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.

ZephCraft – Family Friendly Community SMP

Bedrockjavacrossplay, Canada, Community, Communitydriven, Creative, Discord, family, family friendly, Familyfriendly, Friends, Meetup, Minecraft, ONLINE, perpetually, Play, RedZephon, self-hosted, Server, smp, Survival, zephcraft

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ZephCraft is a Friendly Community SMP built with love in Canada.

play.zephcraft.com to join the server

RedZephon hosts this server for his friends and family, but you’re invited to join us too! It’s often quiet, but sometimes a few of us are online. Join the discord to schedule a time to meetup and play.

Since the server is self-hosted, there’s no worry about a Minecraft host shutting down randomly, or the bills going unpaid. The server plans to stay up perpetually even if there are no players actively online.

play.zephcraft.com

MineClick

Mini Games

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MineClick is a unique Minecraft server that features an incremental/idle clicker gamemode. Start your adventure today by joining the server at play.mineclick.net– You are given your own island where you can mine special blocks. – For starters, every mined block gets you 1 gold. In order to speed up your progress you can upgrade your Pickaxe and hire workers that do the job for you. By upgrading your workers you increase their income rate. – There are also upgrades that you can do to your island which give a variety of perks such as worker efficiency increase or an additional Pickaxe. – When you’ve made enough gold you can unlock a new island which gives you an increase to global gold multiplier and new island upgrades. – You workers work even when you’re offline.

mc.mineclick.net

Nest Pig

Cross-Play, MCMMO, Survival

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Survival Atena: Have fun in the biggest geopolitical survival in all of Brazil! It is the perfect choice for those looking for an exciting Minecraft adventure. Compatible with Java and Bedrock, pirated and original versions, starting from version 1.16! Survival Atena offers everything a player could want, such as a unique system for creating cities and nations, mcmmo, custom texture, clans, wars, events, and many others! Don’t waste any more time and come play on Rede Pig

redepig.com

ClikaCraft

PvE, PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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Welcome to our Minecraft multiplayer server, where fun and adventure are found around every corner! Immerse yourself in a unique survival that goes beyond convention. Experience a custom world full of surprises, from adorable pets to exciting classes with unique abilities. Discover chests full of treasure, navigate intuitive menus and unleash impressive power-ups. Protect your achievements and enjoy the gaming experience in a friendly and exciting environment! Join us on this epic journey, where creativity and camaraderie merge in the pixelated universe of Minecraft 1.17-1.20. Adventure awaits you!

play.clikacraft.net

HomesteadCraft

PvE, PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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HomesteadCraft is an RPG-inspired adult MC server with a vanilla-feel; think vanilla ice cream with sprinkles. Aurelium Skills- Introduces Skills and Stats into Minecraft! Acuteloot- Adds literally BILLIONS of unique named items. Outside of the RPG-inspired plugins, we also use a claims plugin. Since this is a grief-free server (see rules below), you can imagine this one helps prevent a LOT of things. We currently have a world border of 9k in each direction from spawn. With an admin team that strives to assure constant 20TPS, and a friendly and helpful mod team, we try to build a close-knit community of friends from all over the world who just want to hangout with other adults and play some Minecraft. 21+ because we’re not interested in dealing with kid-related drama. WHERE TO FIND US Join us at Homesteadcraft.mcserver.us RULES 1: Don’t be a D!/k. 2: 21+ only. 3: Even as an adult-only server, please limit profanity in chat. 4: Absolutely NO hateful or derogatory language will be tolerated.

homesteadcraft.mcserver.us

Sloome Magic

Cross-Play, Economy, MCMMO, Mini Games, PvP, Roleplay, Survival

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This is the best friendly server of Minecraft you can join us today and we have a lot of plugins and many players play with us in the server Enjoy 🙂

game-uk-02.mtxserv.com:27030

Frontier Network

Creative, Economy, MCMMO, Mini Games, PvE, Towny

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Welcome to Frontier Network! We currently offer a great cobblemon experience featuring tons of custom mods!Cobblemon: (Latest Version : Adds over 500 Pokemon to Minecraft) This version of Cobblemon runs on Minecraft 1.20.1 fabric!Server IP: play.frontier-mc.com Discord: discord.gg/6D9yYRxFGR Website: https://www.frontier-mc.com/

play.frontier-mc.com

CubitoLand Network

Bedwars, Earth, Mini Games, Prison, Skyblock, Survival

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We have various modalities such as Survival Custom, Sykblock, Boxpvp, Prison, Planet Earth, Bedwars, and above all a lot of fun!

