – Custom Biomes (Over 80+ Beautiful biomes to explore) – Meant for both Casual Players and PVPers

tavernmc.net

Roleplay Hub

Anarchy, Economy, Roleplay, Survival

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mc.roleplayhub.net

Loka

Economy, Factions, PvP, Survival, Towny

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Loka is a Semi-Vanilla, PvP Survival Server that uses custom plugins to create a one of a kind Minecraft experience. Loka features a custom-written Territorial Conquest System, a very rich story, unique, talent-based Battlegrounds, ELO-rated Arenas, a custom Market, Thievery, and World Events.Loka’s biggest feature, Territories, is custom system wherein Towns vie for control of static Territory Nodes throughout our three Continents. The strongest Town or Alliance at the end of each month becomes the Capital of Loka and gets to implement global policies. Alliances, Enemies, Friends, and Mortal Enemies have been forged and destroyed through our Territory System. Territorial Conquest, Custom World, Towns, Town Industries, Jobs, PvP, Powerful Market, Thievery, Story.

play.lokamc.com

From PokeBa

Economy, Factions, Parkour, Pixelmon, PvE, PvP, Survival

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Dear PokeBalta family!We look forward to bringing you exciting news after a long wait! Our brand new season is at the door and we are sure that we will fascinate you once again with the innovations we bring. Here are some special features we have prepared for you: Version 1.16.5 and Latest Pixelmon, Exclusive Datapack, WARZONE Add-on, Fun Activities, Server Exclusive Costumes, Dungeons and MoreDon’t forget to follow our social media accounts and forums so you don’t miss this season full of exciting innovations. We look forward to collecting unique memories together in our new season! Are you ready? We are ready! We welcome you to this magical adventure. See you later!

play.pokebalta.com.tr

RealBox

Bedwars, Economy, Mini Games, PvP

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BoxPvP server. Features: Powerful hosting, nearly best anti-cheat system possible, premium plugins

play.realbox.fun

Minewind

Anarchy, Bedwars, Creative, Hardcore, KitPvP, Raiding, Survival Games

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Choose your class and go on an epic adventure to gather all the OP loot that suits your play style!

A big variety of loot can be found in any chest in the world, or traded with many villagers for emeralds. More loot can be stolen from OP monsters, but they will use it against you first!

Special events happen on spawn every few hours that offer more unique OP rewards.

At the end of the day, explore the natural beauty of Minecraft wilderness and build a work of art in the perfect spot.

For more information visit https://minewind.com

gyat.minewind.net

PocketPixels

Creative, Economy, MCMMO, Pixelmon, Roleplay, Survival, Vanilla

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All our servers offer unique and enjoyable Pixelmon experiences, for all involved in the Pixelmon community, which you won’t feel anywhere else! Our aim is to provide you with a pixelmon experience like no other filled with our custom content, events, and a one of a kind friendly community. Join our servers, and begin your adventure of a lifetime!Put your skills and knowledge to the test by challenging our 8+ Gym System, run by experienced staff members, to earn all the badges! If you’re into the competitive scene or looking for another challenge, you can challenge our Hard-Mode Gyms, Elite Four and Battle Frontier. Try our daily quests where you complete challenges to earn a range of rewards and experience the Pixelmon gameplay to its fullest!You’ll constantly see new custom content and network updates, staff members actively improving your experience, giveaways and events with prizes, and much more!Everyone can find something to do on our servers! Fitting into your play style is easy, whether it be competitive battling, trading, catching Pixelmon, hunting down legendaries, or even hanging our with friends! You’ll find a place in the PocketPixels community.

play.pocketpixels.net

VanillaPlus

Anarchy, Economy, Hardcore, PvP, Raiding, Survival, Vanilla

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NO LAND CLAIMING | NO GRIEF PREVENTION | NO KEEP INVENTORY | PVP ENABLED | RAIDS We have a protected spawn that you can teleport to trades, meet up with people, or fight to the death against other players. You also can set homes and teleport so that you can easily get around without traveling far distances to get to farms, bases, or friends. On Vanilla Plus, you can experience classic Minecraft, but better! Build an epic base, fight to the death, or hang out. Anything is possible, so come check it out!

play.vanillaplus.net

PlayCDU

FTB, PvE, PvP, Roleplay, Skyblock, Survival

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Our Links: Website: https://www.craftdownunder.co Discord: https://discord.gg/playcdu Forums: https://forum.playcdu.co/About Us: To view all 35+ servers that we host and their IPs, head to https://forum.playcdu.co/servers/Craft Down Under is a gaming community that specializes in hosting and playing Minecraft modpacks. Our servers, located in Australia, Germany and the United States, offer a wide variety of modpacks to suit different playstyles and preferences. We’re dedicated to providing a welcoming environment for all players, regardless of their skill level, to come together and enjoy the unique experiences that modpacks provide. Join us today and see why Craft Down Under is the go-to destination for Minecraft modpack enthusiasts!

