I found a small tightknit SMP that started a new season about three weeks ago. It is mostly vanilla survival and it feels like a cozy group that wants more people to join in.
A lot of players live near spawn but there is tons of space if you want to move out and build your own spot. There is a shopping district set above an open ancient city right at spawn which is a wild place to base around.
It runs on version 1.21.11 and the server is located in Germany with a 20k by 20k world border. It has proximity voice chat and dynmap is planned for later. Sleep is set to 20 percent and enderman griefing is turned off.
The End outer islands get reset sometimes so end looting stays fresh. If you like chill survival with a close community this one makes sense.
The Lab SMP Fresh Semi Vanilla Season
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GOOMB SMP is a vanilla survival server with amplified terrain and it is in Season 2. The world was reset about a month ago so it still feels pretty fresh. People have been joining and building bases all over and the border has been expanded so there is more room to spread out.
The End is open and players have been doing an egg hunt event where everyone gets a chance to interact with the egg and other players. The community seems really active with shops being advertised screenshots of the terrain and lots of talking for deals and trade. Voice chats are often full too.
They want things to stay mature and chill. No hate speech or NSFW and you need to be respectful. No griefing no stealing and no unconsented PvP. You have to apply and get approved before you can be whitelisted.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP