Minecraft is one of the most popular sandbox computer video games in the world. Minecraft has a great feature ability to play with other people online through the use of a web server. Unlike the Minecraft game itself, the server software is free to use and download. So, anyone can host a server. This installation is very simple as the Minecraft server is a java application. Read below how to update a Minecraft server.
What is a Minecraft server?
Minecraft server is a type of game server that you can create and explore a world made of blocks. Its feature is a multiplayer mode that allows playing game with other over the internet on a private or public server. It is very popular to play world games such as multiplayer or solo. For you, to play the game as a multiplayer, you have to host or rent the server. Minecraft server hosting is the example of a dedicated game server that is specially designed for a gaming website. This game is placed on different servers around the world. Some popular Minecraft servers are
- Hypixel
- Mineplex
- Extremecraft
- Mineheroes
- Desteria
- Minecraft Central
- UberMC
- PrimeMC Network
- Jartex Network
These all are the most popular Minecraft server which is commonly used for game purpose on PC/Mac. We have defined below these servers.
Hypixel
It is one of the largest and highest Minecraft server networks in the world. Which has to feature original and fun games such as Sywars, fun wars, Bedwars and many more. To play on the hypixel server you will need to have a Microsoft account for PC/Mac which can be purchased on the official Minecraft website.
| Year established | April 2013 |
| Country of origin | Unite States |
| Founders | Minecraft username: Hypixel and Rezzus |
| Total No. of unique players | Over 7,000,000 |
2. Mineplex
It is one of the world’s largest Mineplex server in the world. It is a game server and founded on 24 January 2013 by two players. The feature of this minigame is customized heavily wooded multiplayer maps with different challenges. It offers 40 games at Mineplex.
| Year established | January 24th, 2013 |
| Country of origin | Unite States |
| Founders | Minecraft username: Sterling_ and Spu_ |
| Total No. of unique players | Unknown players, possibly millions, over525,000 users are registered on the Mineplex forums. |
3.Extremecraft
It is a popular server in the Minecraft server which has many players play at a time. Extremecraft get almost 2000 votes per day. These votes are the players that vote for what they think for the best server. Players are allowed to vote once in a day and receive rewards on the server for voting. ExtremeCraft is the fourth place ranked in the top 10 Minecraft server. This ranking is based on the amount of vote which has received.
| Year established | January 24th, 2013 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founders | Delta force |
| Total No. of unique players | 530/3000 Players |
4. Mineheroes
Mineheroes is the latest version server which has mega-network offers. And it offers factions, OPFactions, prison, skyblock, creative 1v1 PVP, OPPVP.
| Year established | September 2001 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founders | Sanger and Wales’s status |
| Total No. of unique players | 586/2500 Players |
5. Desteria
It is one of the longest-running Minecraft factions networks. And it has many features
- Auction house system
- Hourly boss fight
- Custom tokens system. Mobs drop tokens.
- King of the hill
- The capability of destroying with 5 TNT hits
- 99.99 uptime, lag-free experience with no expense
- Custome classes with perks. Knight, pirate, assassin, mage
These all are features of desteria. We optimize our gameplay to the full extent and keep players in mind. And we prefer experience or performance over players, and purchase the highest possible hardware available to host servers.
| Year established | 8 June 2005 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founders | Chris Byers |
| Total No. of unique players | 215 / 2000 Players |
6. Minecraft Central
It is also known as MCC central or MCC. It is a Minecraft multiplayer server. Minecraft server allows 1.8 and the higher client to join but runs at 1.8. The development of Minecraft central started in 2013. This server has already spawned in September 2013 and most of the minigames working. On 18th March 2014, the spawn was changed to MCC.
| Year established | 4 August 2018 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founders | Jack Declan or Packerfan Gamer |
| Total No. of unique players | 1382/10000 Players |
7. UberMC
UberMC is the server that has 1000 players. Ube follows the server EULA. It has 99.3% uptime. It has many features like uber friends, donator Box, GUIs.
Uber friend- Create a friend list, join their server, and earn points.
Donator box- 40 donator features across all 13 server types.
GUIs – custom GUI for your favorites (creative, factions).
| Year established | March 2011 |
| Country of origin | Texas |
| Founders | Hermon Dobson and Paul Burton |
| Total No. of unique players | 400M total players, and 100M monthly active user |
8. PrimeMC Network
The PrimeMC network is one of the most popular network. It is a community-driven and provides high-quality game modes with frequent updates such as survival, factions, prison, skyblock.
| Year established | August 1994 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founders | Daniel sold |
| Total No. of unique players | 2000+ Players |
9. Jartex Network
Jartex network is used only for the PC version of the Minecraft server. It allows cracked Minecraft version. So, join without a premium account.
| Year established | 14 July 2014 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founders | Unknown |
| Total No. of unique players | Approximate 500+ Players |
How To Update Minecraft Server
If you want to update your own Minecraft server. Then, we suggest that you consider these tips given below so you can make your server best.
Step1 Open your Minecraft server folder: Details how to open
This is the folder that contains all of the files for your server.
Step 2 Create a backup of your essential configuration files: How to create a backup
- Make copies of the files into other locations. And then, you can restore them after updating the server.
- banned- ips.txt
- banned- players.txt
- ops.txt
- server.properties
Step 3 Copy your world: How to copy the file without losing it
- Place this copy with your backed up configuration file so, that you can restore the file update and access your saved world.
Step 4 Copy your start script of a batch file
- If you use to script to start Minecraft, make a copy of it to another location. You can restore later to start your server easily.
Step 5 Delete everything in the folder: How to delete backup in the folder
- If once you have backed off your files to another location delete everything in the Minecraft server folder. The old file causing a problem with the new installation.
Step 6 Download the new server file from Minecraft.net.
- Go to the minecraft.net/download and then download the server file for your operating system.
- If using Windows, download the EXE file.
- If using OS X or Linux download the jar file.
Step 7 Copy the new server file into your Minecraft server folder.
Step 8 Rename the server file
- If you use a batch file to start your server. You will want to rename the new server file so, the old script still works. Then, remove the version number from the end of the new server file to make an old script compatible.
Step 9 Run the server file
- Click dobule to the new EXE or jar file to run the new server. Then, It will create all the files which need to run.
Step10.Close the server
- As soon as the files are finished being created then close the server.
Step 11. Restore your backed up files
- Move your script, file, and world folder and back into the Minecraft server folder.
Step12. Open the eula.txt file
- Find the eula= false and change it to eula= true. Save the file and exit the text editor.
Step 13. Start your server
- The update process is complete.
Conclusion
In this article, we have mentioned some popular Minecraft servers. Running your own Minecraft server is fun and rewarding. Minecraft server gives you the tools that are used to manage your server quickly and easily.
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