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Server spotlight
BlocksMC: the cracked network with a new hub and a new Practice mode
A cracked network with BedWars, SkyWars, EggWars, UHC, KitPvP and Practice PvP, big in the Arabic-speaking world, 1.7 to 1.21.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Craft Down Under: the modded network where the players pick the packs
Oceania's largest modded network: All the Mods 10, Better MC and custom packs on AU, US and EU servers, chosen by vote.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
Dungeon Realms: declared dead in 2015, still online in 2026
One of the first Minecraft MMORPGs: closed beta Jan 2013, declared dead May 2015, revived Sep 2015, still online with tiers, classes and guilds.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Galaxite: the featured server that skipped BedWars and built its own games
A Bedrock featured server since June 2020 with original games: Core Wars, Prop Hunt, Chronos, Hyper Racers, Fill the Gaps.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
JartexNetwork: the other half of the biggest cracked network
A cracked network since 2015: Factions, SkyBlock, Prison, Survival, Lifesteal, OneBlock, KitPvP, Gens, BedWars, TheBridge.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Mineville: an Earth SMP and a 20-level prison, one tap from the title screen
A Bedrock featured server since Sep 2017: Earth SMP with a live map, prison with 20+ mine levels, BedWars, duels, proximity voice.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
PvP Legacy: the duels server that bet on modern combat and won
The modern-combat duels server since Oct 2015: custom kits, 1v1 and team duels, OP FFA and Crystal FFA on 1.21.2+, 50K Discord.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Community
Vulengate: six realms, keep inventory, and a battle pass without the pay-to-win
A community survival server since Feb 2017: six realms, keep inventory, no griefing, mcMMO, weekly events, a vote-point battle pass.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Cobblemon.gg: eight gyms, an Elite Four and 600 trainers online
The busiest Cobblemon server: 8 gyms, Elite Four, legendary raids, dungeons, shiny hunting, clans; free, 1.21.1, 600+ online.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Cosmic Prisons: prison servers, but every planet is a different game
The space prison server since Oct 2016 by PrestonPlayz and MrWoofless: planets with separate economies and gangs, relaunched in 2026.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Community
Cubeville: the family survival server that never needed a gimmick
A family-friendly survival server since the Beta days: no PvP, protected builds, moderated chat, a simple economy.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Grand Theft Minecart: 48 guns, a penthouse and a city called MineSantos
The most played GTA server: 48 custom weapons, vehicles up to tanks and planes, penthouses, a custom city map, since 2014.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
Novylen: the survival map that was born before multiplayer existed
A quiet survival server on a map from Infdev, April 2010, online since the first day of SMP and never reset.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Community
Peaceful Vanilla Club: 175,000 players and not one fight at spawn
No-PvP vanilla survival since June 2019: 175,434 players, claims, no teleporting, a 220 GB world, Java and Bedrock crossplay.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
RetroMC: play Minecraft the way it was in 2011
The oldest English Beta 1.7.3 server, since 2014: pre-Adventure Update survival with towns, an economy and custom server software.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
SimPvP: fifteen years of ruins, and a wiki that remembers every one
Semi-anarchy since April 2011 on a map unreset since September 2011: griefing allowed, hacks banned, a community wiki of its history.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Stratus Network: the home of PGM, the game the Overcast Network invented
The open-source home of Overcast-style objective PvP since 2017: Capture the Wool, Destroy the Core, Blitz; ranked seasons with prizes.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
TalonMC: ten gyms, 47 Mega Stones and no pay-to-win
A Cobblemon server with 10 gyms, 14 legendary quests, 5-tier dungeons, Mega Evolution and Z-Moves; free, no pay-to-win.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
The Mining Dead: Woodbury, the Prison and Alexandria, with guns
A Walking Dead zombie server since 2013: 5,000x5,000 map with Woodbury, the Prison and Alexandria, 30+ kits, guns, PvE or PvP.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Community
Vanilla Europa: one world since November 2018, 300,000 players in
A vanilla SMP since Nov 2018 with no resets: land claims, proximity chat, diamond economy, crossplay, 300,000+ players.
