The best Minecraft servers on Java and Bedrock can be hard to find, so we've dug them out for you, alongside instructions on how to host your own if you prefer to.

Furthermore, thanks to strides made by the community and cross-platform infrastructure created by developers, servers can be found on Java Edition, Bedrock Edition, or even both.

Minecraft ’s chat window doubles as a console, granting a lot of power to the player in both Bedrock and Java Editions. With several commands at their disposal, one can bend a few rules in the ...