What Is a Minecraft SMP Server?

SMP stands for Survival Multiplayer. Here is what an SMP server actually is, how it differs from regular survival, and what makes a good one.

SMP stands for "Survival Multiplayer." An SMP server is a shared survival Minecraft world where lots of players build, gather, trade, and play together — usually with a community, rules, and extra features layered on top of vanilla survival.

SMP vs. single-player survival

• Single-player survival is just you in your own world.
• SMP is a persistent shared world — the things you build stay, and other players are part of the experience.
• Good SMPs add a player economy, events, ranks, claims/land protection, and a Discord community.

What makes an SMP worth joining

• An active, friendly community (and a Discord to find it).
• Fair rules and present staff, so griefing and cheating are handled.
• Stuff to do beyond mining — events, quests, a marketplace, cosmetics.
• Crossplay, so Java and Bedrock friends can all play together.
• Regular updates and uptime, so your progress is safe.

MiningMaven SMP is a survival multiplayer server built around exactly that: a player-driven economy, KOTH events, quests, custom cosmetics, and a community on both Java and Bedrock.

Join MiningMaven SMP

MiningMaven is a Java + Bedrock survival server with custom cosmetics, KOTH events, quests, and a player-driven economy. Open Minecraft, add the server below, and talk to the NPCs at spawn to get started.