51 Best Minecraft Survival Servers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Note:- Mojang has directed all the server creators and players to check the guidelines for commercial use.