Minecraft Server Status Checker

The status check works the same way as the game itself: we send the server a server list request and show exactly what it replied. If a reply came back, the server is running and accepting players; along with the reply you can see the current online count, the slot limit, the core version and the MOTD — the same description line the owner shows in the client. Paste the address the way you copied it: “play.example.ru”, with a port after a colon, or a bare IP. You can leave out the port — the default one is used: 25565 for Java and 19132 for Bedrock. If the domain has an SRV record, we show it too: it is the hidden port the game client goes to on its own, and it tells you the server lives on a hosting provider rather than a direct IP. Java and Bedrock are different protocols. Java Edition is the computer version, Bedrock is mobile devices, consoles and the Windows edition. A Java server will not answer a Bedrock check and vice versa, so “not responding” with a correct address almost always means the wrong edition is selected. The second most common cause is a non-standard port: many projects don't run the server on 25565, and without the port the connection simply doesn't get through. What the ping shows. It is the time it took the reply to travel from the server to our data center and back. It tells you about availability and whether the hardware is struggling: a server that takes a second to reply will lag in the game too. Your own ping will be different — it depends on your ISP and the distance. The server sends the player list itself and at its own discretion: most cores show only a few nicknames of those online, and some projects turn this output off entirely. So an empty list doesn't mean an empty server — look at the player count. The 64×64 icon next to the address is also the server's reply, the very picture you see in your server list. The online count a server reports about itself is its own word, not our measurement, and faking it is technically easy. We don't show obviously implausible numbers. If you are choosing a server seriously and for a long time, it is more honest to look at the online history over weeks — it is available on the cards in our catalog.