Minecraft LifeSteal Servers
LifeSteal is survival with permanent stakes. Kill another player and you take one of their hearts, permanently raising your own maximum health. Die and you lose a heart. Lose them all and you are banned from the server, sometimes permanently, sometimes until another player crafts a revive item and brings you back.
The result is a tense, social game where alliances, betrayals and hunts are the main content. Most LifeSteal servers use a small map, keep PvP on everywhere outside spawn, and add custom items such as heart crafting recipes, revive beacons and combat logging punishments so nobody can escape a fight by disconnecting.
If you like SMPs but find them too peaceful, LifeSteal is the natural next step. Pick a server with active players, because an empty LifeSteal world is just survival with extra rules.
8 LifeSteal Servers