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The basics

Game, where it lives, how busy it is.

Offline mode. You can join without buying the game.

Application-only servers are quieter but you must apply.

Whether you are made to download one.

Languages spoken in chat.

The version the server advertises. Type any version: 1.21.4, 1.26.2, 25w14a. “1.21” also matches every 1.21.x.

From up to

A range of versions that can join. Leave “newest” empty for that version and everything after it.

Name, IP, tagline or description.

Where the machine is. The closer, the lower the ping. Pick as many as you like.

ms

A rough guess of your distance to the server, based on country · not a measurement. Give a ceiling to hide the far-away ones.

players

How many players are on right now. Give a floor, a ceiling, or both.

Tick a rough time of day, or set the hours exactly below. Several windows all have to be true at once.

1Busy window

Between and o'clock Players to on average

Hours are read as UTC, not your local clock.

The same samples the "Players · last 14 days" chart on a server's stats page is drawn from, averaged per hour of the day. Say when you play and how many people you want to find.

Answered the last ping.

Only shows servers with at least one player on right now.

Ownership proven to us.

Unclaimed listings were imported and have no owner looking after them.

Average review score. Servers with no reviews at all are excluded.

How it plays

Difficulty, grind, protection, rules.

Extras a server may offer on top of its main type - RPG add-ons and PvP side-arenas alike.

Whether you need to install anything.

Whether other players can kill you.

blocks

How far the world border reaches, in blocks from spawn · half the diameter /worldborder set or get shows. Give a floor, a ceiling, or both.

out of 5

How punishing it is, 1 chill to 5 brutal.

How long it takes to get somewhere.

How often the server runs events, in the owner's own words.

Whether players keep their items and XP on death instead of dropping everything.

What happens when someone grief-hunts your base.

Which specific plugin manages land claims, for servers that use them.

What happens the moment you connect.

What the rules actually permit.

Economy & P2W

What the store sells and how much it matters.

What the owner says the store does to the game.

The reality check: what voters report after playing.

Tick what you are happy to see for sale.

How money moves between players.

Rewards

What you get for voting, and for turning up.

The owner has said what you get for voting.

Servers choose this. More often means each vote is worth fewer ranking points.

A one-off kit for turning up from here. Only counts when the server's plugin is running and set up to hand it out; we never give anything away ourselves.

Reported by the server plugin. Servers that do not run it are hidden by this filter, not ranked low by it.

The people

Who plays there and how they behave.

Somewhere to ask a question before you join.

Rules, shop and staff list you can read first.

Somewhere you can see the place before you join, not just read about it.

A video of the server rather than a description of it.

Whitelisted servers you can actually apply to right now.

Read and write in-game chat from Discord.

Servers currently looking for staff.

Find servers hiring for a specific staff position.

Voted on by players after they vote. Owners cannot set it.

Voted on by players: how the chat feels.

Voted on by players: whether staff are around.

Voted on by players: who you will actually be playing with.

The age group the server is run for.

Older than but under

Days, or 12h · 6w · 3m · 2y.

How long the server itself has been running, even across world resets.

Older than but under

Days, or 12h · 6w · 3m · 2y.

How long the listing has been on this site.

In the last but not the last

Days, or 12h · 6w · 3m · 2y.

The owner has touched the listing lately. A dead listing usually means a dead server.

Proximity or server-wide voice.

The server's public in-game chat, shown right here on the listing.

Technical

Accounts, software, performance.

TPS

Average ticks per second. 20 is perfect, under 15 is felt.

Reported by the server plugin. Servers that do not run it are hidden by this filter, not ranked low by it.

On 1.20.5+ you can be sent straight here from another server, with no address to copy.

Reported by the server plugin. Servers that do not run it are hidden by this filter, not ranked low by it.

A web map of the world you can browse.

World & wipes

How old the world is and when it resets.

In the last but not the last

Days, or 12h · 6w · 3m · 2y.

A fresh map means everyone starts level.

Within the next but no sooner than

Days, or 12h · 6w · 3m · 2y.

Do not join a world that resets on Friday.

How often the world resets, in the words the owner picked.

days

How many days between wipes. Measured from the last and next wipe dates where the owner gave both.

