Rooted Realm is a new Java server with a long term world that does not wipe. It is semi vanilla and made for an adult community where the goal is to keep things chill and fair.
They run it with whitelist and rules against grief and theft. Travel is different too since there is no random teleport. Instead there are custom portals that take you to set spots around the world and back to spawn.
The server has a player run diamond currency and a shopping district called the market. Events happen consistently and they also do holiday celebrations. An Easter island area is planned to open at the start of April with special rewards and stuff to do.
