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Why are Minecraft servers so expensive?	Costs scale with server performance, capacity, and hosting location.

Geek galaxy

hermitcraft, Multiplayer Survival, Vanilla Survival

General Server Information: Current Version 1.20.4 No Reset Until December 25th, 2024

Whitelist Only:To join, put your In-Game Name (IGN) in the ⁠📛whitelist-me📛 channel.

World Size:The current world size is 15,000 blocks, with plans to expand over time.

Server IP:Connect to the server at: 167.114.213.73:25586

Dynamic Maps:Dynamic map link: http://167.114.213.73:8085/

Plugins and Datapacks:Data Packs Include:Dragon drops elytraDouble shulker shellsPlayer headsMob headsWandering Trader MicroblocksCoordinates toggle.Universal DyingBlock Tweaks

Plugins Include:CoreprotectGeyser/FloodgateVaultVia Version

167.114.213.73:25586

Globecraft

Earth, Economy, PvP, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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PLAY.GLOBECRAFT.XYZ [JAVA 1.18-1.20.1]Globecraft is a nation-building Minecraft server with an earth map based on a plugin called Towny. Towny allows you to create a town and claim chunks to protect your territory. Furthermore, you can create and join nations to increase your power and collaborate with other towns. This and the the map itself means that you can create nations and towns with geographical accuracy, allowing you to roleplay your way into this geopolitical server. Our website, the dynmap, and the discord server allows you to grasp the full picture and keep up with everything going on on the server.Forge your own destiny today, at play.globecraft.xyz.

play.globecraft.xyz

VanillaHub

Cross-Play, Earth, Economy, PvE, PvP, Survival, Vanilla

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1.20 HAS JUST HAPPENED ON VANILLAHUB!An active survival server, that brings new and exciting updates regularly. Including custom cosmetics to customize your player, epic events and much more! We also have a very active discord server to chat with the whole community! https://discord.gg/vh– Item based shopping district– (/rtp) RTP at spawn– (/keepinv) Toggleable keep inventory– (/claim) Claims and grief protection

vanillahub.net

PokeRetreat

Pixelmon, Roleplay

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IP » play.pokeretreat.com Website »https://store.pokeretreat.com/ Discord » https://discord.gg/B4sq2bUkzpPokeRetreat is a server providing the popular Cobblemon mod. At PokeRetreat, we strive to bring the best quality gameplay for all players in mind, whilst trying to build and connect a community together. IMPORTANT: We’re a fabric server on minecraft version 1.20.1 please download the cobblemon mod here: https://modrinth.com/mod/cobblemon or if you’re on technic search for cobblemon and download the fabric version » Features: • #1 Cobblemon Experience • Customized Builds • GTS • Events • Player Gyms

play.pokeretreat.com

RawMinecraft 2.0

Survival, Vanilla

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[email protected].

RawMinecraft2.mcserv.co

VortexNetwork

Economy, Prison, PvP, Skyblock

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Vortex Network (CRACKED)As of currently, we have two unique gamemodes: Prisons and Skyblock. Both give a balanced and unique experience that is different from all other servers.Skyblock consists of features such as: Ore Totems, Island Upgrades, Custom coded Chunk Hoppers, Custom Coded Mobs/Stacking system, Island Worth, UNIQUE Replatantable Seeds system, Free flight, Equipment Paths (Custom system for enchants), /claim system and much more!Prisons consists of features such as: Player Advancements, Mining Levels, Pickaxe Energy, Pickaxe Crystals, Key Backpacks, 12+ Custom Enchants, Key Backpacks, Special Crates, Cryptics, Lucky Crates, Mine Crates, Donor Rankupgrades and much much more! You can join our discord to know more about the prison server features!https://discord.gg/sES3aRn VortexNetwork.me

VortexNetwork.me

RTVCRAFT

Survival, Vanilla

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Welcome to RTV Craft! This is a semi-vanilla survival server. Claiming! The messenger! Jobs! Shop! RTP! TPA! And so much more!