mc.cubitoland.com

Rentera Online

MCMMO, PvE, PvP, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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Custom RPG Towny Server with a proper RPG experience including Custom Monsters, Bosses and Equipment! Huge focus on Community, Economy and Custom RPG Content.

play.renteraonline.com

Divided Earth

Earth, Economy, PvP, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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Terradivisa is a geopolitical earth server aimed towards those who enjoy a more classic geopol experience. We have towny, an online map, siegewar, and several brand-new features created exclusively for this server, such as a nation based economy that allows nations to create and manage their own currency! We also have a monuments system to make town expansion independent of player count, and more to make an enjoyable server for all of your Geopolitical needs. Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/sFTMeMbn5s

terradivisa.com:25594

MineCommunity

Economy, MCMMO, PvE, PvP, Skyblock, Survival, Towny

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A Minecraft Story always starts with a block.Explore the world with your friends without limits with our 24/7 server!Create guilds, promote your friends, and prove you’re the best by challenging other guilds.Improve your guilds by ranking up and earn more rewards!Battle mobs! Level up your adventurer rank! Earn OP items though our EliteMobs adventuring setup.Go get a pet! We have an RPG like pet system so you will have a companion always!Rank up through the ranks by playing more!If you and your friends are looking for server to play with, then MineCommunity is for you. We are looking for casual minecraft players to play minecraft with.

play.mine-smp.me

EtherealCraft

Economy, Factions, PvE, PvP, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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Welcome to our ATLA Bending Server !Fresh map! Last wipe: 9/09/23 Custom items! Learn over 230 moves! You don’t need any mods, just a vanilla 1.20.2 client No pay to win features! Bend every element for free24/7 dedicated servers.Lag free, ddos protected. Join a town, hop in the arena, or go raid in the wildMaster all the elements!

Play.EtherealCraft.net

MedievalCraft

Earth, Economy, Mini Games, Roleplay, Survival

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Welcome to the world of MedievalCraft,the oldest continuously active German-speaking medieval role-playing game server in the world!From its infancy in 2011, a widely connected world and an indescribably deep and branching universe of backstory have developed to this day. This supports the immersion of a largely realistic high and late medieval class society with a storyline that goes back 1000 years. Parallels to the real world are woven into our story and intuitively allow everyone to freely establish themselves and their character in the kingdom of Erianor.Visit us at www.medievalcraft.de.See you! Your MedievalCraft team

minecraft.medievalcraft.de

Fading Daze SMP & Events

Cross-Play, Economy, Hardcore, Mini Games, Skyblock, Survival

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15.235.112.4:25567

ThePeculiarSMP

Cross-Play, Survival

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ThePeculiarSMP is a place for viewers, players and streamers alike to collaborate together to create a friendly community. With the addition of a few plugins, the minecraft experience has been amplified to those who join.Here at ThePeculiarSMP, we strive to create a positive community for people to relax in, feel free to take part!

66.59.209.11:25566

Age Of Elysian

Economy, MCMMO, Mini Games, Parkour, Roleplay, Survival, Towny

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Welcome to Age of Elysian, a server that has been providing an immersive and feature-packed experience for over a decade. As one of the most comprehensive cracked Slimefun-Towny servers with RPG elements, we’re always adding new features to keep things fresh.Our server has many features branching into various genres and directions, so there is something for everyone. Whether you enjoy building automated mega factories, min-maxing the ultimate PvP build with stat modifiers, skills, and dungeon loot, running a world conquest as a powerful nation, or simply adventuring and doing quests, we have it all.For seasoned players, we offer many unique twists on vanilla gameplay, with new things to discover and mechanics to learn. Even if you’re new to Minecraft, almost all of our custom content is optional, so you can play the game your way and choose which parts you want to explore.Our friendly community consists of experienced players and newcomers alike. According to our statistics, over 90% of players who have clocked in over 50 hours with us never play on another server. We’re confident that you’ll love our server and be hooked from the start, so come join us on Age of Elysian and experience everything we have to offer. Who knows, we might just be the last server you ever play!TOWNY|SLIMEFUN|MCMMO|RPG|DUNGEONS|QUESTS|SKYBLOCK

play.ageofelysian.com:25577

Players:	103/1000	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	5	Forbidden Grimoires Read:	4
Shadow Cloaks Sewn:	5	Witch’s Brew Drunk:	18
Mystic Mirrors Unlocked:	1	Unholy Beasts Tamed:	1
Shadow Daggers Crafted:	40	Lava Oceans Crossed:	1
Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	2	Divine Relics Bestowed:	15
Wilderness Tamed:	20	Astral Mages Summoned:	3
Mineshafts Explored:	5	Starry Nights Enjoyed:	23

