7 Oldest And Best Minecraft Servers

Minecraft looks simple on the surface. The main goal is to mine resources and create objects. This is why the name.

This is the basic aspect of Minecraft. However, mining and crafting normal objects only scratches the surface. Minecraft's possibilities are limitless.

Minecraft announced in early 2017 that it has sold over 122 million copies since its launch in 2009. Additionally, 55 million Minecraft users log on every month.

The game's simple mechanics are the reason for its popularity. There is always something to do because players can create anything.

A few months after the game was released, the first multiplayer mode was released and the popular survival multiplayer mode went live a year later in 2010. Since then, hundreds of Minecraft servers have been created for players to create communities, share their creations, and develop unique game modes.

Some of the most well-known servers today were created almost immediately after survival multiplayer was launched.

7. Gslist Hypixel

Year Established: April 2013, Country of Origin: United States Founder(s),: Minecraft username Hypixel and Rezzus Total number of Unique Players: More than 7,000,000

photo source Hypixel

Along with Mineplex, Hypixel is one of the most popular Minecraft servers ever created. In 2015, Hypixel saw the log-in of the 7,000,000th unique user. The player, HubBubTheNerdy, was celebrated as the 7,000,000th player and a small celebration to mark the milestone was held by the players in the game with HubBubTheNerdy at the time.

Hypixel is a huge world with unique minigames that has made it so popular. Each minigame comes with its own coins, quests and lobby. The server supports shooters, normal survival (team survival), hardcore survival, arcade, hide and find, arena brawl, hardcore survival, and other games.

6. Mineplex

Year Established: January 24th 2013, Country of Origin : United States Founder(s), Minecraft username Sterling_ and Spu_ Total number of Unique Players: Unknown; more than 525,000 are registered on the Mineplex forums

Source: Mineplex

Even though Mineplex isn't as old as most of the other servers on this list, it is currently the largest and most popular Minecraft server in the world. Mineplex is so massive that there are thousands of players logged on to the server at all hours throughout the day and night. The server is listed as an official Minecraft Partner on its website.

To keep things running smoothly, Mineplex sells its own custom in-game cosmetics to help pay for server costs, world development, plugin development, and giveaways. Mineplex's main feature is its "minigames", which are special customized maps with different challenges. Gslist Minigame categories include Classics (Arcade), Survival, Champions and Clans as well as Holiday.

5. Crazy Fools UK

Year Established: 2010, Country of Origin: United Kingdom Founder(s), Minecraft username : BRooNiE Total No. of Unique Players: More than 5,156 (last count is from 2014).

photo source: crazy-fools.co.uk

Although Crazy Fools UK might not be a well-known server, it is one of the oldest from the United Kingdom. According to the server's official website, it is the oldest server in the UK. MinecraftOnline, however, is a few months older.

Crazy Fools UK is an old survival mode server. It claims to be a friendly and safe place to enjoy traditional survival mode without any hassles from idiotic admins or griefers. Crazy Fools UK offers a special coded "WaterWorld" that features a large ocean of islands and pirate ships. This is an extra touch to the regular game. While the server is public, Crazy Fools UK says that anyone wanting to join the server has to pass a simple intelligence test.

4. 2b2t (2builders2tools)

Year established: December 2010. Country of origin: United States. Minecraft usernames are Georgebush420 or Hausemaster. Total number of unique players: over 175,000

photo source: Imgur via user ArchQuantam

2builders2tools is commonly known as 2b2t. It is the oldest and most well-known "anarchy" server in Minecraft history. It is typically considered the second oldest Minecraft server (even though there are a few older servers) overall after MinecraftOnline. It has been in operation since December 2010 and has never had to be reset.

2b2t is most well-known because of its chaotic nature. Although the server is still reportedly owned by the original founders, no one actually runs or moderators the server. There are no rules for 2b2t. Anything can be done. This has led to many "wars" between different factions of players over the years. The server is so popular, there is a queue of over 1,000 players just to get in.

3. Minr.org

Year established: October 22, 2010, Country of origin: United States Founder(s),: Unknown Total number of unique players: Unknown

Photo source: Minr.org

Like all of the servers on this list, Minr.org believes it is the oldest still running Minecraft server. Minr.org is an older server that has mazes, challenges, as well parkour maps. All the server challenges are created by Minr.org members who have completed the most difficult maps.

Although the server is open to anyone, full membership, which includes building rights, into the Minr.org community must be earned by escaping the hardcore maze/parkour system. Minr.org currently has over 250 playable challenges. The server also hosts limited-time, server-wide special events like Ninja Warrior, and The Amazing Race. Both are based off the TV shows of the same names.

2. MinecraftOnline

Year Established: August 4, 2010 Country of Origin: England Founder(s): Minecraft usernames: SlowRiot with the help of RuneChan Total Number of Unique Players: 125,379

Photo source: MinecraftOnline Wikipedia

While there is a lot of debate over which existing Minecraft server is the oldest, most people believe that MinecraftOnline is officially the oldest Minecraft server. Freedonia, the main world of MinecraftOnline was created the same day that Minecraft survival multiplayer was made available to the public. Freedonia has never been restored or regenerated since it first went live in 2010, making it the longest continuously running world in the game.

Freedonia is a long-running site that has always been open to the public. To preserve all the hard work of its users over the years, the admins of MinecraftOnline permanently ban anyone who tries to mess with any of the constructions in Freedonia.

1. Nerd.nu

Year Established: June 10, 2009 Country of Origin: United States Founder(s): Unknown; current head admins - Minecraft usernames: cujobear, Silversunset, torteela, and Zomise Total Number of Unique Players: Unknown; official wiki has 35,958 registered users

Photo source: Nerd.nu

According to the official wiki page for Nerd.nu, it is one of the oldest Minecraft servers in the world. Just days after Minecraft's multiplayer mode became available, the server went live on June 10, 2009.

Nerd.nu servers are the oldest servers currently in existence, which were created at Reddit's servers for Minecraft.

Today, Nerd.nu hosts three types of server: creative, PvE, and minigames. Nerd.nu sometimes hosts events on its special occasions server. The creative server is Nerd.nu's longest running server and is currently on its 32nd revision. Nerd.nu claims its servers are "fairly, fast and friendly" with new players always welcome.

7 Oldest And Best Minecraft Servers

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