rtv_craft.apexmc.co:25667

Alternative World

Survival

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Survival Server with a lot of features– Custom Terrain – Custom Structure – Multi Currency – Cross Platform

playmc.alt-w.net

GlitchyMC

Bedwars, Cross-Play, LifeSteal, Skyblock, Survival, Survival Games

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GlitchyMC, A Minecraft Server Where The Fun Never Ends!~our Minecraft server has many type of games you can choose do you want survival?-we got it! Lifesteal?-No problem! Bedwars?-We also got it!

glitchy.mc-server.eu:30045

SweetPea Middle School

Economy, PvE, Survival, Vanilla

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sweetpeamc.com

CasualCrafters Vault Hunters

PvE, Whitelist

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Join Discord to request Whitelist!We are a friendly community of people who like to vault hunt without malding at every death. I made this server because I suffer from a crippling debilitation called Skill issue, and so far we get a lot of chill people so come and join us :)Age Restriction: 18+ preferred but all welcomeRule Set: VaultMode Casual (Deaths only cost durability) VaultLoot Plenty (2x Vault loot and exp gained) No Griefing, Stealing or PVP unless both parties consent Don’t create unnecessarily laggy farms Trading encouraged, we can help each other out with items when needed Build somewhere around spawn if possible (Within 1000 blocks radius)

vh.casualcrafters.net

FriendlyCraft

Economy, Mini Games, Parkour, PvE, Survival

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We are a family-friendly community with a natural economy. Earn money by working for other players, farming crops that actually develop while you are away, or selling mob eggs you have captured. Scavenging unprotected chests and abandoned homes is allowed! Work your way up a unique ranking system of 50 ranks, based on playtime, and accumulated wealth! You will unlock special rewards and abilities along the way! Have you ever wanted to live in the Nether? Now you can build an epic Nether base and claim it! Come Join Us Now!

play.friendlycraftmc.com

FaeTalesMC

Cross-Play, Economy, MCMMO, PvE, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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Welcome to FaeTalesMC – Features – Bedrock Port : 19132– Slimefun (We will be adding in more add-ons as we grow!) – Towny /w Map – Cosmetics – Jobs – McMMO – PyroFishing ( WIth custom textures!) – PyroMining – Marriage Plugin – Balanced Economy – Player Shops – Big Community and Streamer Friendly – Shop

play.faetalesmc.net

SuperSurvivalX

Economy, Roleplay, Survival

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→ IP : supersurvivalx.minesr.com ← Discord : discord.gg/esbBGAe6KjOperating a nuclear powerplant ? check ! Drug and alcohol plugins ? check ! Economy ? check ! Player warps and minigames ? check ! Joining the server now ? check !

supersurvivalx.minesr.com

Veroxus

Anarchy, Factions, KitPvP, LifeSteal, PvP, Raiding, Survival

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Do you want a hot chick, a Ferrari, and a trillion dollars? Well, we don’t offer that in the Lifesteal department. But we do offer an AMAZING MINECRAFT SMP Introducing the Veroxus Lifesteal SMP, the DonutSMP alternative without the sweaty losers and Lifesteal added!We offer: * Fusion Think of if DonutSMP and the Lifesteal SMP had a baby * Smooth KB + Zero Lag This is an SMP with actual good knockback. The PvP is amazing. You won’t find any lag here * Zero Claims and Constant Raids Server is aiming to grow to 500 concurrent players by the end of July, so expect to find lots of bases where you can destroy and loot bases with no claim protection, be water, my friend 🥋 * 1.20 LATEST AND GREATEST VERSION SUPPORT We offer Minecraft on the latest version, you won’t have to play 1.12 like cheating noob servers such as 2b2t * HIRING STAFF Must be qualified We pay our staff monthly too! DM staff to get a job!We don’t have: Joe Biden’s Chocolate Chip. Ice Cream Vanilla is waaaay better

veroxus.club

IipuCraft

Creative, Skyblock, Survival

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Iipukema Network presents Ipucraft, the official McMMo server of the iipukema network, a survival with economy, in which you can sell and buy objects with in-game money, Bank to be able to save all the millions of iipucoins that you get, auctions to be able to sell what you don’t need, claims so that your things are always protected, Clans so that you and your friends can have a meeting place. Arenas con ranking, Surprise boxes through daily votes, Food market where you can buy any item you need, lore and much more!!! Find out at iipukema.com port 25565 Java and Bedrock! Iipukema.com the only server that shows its face! Follow us on Twitch and other social networks!!! Join the community…what are you waiting for?We have SquidGames, OneBlock, Skyblock, Skywars, Parkour, Lifestile, Minigames, Normal Survival and Technical Survival. What are you waiting for to come in and try?