nohub.playcdu.co

JackpotMC

Anarchy, Economy, Factions, LifeSteal, PvP, Raiding, Survival

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JackpotMC is a server focused on PvP game modes, with our latest game mode being Lifesteal SMP. This is a one of kind, unique SMP that allows players to steal hearts from each other. Once a player kills another, they take a heart from them. If you die to a player, you lose a heart to them. Once you’re out of hearts, you’re banned for the rest of the day. With no claims and no rules on griefing, it is a pure Anarchy experience.

play.jackpotmc.com

NAVELYA

PvP

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NAVELYA NETWORK Our server is a server played within the scope of PvP. If you have just started our server, use the (/kit) command. You Can Use It To Kill Other Players And Take Their Sets. You Can Enter Places in the PvP Area and Strengthen Your Set You can review our server. 1.16.5x 1.20.4

play.navelya.net

Players:	92/200	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.0 / 5
Star Shards Collected:	224	Ethereal Couriers Hired:	1
Magic Items Found:	2509	Time Loop Anomalies Resolved:	1
Infinite Doors Opened:	3	Lost Cities Unearthed:	4
Demon Skulls Collected:	44	Dimension-Hopping Bunnies Found:	2
Phantom Ships Sailed:	3	Divine Spears Created:	23
God-Tier Weapons Forged:	18	Arcane Towers Raised:	3
Ethereal Dreams Experienced:	5	Void Armor Forged:	26

Players:	96/200	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Mystical Amulets Crafted:	41	Chaos Orbs Controlled:	21
Whispering Caves Entered:	3	Secret Passages Found:	4
Gnome Villages Protected:	3	Frozen Fortresses Conquered:	2
Celestial Crowns Worn:	5	Magical Frogs Kissed:	1
Astral Projections Made:	1	Eldritch Medallions Worn:	11
Necronomicon Pages Collected:	3	Lost Artifacts Recovered:	3
Villages Defended:	18	Hidden Passages Discovered:	5

Players:	100/300	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Soulbound Rings Equipped:	6	Haunted Forests Traversed:	7
Ender Chest Mysteries Uncovered:	1	Talking Trees Consulted:	5
Starry Nights Enjoyed:	49	Warrior Spirits Summoned:	13
Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	3	Wilderness Tamed:	9
Hedge Mazes Navigated:	12	Wyrmholes Dug:	10
Royal Decrees Issued:	1	Spectral Entities Defeated:	4
Mythical Creatures Tamed:	5	Elemental Forces Harnessed:	10

Players:	109/900	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Lost Souls Rescued:	1	Mystical Amulets Crafted:	16
Void Armor Forged:	24	Forbidden Tomes Read:	2
Evil Lairs Raided:	2	Glorious Feasts Held:	5
Dimension Hops:	4	Phantom Blocks Placed:	2
Ancient Relics Unearthed:	185	Goblin Armies Outwitted:	10
Friendship Bracelets Exchanged:	33	Haunted Chests Opened:	9
Epic Battles Fought:	12	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	1

Players:	108/800	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Reality Distortions Fixed:	2	Battle Standards Raised:	6
Elemental Crystals Collected:	41	Astral Projections Made:	4
Fabled Crowns Discovered:	9	Haunted Forests Traversed:	4
Rainbows Spotted:	3	Inverted Worlds Discovered:	2
Astral Mages Summoned:	3	Demon Skulls Collected:	34
Epic Battles Fought:	9	Eldritch Medallions Worn:	14
Mysterious Obelisks Activated:	3	Friendship Bracelets Exchanged:	71

Players:	108/900	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Blood-Forged Axes Created:	17	Teleportation Mishaps:	2
Cursed Swords Broken:	3	Wailing Winds Heard:	3
Heroic Oaths Sworn:	16	Dragonfire Shields Forged:	6
Soulbound Rings Equipped:	14	Zombie Dances:	1
Farms Harvested:	165	Royal Decrees Issued:	3
Quantum Bards Serenaded:	5	Lost Artifacts Recovered:	4
Chaos Emeralds Discovered:	6	Immortal Anvils Forged:	10

Players:	104/800	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
God-Killer Bows Constructed:	9	Cozy Campfires Lit:	22
Wailing Winds Heard:	4	Zombie Dances:	7
Infinity Gauntlets Forged:	0	Chaos Gates Opened:	2
Dragons Tamed:	5	Starry Nights Enjoyed:	29
Infinite Doors Opened:	2	World-Altering Spells Cast:	1
Ores Mined:	7963	Eerie Music Discs Played:	2
Undead Armies Raised:	3	Talking Trees Consulted:	5

