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.

Hytec Factions PVP

Tired of the awful PVP servers that seem to populate server listings? Tired of terrible abusive staff that just don’t seem to care about the players? Are you just as enraged by incompetent owners as we are?

Then come join Hytec PVP.

This server is a econ focused Factions/Survival server with player shops.

We are a small server! We are always trying to add extra things to make this a better place. If you like the server, tell your friends! if you have any suggestions, please feel free to PM me.

mc.hytecpvp.com

Sanctum Network

Earth, Economy, Factions, PvE, PvP, Raiding, Survival

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400 Sci-Fi Mods in 1.20.1 Play as a dragon Build Factories Make your Meka-Suit Become the strongest Mage with your custom abilities

sanctum.network

WaveyMC Survival

Economy, PvE, PvP, Survival

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We are a 1.20.1 Survival Multiplayer (SMP) server with many cool features to keep our players having a great time. This includes features such as: Quests, a Level System, Factories, Deliveries, Random Teleport (RTP), Coins and much more!

As a server we aim to provide a welcoming yet exciting experience with our Minecraft game server. At WaveyMC we have taken the time to develop an experience that will truly keep the blockcrafters crafting blocks!

DISCORD: https://discord.waveymc.net

play.waveymc.net

ThunderMC

LifeSteal, PvP, Survival

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ThunderMC [BoxPvP]

Season 1 is out now!!! Mine your way to better gear Packed with tons of PvP Play Now! Why Not? The IP is: play.thundermc.net We are waiting for you! Good luck and Have fun! Also, make sure to join our discord https://discord.gg/thundermc

play.thundermc.net

Hylex

Bedwars, Mini Games, Parkour, Skywars

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We are a Brazilian minigame server in Minecraft Java Edition with more than 10 thousand daily players, made up of thousands of people who are fanatical about the game and totally addicted to BedWars, SkyWars, The Bridge, Build Battle, Duels, RankUP and other various minigames.

What are you waiting for? Get in there, let’s play!

Access Hylex via the IP hylex.gg or original.hylex.gg, available for the original and alternative versions of the game.

Discord: https://discord.gg/hylex Website: https://hylex.gg/

Hylex is a Brazilian server of minigames in Minecraft Java Edition with over 10,000 daily players. Its community is made up of thousands of Minecraft fanatics who are totally addicted to minigames like BedWars, SkyWars, The Bridge, Build Battle, Duels, RankUP and others.

hylex.gg

ResGamingInc Mystical Block Server

Skyblock, Survival

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Enjoy ya selves and Be Nice simple as that please join our discord and help us grow into a bigger community with others and various games to share Using Mystical Block 2.7.3 https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/mystical-block forge-36.2.34

resgamingincminecraft.ddns.net:30153

Nova Gilded Aegis

Cross-Play, Survival

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Here at Nova Gilded Aegis, We are a community oriented server! We believe that without the players we wouldn’t be here so we focus on listening to what our players want! We have a variety of plugins, there is always something for everyone, whether is be jobs, PvP (which is toggle-able of course!), Or clans. We have something for all. With staff ready to lend a helping hand, we look forward to seeing you around!

novagildedaegis.cloudnord.net:21932

ThreadsMine – Grief and Anarchy

Anarchy, Economy, KitPvP, PvP, Vanilla

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Do you want to test your survival skills and plunge into a world full of dangers? Welcome to the ThreadsMine server – a place where exciting adventures and adrenaline-pumping battles await. Here you can express yourself in a real griefer atmosphere! The ability to destroy, loot and spy – choose your path and create chaos around you!

On the ThreadsMine server, a world of full PVP awaits you, where every step could be your last. Powerful PvP battles with other players, capturing bases and battles for resources will become your daily reality.

Our server offers unique plugins and modifications that will allow you to unleash your griefing potential. Create secret bases, build traps, use secret passages and plot betrayals. Your imagination will not be limited!

Join the ThreadsMine server and become a real griefer! But be prepared for a brutal struggle for survival and seizure of territory. Only the strongest and most cunning survive here.

Don’t hesitate, come and become a part of our lawless world! This place is only for real griefers, and there is no place for weaklings!

mc.threadsmine.ru

Secura Network

Bedwars, Cross-Play, Pixelmon, PvP, Survival, Vanilla

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Secura Network is a Hispanic Server 1.8 – 1.20.1Java and Bedrock which currently has 3 modalities:

Pixelmon: Pokemon Mod. Forge 1.12.2 + Pixelmon Mod Survival: Vanilla Minecraft style mod 1.8 – 1.20.1 Boxpvp: Combat Mode 1.8 – 1.20.1

What are you waiting for? Join our community!! IP: play.mcsecuranet.com Discord: https://discord.gg/HABdCMsHqB

play.mcsecuranet.com

AngelicMC

KitPvP

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Italian server open to all Minecraft Java players | premium and SP. we are opening a server dedicated to competitive modes and much more. we are born in 2020 with the name AngelicMC and now the staffers’ dream is becoming reality. We hope all of you Minecraft players can come in and enjoy a great experience on our server.

mc.angelicmc.com

Externium

PvP, Survival, Towny

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Welcome to Externium – Epic Bosses and PvP! Discover a unique world where special enchantments boost your abilities and face epic bosses for exclusive treasures. Participate in exciting PvP events and be part of an active community in our city, where collaboration is key.