Oct 5, 2026 · 2 min read
Builds & projects
Build the Earth: the whole planet, one block per meter, and you can help
The 1:1 Earth project since March 2020: regional build teams, New York by 2,000 players, and a network you can join and build on.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
Constantiam: the 2b2t refugee server that never reset
Semi-anarchy since April 2016: made by 2b2t players, bans lag machines and dupes, never reset, 30-million-block border.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
CubeCraft: EggWars, SkyWars and 30 million connections later
A minigames network since Dec 2012 on Java and Bedrock: EggWars, SkyWars, BedWars, Lucky Islands; 30M connections, 57,000 peak.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
GommeHD.net: 4.4 million players and 22 game modes, made in Germany
The biggest German-language server since 2012: 4.4 million registered players, 22 modes, run by a 115-person company.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
ManaCube: the parkour network that grew ten realms
A ten-realm network since 2013: Parkour, Olympus, Skyblock, Islands, Survival, Earth, Aether, Factions, KitPvP, Creative.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
MinePiece: eat a Devil Fruit, sail the Grand Line, become Pirate King
The One Piece RPG server: Devil Fruits, islands, bosses and quests with no mods, 55,000+ players, hundreds online.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
PikaNetwork: the network that lets everyone in
The biggest cracked network since 2014: BedWars, OP Factions, OP SkyBlock, OP Prison, Lifesteal, Practice; thousands online.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
UniversoCraft: the Spanish-speaking network with thousands online
The biggest Spanish-speaking network since 2016: SkyWars, BedWars, EggWars, TurfWars, Capture the Wool, thousands online.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Complex Gaming: the #1 Pixelmon network, and now Cobblemon too
The #1 Pixelmon network: Pixelmon and Cobblemon servers, PokeHunt and PokeBuilder, thousands online, one-click modpack.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
Empire Minecraft: fifteen years of survival with no PvP and no reset
A family-friendly survival server since 2011: Town, Wastelands, Frontier, rupees, custom mobs, no PvP, 400,000+ players.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
Lifeboat: the Pocket Edition server a 14-year-old started
The oldest Bedrock server: Survival Games on Pocket Edition since 2013, featured server since 2017, fifteen million players.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
MassiveCraft: the server that invented Factions is still roleplaying
The original Factions server since 2011: a fantasy RPG world with deep lore, heritages, magic and the city of Regalia.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Minemen Club: where 5,000 people are practicing PvP right now
The biggest PvP practice server: ranked ladders for Sword, Mace, Crystal, Boxing, Bed Fight and Fireball Fight, NA and EU.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Origin Realms: a modded-looking Minecraft you join with the plain launcher
A survival server that adds custom blocks, biomes, creatures and dungeons with no mods, made by Starfish Studios since 2020.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Potterworld: a wizarding school in Minecraft, with 2.0 on the way
The Harry Potter server: a magic school with spells, quests, minigames and animated mobs, running since 2013, 2.0 in development.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Purity Vanilla: anarchy with three rules and no hacked clients
Anarchy on 1.21 with three rules: no hacks, no exploits, no lag machines. 200,000+ players, a map that never resets.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Purple Prison: the prison server with 3 million joins, explained
The most popular prison server, since August 2014: ranks, mines, PvP, events and over 3 million unique joins.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
Shotbow MineZ: the DayZ of Minecraft, reborn on 1.21
The original zombie survival server since 2012, Eurogamer called it better than DayZ; MineZ: Rebirth moves it to 1.21.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Community
Autcraft: the server a father built so his son could play in peace
The first Minecraft server made for autistic players: whitelisted, free, protected builds, calm rooms, 20,000+ members since 2013.
Sep 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Hoplite: the battle royale that starts at a Cornucopia
Minecraft's battle royale: Cornucopia drop, 12-minute grace, proximity chat, duels, zombie survival, thousands online.
Sep 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
Loka: the conquest server where the strongest town rules the map
A custom conquest server since 2013: territory generators, three continents, a monthly Capital that sets global policy.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Server spotlight
Lord of the Craft: the roleplay server where you stay in character
The biggest fantasy roleplay server since 2011: whitelist applications, deep lore, nations and huge wars.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Builds & projects
Minecraft Middle Earth: Minas Tirith, Moria and 870 square kilometers of Tolkien
The longest-running build project in Minecraft: Middle-earth at 29,000 by 30,000 blocks, open to explore since 2010.
Sep 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Server history
MinecraftOnline: the oldest Minecraft server, and it never reset
The Guinness-record oldest Minecraft server: a 2010 map that was never reset, 337,000 players in, and still online.
Sep 26, 2026 · 4 min read
Server spotlight
Minewind: anarchy with a keep-inventory safety net
Enhanced-vanilla anarchy: no rules beyond no cheating, keep inventory on, eight wilderness sub-servers, bosses and essences.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Server history
Nerd.nu: the Reddit server that outlived the subreddit that made it
Reddit's public Minecraft server since 2010: PvE and Creative, volunteer-run, no paid ranks, a wiki for every revision.
Sep 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Server spotlight
PirateCraft: build a ship, sail it, and fire the cannons
A pirate survival server since 2012: sailing ships, working cannons, crews, sieges, brewing and a Blood Moon every 8 days.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Server spotlight
Stoneworks: where hundreds of nations write their own history
The biggest worldbuilding and geopolitics server: player nations, wars, lore and a wiki, across worlds since 2020.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Server spotlight
The Hive: the biggest Bedrock server, and why it's on your phone already
The biggest Bedrock server: featured in the Servers tab, tens of thousands online, from a Java server that opened in 2013.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Server spotlight
Zero.Minr: 600 parkour, maze and puzzle challenges since 2010
The oldest parkour server: 600+ parkour, maze and puzzle maps since 2010, no whitelist, no pay-to-win.
Sep 26, 2026 · 3 min read
Server history
2b2t: the server with no rules
No rules, no resets since 2010: the queue, the Rusher War, Nocom, and the 100 TB world.
Sep 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Community
CivMC: no admins to save you, only laws you write
From Civcraft to CivMC: the Minecraft servers where players make the laws and enforce them.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Builds & projects
EarthMC: a whole planet, claimed one chunk at a time
Ten years of towns, nations and map resets on EarthMC, the server built on a map of Earth.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Server history
Hypixel: the network that outgrew Minecraft
From adventure maps to world records, SkyBlock, and the Hytale rescue.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Server spotlight
MCC Island: the tournament anyone can play
How the MC Championship creator tournament became MCC Island, a public server for everyone.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Community
Minehut: where Minecraft servers are born
How Minehut turned free hosting and a shared lobby into a launchpad for small servers.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Server history
Mineplex: the server that came back
A 2015 world record, a 2023 shutdown, two new owners, and a 2026 relaunch.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Launches
VindexCraft 2.0: a 14-year-old city gets rebuilt
Minecraft's longest-running city RP world is being rebuilt as VindexCraft 2.0. Here's what's coming.
Sep 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Server spotlight
Wynncraft: a whole MMORPG inside Minecraft
The Minecraft MMORPG since 2013: classes, quests, big updates, and how to start.
Sep 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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Tell us about a record build, a comeback, a community tradition or a launch. We check the facts, then tell it with your live numbers beside it. Stories are editorial: they can't be bought.