ShovelCraft is a semi vanilla SMP where people care more about building and stories than rushing the end of the game. The server is made for long term play and the world is not planned to reset so everything you build and all the history actually matters.

The map is split into two zones. In the Green Zone around spawn you play with no pvp and no stealing or griefing. It is all about towns trading and shared lore. In the Red Zone farther out pvp is on and stealing is allowed so you can have battles and tension but still no griefing. This keeps bases and builds safe while still letting people fight for fun and story.

The End is turned off so there are no elytras or shulker farms. Everyone travels by land sea and Nether which makes roads and ships and portals really important. There is a diamond based economy and you can level up your team with diamonds to unlock perks like more warps shared storage and extra member slots.

There are seasonal competitions that give lore themed rewards like armor trims and shulker boxes. The gameplay is mostly vanilla with some simple quality of life commands like home tpa duel and shops. There are no pay to win ranks or donor perks and voice chat is optional if you want to talk while you play. The server runs on version 1.21.10 and supports both Java and Bedrock players.