Sparked SMP is a long term survival world that feels like you just joined a friends server. It is simple on purpose and it feels really close to vanilla. There are no giant menus or spammy messages. There are no warps and no land claims and only a few quality of life things.
The server uses Fabric and is on 1.21.11. It has some small datapacks like extra mob heads and armor stands you can pose and proximity voice chat. There is bluemap and some protection mods under the hood so your builds are safe if something bad happens. Nothing really changes the normal vanilla gameplay.
The community is the main focus. It is mostly adults and feels pretty mature and relaxed. People build and play kind of like Hermitcraft but everyone still keeps their own style. The admins are active and they stay involved with players. They are open about server costs specs and bans so it feels transparent and honest.
When you join it might feel bare and trust based but that is the whole idea. It is meant to feel like a small tight group that just wants to build and hang out in a long running world.
