Top Minecraft servers

The largest Minecraft server in the world, and effectively its own games platform. Best known for Bed Wars, SkyBlock and Duels, with a population that dwarfs everything else on this list.

Requires MC 1.8 / 1.21

A massively popular economy-driven SMP where players grind loot, fight, and trade to climb the leaderboard — one of the largest survival servers currently running, with crossplay between Java and Bedrock.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

An official Minecraft Partner and one of the original Bedrock minigame networks, playable directly from Minecraft's built-in servers tab on console, mobile and Windows — no IP entry needed.

A long-running multi-gamemode network covering practice PvP, factions, skyblock and lifesteal. Seasonal resets keep the competitive modes from stagnating.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

One of the biggest names in competitive Minecraft PvP practice — Classic (1.8) and Modern (1.21) practice modes for players sharpening combos, strafing and gear-based duels rather than a survival world.

XeBungee 1.7.10 - 1.8.9, 1.21.4+

A full MMORPG built inside Minecraft — classes, quest lines, a levelling curve and a hand-built world. Closer to a standalone RPG than a typical server.

WynnProxy 1.9.x-26.2.x+

A PvP-focused network centred on competitive Bed Wars. Popular with players who want tighter matchmaking than the big minigame hubs offer.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

A veteran minigame network running on both Java and Bedrock, so console and mobile players can join the same lobbies as PC players.

We support: 1.20-1.21

A long-running crossplay network — over a decade old — spanning Factions, SkyBlock, Survival and more, with Java and Bedrock players sharing the same worlds.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

A crossplay OP Prison and Skyblock server built around custom mines, enchants and prestige progression for players who want a long grind with clear milestones.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.1.1

The original anarchy server, running on the same unreset world since December 2010 with no rules and no protection. Legendarily hostile, chaotic, and the reference point every other anarchy server gets compared to.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

A large cross-platform network spanning BedWars, Factions, KitPvP, Prison, SkyBlock and SkyWars, playable from cracked, Java or Bedrock clients.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

One of the best-known prison servers still running, built around mining, ranking up through cell blocks and a deep player economy.

Paper 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x, 1.14.x, 1.15.x, 1.16.x, 1.17.x, 1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x, 1.21.x

A minigame network with strong Bedrock support and low entry requirements, which makes it a common first server for mobile players.

FlameCord 1.7.x-26.x

A relaxed, semi-anarchy network with minimal rules alongside more structured minigames, prison and survival modes for players who want some of anarchy's freedom without full chaos.

Paper 1.7.x - 1.21.x

A feature-packed crossplay network built around OP Prison, with Factions, SkyBlock, Survival and Cobblemon modes alongside it — custom mines and prestige progression on the prison side.

Requires MC 1.20 - 26.2

A revived version of one of the original giant minigame networks. Smaller than its peak, but the classic game rotation is intact.

1.8.9 / 1.21.11 / 26

Noxcrew's persistent server based on the Minecraft Championship format, with polished production values and rotating competitive games.

1.21.11+

A survival server on a 1:3000 scale map of Earth, where players form real towns and nations. The appeal is the emergent politics as much as the building.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

One of the largest German-language Minecraft networks, with millions of registered players across BedWars, SkyWars, JumpLeague and CityBuild.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

A veteran multi-gamemode server covering Factions, Prison, Skyblock, Towny and McMMO, running continuously since the early days of the Minecraft server scene.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

A multi-gamemode network covering skyblock, factions and prison, with seasonal resets on the competitive modes.

Velocity 1.7.2-26.2

A community survival and economy server supporting both Java and Bedrock clients, aimed at long-term worlds rather than seasonal resets.

1.8 - 26.1 and Bedrock Support

A long-running anarchy server founded in 2016, one of the more established alternatives to 2b2t with its own active community and player-driven history.

9b9t 1.21.11

A semi-vanilla, no-rules survival server running since 2016 on one persistent, never-reset map, with no whitelist and no admin interference in what players build or do.

Folia 1.21.4

A multi-gamemode network covering factions, towny, roleplay and skyblock, with a cracked-friendly creative mode alongside the survival gamemodes.

Cosmic Craft Constellation

One of the largest Bedrock-exclusive networks, with over 20,000 players joining daily for BedWars, SkyWars, Murder Mystery, Duels and Factions on mobile, console and Windows.

An open-source, community-run minigames server built for modern vanilla Minecraft, with games like BedWars, Build Battle and Anvil Drop developed in the open on GitHub rather than closed-source plugins.

Velocity 1.7.2-1.21.7