Hello Protectors,
This is not an announcement I ever wanted to write, but after more than six years, ProtectorsCraft Network will be shutting down July 23rd, 2026.
What started back in early 2020 as a small Bedrock survival server grew into something I never could have imagined, a community of people from all over the world, and a place a lot of us visited daily.
Why?
ProtectorsCraft has always been a passion project for me, I never ran it to make money. From 2021 to early 2025, I spent an average of 20-30 hours most weeks working on updates and improvements. The server hosting alone costs close to $1,000 per year due to the amount of resources our network uses, and I’ve always been happy to cover it.
But two things have changed. The cost of hosting keeps rising, and I no longer have anywhere near the free time I used to have to give this server the attention it deserves, and importantly, the advertising it needs. Because of this, I’ve unfortunately had to make the decision not to renew our hosting going forward. I’m sorry for this decision, it was not made lightly.
Thank you, especially the ✯ OG ✯ and ßeta members
To everyone who has ever joined our server, our Discord, or just hung out in chat, thank you. And to those of you who have been here since the very beginning, I really can’t thank you enough. You are all the reason our server has lasted as long as it did.
Want to save your builds & bases?
If there’s any builds, bases, or anything you’ve made that you’d like to keep forever, no matter if it’s in the old Bedrock world, the current Survival server, or any of the other servers in our network, I can create a schematic file of it and share it with you before we close.
To request this, please open a ticket in our Discord’s #ticket-support channel and include:
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The start and end coordinates of the build (including which server)
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Verification that you’re the owner of that land/build
⚠️ All save-request tickets need to be created no later than July 20th, 2026. I’ll need 3-4 days before shutdown to generate and send everyone their schematics.
A permanent home for our history
Even after the servers go offline, I don’t want everything we built together to be forgotten. Over the next month, I’ll be building a website that stays online permanently to keep our network’s history alive. I’m planning for it to include player information like ranks, playtime, and other leaderboards, and an interactive 3D viewer where you’ll be able to explore some of the most popular builds and bases right in your browser (if the specific players give permission).
Take a trip down memory lane
Here are some videos from over the years.
Share your favorite screenshots, clips, and stories in our Discord’s new #nostalgia channel, I’d love to see them.
Free Immortal Rank for everyone
As a one last thank you, I’ve made our highest donor-tier Immortal Rank completely free on our store for the rest of the time we’re online. You can now grab it for $0 here: https://protectorscraft.tebex.io/package/6635078
Just enter your username, no payment required. This is our global Immortal rank, so it applies across the entire ProtectorsCraft Network; Survival, Prison, Gens, and Creative.
Updated to the latest versions
Both our Java and Bedrock versions have been updated to support the latest Minecraft versions, so anyone on the latest versions can join.
Thank you for six unforgettable years. One last time… keep crafting, and most importantly, keep protecting. ❤️