Players:	95/400	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Magic Scrolls Discovered:	7	Enchanted Weapons Reforged:	3
Immortal Potions Brewed:	8	Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	2
Gnome Villages Protected:	6	Eternal Flames Captured:	7
Crystal Wands Charged:	17	Battle Standards Raised:	14
Astral Staffs Crafted:	7	Nether Portals Gone Wrong:	4
Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	1	Warrior Spirits Summoned:	39
Mythical Beasts Vanquished:	3	Hedge Mazes Navigated:	12

Players:	92/900	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Leprechaun Gold Stolen:	3	Omnipotent Charms Created:	5
Titanic Relics Retrieved:	5	Love Letters Sent:	6
Legendary Titles Earned:	1	Celestial Events Witnessed:	3
Cosmic Hamsters Found:	3	Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	2
Invisible Pathways Walked:	6	Twisted Realms Survived:	1
Ancient Relics Unearthed:	281	Demonic Pacts Formed:	1
Ancient Guardians Awoken:	3	Shadow Wolves Tamed:	3

Players:	93/300	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Legendary Scepters Created:	7	Royal Courts Attended:	1
Crystal Palaces Visited:	3	Mythical Beasts Vanquished:	3
Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	19	Magic Items Found:	4468
Twisted Realms Survived:	3	Dragon Eggs Found:	5500
Cosmic Entities Communed With:	1	Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	2
Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	1	Secret Libraries Discovered:	3
Lost Souls Rescued:	5	Ether Blades Crafted:	20

Players:	109/600	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	3	Cosmic Hamsters Found:	3
Celestial Events Witnessed:	3	Lost Artifacts Recovered:	3
Wizards Turned into Frogs:	1	Fabled Crowns Discovered:	5
Time Loop Anomalies Resolved:	1	Heroic Oaths Sworn:	24
Runic Tablets Deciphered:	49	World-Altering Spells Cast:	0
Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	17	Lava Oceans Crossed:	1
Ancient Dragons Awakened:	2	Storm Giants Negotiated With:	2

Players:	93/1000	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Divine Relics Bestowed:	14	Inescapable Mazes Solved:	2
Godly Talismans Bestowed:	17	Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	3
Magical Carpet Rides Taken:	5	Nether Portals Gone Wrong:	3
Cursed Taverns Survived:	2	Warlock Amulets Crafted:	17
Whispering Shadows Heard:	0	Werewolf Howls Heard:	3
God-Tier Weapons Forged:	27	Wailing Winds Heard:	2
Infinite Doors Opened:	1	Talking Trees Consulted:	5

Players:	99/400	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Underground Cities Explored:	2	Volcanoes Explored:	2
Arcane Secrets Unlocked:	23	Gorgon Shields Crafted:	1
Endless Night Skies:	2	Vampire Cloaks Sewn:	2
Elemental Crystals Collected:	47	Astral Orbs Gathered:	12
Heroic Legacies Created:	6	Inescapable Mazes Solved:	2
Spells Gone Horribly Wrong:	8	Omnipotent Charms Created:	1
Endless Mazes Solved:	2	Magical Beanstalks Grown:	5

Players:	107/500	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Alternate Realities Explored:	4	Shadow Figures Spotted:	7
Lost Cities Unearthed:	5	Eternal Flames Captured:	4
Dragon Scales Harvested:	156	Emeralds Found:	2927
Mythical Creatures Tamed:	4	Magic Scrolls Discovered:	5
Cosmic Hamsters Found:	6	Secret Guilds Joined:	2
Demon Skulls Collected:	37	Warlock Pacts Sealed:	1
Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	1	Secret Libraries Discovered:	2

Players:	110/800	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Darkness Engulfments Escaped:	2	Glorious Feasts Held:	14
Cursed Scrolls Read:	3	Phantom Blocks Placed:	6
Unholy Beasts Tamed:	3	Mystic Mirrors Unlocked:	4
Enchanted Weapons Reforged:	10	Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	2
Ancient Guardians Awoken:	1	Crystal Caves Mapped:	2
Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	3	Storm Giants Negotiated With:	0
Horror Stories Survived:	7	Battle Standards Raised:	15

Players:	103/1000	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Endless Night Skies:	5	Ender Dragon Reincarnations:	1
Curse of Binding Applied:	2	Meteor Showers Witnessed:	1
Eerie Music Discs Played:	5	Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	2
Endermen Teleportation Errors:	2	Crops Grown:	9106
Epic Mounts Acquired:	3	Eldritch Medallions Worn:	14
Celestial Crowns Worn:	3	Dragons Adopted as Pets:	3
Friendship Bracelets Exchanged:	54	Eldritch Scrolls Read:	5