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What Is CrabSMP?

A Bedrock Lifesteal SMP where you fight for hearts, hunt bounties, and run the auction house. Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Mobile, PC. No pay-to-win.

24/7Uptime
10K+Players
ZeroPay-To-Win
AllDevices

How CrabSMP Works

Bedrock Native
Built for Bedrock from the ground up. Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Mobile, and Windows 10/11 players all share one world and one economy.
Lifesteal
Start with 10 hearts. Kill someone, steal a heart. Die, lose one, floor at 1. Real stakes that make every fight count.
Player-Run Economy
Use /ah to auction items to other players. Set bounties on enemies. The server shop restocks based on demand and player prices shift with it.
Progression, Not Paywall
Crates and keys come from voting and playtime. Hourly /keyall drops free rare items for everyone. Donations keep the server running, nothing more.

The Crab Philosophy

We built CrabSMP because we were tired of servers that treat players like wallets. Here survival means actual survival. You build, you fight, you lose hearts, you adapt. The economy is yours. The stories are yours. We just keep the lights on and the lag low.

Zero P2W — Ever. Community Votes Matter. Backend Updated Weekly.

What Makes It Tick

Under the hood it's a carefully tuned ecosystem. No single plugin defines it — together they create something unique.

Economy Layer

Auction House, Bounties, Sell Wands, Spawner Market — every item has a price set by players. No inflation, no admin cheating.

Security & Anti-Cheat

Multiple heuristic checks, rollback tools, and staff who actually investigate. Cheaters don't last a day.

Bedrock Optimised

Purpose-built for Bedrock performance. Low latency on console, mobile, and PC. Custom engine updates ship every week.

Join — How It Actually Works

Console (Xbox / PlayStation / Switch)

  • Friend Method (Recommended): Add JoinCrab as a Bedrock friend → wait 30 s → join from the Friends tab
  • Works on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch without needing to enter an IP
  • No port required for the friend method

Mobile & Windows (PC)

  • Open Minecraft Bedrock → Servers → Add Server
  • Server IP: play.crabsmp.net · Port: 19132
  • No port required when entering the IP — default Bedrock port

First thing to do: Type /rtp to teleport to the wild, then /kit starter. Join Discord for an even better starter kit!

No whitelist — just join and play.

Zero Pay-To-Win. Ever.

Donations keep the server online — they never give gameplay advantage. No /fly, no OP items, no rank that wins fights. You earn everything.

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