iipukema.com:25580

Players:	99/800	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Goblin Armies Outwitted:	2	Divine Scrolls Written:	25
Lava Oceans Crossed:	1	Void Armor Forged:	27
Starry Nights Enjoyed:	50	Herobrine Sightings:	1
Lost Artifacts Recovered:	1	Battle Standards Raised:	14
Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	3	Magic Wands Crafted:	20
Pirate Ghost Ships Conquered:	3	Unseen Monsters Slain:	5
Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	1	Haunted Strongholds Conquered:	1

Players:	102/600	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Hidden Villages Discovered:	3	Villages Defended:	6
Wishing Wells Wished Upon:	14	Giant Mushrooms Cultivated:	2
Mineshafts Explored:	1	Void Gems Collected:	26
Unicorn Parades Witnessed:	1	Inescapable Mazes Solved:	3
Chaos Gates Opened:	1	Unique Catgirls Spotted:	0
Eldritch Abominations Befriended:	3	Astral Orbs Gathered:	14
Unseen Monsters Slain:	3	Magic Scrolls Discovered:	7

Players:	110/500	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Ender Dragon Reincarnations:	3	Unseen Monsters Slain:	8
Arcane Secrets Unlocked:	6	Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	1
Lost Souls Rescued:	4	Infinity Stones Found:	4
Forbidden Grimoires Read:	5	Spells Gone Horribly Wrong:	8
Endless Night Skies:	5	Werewolf Howls Heard:	5
Witch’s Brew Drunk:	13	Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	3
Astral Projections Made:	3	Royal Courts Attended:	3

Players:	100/700	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Endless Legions Commanded:	17	Farms Harvested:	657
Haunted Mines Explored:	3	Spectral Entities Defeated:	7
Players Killed by Monsters:	1441	Sunfire Helmets Forged:	10
Mysterious Obelisks Activated:	2	Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	9
Sentient Weapons Trained:	3	Villages Defended:	12
Legendary Items Repaired:	7	Forbidden Doors Opened:	1
Inverted Worlds Discovered:	2	Emeralds Found:	5728

Players:	92/100	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Mineshafts Explored:	3	Enchanted Teapots Collected:	13
Titanic Relics Retrieved:	3	Unbreakable Chains Forged:	8
Phantom Ships Sailed:	1	Dragon Hoards Looted:	2
Reality Warps Survived:	2	God-Tier Weapons Forged:	30
Corrupted Trees Chopped:	1	Magic Wands Crafted:	13
Rainbows Spotted:	5	Infinite Doors Opened:	2
Eldritch Scrolls Read:	7	Cursed Gauntlets Discovered:	5

Players:	110/600	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Mystery Villagers Spotted:	4	Forbidden Grimoires Read:	1
Volcanoes Explored:	3	Warlock Pacts Sealed:	3
Wizards Turned into Frogs:	2	Dragon Eggs Found:	4980
Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	3	Unique Catgirls Spotted:	3
Epic Shields Constructed:	13	Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	1
Parallel Universes Unraveled:	0	Infinity Gauntlets Forged:	0
Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	4	Elemental Crystals Collected:	64

Players:	94/1000	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	1	Enchanted Forests Planted:	10
Endermen Teleportation Errors:	1	Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	6
Shadow Figures Spotted:	5	Ether Blades Crafted:	18
Endless Mazes Conquered:	2	Ethereal Dreams Experienced:	27
Celestial Blades Sharpened:	15	Secret Libraries Discovered:	3
Reality Warps Survived:	1	Cursed Artifacts Recovered:	30
Wilderness Tamed:	9	Leprechaun Gold Stolen:	4

