EchelonMC is a fully custom survival server for Minecraft Java that is built for long term building and teamwork. It is not trying to be a sweaty pvp place and it is meant to avoid stealing and griefing.

The server is on 1.21.11 and older versions are supported. It has custom coded systems and it is actively developed with frequent patches. It also says there is no pay to win and the balance gets shaped by player feedback.

You can walk around and create paths under you and get speed bonuses on them and you can toggle it. There is an Echelites currency you earn by playing and you can spend it on progression utilities and quality of life stuff.

Land claiming is a big deal here with visual borders and per chunk settings plus protections for things like TNT fire spread raids and fluids. You can also publish public chunks so other people can visit builds and you can earn rewards from visitors and climb build rankings.

There is a teams system with invites shared utilities and custom team nametags. Deaths make timed graves for your items and there is a back command to help you recover after teleports. It also includes voting rewards discord linking and chat bridge a spawn hub with custom NPCs and anti x ray protections.