In the last but not the last

Days, or 12h · 6w · 3m · 2y.

How old the current map is.

Hide servers with…

Anything ticked here is removed from the results, whatever else matches. Every filter that can be asked for can also be refused.

Common complaints

Everything else

Resource pack
Language
Country
Features
Vanilla or modded
PvE or PvP
Progression
Events
Build protection
Claim plugin
First five minutes
Rules
Pay-to-win (declared)
Pay-to-win (players say)
The store sells
In-game economy
How often you can vote
Where else they post
Hiring for
What players do there
Chat
Admins
Crowd age (players say)
Aimed at
Wipe schedule

Prison Java servers

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ManaCube
⛏ MinecraftHardcoreBossesSkyblock1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 1 1,255/3,500
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Farm
⛏ MinecraftPrisonEconomyQuests1.8.x-26.x ~135 ms ping
 2 13/100
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Comet Prison
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 3 2/1
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VanquishMC
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.7.2-26.2
#4 4/500
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Punges
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.7.2-26.2
#5 6/100
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OPBlocks Network
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalSkyblockPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 #6 1,992/2,000
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Superawesome
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.8.x-1.21.x
#7 38/1,000
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Advancius Network
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalSkyblockPrison1.8-26.3 ~15 ms pingHiring
 #8 57/500
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Tiktok
⛏ MinecraftPvPLifestealPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 #9 395/2,026
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Titanet
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalPrisonSlimefun1.7.2-26.2 ~125 ms ping
 #10 6/500
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Gg
⛏ MinecraftPrisonPvP1.21 ~15 ms ping
 #11 618/1,000
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PURPLEPRISON
⛏ MinecraftPvPPrison1.21 ~15 ms ping
 #12 324/1,000
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Siyntra Studios
⛏ MinecraftSkyblockPrisonSMP1.16.5
#13 1/20
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Minecraft Central
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 #14 1,056/10,000
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penguingg
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalSkyblockPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 #15 685/1,000
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IslandMC
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.19.4-26.2 ~125 ms ping
 #16 7/1,000
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WildNetwork
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalPrison1.7.2-26.1 ~15 ms ping
 #17 1,008/10,000
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mccentral
⛏ MinecraftPrison1.7.2-26.2
#18 1,057/10,000
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Warp Blocks
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalSkyblockPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 #19 4/500
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Opblocks
⛏ MinecraftSurvivalSkyblockPrison1.7.2-26.2 ~15 ms ping
 #20 715/1,000
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138 of the 139 Prison Minecraft servers listed here are running Java Edition, which is most of the category. 37 of them also run Survival and 33 Skyblock, so expect the two to come together here. Advancius Network leads them this month on 2 votes, which is what puts it at the top rather than anything it paid.

6,961 servers listed 597,205 players online

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Questions

Can I join these from Java?

Yes. These are Java Edition listings, plus the cross-play servers that accept a Java client. Console and phone players are on Bedrock and want the Bedrock page instead.

How many Prison Java Minecraft servers are listed?

138 right now. A combination only gets its own page here once at least 3 servers match it, which is why there is a page for this one and not for every pairing · the rest of the Prison listings are on the Prison page, and the rest of the Java ones on the Java page.

How do I join a Minecraft server?

Copy the server IP from its listing with the copy button, open Minecraft, add the address in the multiplayer/server browser and connect. Bedrock and Eaglercraft entries show their own address where they differ.

Do I need to own Minecraft to join these servers?

Most need a paid (premium) Minecraft account. Some run in offline mode, often called cracked, so any username can connect without buying the game · use the Cracked filter to find them.

What does voting do?

Voting pushes a server up this month's ranking and usually pays you a reward in-game · most listings show exactly what you get. You can vote once every 24 hours per server.

How is the ranking calculated?

Servers are ordered by votes received in the current calendar month, which resets on the 1st. Sponsor slots and premium plans buy visibility, never rank · they apply no boost of any kind, and every listing is ranked by votes alone.

Are these Prison Java servers free to play on?

Yes · every server listed here is free to join. Some sell optional cosmetic or convenience perks on their own store; look for the tags and reviews on each listing.