ShovelCraft is a semi vanilla SMP where people actually try to build a world that lasts. It is more about working together making towns and letting stories happen over time instead of speedrunning the end.
The world is split into two big zones. The Green Zone is closer in and it is safe with no PvP stealing or griefing. It also has no generated structures so it feels more builder focused with trade and lore. The Red Zone is farther out and it has PvP and stealing plus vanilla structures so it is for exploring and planned fights but still without griefing.
The End is disabled so there are no elytras or shulker farms. Travel is more about land sea and the Nether. The map is meant to be long term with no planned resets.
The economy uses diamonds and teams can level up with diamonds to unlock perks like extra warps shared storage and more member slots. There are seasonal competitions too with lore rewards like armor trims and shulker boxes. It stays mostly vanilla with some QoL commands like home tpa duel and shops. There are no pay to win donor perks and voice chat is optional. It supports Java and Bedrock on version 1.21.11.
