Madcow Family Friendly Minecraft
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Near-vanilla Minecraft, with the following additions:
* Grief Prevention
* Bad language filter
* Tree feller
* Trading system
* Direction HUD
PvP is OFF, the server is Player-vs-Environment (PvE) only.
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Cosmix World is a political Minecraft server on 1.21.1 that uses a full Europe map. It is all about real player conflict and who can get power and keep it.
There is no scripted RP and there are no admin made nations. Players make the nations and cities and empires and they can also wipe them out.
You can fight wars for land and resources and control. You can do diplomacy or betray people and form alliances and push propaganda. Building capitals borders and fortifications actually matters because territory control has real consequences.
It also has a player driven economy with trade routes to fight over. The gameplay is vanilla plus with no modpacks and no hand holding. There are extra systems too like alcohol and social mechanics.
If you just chill and do nothing you will get left behind. If you organize with others you can run the map.
GamerHub Towny is a small Towny and SMP server that is all about relaxing and building up your own place. It is chill but still has a casual competitive feel so you can keep growing and improving.
The rules are simple and meant to keep things friendly. No griefing no stealing and the world does not reset.
You can claim land with Towny and work on your town over time. There are jobs plus MCMMO and an in game ranking system so you can grind and level up.
There is Dynmap so you can see the world. You can also use player warps and player shops plus a sell only server shop.
It supports 1.21.x and the community is active across AU EU and US timezones so it is usually easy to find someone online.
I found a chill SMP for Java that is trying to feel alive and not dead. It is semi vanilla so it still feels like normal Minecraft.
The server has custom mobs and custom items. It sounds like extra stuff to find and fight but it does not mess up the vanilla vibe.
The rules are handled in their Discord and you need to get whitelisted to join.
Hardcore SMP is a hardcore survival multiplayer server that works on both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. It is meant to feel close to vanilla and it does not do world resets. It also avoids pay to win stuff and it does not let you teleport to other players.
The server adds a player driven coin economy where players trade with each other using a trading system and an auction house. There are no admin shops for normal items. Coins come from killing mobs and looting chests.
There is a big land claiming system so you can protect your base and builds from griefing. The twist is if you die your claims get deleted and your land becomes unprotected.
Teleporting is limited. You get a one time use randomtp to find a fresh spot in the overworld and you can bring others if you invite them. There is also home to go to your respawn point and spawn to return to spawn.
The server is non pay to win with one VIP rank that is cosmetic only. There is also a revive item that acts like a full account reset so you can play again without needing a new account.
Headrest SMP is a Paper server on 1.21.11 with an active community and a bunch of quality of life plugins. It uses stuff like Terralith and other structure plugins so exploring feels more interesting.
The vibe is friends first but factions can still fight and start wars. It is a roleplay server with lore and PvP is more of a side thing not the whole point.
There is a safe zone at spawn where people can build shops and hang out. Players can also talk using the simple voice chat mod.
Some of the plugins mentioned are no elytra during combat combatlog and sit. The server also says it runs on a dedicated machine with 20GB of RAM and a 5800x3d CPU to help keep lag down.
