Factions Minecraft Servers for 1.12
Every Factions server on the list that runs Minecraft 1.12, ranked by votes this month. Point releases count, so a server reporting 1.12.4 is listed here too.
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Clear filtersClaim land, build a base, expect it to be raided
Factions is the raiding gamemode. You make a faction with friends, claim chunks, fill a base with obsidian and hoppers, and then somebody finds it, breaches the wall with a TNT cannon and takes everything inside. Power is the currency: you lose it when you die, and a faction on negative power can be claimed over by anyone.
Almost every server layers extras on top — custom enchants, envoy drops, king-of-the-hill events, printer mode for building, and a schedule that tells you when the fighting happens. Seasons usually run four to eight weeks, end with a payout, and then the map wipes and everyone starts again from a wooden pickaxe.
Going in solo is rough, because factions rewards organised groups with a rota. Join with people, or join a faction that is recruiting. Read the rules on cannoning, insiding and alt accounts before you build your first base: those three differ wildly between servers and they define what counts as a fair fight.
1.12.2 is still the default for modded, and here is why
Version 1.12 arrived in 2017 with concrete, glazed terracotta, parrots, the recipe book and advancements replacing the old achievement list. It is remembered for none of that. It is remembered because 1.13 followed it with the flattening, which removed numeric block IDs and rewrote how the game stores world data.
That break stranded an enormous amount of work. Forge mods written for 1.12.2 could not be ported cheaply, so the packs people had spent years assembling stayed where they were, and 1.12.2 became the most played modded version in the game's history. Large packs and their servers are still running on it today.
If you are joining a 1.12 server, expect Forge, expect a launcher profile pinned to 1.12.2, and expect an older feel: no netherite, no raids, no bees, and terrain that stops at Y=0. In exchange you get a mod ecosystem nothing since has quite matched for sheer size. The final patch landed in September 2017 and the version has not moved since, which is exactly why pack authors trust it — a modlist assembled today behaves the same as one assembled five years ago.