Sparked is a long term survival server that is all about building and being social. It has that Hermitcraft kind of vibe but people still keep it original. The community is close knit and the admins stay involved and keep things running.
When you join it feels simple and vanilla and that is on purpose. There are no warps and no land claims and not a bunch of text telling you what to do. It feels like a friend started a world and you just hopped in.
It still has mods that help protect builds if something bad happens. It also has some extras that do not mess with vanilla like more mob heads player heads armor stand posing proximity voice chat and a live map. There is transparency about server costs specs and bans and the vibe is meant to be mature and adult.
