Clans are a system for joining players into groups with their own name, roster and shared goals. Instead of playing alone, you join a clan or found your own, share a base and resources, defend territory and fight wars against other groups together. It is a team format where not only personal skill matters but also cooperation, trust and shared strategy. Clans add social depth and long-term goals to Minecraft.
This page lists 218 servers with clans; each project's player count is verified by direct ping. The content varies: faction wars over territory, cooperative survival in clans, servers with alliances and diplomacy. If you would rather have role-playing interaction than clan wars, take a look at Roleplay servers.
FineMine is a Java anarchy server running on versions 1.16.5–1.21.x. The anarchy mode allows unrestricted raiding, base destruction, and PvP. The server stands out with custom plugins and a well-developed economy system.
Server features:
- Anarchy: raiding, PvP, and base griefing are permitted
- Auto-mine (/warp mine)
- Unique item shop (/shop)
- Quest system with four quest lines
- Regular events
- Voice chat
- Duels and loot cases
- Free access to donation privileges (/free)
- Anti-spam and anti-flood protection
- Version: Java 1.16.5–1.21.x
Боги Майнкрафта (Gods of Minecraft) is an RPG server on Java 1.20.4 with a unique class and magic system. Players choose one of nine classes — Demon, Overlord, Infernal, Jotun, Thunderlord, Void Dragon, Vampire, Death Knight, or Angel — each with distinct abilities and combat roles. The world is filled with dungeons, bosses, and exploration mechanics.
Server features:
- Nine unique classes with distinct skills
- Magic system and divine blessings
- Clans and territory wars
- Dungeons, PvP arenas and team battles
- Survival, RPG, quests and mini-game modes
TotemCraft is a classic old-school vanilla Minecraft server running Java Edition 1.21.11. The world never resets — no wipes, no seasons. No donations, no privileges, no teleports; travel is done via the nether hub and elytra. Plugins are limited to chest protection, PlasmoVoice voice chat, and Discord chat sync.
Server features:
- Fully vanilla gameplay without donations
- Permanent world (no resets)
- PlasmoVoice voice chat
- Griefing, theft and unprovoked killing are prohibited
- No land claims (chest protection only)
- No teleports or creative mode
- Admins play on equal terms with all players
BloodMine is a Java Edition 1.16.5 anarchy server where freedom of action meets griefing protection. Raids and PvP are allowed, but cheats are strictly prohibited. Minimal plugins and a focus on survival create an atmosphere of honest competition for resources.
Server features:
- Anarchy with build protection
- PvP and raids enabled
- Clans and duels
- Anti-cheat enforced
- Starter kits and economy
EtherealCraft is a Java Minecraft server (version 1.21.8) in the RPG survival genre with extended content. The server features new planets, attribute and unique skill progression, boss battles, quests, and custom items.
Server features:
- New planets to explore
- Attribute and unique skill progression
- Boss battles
- Survival mode without creative and duplication exploits
- Pets that improve character stats
- New ores, weapons, and tools
- Quests, duels, prison, and voice chat
Ostrov Svobody is a multi-mode Minecraft server featuring a unique in-game currency earning system. After registering on the server, pick up quests from the NPC "Missionary" in the lobby, track your progress through the menu, and submit completed tasks to the NPC "Foreman". Successful missions reward you with the "ril" currency (1 ril = 1 Russian ruble), which can be withdrawn to a bank card or Russian phone number starting from 50 rubles.
The administration team is 16+ only. No administrative roles or privileges that break game balance are available for purchase. Approximately 90% of the plugins are developed in-house, ensuring prompt bug fixes and regular updates.
Several large game worlds are available: Arkaim — a creative mode server open to everyone; Ostrova — a skyblock server where players develop a small island into a full city through quest chains; Daaria — a vanilla survival server running version 1.16+; Midgard — a clan server featuring wars, step-by-step progression, and religious mechanics. Each world comes with a complete interactive menu.
Mini-games on offer include CS:GO, BedWars, KitPvP, BuildBattle, and more — all enhanced with custom additions.
Astirix is a Java 1.21.4 server featuring multiple game modes within a single project.
The anarchy mode offers an open world with a 30,000 × 30,000 block map and no land claims. Built-in voice chat enables real-time communication during gameplay. The economy revolves around /shop and /sell commands, where any resource can be sold. A separate currency called shards is earned through AFK time and spent in the in-game store. The clan system allows players to team up without unnecessary restrictions. The Ender chest is expanded to 6 rows. Regular PvP events take place in the arena, and anti-cheat protection prevents base scouting.
The mini-games section includes three modes. KitPvP offers character kits with unique abilities divided into roles — the winner is the player with the most kills in 10 minutes. BedWars is played without a void on a map styled after Dust2 from CS, adding a tactical dimension. Duels are available for structured PvP practice.
RiseWorld is a Java 1.21 Minecraft survival server built around custom world generation and dynamic events: meteors fall from the sky at random intervals, reshaping the terrain and adding unpredictability to everyday gameplay.
The survival experience is expanded with a wide range of mechanics: new enchantments, a quest system, an auction house, ultra-gadgets, a mine, unique prefixes and tags. Two separate worlds cater to different playstyles — a donation world and a donation-free world. The donation world grants access to creative mode and extended commands. The donation-free world operates under strict rules: only the /back command is available, and griefing is fully prohibited.
Beyond survival, the server features a collection of minigames built directly into the Minecraft environment: Sudoku, Football, Billiards, Snake, Minesweeper, Tic-Tac-Toe, Spleef, and BedWars.
Anicloud is a large multi-mode Minecraft server running on Java 1.21, active since 2012. The project focuses on PvP in current versions, original mechanics, and custom content without mods. Most modes have no direct equivalents in the Russian-speaking Minecraft community.
Available modes:
- LuckyBlockWars — a SkyWars variation where lucky blocks replace chests. They drop PvP items, custom mobs, abilities, unique gear including flight armor, and random events.
- RandomRush — a lucky columns mode: every second players receive random items including custom ones, with random events continuously altering the match.
- LuckyRandomRush — a RandomRush variant where lucky blocks, special items, and unexpected events replace standard drops.
- SkyWars — the classic mode with custom items.
- Creative+ — build your own world or mode without limits: construction, block-based programming, full map control.
- Creative with Plots — building using construction plugins, custom and standard mobs, new blocks, furniture, and unique items.
- PixelBattle — paint on a shared canvas: unlock new colors, level up your character, and capture territory.
- BlockParty — step on the correct color to the music; expanded with PvP, Tournament, and Chaos sub-modes.
- Vanilla — a mode without PvP, land claims, or passes; suited for building, progression, and roleplaying.
- Survival Legacy — custom survival with new items, mobs, quests, bosses, character progression, world generation, and land claims.
- BedWars — defend your bed using team upgrades, building, team mobs, gadgets (including trampolines), and multiple resource types.
- Z-Arena — a post-apocalyptic mode set on a zombie-virus-infected island: fight zombies and bosses, capture territory, find weapons, follow a storyline, and explore locations. Temporarily being migrated to a new version.
- Excalibur MMORPG — an open world with a storyline, bosses, stealth, a combat system, classes, and crafting. Actively in development.
- Galaxy — a space SkyBlock: explore planets, interact with gravity and anomalies, follow a storyline, develop your base, and participate in raids. Actively in development.
- Prison — mine resources, unlock new shafts, defeat bosses, and upgrade your character and tools. Temporarily being migrated to a new version.
- FFA — a PvP arena with various kits and abilities. Temporarily being migrated.
- Duels — combat using standard kits, firearms, or magic. Temporarily being migrated.
DecentMC is a Minecraft server for versions 1.16.5–1.20.1, focused on survival with griefing enabled. After an extended closure, the team fully reworked the project: gameplay was redesigned, and new maps, bosses, events and a jobs system were introduced.
The lobby features parkour maps where players compete for the top spot. The server includes crates, and new players receive a welcome reward via the /hello command.
Key features:
- Survival with griefing
- Parkour maps with competitive rankings
- Bosses, events and a jobs system
- Crates and donor privileges
- Java edition support for versions 1.16.5–1.20.1
A clan (or guild) on a Minecraft server is a group of players united under a common name for joint play. Clan members share resources and a base, help each other and defend or attack together. Unlike solo play where you rely only on yourself, a clan gives a sense of team, a division of roles and shared goals. It is clans that turn a server from a set of separate players into a living society with alliances, rivalry and a history.
Clans are not part of vanilla Minecraft but a server layer of plugins. So such projects run on the Spigot, Paper and Purpur cores: they add clan creation, member invites, a shared bank and territory, a rank system inside the group and clan-war mechanics. How deep the clan system goes varies between projects — from a simple shared chat to complex politics with taxes and land conquest.
How clan play works
Behind the word "clan" sits a set of connected systems. The deeper they are developed, the closer a server gets to a full faction strategy.
Creation and roster
You found a group, invite players (usually with a command like /clan invite) and assign roles — leader, officers, regular members. Most plugins set a clan size limit — typically from 20 to 100 depending on the server. Clans can be open (anyone may join) or closed (the leader's approval is required).
Shared territory and base
A clan gets a home — a protected zone, a storage and a gathering point. Territory is secured to the group through a claim system: claimed land cannot be broken or looted by outsiders. On servers with the Towny plugin these are town plots; on Factions they are lands held by the clan's "power".
Wars and territory conquest
Clan wars are the main mechanic of many servers: groups fight over resources, territory and reputation by the project's rules. On classic Factions servers a clan's strength is measured by a "power" resource: it is spent on holding land and drops when members die, and losing it opens the territory to enemy conquest. So a base is protected exactly as long as the clan is strong.
Alliances and diplomacy
Clans form alliances, declare wars and divide spheres of influence. On developed servers real politics emerges — with negotiations, betrayals and coalitions of several groups.
Factions, guilds and clans: close concepts
Different servers call the clan system different things. Factions are the best-known format, where clans fight over territory and resources, often with PvP and raids on rival bases. Guilds is a term closer to RPG and co-op: the focus is on shared progression and achievements. Clans is a general name for any group of players. In essence these are variants of one idea — joining up for joint play — and the exact set of features is stated in the server's description.
How clan servers differ from ordinary ones
Aspect
Server with clans
Ordinary server
Basis of play
Team cooperation and goals
Everyone for themselves
Property
Shared clan base and resources
The player's personal belongings
Conflict
Wars and alliances between groups
Skirmishes between individual players
Who servers with clans are for
Servers with clans are for those interested in team play and long-term goals in Minecraft. If you enjoy playing with friends, building a shared base, coordinating actions and competing with other groups, such a project comes into its own in a team. It is a format for those who value the social side of the game — alliances, rivalry and belonging to a group. A beginner finds it easier to join an existing clan and settle in, while experienced players enjoy leading their own clan and building strategy. Mind the platform: clan plugins work mainly on Java Edition, while on Bedrock the toolset is more limited — the supported platform is worth checking on the project's card.