Players:	103/600	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Eldritch Beasts Summoned:	3	Wyrmholes Dug:	8
Epic Bosses Defeated:	3	Heroic Deeds Celebrated:	6
Divine Scrolls Written:	6	Star Shards Collected:	98
Chaos Orbs Controlled:	11	Farms Harvested:	605
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	2	Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	1
Phantom Knights Defeated:	6	Vanishing Structures Built:	5
Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	1	New Chunks Explored:	64109

Players:	108/900	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Zombie Dances:	2	Blood-Forged Axes Created:	13
Wizards Turned into Frogs:	2	Crystal Wands Charged:	20
Celestial Beings Befriended:	1	Duplicated Mobs Battled:	7
Heroic Legacies Created:	5	Herobrine Sightings:	8
Astral Amulets Crafted:	40	Endless Legions Commanded:	34
Godly Talismans Bestowed:	13	Secret Guilds Joined:	5
Epic Battles Fought:	20	Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	3

Players:	102/200	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Teleportation Mishaps:	4	Dark Rituals Completed:	7
Duplicated Mobs Battled:	7	Astral Orbs Gathered:	14
Titanic Battles Fought:	11	Soulbound Rings Equipped:	13
Ethereal Couriers Hired:	5	Chaos Emeralds Discovered:	4
Heroic Oaths Sworn:	16	Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	18
Living Statues Befriended:	0	Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	5
Haunted Mines Explored:	2	Magic Items Found:	5724

Players:	109/700	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Cosmic Entities Communed With:	2	Sunfire Helmets Forged:	3
Lunar Scepters Activated:	12	Forgotten Legends Remembered:	9
Titan Hearts Harvested:	5	Goblin Markets Raided:	5
Horror Stories Survived:	7	Reality Distortions Fixed:	3
Underground Cities Explored:	5	Soulbound Rings Equipped:	12
Legendary Scepters Created:	2	Rainbows Spotted:	1
Warrior Spirits Summoned:	13	Soul Swords Wielded:	3

Players:	95/500	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Sunfire Helmets Forged:	5	Lunar Eclipses Witnessed:	3
Epic Battles Fought:	20	Giant Mushrooms Cultivated:	5
Infinite Doors Opened:	2	Eldritch Beasts Summoned:	1
Endless Staircases Climbed:	3	Enchanted Forests Planted:	11
Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	2	Heroic Deeds Celebrated:	11
Darkness Engulfments Escaped:	1	Horror Stories Survived:	7
Legendary Items Repaired:	4	Heroic Legacies Created:	3

Players:	97/900	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Eldritch Scrolls Read:	4	Magic Crystals Found:	20
Hidden Passages Discovered:	2	Heroic Legacies Created:	1
Quantum Bards Serenaded:	3	Chimeras Created:	1
Enchanted Tomes Discovered:	20	Immortal Potions Brewed:	14
Players Killed by Monsters:	4930	Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	5
Soulbound Rings Equipped:	15	Cursed Artifacts Recovered:	23
Vanishing Items Found:	8	Time Loop Anomalies Resolved:	3

Players:	90/300	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Potions Brewed:	195	Mystery Villagers Spotted:	6
Invisible Walls Found:	3	Mystic Runes Engraved:	3
Haunted Chests Opened:	9	Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	2
Chaos Gates Opened:	3	Whispering Caves Entered:	8
Mineshafts Explored:	4	Wyrmholes Dug:	6
Goblin Armies Outwitted:	6	Chimeras Created:	2
Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	1	Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	11

Players:	92/900	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Underground Cities Explored:	1	Magical Moments Shared:	22
Ghostly Villagers Traded With:	1	Astral Mages Summoned:	3
Void Gems Collected:	35	Shadow Figures Spotted:	2
Glitched Entities Encountered:	5	Ender Chest Mysteries Uncovered:	3
Elemental Forces Harnessed:	4	Haunted Strongholds Conquered:	5
Godly Talismans Bestowed:	5	Cozy Campfires Lit:	21
Forbidden Relics Collected:	0	Mythical Relics Collected:	10