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PokeRivals Minecraft server

Last updated: 2026-11-04 · IP play.pokerivals.com · version listings disagree

If you wanted a browser game, stop here. This page is the Minecraft server people find when they type the joined spelling pokerivals. The address is play.pokerivals.com. pokerivals.com itself redirects to the Complex Gaming Pixelmon forum.

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Original illustration. Server-list banners are not republished here.

Address and who runs it

Directories agree on the Java address play.pokerivals.com and port 25565. DNS for that name points at the Complex Gaming front end. The message of the day on 4 Nov 2026 read a Poke Rivals banner, then a second line about missions, teams, a balanced economy, and world bosses. The owner name on minecraftservers.org is VortexSurvival, and the status banner also carries the Complex Gaming name. Discord for the network is discord.gg/ComplexPixel. The store sits on the Complex Pixelmon forum. I link the forum and the install guide, and I do not link a token or a launcher that is not the server.

Facts that more than one public listing repeated on 4 Nov 2026, plus the version split.
ItemWhat the listings sayStatus
Addressplay.pokerivals.com, Java, port 255654 directories
NetworkComplex Gaming, owner name VortexSurvival2 sources
ModPixelmon ReforgedDirectories + Complex
Version APixelmon Reforged latestDirectory wording
Version BMinecraft 1.21.1 and 850+ speciesComplex site
Version CProtocol string 1.7.2–26.3, clients 1.7 through 26.3Status line + directories
Players1,232 of 1,233 in the 2026-11-04 status snapshot1 source; network figure, changes frequently
Paid account requirementNot stated in public sources

What the listings say you can do

Repeated features are jobs, community missions, McMMO, town and land claims, minigames, events, seasons, world bosses, clans, and a balanced economy. A Complex forum note dated 31 Oct 2026 mentions clan gym tournaments entering Pixelmon. A note dated 23 Oct 2026 mentions 25 added species, player gyms, clan gyms, tournaments, and a hidden ability on Ditto. Those notes are network posts. I label them as Complex-wide, not as a changelog for a single PokeRivals world.

To join, install Minecraft Java Edition and Pixelmon Reforged, then add the server address. The directories point install steps at installpixelmon.com. I am not pasting a mod download on this site. Whether the server rejects unpaid accounts is absent from the public pages I read, so that row stays blank instead of a guess.

Browser title screen shown only to contrast it with the Minecraft server
This title screen is the browser battle game, not the server. It is here so the two are not mixed up.
How to playJoin steps next to the two browser games.Safety notesShop, account, and what is still unknown.Name comparisonWhere this server sits among similar names.

Questions

Can I open this in a browser?

No. This is a Minecraft Java server. The two browser projects are pokerivals.xyz and poke-rivals.com.

What IP do I add?

play.pokerivals.com. The usual Java port is 25565. The name points at the Complex Gaming network.

Which Minecraft version is required?

Listings disagree. Keep all three statements: directory sites say the latest Pixelmon Reforged, the Complex site says 1.21.1, and a status line returned a 1.7.2–26.3 range.

Sources