Featured Features: Special Enchantments to enhance your items. Face epic bosses and unlock new dimensions.

PvP Events and Challenges: Participate in PvP events full of action and strategy.

Explore the City: Join an active community to trade and improve your skills.

City Invasions: Experience the thrill of invasions, defend or attack for victory.

externiummc.holy.gg:25819

BlastFire

Prison, PvP, Survival

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BlastFire is a skymine you have a arena and crates always an event! You can PVP in the arena and there are always upgrades so stay tuned! Begin with mining the event block or just the wood! then upgrade your tools and go to the next block!! There are even Ogs!!

play.blastfire.online

Greed Isle

Economy, PvE, Survival

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What makes us unique? Custom Modeled Cosmetics, Player Warps, Player Economy, Claiming System, Voting ranks, and so much more!

We wish to make the most fair survival server possible that being not P2W and keeping both old and new players in mind. We don’t sell ranks, keys, or items that gives other players advantages over you. We truly just want to have fun and connect with you, and we hope to see you soon!!

mc.greedisle.xyz

TerraRealms Network

Cross-Play, Economy, MCMMO, Roleplay, Survival, Vanilla

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Welcome to TerraRealms, where you’ll find a vibrant community with dedicated owners committed to actively fixing bugs and glitches. Our mission is to craft the server you’ve all been searching for. Tired of being the sole player grinding for in-game rewards because you lack the time or resources? Look no further! You can now purchase items with ease, using either in-game currency or ‘TerraHards’.

What are you waiting for? It may sound too good to be true, but you’re in for a delightful surprise. Join us now at play.terrarealms.net and become part of our thriving community!

play.terrarealms.net

The Respawn Point

Economy, MCMMO, PvE, PvP, Survival

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The Respawn Point is a discord community that has expanded to allowing new players to join our Minecraft SMP Server with economy and MCMMO all players must link with our discord bot when joining. https://discord.gg/XASMYfNwrA

We have recently upgraded our servers and moved to BungeeCord to allow expansion to new game modes. players must be of age of 13+ Griefing is not allowed and grief prevention is in place. all servers are running paper with dupe protection and anti xray

game-servers.myhomenetworks.com:25577

AriseCity

Cross-Play, Earth, Economy, Factions, PvP, Raiding, Survival

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Arisecity is a Java/Bedrock comp Kingdoms and Earth themed server with heavy emphasis on pvp, wars, countries and grinding. Mainly vanilla combat with some balance changes.

play.arisecity.net

Players:	98/900	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Dragonkin Hatched:	5	Underground Cities Explored:	3
Secret Passages Found:	5	Titanic Battles Fought:	30
Endless Mazes Conquered:	4	Unicorn Parades Witnessed:	3
Celestial Gardens Planted:	6	Forgotten Legends Remembered:	9
Phantom Horses Ridden:	2	Lost Souls Rescued:	1
Royal Decrees Issued:	0	Demonic Pacts Formed:	3
Divine Spears Created:	13	Blood-Forged Axes Created:	7

Players:	106/400	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Arcane Towers Raised:	3	Dimension Hops:	5
Ender Chest Mysteries Uncovered:	4	Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	1
Cryptic Prophecies Deciphered:	1	Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	3
Mystical Amulets Crafted:	39	Elemental Forces Harnessed:	8
Enchanted Armories Found:	9	Blood Moons Survived:	0
God-Killer Bows Constructed:	6	Cursed Statues Activated:	4
Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	2	Magic Items Found:	7609

Players:	99/600	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Time-Warping Watches Found:	1	Crystal Wands Charged:	12
Falling into the Void:	1	Mythical Swords Crafted:	58
Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	1	Time Loop Anomalies Resolved:	2
Unbreakable Curses Broken:	2	Lost Cities Unearthed:	2
Cursed Artifacts Recovered:	17	Endless Night Skies:	3
Mystic Runes Engraved:	3	Titanic Relics Retrieved:	5
Legendary Heroes Trained:	2	Immortal Potions Brewed:	13

Players:	94/500	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	2	Necronomicon Pages Collected:	7
Epic Weapons Forged:	5	Dragon Hoards Looted:	1
Ghost Miner’s Tools Found:	5	Glorious Feasts Held:	15
Ancient Ruins Explored:	4	Cosmic Hamsters Found:	4
Phantom Ships Sailed:	2	Dark Rituals Completed:	10
Ancient Relics Unearthed:	341	Magic Wands Crafted:	25
Unholy Rituals Interrupted:	0	Royal Courts Attended:	2

Players:	101/800	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Forbidden Tomes Read:	7	Ender Pearl Glitches:	2
Demonic Pacts Formed:	3	Rainbows Spotted:	6
Secret Libraries Discovered:	2	Enchanted Weapons Reforged:	9
Divine Spears Created:	22	Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	3
Heroic Legacies Created:	5	Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	1
Endless Night Skies:	3	Magic Crystals Found:	9
Cursed Diamonds Mined:	4	Alien Abductions:	5

