FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before laying your first stone.
The server
EarthNations is a Minecraft server that recreates the entire Earth. You can found a city, turn it into a country and write your story on the largest map ever generated in Minecraft.
Our team has built several mods directly into vanilla Minecraft. All of it on the entire Earth and on the Moon, with around a hundred new biomes and more than 500 new mobs, on Java, Bedrock and Console, to bring you the biggest server ever imagined on Minecraft.
Build, govern and conquer: found cities and nations, practise diplomacy, lead a democracy… or overthrow it in a coup. You can also become a merchant, engineer or inventor, and develop missiles and advanced military technology up to nuclear weapons. You can also play and survive with your friends, with no need for a nation. Everything is possible on EarthNations!
Yes. It is the heart of the game: found a city, grow it, then turn it into a country. You can expand your territory, choose how your nation is governed and build diplomatic relations with others.
The whole Earth is recreated. The map has more than 100 biomes, each with its own environments and animals. Rivers, lakes, waterfalls, snow and glaciers are placed where they really are.
Hurry up, we’re waiting for you to populate our world!
A Nations server recreates the map of the real world and lets players simulate a new geopolitics: you lead a nation or belong to one, usually aiming to build an empire through war. This game mode, generally roleplay, is mostly supervised by the staff and bound by an RP charter.
EarthNations is our own take on the concept, rethought from the ground up:
You are free
Not joining a nation does not limit your options in any way.
War is a choice
Dominating is not only about having the most land, power or colonies. No Nations, Peace, War, Diplomacy, Science or Mercantilism: six paths are open to you.
Players decide
The staff does not organise your wars, debates or alliances; you do.
Space is not a constraint
The entire Earth and the Moon, on the largest map ever generated in Minecraft, with more than 100 biomes.
Everything is made in vanilla
No mods to install and no launcher. Resource packs are provided automatically the first time you connect.
Everyone plays together
Java, Bedrock and consoles share one server and one map.
Zero Pay-to-Win
Neither Pay-to-Win nor Pay-to-Progress. Your progress depends on how you play, not on your wallet.
The map weighs 8 TB and recreates the entire Earth, with more than 100 biomes.
Yes. EarthNations recreates the entire Earth and the Moon.
Around a hundred new biomes, more than 500 new mobs, more than 100 machines to discover and a complete technology tree, all in a unique, hand-sculpted landscape. And with no mods to install.
Yes. The gallery images are in-game captures, and the 3D map is drawn from the terrain generated for the server. It remains a simplified model: plants and buildings are left out. The terrain has been optimized as far as possible to run on the web, so it may show a few imperfections that do not exist in the game.
Playing
No. You can also play freely: build your cottage or your chalet in the Alps, survive with your friends and explore the world without belonging to any nation.
Yes. Unlike other Nations servers, EarthNations lets you enjoy the scenery and the largest map ever generated in Minecraft with no need for nations. You can also play as you would on an SMP, with modded content on top.
Minecraft Java Edition and Bedrock Edition: PC, consoles (Xbox, PlayStation…) and phones. From day one, Java and Bedrock players share one server and one map.
No. EarthNations is a “custom vanilla”, or semi-modded, server: it offers modded content with no mod to install, thanks to several resource packs sent to you automatically the first time you join. No shady launcher, so no risk of spyware.
For full immersion, an optional modpack will bring together the mods we recommend.
Yes, and it doesn’t require installing any mod.
No. EarthNations is neither Pay-to-Win nor Pay-to-Progress: your progress depends on how you play, not on your wallet. The only paid rank, Consul, offers cosmetic perks only.
There are six: No Nations, Peace, War, Diplomacy, Science and Mercantilism.
Merchant, engineer, inventor, diplomat, architect or general: you can run the economy, design machines, push technology further, negotiate treaties, draw whole cities or raise armies.
No. War is a choice: peace and diplomacy are just as possible. You can also stay out of nations altogether.
Yes. You can lead a republic or your own kingdom, or overthrow one in a coup. Players decide, not the staff.
From the wheel to the atom: each discovery opens a new era, up to missiles and nuclear weapons, the heaviest diplomatic responsibility.
Yes, through Bedrock Edition. Phone, console and PC players share the same server and the same map as Java Edition players.
Yes, access to the server is free. The only paid rank, Consul, offers cosmetic perks only.
The server is open to the latest version of Minecraft: 26.5 at opening.
The server is available in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian and Ukrainian. Our team of translators is working tirelessly to add more.
Accounts & ranks
No. EarthNations is a semi-premium server: premium Minecraft accounts connect as usual. Players without a premium account create an EarthNations account and enter its credentials when asked.
Only the details of that EarthNations account are kept on our servers, encrypted, and they are never used for commercial purposes.
EarthNations has a single rank: Consul, a monthly subscription with several tiers. It is a way to support the server and offers cosmetic perks only: no kit, at any tier. The perks depend on the tier you have reached.
Two more cosmetic ranks come on top: Banneret, earned by boosting the Discord server, and Marquis, which makes your tiers progress 10% faster and can only be won at events for now.
Thank you! To keep things fair, the Banneret rank depends on how long you boost the server, not on how many boosts you give: several boosts do not extend it. Every boost, single or not, still helps the server, and we are grateful for it.
Only your EarthNations account information is kept on our servers, encrypted, and it is never used for commercial purposes. No launcher is needed to play.
For now it can only be earned at events. It is cosmetic and makes your tiers progress 10% faster.
Community
Join the EarthNations Discord server: announcements are posted there, and you can talk with the team and other players.
EarthNations was founded in late 2017 by two enthusiasts, inspired by EmpireCraft, the modded Nations server founded by Max62540 and NorthFlo and closed for good in 2016. The project restarted on 1 January 2024 and is now developed by a team of students, by and for enthusiasts.
You can subscribe to the Consul rank or boost the Discord server, which gives you the Banneret rank. Both offer cosmetic perks only.
On the EarthNations Discord server: every announcement is posted there.
Yes, and we are recruiting right now. Join our Discord for more information.