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.

Dust

Economy, Hardcore, Prison, PvP, Roleplay

This sever is loosely based on escape from tarkov, trigun, and desert punk. There is an above-ground map that holds the first city, a pve zone with banks, apartments, stores, mine, and anything you’ll need for the game, this will also be a key point for player interaction and economy. Scattered around the map are entrances into the underground, some needing keycards to access. This is the escape from tarkov bit, you will loot down here while fighting armed npcs, mobs, and player in hope of scoring some cash, but run the risk of losing ur items.

193.43.134.168

Universal-Rebirth

Bedwars, Economy, Survival Games

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Universal Rebirth Minecraft Network: Adventure and CommunityExperience our main mode, Citybuild, and exciting side modes like Bedwars on our constantly updated, stable server. New: Realistic Survival mode for an intense experience!We focus on collaborative development by integrating player opinions into our planning. Our friendly team promotes harmonious interactions and is always available to chat.Support social projects through active gaming or financial contributions – all proceeds go to social initiatives and server development.On our Discord you can find out the latest information, receive fast support and take part in event planning. We offer regular events with rewards such as items and in-game money.We have a zero tolerance policy towards bullying and discrimination and look forward to welcoming you to our server!Your Universal Rebirth Team

mc.universal-rebirth.de

Blocks2Die

Anarchy, Economy, Hardcore, PvE, PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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BLOCKS2DIE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE SERVER An MMORPG type survival server with weapons and hordes of zombies, focused on an apocalypse, which Only the most experienced will be able to overcome.Do you think you have what it takes to survive? ENTER NOW!!! IP: mc.blocks2die.com

mc.blocks2die.com:25692

WorldCraft

Economy, MCMMO, PvP, Survival, Survival Games, Vanilla

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Survival Server 1.20x Focused on Vanilla, but with plugins that improve players’ gameplay. Ranks We have VIPS Economy Pets Clans Wars Events And much more… Come play with us!

worldcraft.com.br:10004

LotusMC

Economy, Factions, KitPvP, PvE, Raiding, Survival

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play.lotusmc.net

Pride Central Smp

Cross-Play, Mini Games, Roleplay, Survival, Vanilla

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Welcome to our LGBTQIA+ inclusive and friendly Minecraft survival server, where everyone is welcome to join in on the fun! Our server is a safe and supportive space for players of all identities to come together and enjoy the wonderful world of Minecraft.We believe in celebrating diversity and promoting inclusivity, which is why we have created an environment where every player can express themselves freely. Whether you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or any other identity, you’ll find a warm and accepting community here.But that’s not all – we’re all about having a blast too! Our server hosts a variety of exciting events that are sure to tickle your creative spirit. From building competitions that let your imagination run wild to art competitions that showcase your unique talents, there’s always something happening to keep you engaged.So whether you’re a master builder, an artistic genius, or just looking for a place to connect with like-minded folks, our LGBTQIA+ inclusive survival Minecraft server is the perfect place for you. Join us and be part of an incredible community where friendship, creativity, and acceptance reign supreme!

mc.pridecentral.co

SageCraft

Economy, Factions, PvE, PvP, Raiding, Vanilla

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Are you tired of the same old p2W 1.8.9 faction experience? We have spent months working with Tequila-Spigot, the newest cannoning.jar that allows for 1.8 cannons on the newest versions of Minecraft. That’s right, this is not a 1.8 server. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏.𝟐𝟎.2 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟏.𝟖 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤!

sco.minecraft.best

ShantyCraft

Economy, PvE, Survival, Vanilla

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Join us at play.shantycraft.com ShantyCraft is a new and welcoming survival server running on 1.20.4! We have a semi-vanilla style game play with a some extra features for a better experience. This includes a growing economy with player sign shops, warps, a player GUI shop, and land claims to prevent griefing. We encourage new players to take advantage of a great opportunity to set up base in a fresh world. Building things like shops and warps for other players to visit is encouraged. Redstone engineers and mob farms are welcome! Come check out our community today and get started! Our server was recently opened so there’s plenty of opportunity and land to explore in a fresh new world. Play Now at play.shantycraft.com

play.shantycraft.com

SkittleMC

Cross-Play, Economy, PvE, Roleplay, Survival

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Welcome to SkittleMC! We’re a Minecraft network running since 2017 with an unique community where you can express yourself freely in a non-toxic way. This is a place where all types of weirdness and creativity are accepted. Primarily focused on the roleplay, economy and survival genres.