Players:	110/900	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Cursed Amulets Found:	5	Elemental Crystals Collected:	26
Gryphons Tamed:	4	Mimic Chests Discovered:	3
Legendary Armor Sets Assembled:	37	Nether Portals Gone Wrong:	2
Glorious Feasts Held:	8	Witch’s Brew Drunk:	8
Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	11	Volcanoes Explored:	3
Magic Crystals Found:	25	God-Killer Bows Constructed:	6
Cursed Gauntlets Discovered:	7	Eerie Music Discs Played:	6

Players:	109/500	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	2	Wishing Wells Wished Upon:	5
Cursed Diamonds Mined:	4	Alternate Realities Explored:	3
Mines Excavated:	3001	Infinity Stones Found:	5
Unseen Monsters Slain:	7	Phantom Blocks Placed:	5
Cursed Swords Broken:	2	Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	2
Wailing Winds Heard:	2	Towns Built:	2
Invisible Pathways Walked:	3	Cursed Scrolls Read:	3

Players:	109/100	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Spontaneous Duels Fought:	14	Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	1
Cursed Amulets Found:	0	Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	3
Dragonkin Hatched:	3	Towns Built:	6
Dragon Eggs Hatched:	1	Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	4
Ancient Relics Unearthed:	413	Epic Weapons Forged:	6
Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	11	Inescapable Mazes Solved:	1
Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	6	Star Shards Collected:	110

Players:	91/700	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Phantom Horses Ridden:	2	Epic Bosses Defeated:	4
Magical Beanstalks Grown:	4	Chaos Orbs Controlled:	5
Evil Lairs Raided:	2	Nightmare Scenarios Survived:	3
Potions Brewed:	90	Mimic Chests Discovered:	2
Dimensional Rifts Closed:	0	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	3
Crystal Palaces Visited:	1	Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	1
Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	1	Mythical Creatures Tamed:	0

Players:	97/300	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Cursed Lands Purified:	6	Rainbows Spotted:	9
Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	2	Sentient Weapons Trained:	7
Celestial Crowns Worn:	1	Alternate Realities Explored:	5
Legendary Items Repaired:	4	Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	2
Time-Warping Watches Found:	1	Pirate Ships Captured:	1
Epic Quests Completed:	12	Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	1
Cursed Gauntlets Discovered:	4	Lunar Eclipses Witnessed:	1

Players:	102/200	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	12	Cursed Swords Broken:	2
Chaos Gates Opened:	2	Ancient Ruins Explored:	5
Dimension-Hopping Bunnies Found:	2	Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	3
Paranormal Events Investigated:	5	Powerful Allies Recruited:	6
Rainbows Spotted:	4	Unbreakable Chains Forged:	3
Infinity Gauntlets Forged:	0	Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	1
Gnome Villages Protected:	3	Ancient Dragons Awakened:	2

Players:	90/200	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Unbreakable Curses Broken:	2	Falling into the Void:	1
Divine Spears Created:	27	Shattered Realms Restored:	2
Godly Talismans Bestowed:	15	Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	18
Heroic Oaths Sworn:	14	Alternate Realities Explored:	2
Astral Staffs Crafted:	18	Meteorite Armor Created:	23
Infernal Machines Built:	2	Hidden Villages Discovered:	2
Royal Decrees Issued:	1	Forbidden Grimoires Read:	7

Players:	90/400	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Whispering Shadows Heard:	1	Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	1
Alien Abductions:	0	Ancient Ruins Explored:	1
Mines Excavated:	1900	Epic Battles Fought:	18
Legendary Titles Earned:	2	Mimic Chests Discovered:	2
Endermen Teleportation Errors:	1	Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	4
Goblin Markets Raided:	2	Goblin Armies Outwitted:	3
Ancient Guardians Awoken:	2	Invisible Pathways Walked:	3

Players:	100/500	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Holy Grails Found:	4	Moonlit Rituals Performed:	4
Vanishing Structures Built:	4	Omnipotent Charms Created:	3
Nightmare Scenarios Survived:	1	Astral Amulets Crafted:	24
Treasure Maps Found:	1	Endless Staircases Climbed:	2
Haunted Redstone Contraptions Built:	5	Witch’s Brew Drunk:	18
Cursed Artifacts Recovered:	25	Cursed Diamonds Mined:	4
Shadow Daggers Crafted:	25	Cuddly Creatures Pet:	48

Players:	92/300	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Evil Portals Destroyed:	1	Infinity Stones Found:	3
Meteor Showers Witnessed:	1	Divine Scrolls Written:	19
Celestial Crowns Worn:	4	Immortal Anvils Forged:	6
Arcane Secrets Unlocked:	12	Lost Cities Unearthed:	2
Enchanted Armories Found:	7	Dragon Eggs Hatched:	3
Living Statues Befriended:	3	Celestial Dragons Tamed:	1
Fabled Crowns Discovered:	9	Crystal Wands Charged:	8