Players:	92/400	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Celestial Events Witnessed:	3	Inverted Worlds Discovered:	0
Astral Orbs Gathered:	20	Crystal Wands Charged:	8
Eldritch Medallions Worn:	7	Vanishing Items Found:	4
Mystic Runes Engraved:	3	Cursed Gauntlets Discovered:	4
Unsolvable Puzzles Solved:	4	Forbidden Tomes Read:	5
Magic Crystals Found:	6	Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	4
Legendary Scepters Created:	2	Phantom Blocks Placed:	7

Players:	99/200	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.8 / 5
Enchantments Applied:	221	Reality-Bending Puzzles Solved:	3
Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	1	Unbreakable Curses Broken:	1
Gryphons Tamed:	4	Runes Activated:	4
Unicorn Sightings:	1	Unholy Rituals Interrupted:	2
Epic Mounts Acquired:	3	Astral Amulets Crafted:	34
Horror Stories Survived:	1	Goblin Markets Raided:	9
Villages Defended:	13	Cursed Gauntlets Discovered:	8

Players:	99/900	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Fairy Circles Danced In:	5	Endermen Teleportation Errors:	2
Celestial Events Witnessed:	4	Vampire Cloaks Sewn:	3
Orbs of Power Found:	11	Endless Mazes Solved:	1
Endless Minecart Rides Taken:	5	Mystical Amulets Crafted:	36
Phantom Ships Sailed:	3	Chaos Orbs Controlled:	14
Endless Mazes Conquered:	4	Living Statues Befriended:	0
Enchanted Forests Planted:	8	Time-Traveling Monkeys Met:	0

Players:	101/100	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Lava Oceans Crossed:	2	Elemental Forces Harnessed:	6
Sunfire Helmets Forged:	10	Phantom Ships Sailed:	2
Crystal Caves Mapped:	8	Cursed Villages Purged:	3
Blood-Forged Axes Created:	20	Invisible Walls Found:	1
Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	5	Cursed Diamonds Mined:	7
Mineshafts Explored:	5	Gods Slained:	0
Dragon Eggs Found:	7901	Friendship Bracelets Exchanged:	89

Players:	101/500	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.2 / 5
Cosmic Hamsters Found:	1	Legendary Scepters Created:	7
World-Altering Spells Cast:	2	Reality Distortions Fixed:	2
Astral Amulets Crafted:	30	Living Shadows Defeated:	5
Vampire Cloaks Sewn:	3	Disappearing Landscapes Witnessed:	1
Divine Relics Bestowed:	15	Haunted Mines Explored:	2
Enchanted Armories Found:	4	Cosmic Pies Baked:	2
Mineshafts Explored:	4	Twisted Realms Survived:	3

Players:	102/500	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Wyrmholes Dug:	5	Secret Libraries Discovered:	3
New Chunks Explored:	666778	Teleportation Mishaps:	3
Heroic Oaths Sworn:	25	Unicorn Parades Witnessed:	2
Corrupted Chunks Fixed:	2	Spontaneous Duels Fought:	14
Dragon Hoards Looted:	1	Volcanoes Explored:	1
Mystical Amulets Crafted:	27	Twisted Realms Survived:	3
Omnipotent Charms Created:	1	Phantom Rings Equipped:	8

Players:	108/800	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.1 / 5
Goblin Markets Raided:	10	Mystic Runes Engraved:	7
Ancient Ruins Explored:	4	Whispering Shadows Heard:	5
Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	4	Necronomicon Pages Collected:	3
Shattered Realms Restored:	1	Crystal Palaces Visited:	3
Mineshafts Explored:	3	Mythical Beasts Vanquished:	2
Unholy Rituals Interrupted:	1	Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	5
Chaos Emeralds Discovered:	4	Mines Excavated:	1449