play.skittlemc.com

Adventure Kingdom

Economy, MCMMO, PvP, Survival

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Adventure Kingdom is a minecraft server that wants to provide players with the best survival game experience. Based on the GriefPrevention plugin that protects your area from grief. In addition, there is also a mcMMO plugin that brings with the effort on the server some progress for the player. From other plugins: Jobs, RankUp system. SimpleClans… A lot of fun awaits you, so don’t wait and visit our server. :)IP: play.adventure-kingdom.org Discord: https://dsc.gg/adventure-kingdom

play.adventure-kingdom.org

WildCraft

Economy, Survival, Vanilla

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WyldCraft ServerSemi-Vanilla Survival Server! Features: Economy Custom Spawners Custom Enchants Lag-Free Community Friendly Staff Greif Prevention Resource World Voting

play.wyldcraft.org

GamiFun Demon Slayer

Economy, MCMMO, PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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MCMMO Roleplay modded server, that includes a bunch of loved mods, with a newly popular Kimetsu no Yaiba mod, that brings the Demon Slayer universe into Minecraft!Explore the world of GamiFun’s Demon Slayer, choose between becoming a Demon or Slayer, complete missions, become a Hashira or Twelve Kizuki, talk with people with a functional voice chat, gain money by participating in the server’s economy.The server includes famous places from the anime, like the Final Selection, Mugen Train, Entertainment District and more!Modpack: http://demonslayermodpack.gamifun.eu/ Discord: discord.gg/gamifun Website: https://www.demonslayerstore.gamifun.eu/

demonslayer.gamifun.eu

AuroEarth MC

Economy, PvP, Survival, Towny

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AuroEarth MC is a towny geopolitical sandbox server for Minecraft. We offer a custom 1:500 scale earth world for towns and nations to prosper.

play.auroearth.com

GRM Pixelmon

Economy, Mini Games, Pixelmon, PvE, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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How to Install / Join: https://grmpixelmon.enjin.com/installWelcome to GRM Pixelmon Our server is running Pixelmon Reforged This version of pixelmon runs on MINECRAFT 1.16.5! Modpack : https://reforged.gg/What do we offer GRM pixelmon was founded by a cat and cookies are the best. We offer a free rank, backpack and pokeheal for everyone. We have loads of custom content for our players like the Johto Region inspired by the pokemon games, Safari Zone, PokeHunt, Events, Daily Rewards and much more!Server Information IP Address: grmpixelmon.com Website: https://grmpixelmon.enjin.com/

grmpixelmon.com

Iperios

Economy, Roleplay, Towny

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Iperios[Semi-Vanilla]{Whitelist}{1.20.2}{Geopolitics}{Semi-rp}{Towny}{Dynmap}Iperios is a growing server that want to create a semi-rp and geopolitical atmosphere around the server.Plugins list: -Mcmmo -Essentials -Dynmap -Armorstandtools -Customheads -GriefPrevention -Harbor(Sleep plugin)Hope that you visit us and see you in Iperios! 🙂

31.214.162.8:55185

TNTWcraft

Economy, Mini Games, PvE, PvP, Survival

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A server based on vanilla survival with added protections. Head out of spawn and build almost anywhere you want and do just about anything else that you would want to.

play.tntwcraft.net

Players:	108/300	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Reality-Bending Puzzles Solved:	1	Epic Bosses Defeated:	3
Infinite Doors Opened:	2	Reality Warps Survived:	0
Immortal Potions Brewed:	8	Talking Trees Consulted:	1
Cursed Taverns Survived:	2	Haunted Chests Opened:	9
Living Statues Befriended:	2	Soul Contracts Signed:	3
Legendary Heroes Trained:	1	Phantom Horses Ridden:	1
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	0	Curse of Binding Applied:	3

