Dedicated SMP Servers, Not Network Lanes

Servers that run SMP and effectively nothing else, so the count beside them is the number of people you would actually share a world with.

That makes them the only entries whose counts are cleanly comparable to each other, and it usually means the mode gets the developer attention rather than sharing it five ways.

7 servers on our list

1. #2 DonutSMP

   DonutSMP is by a wide margin the busiest address on this list, and unlike the networks here that count is one survival world rather than a whole platform.

   donutsmp.net Copy IP

   Lifesteal SMP · Minecraft 1.7.2 - 26.2 · Bedrock: Yes

2. #4 OtterSMP

   OtterSMP is a dedicated SMP rather than a network lane, so every player its status reply reports is in the same survival world as you.

   play.ottersmp.com Copy IP

   SMP · Minecraft 26.2 · Bedrock: Yes · 82 online

3. #5 2b2t

   The oldest anarchy server still running: no rules, no claims, no moderation and no map reset, ever.

   2b2t.org Copy IP

   Anarchy SMP · Minecraft 1.21.4 · Bedrock: No · 1,093 online

4. #6 Sulfur Cubes LifeSteal SMP

   This is the most explicitly labelled lifesteal server on the list: its own status message names the mode and the season, and it had just opened an EU region when we pinged it.

   play.lifestealsmp.com Copy IP

   Lifesteal SMP · Minecraft not advertised · Bedrock: Yes · 378 online

5. #8 EarthMC

   EarthMC plays out on a scale map of the real Earth with towns, nations and diplomacy on top of towny, which makes it the most political server on this list.

   join.earthmc.net Copy IP

   Earth SMP · Minecraft 1.7.2 - 26.2 · Bedrock: No · 320 online

6. #9 CraftYourTown

   CraftYourTown runs towny survival with Slimefun on top, which means machines, industry and resource chains rather than plain vanilla progression.

   play.craftyourtown.com Copy IP

   Towny SMP · Minecraft 1.7.2 - 26.1 · Bedrock: No · 120 online

7. #10 CivMC

   CivMC belongs to the civ genre: no plugin-drawn claims, just player-built nations, treaties, prison mechanics and war fought through custom reinforcement rules.

   play.civmc.net Copy IP

   Civ SMP · Minecraft 1.7.2 - 26.2 · Bedrock: No · 99 online

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