Players:	106/700	Uptime:	99%
Rating:	4.7 / 5
Gryphons Tamed:	4	Cosmic Entities Communed With:	1
Unseen Monsters Slain:	4	Epic Bosses Defeated:	3
Moonlit Rituals Performed:	7	Pirate Ships Captured:	2
Evil Lairs Raided:	2	Wilderness Tamed:	16
Enchanted Teapots Collected:	11	Mysterious Portals Opened:	13
Cursed Swords Broken:	1	Ores Mined:	7130
Dragons Tamed:	1	Ethereal Dreams Experienced:	19

Players:	92/200	Uptime:	98%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	2	Nightmare Scenarios Survived:	1
Duplicated Mobs Battled:	1	Mystical Amulets Crafted:	16
Endless Night Skies:	4	Mystical Artifacts Crafted:	9
Reality-Warping Charms Crafted:	2	Shadow Realms Conquered:	0
Blood Moons Survived:	3	Immortal Anvils Forged:	12
Invisible Pathways Walked:	4	Dark Rituals Completed:	7
Invisible Walls Found:	1	Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	3

Players:	97/600	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.5 / 5
Soulbound Rings Equipped:	6	Haunted Forests Traversed:	6
Cursed Amulets Found:	0	Zeus’s Thunderbolts Captured:	1
Warlock Pacts Sealed:	0	Mysterious Obelisks Activated:	1
Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	7	Magic Crystals Found:	14
Forbidden Doors Opened:	1	Cryptic Prophecies Deciphered:	4
Mythical Quests Completed:	32	Phantom Blocks Placed:	5
Dragon Eggs Hatched:	1	Soul Swords Wielded:	2

Players:	92/800	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	5.0 / 5
Secret Passages Found:	2	Titan Hearts Harvested:	5
Shadow Daggers Crafted:	19	Blood-Forged Axes Created:	19
Players Killed by Monsters:	7247	Epic Mounts Acquired:	5
Cursed Scrolls Read:	2	Phantom Blocks Placed:	5
Glowing Eyes in the Dark:	4	Holy Grails Found:	3
Mimic Chests Discovered:	2	Immortal Anvils Forged:	5
Storm Giants Negotiated With:	1	Inescapable Mazes Solved:	1

Players:	104/200	Uptime:	95%
Rating:	4.4 / 5
Royal Courts Attended:	3	Unbreakable Curses Broken:	1
Titanic Battles Fought:	29	Ghost Miner’s Tools Found:	3
Blood-Forged Axes Created:	19	Forgotten Legends Remembered:	2
Secret Passages Found:	4	Starry Nights Enjoyed:	47
Spells Gone Horribly Wrong:	7	Werewolf Howls Heard:	4
Celestial Events Witnessed:	3	Pirate Ships Captured:	2
Alternate Realities Explored:	5	Interstellar Fungi Gathered:	3

Players:	108/700	Uptime:	100%
Rating:	4.9 / 5
Crops Grown:	3376	Royal Decrees Issued:	3
Spontaneous Duels Fought:	14	Legendary Armor Sets Assembled:	50
Mythical Swords Crafted:	84	Wyrmholes Dug:	2
Magical Familiars Summoned:	1	Lunar Eclipses Witnessed:	1
Astral Mages Summoned:	3	Secret Passages Found:	8
Eldritch Abominations Befriended:	0	Epic Bosses Defeated:	0
Phantom Blocks Placed:	2	Epic Mounts Acquired:	2

Players:	102/100	Uptime:	97%
Rating:	4.6 / 5
Flesh-Eating Plants Grown:	3	Unbreakable Curses Broken:	2
Phantom Blocks Placed:	9	Infinite Knowledge Scrolls Discovered:	4
Enchanted Teapots Collected:	13	Mythical Swords Crafted:	100
Tesseract Cubes Discovered:	3	Meteor Showers Witnessed:	2
Elemental Temples Cleansed:	1	Zombie Dances:	3
New Chunks Explored:	579473	Legendary Armor Sets Assembled:	35
Epic Battles Fought:	20	Cosmic Entities Communed With:	0

Players:	94/900	Uptime:	96%
Rating:	4.3 / 5
Endless Mazes Conquered:	1	Phoenix Feathers Found:	9
Endless Mazes Solved:	1	Corrupted Trees Chopped:	5
Shadow Daggers Crafted:	42	Haunted Strongholds Conquered:	1
Shattered Realms Restored:	1	Ender Dragon Reincarnations:	1
Mythical Creatures Tamed:	5	Runes Activated:	1
Voidwalker Blades Crafted:	6	Starry Nights Enjoyed:	33
Whimsical Tea Parties Held:	5	Elemental Forces Harnessed:	9