I found OakenvaleSMP and it is a survival server with a medieval theme. It is meant for people who like immersive building and exploring while still doing real survival progression.
Players can start towns and kingdoms then build castles and team up with others. There is a player driven economy and you can choose to cooperate or compete depending on your style.
The world is made to feel more interesting with quality of life plugins plus custom biomes and extra random generated structures. There are also claims and teams so people cannot wreck or loot your builds.
You can earn daily and hourly rewards and check them in game with the rewards command. The server is on version 1.21.10 and it supports both Java and Bedrock. It is hosted in England and new players are welcome.
Oakenvale Medieval Vanilla SMP 1.21.10
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The server usually has a small crowd around 5 to 15 players a day so it does not feel packed. Griefing is not allowed and there are extra rules to keep things fair for everyone.
If you want a chill place to play and not worry about people wrecking your stuff this one seems like a good pick.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPBindy SMP Cracked Vanilla PvP Builds
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People can focus on building and long term projects or go look for PvP. The server tries to keep it fair with no pay to win and active moderators.
There are custom structures to explore and the server runs events sometimes. It also has things like TPA spawn and teams.
It runs on Paper and it supports version 1.21.11. ViaBackwards is enabled so older versions can join too. If you die because of hackers or server glitches there is inventory rollback and items can be refunded.
Griefing is not allowed so your builds are meant to stay safe.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPClassic Beta SMP With Friendly Whitelist
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The server uses a whitelist so you have to share your Minecraft username to get in. Whitelisting is done manually so you might wait a bit because of work and school and time zones.
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This is a Java 1.21.11 server that just started a new season. People are already building bases exploring nearby land and stacking resources.
It began with a tight 1000×1000 world border so everyone is close. The border expands each week so the world slowly opens up.
The End is locked until week 3. Then the whole server goes in for a big battle and they explore the end cities together.
The rules are simple. No griefing no stealing and no killing. It is meant to be a community world and there is a high effort whitelist so they can find players who want to build and help at spawn.
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The community is active across AU EU and US timezones. At busy times it can hit around 20 players so it does not feel empty.
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The spawn is built by the community and the server runs events sometimes. The Nether Hub is decorated and the End Island is also decorated so those places do not feel empty.
There is a player run Shopping District for trading and shops. You also get light commands like sethome and tpa and other small helpers. There is even itemflip where you can gamble items just for fun and you can toggle phantoms.
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It has quality of life stuff like voice chat and messages better harvesting chest sorting a gradient tool graves and a live map. There is also a fishing system with lots of new fish you can sell plus tracking and a leaderboard for the best fisherman.
You can find special enchantment books that help with gathering and building like taking down a whole tree at once or getting haste for mining. Jobs are set up so you earn experience and money from most actions and you can see clean leaderboards for who does what the most.
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The community is meant to be close knit and friendly and they say they shut down toxicity and drama fast. People are encouraged to make big group projects like towns and shopping areas and sometimes there are events with prizes. The server also supports the Simple Voice Chat mod.
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There is mcMMO so grinding resources feels like progress with skills. The economy is fully player made with no shops and no currency so trading is up to the community.
PvP is off by default but you can toggle it on if you want to fight friends. There is also a live server map you can use to see the world like a map website. There is no world border so you can travel far and find fresh land.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP