51 Best Minecraft Survival Servers
The one thing that every gamer knows is that Minecraft can be an open world of gameplay. Servers are only one dimension of that. Various servers for survival and creativity give the game multiplayer options. As the servers are becoming better by day by day, new themes from other games are also appearing inside the block world of Minecraft. So what are the 51 best Minecraft survival servers?
The list of best servers comprises servers from different countries as Minecraft has found popularity globally. The game has seen expansion over the years with different multiplayer options. All these servers give more opportunities by expanding the worlds of Minecraft. Both the creative and survival aspect of Minecraft is boosted with these servers.
These are not just servers, but a community base for many players. All the gamers hang out using discord groups and take part in the games. Some servers offer plain and simple gameplay while others give players rewards for various tasks. Some servers even give the players extra responsibility of becoming staff members and handling daily tasks of running the forums and other aspects of the servers.
What are the best Minecraft survival servers?
These are the top 51 servers globally present. The Ip address of the servers is not mentioned. Only the website is mentioned.
1. Hypixel
Hypixel has the highest Minecraft traffic out of all the servers. More than one hundred thousand players in the Hypixel servers enjoy their games like bedwars, skywars, arcade games, and many more.
Hypixel constantly updates its servers for the latest Minecraft updates, so that the players with the latest version of Minecraft can enjoy the online gameplay. They have a strong community of Minecraft players. With forums and online stores, their content off the servers is also high quality.
They have a strong discord community of 250,000 members.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/hypixel
Website: https://hypixel.net/
Server capacity: 1,10,000+
Main theme: Minigames
2. Herobrine
After Hypixel, Herobrine is the server Minecrafters like to get the multiplayer experience on. It has more than 65000 members on the discord platform. The main theme is minigames like bedwars, skyblocks, and skywars.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/cDzwyC2
Official Website: http://www.herobrine.org
Server capacity: 5000
Main theme: Minigames
Country: USA
Language: English
3. OmegaCraft
This server is from Chile. The gameplay includes hunger game themes, skywars, and skyblock. They have more than 2000 members on discord. With a capacity of 12000 players, this is one of the highest joined servers. Since its start in 2017, it has become one of the most joined servers out there.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/zwpWMFZ
Website: http://omegacraft.cl/
Server capacity: 12000
Main theme: Survival games
4. Complex Gaming
The main theme of the complex gaming server is pokemon combined with Minecraft. Pixelmon world has a block like pokemon. The server capacity is 3000. One of the highest-capacity servers out there.
The complex gaming website on the home page offers 4 options for the players to choose from. These options are Tekkit, FTB, Pixelmon, and Vanilla. Once you click any option the page of the corresponding server opens up. Each has its store, forum, and members page.
This server has many cool games to be played daily and rewards can also be collected for the completion of simple tasks.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/sWmr34m
Website: http://mc-complex.com/
Server capacity: 3000
Main theme: Pixelmon
5. Datblock
Datblock has more than 19,000 members on discord. At a time 3000 players are usually seen online on the discord platform. Datblock offers their premium currency “Gold” for purchasing special items on the server.
Datblock has strong rules placed in for the best gameplay. These rules can be seen on their official websites. Everyone should read these rules before playing the game.
Discord Link: https://disc.datblock.com/
Website: https://datblock.com/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Minigames
6. ManaCube
ManaCube is very popular amongst the players. The discord community has more than 43,000 members, making it one of the favorite discord groups. Manacube organizes various tournaments and competitions within the player community.
Players can get various ranks after donating to the server. Some of these ranks are VIP, MVP, VIP+, and Elite. Players can donate up to $2000 to get various ranks. The player with the highest amount of donations gets the top donor badge.
To indulge the ManaCube community players and members are given various roles to make the server more engaging. This server can host 5000 players at a time for their minigames and parkours.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/manacube
Website: https://manacube.com/
Server capacity: 5000
Main theme: Tournament
7. Rinaorc
Rinoarc has more than 38,000 members. This server is mainly for the French-speaking public. This server has some incredible architectural designs. High-capacity server with the potential to hold 5000-player games.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/rinaorc
Website: http://rinaorc.com/
Server capacity: 5000
Main theme: Survival
8. Chasecraft
Chasecraft mainly hosted bedwars, but in February they launched the pixelmon update. All the favorite pokemon of the players are included in the update. Chasecraft is from the United States of America with English as the primary language of the server.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/DJwk4Fc
Official Website: https://www.chasecraft.gg/
Server capacity: 5000
Main theme: Pixelmon
Country: United States
Language: English
9. MineVille
MineVille is one more high-capacity server that is providing quality gameplay to the players. Players get up to 2000 minbucks for leading the board. The main theme of this server is Skyblocks.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/mineville
Website: https://minecraftservers.org/server/550008
Server capacity: 5000
Main theme: Skyblocks
10. Roleplay Hub
With nearly 10,000 members on discord, this is a popular server in the Minecraft community. They have a capacity of more than 3000 players. The main theme is RPG with the option of school roleplay, creative, and fantasy roleplay.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/P7RsDKf
Official Website: http://roleplayhub.com/
Server capacity: 3000
Main theme: RPG
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
11. MineHeroes
The main theme of the mineheroes server is Parkour. It has a capacity of 2500+ in a single instance. Supports minigames and survival mode. It has a discord community of 6000 members. One of their more popular games is Skyblock mystic, where players can compete and earn rewards in cash and store credits.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/hgRbNdX
Official Website: https://store.mineheroes.org/
Server capacity: 2500
Main theme: Parkour
Country: United States
Language: English
12. MineBox
Minebox is primarily a Spanish language server that supports 2000+ players at a time. Players also get to become helpers upon applying; one way to be more active on the website and the server is fun. The players selected for the admin roles are given badges automatically.
