This server is called CivilizationCraft and it is made for people who like strategy and planning instead of quick games. It just launched and it is meant to last a long time not reset all the time. It is inspired by the Civilization game series so every choice matters a lot.
You can found cities and grow them into full empires. When your city grows your borders grow too and your culture spreads across the land. Where you place your cities and how you expand your territory really matters here.
There is a custom technology tree and a civic tree. You research different technologies to unlock new buildings and strong buffs and different ways to progress. It feels like you are playing a strategy game inside Minecraft instead of normal survival.
This is not a factions server and not normal vanilla SMP. It is for players who enjoy long term strategy city builder games and grand strategy style gameplay. People who like diplomacy and empire development will probably like this server a lot.
The server owners say they have done this for a long time and this gamemode used to be very popular years ago. Now it has been updated and improved. Since it just launched this is a good time to join and claim land early and help shape the world from the start.
CivilizationCraft SMP – Build Your Empire

Infinite Islands Boss Fights Forever
casual competitive mixCave boss raidsCommunity staff recruitingEndless World ExpansionSky Island Survival
This server is all about infinite islands that never reset so you can keep expanding as you grow.
There are custom cave systems with multiple levels. The caves have regenerating ores plus custom mobs and bosses to fight.
Fishing is a big deal here with over 100 unique textured fish to catch and collect. There are also 60 fishing mobs to kill.
You get hundreds of quests that help guide your adventure and progression. There are seasonal payouts so you can compete or just play casually.
It is profile based so if you get bored of your island you can start a new one and switch back anytime. The server also says they are recruiting staff so joining early matters.
It supports version 1.21+ with 1.21.10 native.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPCustom Survival SMP Built For The Long Run

EchelonMC is a Minecraft Java survival server that is built from the ground up with custom coded systems. It is meant for long term building and teamwork and community progress. It is not trying to be a sweaty PvP place and it is not for stealing or griefing.
It runs on Java 1.21.11 and older versions are supported too. The server is hosted in Canada and it has been in active development for about a month with frequent patches. It also says there is no pay to win.
While you play you can earn a currency called Echelites and use it for progression and useful quality of life stuff. There is advanced land claiming with visual borders and lots of protection settings like mob controls and TNT and fire spread and raids and fluids.
One of the weirdest cool features is auto pathing. You walk and paths form under you and you can get speed bonuses on them and you can toggle it. You can also publish chunks so people can visit your builds and you can get rewards from visitors and show up on build rankings.
There are teams with invites shared utilities and custom team nametags. Deaths create timed graves that hold your items and there is a back command to help you recover after teleports. It also has voting rewards Discord linking with a chat bridge anti x ray and a spawn hub with custom NPCs and utilities.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPHermit Style SMP With Proximity Chat

This is a community centered survival server made by the players and for the players.
It is a Hermit style SMP with a diamond economy and a shopping district. People also work on public builds and bigger projects together. A lot of players use proximity chat so it feels more social when you run into someone.
The server tries to keep the vanilla experience while still adding small cosmetic and quality of life stuff that the community asks for and votes on. There are homes too and a few fun plugins.
You will usually see around 5 to 20 people online during the day with lots of regular players. It is Java only on Minecraft 1.21.11. It is whitelisted and it is 18 plus only.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPFresh Vanilla Survival Java 1.21.11

I found a brand new Vanilla Survival Minecraft server for Java 1.21.11.
It is made for normal survival play with friends and it is open to everyone.
There is land claim so your builds can stay safe.
It runs on Fabric so redstone and farms work like they should. The server is also hosted on a dedicated machine and it is aiming for ultrasmooth gameplay.
There is no pay to win. You just join and play Minecraft.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPArcticMC Fresh Towny Factions SMP

ArcticMC is a brand new SMP that started just a couple days ago and it feels pretty calm and welcoming.
It is a Towny and factions style survival server so you can build a town claim land make alliances and fight for territory. PVP matters here but they run an honor system for how fights should go and it is explained in their rules.
It also has McMMO skills so you level up while you play and unlock special abilities as you get stronger. There are custom items too including furniture that is entity based and they plan to limit it per chunk to help with lag.
The world uses Tectonic generation so the terrain looks more realistic with big mountains and nice valleys and it makes building and exploring feel way cooler.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP
