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Online 3,244 of 5,000 playing pinged

Players online now
3,244players
of 5,000 slots
02Percentiles
Where it sits among 160 active servers. The shaded part is the middle half, the tick is the median. Growth compares only the 55 of them that averaged 3 or more players a month ago.
Median 2Ahead of all 159 other active servers
Median 98.8%Above 85 of the other 159 active servers
Median -12.1%Above 46 of the other 54 active servers that averaged 3 or more players a month ago
Median 0Above 131 and level with 2 of the other 159 active servers
Also in the United States, also cross-play
Also in the United States, also cross-play
Also in the United States, also cross-play
Also in the United States, also cross-play
Also in the United States, also cross-play
Also in the United States, also cross-play
03In numbers
Measured by ServerList
Planet Beacon has the most players of the 160 active servers and saw daily averages between 761 and 2,963 players over the last 30 days. Player numbers are up 15% compared with a month ago, from 2,184 to 2,502 players a day. On 1 November it was offline for 3 hours 59 minutes, its longest gap in the last 30 days. On Wednesday 11 November around 21:00 UTC, 16:00 in the United States, it reached 3,621 players, its highest count in the last 7 days.
Written from 72 days of our own pings, votes and reviews, never from the owner's claims. How we measure
04Fingerprint
Average players for every hour of the week over the last 28 days, shown in your time zone. No two servers have the same shape.
Busiest on Sunday evenings around 21:00 UTC, with 3,413 players on average. Quietest on Saturday mornings around 09:00, 2.6 times fewer.
Activity peaks around 21:00 UTC with about 3,217 players, which is the afternoon in the United States, and is lowest around 09:00 UTC with about 1,923.
05Measured by us
Every ping is rolled up by hour and by day. The band is each day's lowest to highest player count, the line its average.
Daily low to high Daily average Weekend Hours offline
23 outages, 6 h 47 min in total.
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57 of 73 measured days fully up.
06From the owner
This is a new and improved [26.3] Planet Beacon server as a new legacy! This server has SKYBLOCK, CREATIVE PLOTS, SURVIVAL SMP, and EARTH TOWNY with our community of the best players! In addition, this server includes Bedrock compatible to players with Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Pocket Edition!
Written by the ownerUpdated 29 Sep 2026
07Observed by our pinger
Version upgrades, new messages of the day and the moments it went quiet or came back.
Rank by votes, last 90 days
Best #24 overall, 25 Oct
Answered again
300 players on return
Stopped answering
java: timeout, bedrock: timeout
Answered again
300 players on return
Stopped answering
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Answered again
300 players on return
Stopped answering
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Answered again
285 players on return
Stopped answering
java: timeout, bedrock: timeout
Answered again
300 players on return
Stopped answering
java: timeout, bedrock: timeout
08From players who voted
5.0of 5
1 review
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PB has returned... with new features and updated servers for all players to enjoy.
09Step by step
Open Minecraft Java Edition and choose Multiplayer.
Click Add Server and paste this address:
Click Done, then select Planet Beacon in the list and join.
Its proxy supports game versions up to 26.3. The server behind it may accept fewer.
Open Minecraft, choose Play and go to the Servers tab.
Scroll down, choose Add Server and enter this address and port:
Save, then select Planet Beacon and join.
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