axolotl

A public PvP server: a lobby and 1v1 duels. Java Edition, any version from 1.8 up.

Joining

1. Start Minecraft: Java Edition and click Multiplayer.
2. Click Add Server.
3. Name it anything. Paste the address above into Server Address.
4. Click Done, then double-click axolotl in the list.

A green connection bar means you are good to go. Do this once; the server stays in your list.

Once you are in

You land in the lobby: a quartz disc over the void, facing a row of statues, one per mode. Each wears the kit and the skin of somebody playing that mode right now, with the live count over its head. Click one — or type /play netherite — to queue.

The modes are 1v1 duels, one per kit: netherite, diamond and gapple. You get paired, land on a platform over the void, and fight after a frozen 3-2-1. Last one standing wins and you both go back to the lobby — no death screen, nothing dropped.

Playing on an older version

You do not have to update. Whatever you already play on, from 1.8 upward, can join — the server translates.

• Official launcher: Installations → New installation → pick the version → Create, then play that installation and join the same address.
• Prism Launcher or MultiMC: make an instance on the version you want and launch it.
• Lunar or Badlion: choose the version in the launcher before you hit play.

Worth knowing

• You need a Microsoft account that owns Minecraft: Java Edition. The server checks with Mojang, so cracked clients cannot get in.
• Bedrock Edition — console, phone, the Windows Store version — cannot join a Java server, whatever address you give it.
• Combat is the modern kind for everyone. Joining on 1.8 gets you the old look, not the old mechanics: attack cooldown still applies.
• Chat is unsigned here, which is what lets older clients in. In-game chat reporting is therefore off.

If it will not connect

• Outdated client or outdated server: you are below 1.8. Anything 1.8 or newer works.
• Connection timed out: check the address for typos — no http://, no port.
• Still stuck? The server may be restarting. Give it a minute and retry.