#3 The Minecraft Server is actually down Sometimes the Minecraft server itself can be offline without players realizing (Image via Minecraft) Not to mention that Minecraft is a great game and the developers deserve to be supported for their work.
Using an official Minecraft account also comes with a plethora of other advantages like changing skins. The easiest way to fix this issue is simply to buy Minecraft, officially from Mojang and try to rejoin the server through an official Minecraft account. The infamous “The authentication servers are currently down for maintenance” message is somewhat misleading, and in most cases just means that a cracked client is trying to join a Minecraft server that does not accept cracked players. #4 Authentication servers down for maintenance Minecraft authentication servers down for maintenance error (Image via Minecraft) Players need to ensure that the IP of the server they are trying to join is typed in correctly.Ĭommon mistakes include using the wrong domain extension, for example, using. This might sound trivial, but it happens more often than one might expect.