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.

LazySunMinecraftSMP

baking, Cooking, family time, favorite activities, gardening, hobbies, Lazy Sunday, LazySunMinecraftSMP, leisure time, napping, outdoor activities, pampering, Peaceful Moments, quality time, reading, recharge, Relaxation, self-care, stress free, unwind, watching movies

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Do you enjoy spending your lazy Sunday afternoons building epic structures, battling mobs, and trolling your friends? Then you need to join our Minecraft SMP! We’ve got more drama than a soap opera, more pranks than a comedy show, and more chaos than a toddler’s birthday party.

Join us for the chance to become the ultimate Minecraft master, forge alliances with other players, and conquer the land with your epic builds. Plus, we have a secret underground base filled with treasure, a pet dragon that breathes fire, and a secret portal to a parallel universe where everything is made of diamonds.

So what are you waiting for? Join our Minecraft SMP today and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime!

Noxcrew Factory

Mini Games, PvP, Roleplay, Vanilla

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Noxcrew Factory is a server created by the Noxcrew to host gameshow and the other creations by the Noxcrew (The people behind the most recent Terra Swoop Force map!).

We strive to bring unique gamemodes which are at a high quality. You will not see similar modes on other servers!

MCStrike is a unique and incredibly fun gun-combat style gamemode with tons of potential for awesome gamemodes! Unlock a variety of guns and equipment and use them to level up or prestige!

Gameshow is a collection of Arcade minigames with 3v3 playstyles based on the Youtube series of ‘Noxcrew Gameshow’!

Come join the fun right now on:

nox.gs

Pumpkin Craft

Factions, PvP, Raiding

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Welcome to Pumpkin Craft, A new minecraft factions server. We have – Factions McMMO Parkour Silky Spawn

Normal Factions, NOT OP

We are not accepting any staff so dont ask.

All we want from this server is to get people to have a good time!

192.95.46.16

KrumbledMC

Cross-Play, Economy, MCMMO, PvE, PvP, Skyblock

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Experience the worlds of KrumbledMC!

An incredible server exclusively for adults aged 18 and above (No Exceptions).

Dive into our multi-world adventure, always up-to-date with the latest Version of Java. Leave behind the hassles of drama as you indulge in a crossplay (Java / Bedrock) worlds crafted just for you.

We have a Resource world that is regularly reset. The map is large with lots of room to build. We utilize anti-griefing plugins along with a variety of other plugins to make your game enjoyable and your builds safe. The plugins we have aren’t meant to take the challenge out of the game, but to add a whole new dynamic to your gaming experience on our server.

Interact with our ChatGPT powered, A.I. NPC’s!

world.krumbledmc.com

GunColony

Economy, Mini Games, PvE, PvP

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Mob-Arena is a mini-game where you kill waves of mobs in an arena. The minigame has always been boring with the traditional weapons such as swords and bows. However, we have guns that can help you fight these mobs. Featuring a wide variety of guns, including AK-47, FAMAS, Steyr AUG, Schmidt Scout, AWP, XM1014, PP-Bizon, Negev and many others! You can also tame your own pet and it will help you fight the hordes of monsters. Natural regeneration and mob-to-mob damage have also been enabled, which means you are able to use a creeper to blow up other mobs! Beta ran through May 30, 2015 to June 23, and we’re happy to announce our first release patch! We’re fresh, 40 slots, and ready to enjoy!

The server DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY MODS. Using vanilla 1.8 or higher you can join the server and correctly view the 3D models, however it is highly recommended that you use vanilla Minecraft 1.8.4 or higher to join the server. Optifine for 1.8.4 is compatible with the server.

As we have been released and we do not have a high need for staff, staff application requirements is now increased to Corporal I instead of Private I. The age restrictions are still minimal.

guncolony.com

FaithfulMC

Factions, Hardcore, KitPvP, PvP, Raiding

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Welcome to FaithfulMC!

Join us for the most fun and competitive PvP/HCF experience around.

We offer: – HCF, Practice and Kits – 20 TPS Servers – FTOP Rewards – Real-time statistics on our website – 6+ Years of up-time.

How fast can you click? http://faithfulmc.com/cps

IP: faithfulmc.com

faithfulmc.com

TopStrix Network

Anarchy, Creative, Mini Games, Parkour, PvP, Skyblock, Survival

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The most worthwhile community you will ever meet, seriously.

With a vision and passion to develop a huge, quality and loving Israeli community, We decided to give our soul into the minecraft server, where you will experience the peak of fun with your friends or with nice people you meet with us.

It is important for us to note that, unlike many communities – our focus has always been and will be to maintain and protect a community

play.topstrix.net

ChosenCraft

KitPvP, Skyblock, Survival, Survival Games, Towny

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Website URL: http://www.chosencraft.com/ Ingame IP: play.chosencraft.com Teamspeak 3 IP: voice.chosencraft.com:10009

Come join us at play.chosencraft.com! We have many intuitive plugins and even our own plugin developers. We also feature an active website with forums, a Teamspeak server, and trained staff to quickly help you with any problems!

Server Reviews: Medessec: “The community is very open and friendly, the server has a lot of people on it all the time, so it’s no beat-down botched Vanilla server running on someone’s home computer. It’s owners didn’t compromise either, my connection to the server was exceptionally smooth and stable.”

Edomien: “Very good moderators who ACTUALLY HELP! I love this server! Grief? They fix it! Spammers? They take care of them! Epic server! Join now!” So what are you waiting for? Come join!

play.chosencraft.com

Brutal Factions

Factions, KitPvP, Parkour, Skyblock, Survival

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Welcome to Brutal Factions! NEW MANAGEMENT!

We are a well known Factions server that has been around for 4 years! Heres some basic info on what we have to offer:

play.brutal.network

BeanBlockz

Creative, Factions, Prison, Skyblock, Survival

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BeanBlockz

Home of Smallishbeans – https://youtube.com/Smallishbeans

On the server, we have a variety of gamemodes – with more to come. Currently we have Factions, Creative, Survival, Skyblock, Prison and KitPvP, however we have multiple in development.

mc.beanblockz.com

MarsMC

KitPvP, Mini Games, Prison, PvP, Survival Games

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Hello go My server Play.marsmc.net ^^ Have fun server minecraft Froom Saudi Enjoy MiniGame FFA KITPVP SG RUSH

Play.MarsMC.Net

2Gcrafters

Economy, PvP, Survival

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Open world pvp survival server, with store and protections. Website and forum Discord channel for help with plugins and tutorials Non-premium server a great community.

mc.2gcrafters.net

Mendocraft Premium/ Non Premium Server

Creative, Factions, KitPvP, Mini Games, Survival Games

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This is a friendly 24/7 “Dedicated Server” to all Minecraft players. The server has a lot of games to choose. We offer Op Prison, Paintball, Factions, McInfected, MYZombies, Mob Arena, TnT Runner, Block Hunts, Gold Rush, Quiver, Splegg, Team Battles, OITC, Creative, Kit PvP, Survival Games, Football, RisingSlain, DeathJump,Turf Wars and More…. The server is not a commercial server. Please feel free to play with no obligations to ask. Have fun in playing. Our server ip address : us.mendocraft.com

us.mendocraft.com

Mineplay

Creative, KitPvP, MCMMO, Skyblock, Survival

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MIneplay is a server that is based in the UK.

We are a small, Family friendly community that has been running for a consderable time, and Welcome players of all ages.

As a father, I set the server up for my son, providing a safe and secure place for him to play on, and as such, we adhere to a No Swearing Policy

Our rules are easy to follow, and we do not ask for, or take donations.

Currently, we have Several servers, including:

Survival Creative Prison, Skyblock, Kingdoms and Mingames

We have many custom plugins to further enhance your experience, and are Lag free.

mc.mineplay.com

DBNation

PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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Dragon Block C MOD required to play!

Check our Workin in progress custom map and website: http://dbnation.enjin.com/dynmap

We just started! GOGOGO!

-Adventure -Growing and nice Community -Events -Custom Map -24/7 -Much More!

dbnation.us

OrangeCraft

Creative, Factions, Mini Games, Skyblock, Skywars

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Welcome to the official Minecraft Server of Annoying Orange, MC.orangecraft.net.

We, the OrangeCraft, have been working our pixels off tweaking the server, the website and our internal tools. Some of those changes are obvious, some less so, but all of them have been important. We know there’s still a lot of work to do to make the server perfect, and we thank you for your patience while we get there. One of those changes is this very news post. We’re going to be making an active effort in keeping you, the community, up to date with what we’re up to. Keep an eye out here for details on what we’ve changed and what we’ve got planned for the future. Currently we’re home to 6 awesome gamemodes. Those gamemodes vary from PVP, to building. Each of our fun games, give players of all types to get in on the fun. When playing on the Annoying Orange server, you will always have a high chance of playing along side the characters, and potentially being in their videos. Please remembers to display a positive, mature, and up-beat attitude when playing with them. Please check our calendar for Meet-and-Greet events with your favorite Annoying Orange characters on the server.

