What Are The 4 Oldest Minecraft Servers That Are Still In Operation

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Minecraft has been around for quite a while now, and it's popularity is ever increasing, but since it's official launch on November 18th in 2011, more and more servers have exploded, died and then been forgotten. Yet four servers have been with Minecraft throughout the 12 years it's been in existence, some of them brimming with chaos and drama and others a peaceful haven for those who want to be friends.



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Position 1 - Novylen



Date of Creation Date of Creation: April 9th, 2010.



Created by Rbos



Address: minecraft.novylen.net



The Novylen Minecraft Server located in Canada is the official name of the oldest Minecraft Server ever created on April 9th, 2010, 4 months earlier than the previous owner, MinecraftOnline. If you look back, you'll notice that MinecraftOnline was released on the same day multiplayer was launched. So how was Novylen created before this?



Although the server was created on the same day Minecraft Multiplayer was released it was created by rbos back in Minecraft's InfDev period (specifically InfDev 2010.0413), which was 4 months prior to the launch of Minecraft Multiplayer. The server has not been reset. This means that a user could have hopped on the server a decade ago, built something, and then left forever with their creation as the only evidence of their existence. Novylen is far less popular than 2b2t. This means it hasn't faced the same fate as many other griefs, exploits hackers, griefs, and so on. This has led to some of the first creations of 2010 still being visible today!



Position 2 - Nerd.nu



Date of Creation: June 10, 2009 *



Created by: (unknown); Current Head Admins: defiex, fazaden, pez252



Address: nerd.nu



Nerd.nu was created for the first time on June 10, 2009, which was three days after Minecraft's official Multiplayer release Version 0.0.16a. Survival mode was not yet available in Minecraft at this time. Nerd.nu has hosted a variety of Minecraft creations, as you can see in the above image. The server has had various game modes added over time however, the most popular and longest-running is the 'Creative' one, where players have no healthbar, are able to fly, and can build whatever they want with their imagination.



While the server was established in the beginning stages of the game, there are those who claim that MinecraftOnline is older than it is, because the map has been repeatedly reset, meaning it's not the same world it was a few years ago. The Creative game mode developed by Nerd.nu is currently in its 36th revision. It was reset 35 times prior to that. Minecraft servers



Nerd.nu was not considered the oldest server due to the previously mentioned resets of servers. The world is young. Position 3 - MinecraftOnline Date Of Creation: August 4, 2010 Developed By: SlowRiot



Address: MinecraftOnline.com



MinecraftOnline was launched on August 4th, 2010 and has since enjoyed the title of being the longest-running server in Minecraft's history, given that it was created within an hour of Notch releasing the survival multiplayer mode. It's amazing that the server has been online and has not been reset one time since. But why doesn't it look like the conglomerate of cobblestone 2b2t is?



Amazingly, MinecraftOnline has had a staff team since the beginning and, unlike 2b2t MinecraftOnline has rules that players must follow. However, it's not always the case that players adhere to the rules however during the 12 years it has been in operation, more than 43,000 players have been banned. It's not just that. The size of the world (remember, it has never been reset) has grown to 26GB, a world in one.



Position 4 - 2b2t (2builders2tools).



Created by: Hausemaster, georgebush420



Address: 2b2t.org



Date of Creation: 1st December 2010 *



2b2t is one of the most popular Minecraft servers. Since its inception in December 2010, 2b2t has been notorious for being an anarchy server, where there is a severe lacking of rules and thousands of players using hacked clients, a lack of friendliness and a distinct beaten-up landscape. The thing the server is most famous for however is its map that, since its creation, has never once been reset. This means that numerous players have left and come back throughout the decades, leaving their footprints on the server for ever.



In its early days 2b2t was a constant stream of players, fluctuating between 10 and 80 over the course of time. The change came in June of 2016, when popular YouTuber TheCampingRusher uploaded his first video. The server is used by a variety of other YouTubers making 2b2t an extremely popular site. In 2022, the server constantly reaches over 1000 players in peak times and it doesn't appear like this number will diminish any time soon.



In conclusion, in addition to these servers, a lot of other servers also have been around since the year 2011. Servers haven't been around for so long.



Popularity isn't just a matter of the past. Minecraft Server Lists have existed since this time and provide a list of the best Minecraft servers available. Server lists (or server databank) is a list that contains information about servers. The information is typically comprised of details such as the name of the server, its IP address, and ports.