A running collection of everything Minecraft — server discovery, mechanics how-tos, developer references, news, history, and honest comparisons. If you found your way here from a search engine: welcome. If you're just here to read about MCRPG's essence system, that's in the How to Play guide.
Finding a Server
Best Minecraft Economy Servers (2026): Real Player-Driven Markets
What makes an economy server's economy actually work, and who's doing it well right now.
ServersBest Minecraft Factions Servers in 2026: What's Still Alive
ServersBest Minecraft RPG & MMORPG Servers (2026): Classes, Quests and Servers Like Wynncraft
ServersBest Minecraft Towny Servers (2026): What's Still Alive
ServersBest Siege & Conquest PvP Servers (2026)
Nation wars, SiegeWar, and the difference between a raid and a real siege.
ServersBest Minecraft Earth Servers (2026): Servers Like EarthMC
Best-Of Lists
Best Minecraft PvP Servers in 2026, Plus the All-Time Greats
2b2t, Mineplex, Hypixel, The Hive, and the Factions/HCF era that shaped competitive Minecraft.
ListicleMost Unique Minecraft Experiences You Haven't Tried
Origins SMP, Lifesteal, Create, Vault Hunters, and other genuinely strange corners of Minecraft.
Mechanics & How-To
How to Build an Efficient Mob Farm
Mob caps, dark rooms, canal farms, and what changed in 1.21.
GuideHow to Build a Villager Trading Hall in Minecraft
GuideHow to Find Ancient Debris: Best Y Level and How Many You Need
GuideHow to Get Mending Fast in Minecraft
Villager trading, fishing, loot tables — and why piglin bartering won't help you.
For Server Developers
How to Make a Minecraft Server (Paper, Java, and Everything Else)
DevPaper Plugin Development Best Practices
Async vs. sync, the PDC, modern command APIs, and testing plugins without a live server.
DevMinecraft Server Software: Paper vs Spigot vs Purpur (2026)
Devserver.properties, Fully Explained
Every setting, what changed recently, and the mistakes almost every new server owner makes.
News
Everything New in the Latest Minecraft Update
What shipped, what it changes, and what's already in testing for next.
NewsMinecraft Snapshot Roundup: 26.4 Snapshots and 26.3 Recap
The features currently in testing, ahead of their stable release.
History
The History of Minecraft (2009–2026)
From a weekend prototype to the best-selling video game of all time.
HistoryThe History of Minecraft Servers: hMod to Paper (2010–2026)
hMod to Bukkit to Paper, and Factions to Towny to modern RPG servers.