Players:	91/800	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	1	Ghost Miner’s Tools Found:	5
God-Tier Weapons Forged:	16	Cursed Diamonds Mined:	4
Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	10	Epic Quests Completed:	9
Magic Scrolls Discovered:	7	Endless Staircases Climbed:	3
Mystical Amulets Crafted:	37	Mythical Beasts Vanquished:	4
Dragon Eggs Found:	5608	Chaos Orbs Controlled:	24
Soul Swords Wielded:	3	Duplicated Mobs Battled:	7

Players:	91/600	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Arcane Secrets Unlocked:	22	Witch’s Brew Drunk:	15
Phantom Blocks Placed:	9	Blood Moons Survived:	3
Titanic Relics Retrieved:	5	Epic Shields Constructed:	40
Cursed Taverns Survived:	4	Dimension Hops:	12
Reality Warps Survived:	2	God-Killer Bows Constructed:	3
Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	13	New Chunks Explored:	325164
Epic Quests Completed:	27	Unicorn Sightings:	1

Players:	94/800	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Inescapable Mazes Solved:	4	Wyrmholes Dug:	10
Enchanted Forests Planted:	6	Endless Legions Commanded:	16
Volcanoes Explored:	1	God-Tier Weapons Forged:	13
Farms Harvested:	692	Legendary Scepters Created:	6
Endless Night Skies:	3	Glorious Feasts Held:	19
Quantum Bards Serenaded:	5	Secret Guilds Joined:	4
Alien Abductions:	4	Living Statues Befriended:	3

Players:	96/600	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Twisted Realms Survived:	2	Chimeras Created:	2
Epic Quests Completed:	6	Dimension Hops:	9
Galactic Jellyfish Caught:	1	Crops Grown:	5501
Sunfire Helmets Forged:	6	Dragon Eggs Found:	2508
Pirate Ships Raided:	2	Hedge Mazes Navigated:	12
Mysterious Portals Opened:	11	Blood Moons Survived:	2
Heroic Deeds Celebrated:	10	Bizarre Potions Brewed:	18

Players:	110/100	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Haunted Redstone Contraptions Built:	6	Cosmic Hamsters Found:	5
Ancient Dragons Awakened:	1	Frozen Fortresses Conquered:	4
Divine Relics Bestowed:	14	Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	4
Meteorite Armor Created:	28	Dragons Adopted as Pets:	1
Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	1	Living Statues Befriended:	2
Dragon Hoards Looted:	2	Wizards Turned into Frogs:	2
Blood-Forged Axes Created:	7	Secret Libraries Discovered:	1

Players:	101/700	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Runes Activated:	0	Mineshafts Explored:	4
Emeralds Found:	8218	Reality-Bending Puzzles Solved:	4
Blood Moons Survived:	3	Legendary Items Repaired:	2
Nether Portals Gone Wrong:	2	Necronomicon Pages Collected:	2
Warrior Spirits Summoned:	11	Treasure Maps Found:	11
Wishing Wells Wished Upon:	6	Falling into the Void:	3
Crops Grown:	1209	Blood-Forged Axes Created:	10

Players:	98/200	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Giant Mushrooms Cultivated:	2	Enchanted Tomes Discovered:	38
Invisible Walls Found:	2	Divine Spears Created:	15
Cursed Artifacts Uncovered:	4	Powerful Allies Recruited:	6
Gryphons Tamed:	4	Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	5
Mimic Chests Discovered:	2	Ethereal Dreams Experienced:	13
Enchantments Applied:	88	Dragon Eggs Hatched:	3
Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	2	Endless Minecart Rides Taken:	5