The main theme is survival mini-games. Till now more than 16000 members have joined their discord group.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/Df3KDeY
Website: https://minebox.es/
Server capacity: 2000
Main theme: Minigames
13. SkyBlock Network
SkyBlock Network has the recent soul survival 1.16.4 version launched. The main theme of this server is economy and holds a capacity of 2000 or more players. They have a 5000-member community in discord. This server is very popular for survival game mode.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/tG6eNfN
Official Website: https://www.skyblocknetwork.com/
Server capacity: 2000
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
14. MGU.ONE Network
MGU.ONE Network released season 6 last year. They have more than 5000 members in discord. Apart from the Minecraft gameplay, they reward players for actions like daily login and voting. Bedwars is one of the most played minigames on this server.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/zvjVFM
Official Website: https://minecraftservers.org/server/577518
Server capacity: 2000
Main theme: PvP
Country: United States
Language: English
15. AkarCraft
Akarcraft is a Spanish Minecraft server with a capacity of 2000 players. The world is colorful and fresh. More than 19000 members enjoy their discord group. The main theme is survival and minigames.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/akarcraft
Official Website: https://akarcraft.es/
Server capacity: 2000
Main theme: Minigames
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
16. Snapcraft
Snapcraft has a warzone size of 750 players. There have been some drastic changes with the May update. Some of the gameplay updates are extended warzone and new spawns. This is a competitive PvP server with a total capacity of 1750 players.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/ST6uDph
Website: https://www.snapcraft.net/
Server capacity: 1750
Main theme: PvP
17. Topix Network
Topix Network comes from Israel with English and Hebrew language support. All the special items are up for grabs with the in-server purchases. The discord has a whopping 55000+ member base that enjoys this server. More than 1000 players can enjoy the minigames of Topix.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/topstrix
Official Website: https://store.topstrix.net/
Server capacity: 1500
Main theme: Minigames
Country: Israel
Language: English, Hebrew
18. Altitude Community
The update for 1.16.5 is already rolled out by Altitude Community. The main theme is McMMO and 1000 players can share this world in one instance. They have a community base of 5000 Minecrafters on the discord network.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/BwwkRrS
Official Website: https://alttd.com/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: McMMO
Country: United States
Language: English
19. Blaze Gaming
Blaze Gaming is a world of dragons with a skyblock season 11. They also have pixelmon reforged and both survival and creative gameplay. This is a Canadian server with English and French language support. This is a world of pokemon inside Minecraft.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/Blaze
Official Website: https://mc-blaze.com/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Pixelmon
Country: Canada
Language: English
20. Hero Mines
With a daily giveaway on discord and a $400 weekly cell top, this is a great server to enjoy the game with. There are more than 38000 members on the discord mainly from the United Kingdom.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/epsB8UPaEX
Official Website: https://minecraftservers.org/server/608806
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Skyblocks
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
21. GamesMadeInPola
GamesMadeInPola is a high-capacity Spanish server that features skywars as the main theme.