Our following website, twitter, and emails information can be found bellow. Twitter: @MinecraftAO Website: OrangeCraft.net

mc.orangecraft.net

Players:	98/800	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Mythical Swords Crafted:	45	Magic Scrolls Discovered:	4
Phantom Ships Sailed:	5	Celestial Crowns Worn:	5
Inescapable Mazes Solved:	1	Eerie Music Discs Played:	5
Cursed Statues Activated:	3	Endermen Teleportation Errors:	2
Secret Libraries Discovered:	5	Phantom Rings Equipped:	19
Epic Weapons Forged:	2	World-Altering Spells Cast:	2
Crystal Wands Charged:	11	Blood Moons Survived:	0

Players:	109/500	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Phantom Horses Ridden:	2	Moonlit Rituals Performed:	7
Wyrmholes Dug:	6	Warrior Spirits Summoned:	22
Godly Talismans Bestowed:	10	Dimensional Rifts Closed:	4
Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	3	Frozen Fortresses Conquered:	5
Galactic Jellyfish Caught:	2	Magical Ponies Rescued:	3
Ores Mined:	4798	Cursed Artifacts Uncovered:	1
Legendary Titles Earned:	2	Pirate Ghost Ships Conquered:	3

Players:	90/900	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Cursed Gauntlets Discovered:	4	Unseen Monsters Slain:	8
Secret Passages Found:	8	Enchantments Applied:	230
Dungeon Sieges Launched:	4	Magical Carpet Rides Taken:	5
Eldritch Beasts Summoned:	2	Legendary Heroes Trained:	6
Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	8	Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	2
Ender Dragon Reincarnations:	2	Giant Mushrooms Cultivated:	9
Alien Abductions:	2	Elemental Forces Harnessed:	5

Players:	105/100	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Cosmic Pies Baked:	6	Inescapable Mazes Solved:	3
Eldritch Abominations Befriended:	0	Titanic Relics Retrieved:	4
Cosmic Entities Communed With:	0	Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	2
Nightmare Scenarios Survived:	3	Shadow Realms Conquered:	0
Legendary Scepters Created:	7	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	3
Hidden Passages Discovered:	5	Dragonkin Hatched:	5
Haunted Mines Explored:	2	Goblin Armies Outwitted:	3

Players:	106/200	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Ancient Ruins Explored:	3	Cursed Amulets Found:	0
Endless Legions Commanded:	19	Celestial Crowns Worn:	4
Magical Carpet Rides Taken:	1	Warlock Amulets Crafted:	14
Enchantments Applied:	88	Soul Swords Wielded:	6
Endless Minecart Rides Taken:	1	Frozen Fortresses Conquered:	3
Teleportation Mishaps:	2	Crystal Caves Mapped:	8
Haunted Chests Opened:	0	Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	4

Players:	99/400	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Chaos Gates Opened:	1	Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	2
Magical Carpet Rides Taken:	2	Demonic Pacts Formed:	1
Mines Excavated:	1227	Endless Minecart Rides Taken:	3
Legendary Items Repaired:	4	Epic Weapons Forged:	4
Eerie Music Discs Played:	3	Immortal Anvils Forged:	5
Celestial Dragons Tamed:	2	Eldritch Scrolls Read:	6
Dimension-Hopping Bunnies Found:	3	Forbidden Relics Collected:	4

Players:	108/100	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Astral Orbs Gathered:	16	Magical Ponies Rescued:	6
Magic Scrolls Discovered:	5	Reality Warps Survived:	2
Zombie Dances:	4	Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	4
Crystal Wands Charged:	9	Ancient Guardians Awoken:	3
Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	2	Mineshafts Explored:	5
Unholy Beasts Tamed:	1	Cozy Campfires Lit:	18
Ethereal Dreams Experienced:	9	Lost Souls Rescued:	3

