Who's online? Unknown.
No public player list. No reliable headcount. You may be alone — or surrounded by strangers you haven't met yet.
Somewhere in this world, other players exist.
You won't know who. You won't know where.
Until your paths cross.
Forget crowded player lists and conversations heard across the entire map. Anknown SMP keeps the familiar feeling of vanilla Minecraft survival — but makes every human encounter a discovery. Build your home. Wander farther. Notice the little things. Someone may have been here before you.
Three subtle changes. A completely different feeling.
No public player list. No reliable headcount. You may be alone — or surrounded by strangers you haven't met yet.
Text chat reaches only 128 blocks. If a message reaches you, its sender is somewhere nearby.
Proximity voice chat turns unexpected meetings into real conversations. Java players can install Simple Voice Chat to speak with others nearby.
Get Simple Voice Chat ↗A torch you didn't place.
A door you didn't open.
A voice from the darkness.
Someone was here.
Choose your edition. The world beyond is the same: quiet, unpredictable, and never quite empty.
Both connect Bedrock players to Anknown SMP. RakNet is the older connection method; NetherNet is its newer replacement.
The players may be hidden in-game. The community doesn’t have to be.