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A survival-mode Minecraft Java Edition Cops & Robbers roleplay and economy server set in Vice City. Real players are the content: the cop chasing you is a person, and so is the criminal you're chasing. Pick a class, earn cash, buy a house, play the stock market, and try to stay one step ahead of the law.

The server releases on November 6, 2026. It's free to join: you need Java Edition 1.21.8 or newer and the address minetheftauto.org.

A server where some players are the police and others are criminals, and the chase is real. Most Minecraft "cops and robbers" maps and minigames are short prison escapes. Mine Theft Auto: Vice City is the full-city version: a persistent Vice City with classes, jobs, banks to rob, wanted stars, cars, houses and a stock market, all played with real people.

No. Mine Theft Auto: Vice City is its own independent server, and its only address is minetheftauto.org. Other servers and minigames have used similar names over the years. If you're looking for the Vice City Cops & Robbers server, check the address.

It plays like one, but it isn't official. It's a GTA-style Cops & Robbers city inspired by the legendary GTA San Andreas Multiplayer servers: wanted stars, police chases, heists, stolen cars and a casino. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Mojang, Microsoft, Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.

No. Every cop is a real player. There's no scripted police AI, so every chase is different.

Java Edition 1.21.8 or newer. The server runs 1.21.8, and every version above 1.21.8 can join too, thanks to ViaVersion, so there is no need to downgrade.

Yes. You need a Minecraft: Java Edition account. The server checks accounts with Mojang, so your username and progress stay yours.

No. It's a Java Edition server (1.21.8 or newer). Bedrock Edition on phones, consoles and Windows isn't supported.

minetheftauto.org. In Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.8 or newer, choose Multiplayer, then Add Server, and paste it in. See how to join.

Accept it when you join. Without it, vehicles show up as plain hoes.

Joining is free. You start with $50,000 and pick a class in a menu the first time you join.

Yes, and it's optional. Hustler, Kingpin, Mogul are paid ranks that raise your stock market and gang limits and lift your taxes, from $5 a month. See the VIP ranks.

Pickpocket if you want something simple, funny and risky. Police Officer if you'd rather play with a team. Not sure? Take the class quiz.

Yes, at the Hospital NPC: $50,000, a 30 min cooldown, and not while you're wanted.

You pay a 3% death tax on your cash and bank (max $500,000), unless you carry Life Insurance, which blocks it once. Your vehicles aren't lost: the vehicle item comes back with you when you respawn.

It depends on your class. Everyone can also do holdups, truck deliveries, the daily lottery, money-bag hunts, fishing and the stock market. Taxi Drivers earn from passengers. See the game systems for the details.

12 classes: Police Officer, Pickpocket, Kidnapper, Drug Dealer, Weapons Dealer, Potion Dealer, Items Salesman, Deliveryman, Taxi Driver, Patient Zero, Hitman, Car Jacker. See all classes or take the quiz.

Pick Taxi Driver in the class menu, or switch at the Hospital NPC ($50,000, 30 min cooldown). Sit in the driver's seat of any vehicle and write /taxi 250. See the Taxi Driver class.

Write /taxi. Every taxi driver online is alerted with your position and comes to find you.

No hand-over: the fare is taken from your cash automatically when you get in and every 30 seconds until you get out.

Up to 18 blocks a second for civilian cars and 20 for airplanes; the police Military Jet does 22.

Only 7 Racecars can be out at the same time in the whole city. You keep yours in your inventory and can place it as soon as one goes away.

8: Healing, Regeneration, Splash Healing, Speed, Slow Falling, Jump Boost, Night Vision and Water Breathing. See the potion prices.

8 blocks up and 8 down from the ground. See housing.

Yes. Vice City has 17 vehicles at the Vehicle Dealer NPC, from bikes and sports cars to boats and hovercraft, plus planes and helicopters at the Airfield. Civilian cars reach 18 blocks a second and airplanes 20, and the cap is 22. Police drive their own fleet, including an Apache helicopter. See the vehicles guide.

Yes. Type /robbery at a bank, stand still for 30 seconds (10 with a Crowbar), then run to the escape point before the police catch you. Bank jobs pay up to $1,500,000, and the more players online, the bigger the payout. You can also pickpocket, hold up stores and lockpick houses. See crime and robberies.

Yes, and it never closes. Walk up to a table or machine, right-click it, and the game opens. You play with your normal cash, so there's no special currency to exchange first. See the casino.

A VIP casino floor for players with $10,000,000 or more. It has the same kind of games, and your chance to win is higher in there.

Your bank is safe. Your house can be lockpicked or robbed while the owner is online.

Yes. Houses on the house market (/hmarket) cost $1,000,000 to $3,500,000, and you get full build rights, so you can build yours up into your own mansion. You can also rent out a room, or rent one in someone else's house. See housing.

Yes. You carry cash and keep savings in the bank, earn from your class, deliveries, taxis, fishing and the daily lottery, and invest in a stock market of 10 companies whose prices move every in-game day. Very rich players pay a heavier tax. See economy and stocks.

Yes. /team create starts a gang for $5,000. Gangs fight over city zones that pay real cash into the gang's bank, and a zone belongs to whichever gang has more members standing in it. See gangs and territory.

At the NPCs: the General Store, Hospital, Wholesale (dealers only), Parachute and Vehicle Dealer NPCs, plus the Airfield for planes and helicopters. Police also have the Police Garage and Police Aviation NPCs. See where to go.

Cars, bikes, boats, planes and helicopters replaced them. See the vehicles guide.

Not while you're sitting in it. But at 4–5 stars police can pull your car over (they stay close for 3 s) and you're thrown out, and then they cuff you.

Yes, the vehicle item can go in chests and house storage. To put a vehicle you've placed back into your inventory on demand, you need to be inside your own house (or a room you rent). It's also the safe place for your spare vehicles when you die.

Yes: doors, trapdoors, gates, buttons, levers and pressure plates in any house. Never your chests. See housing.

Cash, yes, with /transfer when you're within 3 blocks of them. Bank-to-bank transfers are switched off.

No. Most things happen at NPCs or in menus. There's a short list of useful commands for the rest, and /guide opens the full guide in game.