Best Survival servers
40 survival servers on the directory, ranked by who is busiest right now.
The default Minecraft loop with other people in it — gather, build, and keep what you make. Covers everything from plugin-heavy worlds with claims and an economy to whitelisted, close-to-vanilla SMPs; filter by feature to tell them apart.
We are tracking 40 of them. The order below is players online at the last ping — no paid placement, and it changes on its own.
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HypixelHypixel is one of the largest and highest quality Minecraft Server Networks in the world, featuring original games such as The Walls, Mega Walls, Blitz Survival Games, and many more!hypixel.net34,405of 200,000
- 2
DonutSMPDonutSMP runs Survival, PvP and Lifesteal on Java and Bedrock, accepting Minecraft 1.7 to 26.2. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.donutsmp.net33,790of 35,000
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FuntimeFuntime runs Minigames, Survival and 2 other gamemodes on Java and Bedrock, accepting Minecraft 1.8. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.play.funtime.su7,276of 2,026
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Complex GamingComplex Gaming runs Lifesteal, Prison and 2 other gamemodes on Java and Bedrock, accepting Minecraft 1.7 to 26.2. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.mp.mc-complex.com6,742of 6,792
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Blaze GamingBlaze Gaming runs Prison, Skyblock and Survival on Java, accepting Minecraft 1.7 to 26.2. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.mp.mc-blaze.com3,920of 62,160
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UniversoCraftUniversoCraft runs Creative, Minigames and 3 other gamemodes on Java, accepting Minecraft 1.8 to 26.2. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.mc.universocraft.com3,796of 20,000
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MineBerryMineBerry runs Anarchy, Minigames and 2 other gamemodes on Java, accepting Minecraft 1.8 to 1.20. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.go.mineberry.org1,950of 15,000
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Infection NetworkInfection Network runs Anarchy, OneBlock and 3 other gamemodes on Bedrock, accepting Minecraft 26.40. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.infection.fun1,886of 5,000
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WynncraftWynncraft runs Survival on Java and Bedrock, accepting Minecraft 1.9 to 26.2. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.play.wynncraft.com1,766of 2,500
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WildNetworkWildNetwork runs Prison, PvP and 2 other gamemodes on Java and Bedrock, accepting Minecraft 1.7 to 26.1. Listed from a public status ping; its owner has not claimed it yet.play.wildnetwork.net1,744of 10,000
What these servers tend to run
Features are what actually distinguish servers inside a category, and the ones below are the most common here. Each one narrows the list further.
Go and look for yourself
Every server named above is live in the directory, with its address and current player count.
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