Players:	101/800	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Crops Grown:	6603	Cursed Villages Purged:	4
Star Shards Collected:	195	Dragons Tamed:	0
Rune Stones Activated:	10	Potions Brewed:	78
Cursed Scrolls Read:	4	Werewolf Howls Heard:	5
Wyrmholes Dug:	10	Animals Bred:	70
Cursed Taverns Survived:	3	Demonic Pacts Formed:	1
Duplicated Mobs Battled:	6	Endless Legions Commanded:	10

Players:	103/400	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Cursed Taverns Survived:	4	Horror Stories Survived:	3
Chaos Gates Opened:	1	Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	1
Celestial Crowns Worn:	5	Dragonkin Hatched:	2
Wilderness Tamed:	19	World-Altering Spells Cast:	1
Chaos Emeralds Discovered:	4	Moonlit Rituals Performed:	2
Arcane Secrets Unlocked:	20	Unicorn Sightings:	1
Mystery Villagers Spotted:	6	Love Letters Sent:	12

Players:	106/900	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Cursed Swords Broken:	1	Phantom Ships Sailed:	5
Reality Distortions Fixed:	2	Cursed Lands Purified:	4
Lunar Scepters Activated:	12	Ender Dragon Reincarnations:	2
Galactic Jellyfish Caught:	3	Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	1
Star Shards Collected:	133	Heroic Oaths Sworn:	16
Hidden Villages Discovered:	3	Forbidden Grimoires Read:	1
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	10	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	0

Players:	99/800	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	4	Magical Ponies Rescued:	6
Galactic Jellyfish Caught:	4	Horror Stories Survived:	4
Infernal Machines Built:	2	Mines Excavated:	3984
Haunted Mines Explored:	2	Astral Projections Made:	2
Crystal Caves Mapped:	2	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	3
Nightmare Scenarios Survived:	1	Rainbows Spotted:	2
Potions Brewed:	76	Pockets of Chaos Discovered:	4

Players:	100/300	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Warlock Pacts Sealed:	0	Soul Contracts Signed:	1
Cursed Artifacts Uncovered:	1	Mystery Villagers Spotted:	1
Cozy Campfires Lit:	22	Endermen Teleportation Errors:	5
Volcanoes Explored:	2	Mysterious Portals Opened:	5
Storm Giants Negotiated With:	1	Shadow Realms Conquered:	1
Celestial Beings Befriended:	3	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	0
Mythical Quests Completed:	27	Dragons Tamed:	2

Players:	93/400	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Ghostly Villagers Traded With:	3	Cursed Diamonds Mined:	4
Enchantments Applied:	276	Enchanted Weapons Reforged:	5
God-Killer Bows Constructed:	7	Powerful Allies Recruited:	8
Legendary Armor Sets Assembled:	38	Herobrine Sightings:	6
Phantom Ships Sailed:	3	Astral Projections Made:	0
Unique Catgirls Spotted:	2	Forbidden Doors Opened:	1
Divine Relics Bestowed:	13	Hidden Passages Discovered:	7

Players:	106/300	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Wilderness Tamed:	5	Shadow Wolves Tamed:	2
Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	3	Titanic Battles Fought:	27
Dragon Eggs Hatched:	3	World-Altering Spells Cast:	2
Astral Amulets Crafted:	41	Cosmic Pies Baked:	6
Forbidden Tomes Read:	7	Phantom Ships Sailed:	4
Endless Staircases Climbed:	2	Runic Tablets Deciphered:	37
Haunted Mirrors Gazed Into:	1	Heroic Oaths Sworn:	14

Players:	102/700	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Curse of Binding Applied:	4	Vampire Cloaks Sewn:	2
Love Letters Sent:	3	Mystic Mirrors Unlocked:	2
Cursed Diamonds Mined:	4	Inverted Worlds Discovered:	0
Ghost Miner’s Tools Found:	3	Crystal Palaces Visited:	1
Witch’s Brew Drunk:	5	Celestial Blades Sharpened:	8
Sentient Weapons Trained:	1	Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	10
Giant Mushrooms Cultivated:	2	Storm Giants Negotiated With:	2

Players:	108/300	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Forbidden Tomes Read:	4	Immortal Potions Brewed:	4
Epic Mounts Acquired:	7	Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	5
Epic Weapons Forged:	8	Vanishing Structures Built:	4
Infinite Doors Opened:	2	Spontaneous Duels Fought:	5
Meteorite Armor Created:	27	Gnome Villages Protected:	7
Runes Activated:	6	Fairy Circles Danced In:	6
Enchantments Applied:	61	Endermen Teleportation Errors:	5