Players:	92/200	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Forgotten Legends Remembered:	6	Fairy Circles Danced In:	6
Demonic Pacts Formed:	0	Gorgon Shields Crafted:	3
Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	15	Epic Battles Fought:	18
Dimensional Collapse Prevented:	2	Ghostly Villagers Traded With:	1
Legendary Items Repaired:	7	Twisted Realms Survived:	2
Holy Grails Found:	2	Mystery Villagers Spotted:	5
Ancient Relics Unearthed:	184	Immortal Potions Brewed:	13

Players:	107/100	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Phoenix Feathers Found:	5	Chaos Emeralds Discovered:	3
Void Gems Collected:	20	Phantom Knights Defeated:	9
Magical Moments Shared:	14	Star Shards Collected:	87
Forbidden Tomes Read:	4	Chaos Gates Opened:	0
Fabled Crowns Discovered:	5	Heroic Deeds Celebrated:	9
Reality Distortions Fixed:	3	Shattered Realms Restored:	1
Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	8	Nether Portals Gone Wrong:	1

Players:	91/400	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.0 / 5
Dragonfire Shields Forged:	2	Gnome Villages Protected:	4
Pirate Ghost Ships Conquered:	3	Underground Cities Explored:	2
Celestial Blades Sharpened:	12	Orbs of Power Found:	10
Endless Mazes Solved:	4	Cozy Campfires Lit:	21
Meteorites Collected:	1	Ghost Trains Ridden:	1
Heavenly Choirs Heard:	2	Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	2
Cursed Artifacts Recovered:	25	Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	3

Players:	103/300	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Spontaneous Duels Fought:	13	Goblin Markets Raided:	8
Chimeras Created:	3	Royal Courts Attended:	4
Cosmic Pies Baked:	9	Meteor Showers Witnessed:	3
Hidden Sanctuaries Discovered:	2	Secret Guilds Joined:	1
Wyrmholes Dug:	3	Endless Legions Commanded:	42
Cosmic Entities Communed With:	2	Twisted Realms Survived:	3
Undead Armies Raised:	1	God-Killer Bows Constructed:	2

Players:	107/1000	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Enchantments Applied:	82	Magic Crystals Found:	23
Mythical Creatures Tamed:	0	Ores Mined:	1237
Mystic Runes Engraved:	4	Glorious Feasts Held:	14
Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	7	Ethereal Couriers Hired:	4
Orbs of Power Found:	3	Endless Legions Commanded:	26
Forbidden Grimoires Read:	4	Unicorn Parades Witnessed:	1
Falling into the Void:	1	Immortal Anvils Forged:	18

Players:	103/900	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	3	Wizards Turned into Frogs:	2
Leprechaun Gold Stolen:	4	Godly Talismans Bestowed:	20
Enchanted Weapons Reforged:	7	Unholy Beasts Tamed:	2
Pirate Ships Raided:	1	Darkness Engulfments Escaped:	2
Cursed Diamonds Mined:	2	Endermen Teleportation Errors:	5
Crystal Palaces Visited:	1	Paranormal Events Investigated:	3
Friendship Bracelets Exchanged:	96	Dimensional Rifts Closed:	1

Players:	106/100	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Eldritch Abominations Befriended:	1	Mysterious Portals Opened:	8
Divine Relics Bestowed:	10	Unseen Monsters Slain:	8
Powerful Allies Recruited:	5	Celestial Crowns Worn:	5
Unbreakable Chains Forged:	2	Endless Minecart Rides Taken:	6
Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	3	Magical Beanstalks Grown:	5
Mystic Mirrors Unlocked:	4	Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	3
Shattered Realms Restored:	2	Dimensional Rifts Closed:	1

Players:	99/400	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Crystal Wands Charged:	15	Cursed Villages Purged:	4
Warrior Spirits Summoned:	31	Unbreakable Curses Broken:	2
Hidden Villages Discovered:	2	Powerful Allies Recruited:	8
Infernal Machines Built:	1	Mystic Mirrors Unlocked:	4
Shattered Realms Restored:	1	Cursed Diamonds Mined:	6
Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	2	Heavenly Choirs Heard:	6
Mythical Quests Completed:	40	Teleportation Mishaps:	5