Discord Link: N/A
Official Website: https://minecraft-server-list.com/server/163096/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Skywars
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
22. Pixelax
Pixel is a french server with pixelmon theme. They have a good base of players with daily logins up to 200 to 300. Many rewards can be won with good gameplay on this server. Pixelax has a discord community of 4000 members with 700+ daily players online. The capacity of this server is 1000 players.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/pixelax
Official Website:https://pixelax.fr/
Server capacity:1000
Main theme: Pixelmon
Country: France
Language: French
23. PixelmonCraft
One more pixelmon server from the United Kingdom. Players can use the Atlauncher to get the pixelmon reforged version 8.2. Pokemon is very famous globally through cartoons and games. This server like many others gives players the chance to control their favorite pokemon. The main theme is survival and pixelmon.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/pixelmoncraft
Official Website: http://www.pixelmoncraft.com/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Survival
Country: United Kingdom
Language: Pixelmon
24. Pixelmon Reforged
Pixelmon Reforged has mods and packs for pokemon themes. Players who buy the lifetime pass get some rare pixelmon. For the latest updates and information, their discord comes in very handy. Their discord has more than 4000 members with 600+ active daily. The main theme is pixelmon.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/RjHjDsH
Official Website: https://reforged.gg/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Pixelmon
Country: United States
Language: English
25. Grand Theft Minecraft
This is the world of GTA inside Minecraft. For the latest updates and information, their discord comes in very handy. Their discord has more than 10000 members with 1000+ active daily. The main theme is Grand Theft Auto.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/d8MK3XaGvZ
Official Website: https://grandtheftmc.net/
Server capacity: 500
Main theme: Survival
Country: United States
Language: English
26. Foxcraft
Foxcraft is a survival server with PvP games. The pixelmon theme is kept throughout the competitive games. They recently launched the competitive system of Red vs Blue. In this format, each team is given several tickets when players from opposite teams fight and kill each other they get the tickets. A team with zero tickets loses the battle. The server is based in the UK with English as the primary language.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/fvTxGtG
Official Website: http://www.mcfoxcraft.com/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: PvP
Country: United States
Language: English
27. Arefy Network
Arefy Network is a small Spanish server with a capacity of up to 1000 players. They have more than 7000 members in discord. Their main theme is survival and skyblock. They have information about their server on their wiki page.
Discord Link: https://discord.arefy.net/
Official Website: http://www.arefy.net/
Server capacity: 1000
Main theme: Economy
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
28. BreakdownCraft
BreakdownCraft released its faction update in April this year. They have optimized the server for a lag-free experience and faction gameplay. The server supports up to 600 players at a time. More than 15000 members on discord discuss the game regularly.
Some famous YouTubers have taken part in their competitive gameplays. They aim to focus on the game community with the survival theme.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/rNawbuU
Official Website: https://breakdowncraft.com/
Server capacity: 600
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
29. Blockstackers
The main theme is Economy and the capacity is 600 players. This is a great place for a multiplayer experience and a Minecraft community built up. On their site, you can see the links for voting, store, and forums. The server is based in Singapore. Discord has 30000+ members with 700+ daily logins.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/naWj2Kq
Official Website: http://blockstackers.xyz/
Server capacity: 600
Main theme: Economy
Country: Singapore
Language: English
30. MC PGST
MC PGST has a capacity of 500 players. This server is based in Taiwan with Chinese as the primary language. They use the pixelmon theme to attract the players to their server. More than 8000 players have joined their discord and every day 4000+ are online.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/g6GzkDh
Official Website: https://minecraftservers.org/server/555353
Server capacity: 500
Main theme: Pixelmon
Country: Taiwan
Language: Chinese
31. Lord Of The Craft
This is a LOTR-themed server with 48000 members and 4 years of experience. They have plenty of worlds for roleplaying and establishing gameplay based on LOTR. More than 700 members are present online daily on their discord network. The main theme of the entire server is survival in the LOTR world.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/nymkfax
Official Website: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/
Server capacity: 500
Main theme: Survival
Country: United States
Language: English
32. AnubisMC
AnubisMc is a pixelmon heavy server. In the month of May, this server introduced the Star Wars world and some new textures. New players can check their guide to install various resource packs for the server gameplay. They also have Marvel theme gameplay. Discord has more than 15000 members which makes it very popular amongst the Minecraft multiplayer gamers.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/SYNwhTScsS
Official Website: https://anubismc.com/
Server capacity: 300
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
33. SGCraft
SGCraft has more than 2500 members in their discord group. It is based in Singapore and the members are mainly from Southeast Asia only. They support survival gameplay and KitPvP. This server is based in Singapore and has more than 2500 members on discord.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/kDTnA39
Official Website: https://sgcraft.net/
Server capacity: 300
Main theme: KitPvP
Country: Singapore
Language: English
34. TerraeMC
TerraeMC is based in the USA and mainly players with the English language occupy the member’s lobby. They have real-world maps with McMMO gameplay. They organize weekly events for players to take part in. The server has a capacity of 300 players with 3000+ members on discord.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/CQ2DYwH
Official Website: http://terraemc.net/
Server capacity: 300
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
35. Kerala Gamers Official
This server is from the south of India with players from all over India. Their discord has 1300+ members.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/f8ajY9ZwMR
Server capacity: 200
Main theme: Economy
Country: India
Language: Hindi
36. Vanilla Europa
Vanilla Europa is a semi-vanilla survival server. They offer PvP gameplay with English as the primary language. The server is based in the UK with 2500+ discord members. This server supports the 1.16.5 update of Minecraft. This is an old server with its start in 2018. For every purchase, players get donor rewards.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/mcstmJK
Official Website: https://store.vanillaeuropa.com/
Server capacity: 150
Main theme: PvP
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
37. SwanCraft
SwanCraft has a minimalist website that offers updates through its forum. The discord link is not available. They are constantly updating the server and the focus is mainly on player vs entity. All the updates are available on their website forum.
