EchelonMC is a fully custom survival SMP that has been in active development for about a month and it is hosted in Canada. It is made for long term building teamwork and community progression so it is not about PvP stealing or griefing.
It runs on Minecraft Java with 1.21.11 recommended and older versions supported. The server uses custom coded systems and it has no pay to win stuff. Updates and balance changes happen often and the owner listens to player feedback.
You can make paths just by walking and get speed bonuses on them and you can toggle it. There is a currency called Echelites you earn by playing and you can spend it on progression utilities and quality of life.
Land claiming is advanced with visual borders and per chunk settings plus anti grief protection. You can control mobs TNT fire spread raids and fluids. You can also publish public chunks so people can visit your builds and you can get rewards from visitors and climb build rankings.
There are teams so you can invite friends share utilities and show custom team nametags. Deaths make timed graves for your items and there is a back command to help you recover after teleports. It also has voting rewards Discord linking and chat bridge a spawn hub with custom NPCs and anti x ray protections.
EchelonMC Fully Custom Building SMP
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