Waychest is a PvE semi vanilla SMP that feels like one giant shared survival world.

When you join you start a Journey. It is like your own little server inside the big world. You get a random spawn and you can play alone or with friends. Each Journey has its own progress and its own spawn so it feels personal but still connected.

As you explore you find special Waychests. These chests reach across the world to other Journeys. They give rewards and also guide you toward places other players have built. Later when you are stronger you can craft your own Waychests so new players can discover your builds too.

There is also a flying minigame that uses Elytra. You gather the ingredients then you fly through rings that lead you to a Waychest made by another player. There are discovery based warps too so you can fast travel between certain blocks after you find them first.

The server runs on Java version 1.21.11 and mostly keeps a vanilla feel. Almost every custom thing like Journeys and Waychests is built just for this server. It is PvE so the focus is exploring and building together instead of fighting other players.