Discord Link: N/A
Official Website: https://www.swancraftmc.com/
Server capacity: 150
Main theme: PvE
Country: Canada
Language: English
38. The Cavern
The Cavern is a year-old server that has more than 42000 members on discord. They have very strict policies to make the server safe for the players. They have banned several players, which you can read on their website.
Players compete to finish various quests and missions on this server.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/4GZm5MpDrt
Official Website: https://www.thecavern.net/
Server capacity: 500
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
39. Vestria
Vestria has a guild system in place for the players to compete with each other. They have a capacity of 100 players at a time on the server. This server is USA-based. They have a minimalist website with only 400+ members on discord.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/H4Zrpdq9Tg
Official Website: https://vestriamc.com/
Server capacity: 100
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
40. Dragon Block C Apollo
The main theme of this server is Dragon Ball Z. More than 11000 players have joined their discord and nearly 1800 are online every day.
Discord Link:https://discord.gg/ppaYPCA
Official Website: https://www.apollomcnetwork.net
Server capacity:1500
Main theme: Dragon Ball
Country: United States
Language: English
41. CCNet
This server is full of buildings and various competitions to build stuff. The theme is both creative and survival. Players get rewarded for their creative efforts. This is survival by being creative. Their discord has more than 3000 members.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/Xn35DhyPQq
Official Website: https://ccnetmc.com/
Server capacity: 200
Main theme: Economy
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
42. Piglin
Piglin has a discord base of 1200 members. Piglin is Eula compliant, meaning no donation can give the other players an advantage when it comes to the gameplay. They use minimal plugins to give the survival gameplay. The server is updated immediately whenever a new Minecraft update is available. They have grief prevention in play for free play and friendly staff to address the player’s concerns. They have live maps as well as PvP battles.
Players can use extra commands for gameplay without paying anything extra.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/zh98368
Official Website: https://www.piglin.org/
Server capacity: 50
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
43. MassiveCraft
MassiveCraft has launched new KitPvP maps with netherite. They are compatible with the 1.16.5 update. This server offers survival gameplay with RPG and a sense of adventure. The server is located in the USA and has a capacity of 500 players. The main theme is minigames. They have separate discord accounts for faction and roleplay. More than 1800 members are present in their discord community.
Discord Link: https://discord.com/invite/5Fuhz3c2Ag
Official Website: https://www.massivecraft.com/
Server capacity: 500
Main theme: Mini-Games
Country: United States
Language: English
44. Airidale Network
Airidale Network is based in the United States with a capacity of 500 players. The main theme is economy and discord has nearly 1000 members.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/kxd8RVW
Official Website: https://www.airidale.net/
Server capacity: 500
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
45. GustavoC
GustavoC is a south American server from Brazil. The players can play the game with the theme of McMMO with Portuguese as the primary language. GustavoC has 1000 members on discord and the server capacity is 800 players.
Website: https://servers-minecraft.net/server-gustavoc.354
Server capacity: 800
Main theme: McMMO
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
46. Sky Servers Survival
Sky Servers Survival is based in Australia. With the capacity of only 150 players. They organize build competitions amongst the players.
Discord Link:
Official Website: http://www.skyservers.net/
Server capacity: 150
Main theme: Economy
Country: Australia
Language: English
47. OriginRealms
OriginRealms is a PvE server with an emphasis on growing its community. They support 750 players at a time.
Discord Link: https://originrealms.com/discord
Official Website: https://originrealms.com/
Server capacity: 750
Main theme: Events
Country: United States
Language: English
48. CelestialCraft
CelestialCraft allows players to enjoy minigames with up to 100 in strength.
Official Website: https://minecraftlist.org/server/20029
Server capacity: 100
Main theme: Mini-Games
Country: United States
Language: English
49. RoyalMC
RoyalMC is a Slovenian server that has a capacity of 100 players.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/ueAks5C
Official Website: http://royalmc.eu/
Server capacity: 100
Main theme: Economy
Country: Slovenia
Language: English, Slovenian
50. CatCraft
Cat craft has rolled out a new update recently to remove the bugs and make their webpage faster. They have a strong base of 1000 discord members. The capacity is only 75 players, which makes a good world for a low number of players.
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/9Z8aMzE
Official Website: https://catcraft.net/
Server capacity: 75
Main theme: Survival
Country: United States
Language: English
51. Lunacraft
Lunacraft is a USA server that supports several 100 players. The main theme is economy.
Website: https://servers-minecraft.net/server-lunacraft.2509
Server capacity: 100
Main theme: Economy
Country: United States
Language: English
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