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RulerCraft — is it up right now?

A real-world Earth map with towns, nations and an economy between them. I've been pinging play.rulercraft.com:25565 every ten minutes since August 11, so everything below is something I measured, not something they told me.

Paste it exactly as it is — no http:// in front. Phones like to add one; Minecraft answers “Invalid server address” to it. Then set Port to 25565 — not the usual 19132, and without it the server simply won't appear. Minecraft also asks for a Server Name: that is only a label in your own list, so type anything — “RulerCraft” does fine.

What I actually know

• 26 people are playing there right now.
• It's busiest around 17:00 UTC and quietest around 07:00 UTC.
• It answered 100% of my checks over a week.
• It hasn't missed a single check since I started watching it.
• The most I've ever seen there is 44 players, on August 23.

When people actually play there

Average players by hour, over the last 13 days. Times are UTC.

How to join from your phone

1. Copy the address above.
2. Open Minecraft, tap Play, then the Servers tab.
3. Scroll to the bottom and tap Add Server.
4. Name it anything, paste play.rulercraft.com as the address, port 25565.

Note the port — 25565, not the usual 19132. Miss it and the server just won't show up.

In short

• Free to join. All you need is Minecraft itself.
• Modes: survival, economy.
• Chat there is mostly in English.
• The server itself sits in Europe.

Others a bit like it

• DonutSMP 37,591 online
• The Hive (NA) 19,054 online
• The Hive (EU) 19,049 online
• The Hive 19,046 online
• Lifeboat 7,447 online
• ReallyWorld 5,917 online

This server isn't mine — I only list it, and its chat, rules and staff are its own. What I can vouch for is the measuring: one packet every ten minutes, and if it goes quiet for half an hour it drops off the list by itself.