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What Are Minecraft Survival Servers?

A Survival server is one that tries to mimic the vanilla aspect of Minecraft. This type of server is extremely popular in Minecraft Java Edition. Every Minecraft Survival server differs in difficulty levels: some worlds come with less challenging mobs, while in others, you wouldn’t dare leave the shelter without a proper weapon. 

You can join a Minecraft Survival server and try to survive, gather resources, and build wealth in a world shared by many other players. It’s quite hard to avoid other players since Minecraft Survival servers leave you no choice other than to form alliances and find allies while fighting off enemies who want to steal your resources. 

You will have to trade, make friendships, and even fight others as you try to make a place for yourself on a survival server. Venture through the wilderness to find resources, build houses, farm, and also make friends! 

In multiplayer Minecraft Survival servers, you can even claim your land and protect it from griefers. There is a lot to love about Survival servers, and if these social reasons do not convince you, check our list of servers above, they definitely will!

How to Play on Minecraft Survival Servers?

In order to join a Survival server alone or with friends, you need to have Minecraft installed on your PC or Mac. Once your game is ready, follow these steps: 

  1. Launch Minecraft: Java Edition.
  2. Click on the "Multiplayer" button.
  3. Click on the "Add Server" button.
  4. Copy the IP of the Survival server you want to play on from our large list here.
  5. Paste the IP in the Server Address field.
  6. Click on "Save."
  7. You can now double-click on the server in your server list to play on it

By now, you should have a Survival server added to your Minecraft servers list.

You can finally launch your favorite server and immerse into the world of survival, either solo or with friends, and see how long you can last against the elements and mobs. 

Some servers may be more challenging than others, with the in-game economy and dangerous mobs, among other mods and plug-ins, to make the survival experience more realistic. 

3 Practical Tips for Playing on Minecraft Survival Servers

Minecraft Survival servers stay true to many features of the original game’s survival mode, where you can die from taking damage, falling, or drowning. However, the servers on our list take survival to the next level, introducing not just mobs and environmental challenges but also the threat of other players.

Hence, to help you bear the odds, here are a few tips to help you stay alive:

  • Build a shelter that has access to resources but is hard to spot by other players.
  • Build friendships with other players and engage in trade of goods and knowledge.
  • Craft good weapons and armor like helmets, boots, chestplates, and more.

How to Pick the Best Minecraft Survival Server

At Servers Minecraft, we offer vanilla and challenging Survival servers where you can put to test your survival skills. To narrow down the search for the best server, use our sorting feature and pick a server based on the creation date, votes, or players online. 

If you want to experience the most reviewed Minecraft Survival servers, head to our list of top picks. You can’t go wrong with any of them.

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