The summoning circle is a server that offers a more challenging survival experience, equipped with levelled mobs. Essentials, economy GUI, land claiming, and chest shops, all come together to enhance a more cooperative playing experience. Try your hand at hardcore where you only have one free chance, or play in the normal survival worlds. More will be added to the server, in addition to rewards for content creation.
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NerdNu is a medium sized Minecraft community server that tries to keep the mostly vanilla feel while still having that old school multiplayer belonging vibe. The PvE server has been updated to 1.21.10 and it is survival mode with no player fighting so you only worry about mobs. People work together a lot and build towns and cities. The PvE map reset on September 19th so it is a good time to jump in.
They also run community games nights on Fridays at 7:30pm eastern and Saturdays at 1pm eastern. Different towns or players host stuff like spleef thimble and ice boat races. There is also an event called Alphabet Soup where you unscramble Minecraft item names then race to gather or craft them.
There is a Creative server too with mostly open world building and a mix of normal generated terrain and world painted areas. You can protect your builds and WorldEdit is free to use. Creative has community events like Spleef and Speed Build on alternating Saturdays. Creative is running on 1.21.8 and started Revision 38 on June 22 2024. The snapshot server is currently closed due to recent updates.
XYZ Vanilla is a survival server that feels close to normal Minecraft but it still has a few plugins and gamerule changes to make things smoother. It is semi vanilla and semi anarchy so you can expect a lot of freedom and some chaos.
It works for both Java and Bedrock players. The server is new and it started on January 15th 2026.
The world has a 3 million border and the nether and end are set smaller for now but they can get expanded as more players join. There are no map resets and nether roof access is turned on.
It is on hard difficulty. Night can be skipped when 25 percent of players sleep. Your respawn spot can be spread out more around spawn. Phantoms are optional and you can toggle them with a command.
The rules are simple and they focus on keeping it fair. No hacks or exploits no lag machines and no duping except TNT carpet and rails.
OakGlow is a community driven Minecraft server that sticks to true survival. It is semi vanilla and it tries to keep the game feeling like normal Minecraft.
There are no shortcuts here and no gameplay changing stuff. People join to build and survive the real way and just hang out with the community.
The server is on version 1.21.11 and it also uses custom plugins.
Haven SMP is a vanilla survival server on 1.21.10 and it is still pretty young. It is made for people who want a long term world and real community vibes.
It stays true vanilla with no game breaking plugins. The economy is player driven so shops and trading happen naturally.
There are no protected claims so it depends on players choosing peace. The rules are strict and the moderators are active so griefing stealing and harassment are not tolerated. Fair play is enforced the same for everyone.
Java and Bedrock players can play together. Proximity voice chat is optional and it is there if you want more immersion.
There are some free quality of life things like graves that hold your items for a short time after you die. There are also commands like /sit /spin and /hat. The server is aiming for no map resets ever so joining early means your builds and shops can become part of the history.
I found a new Minecraft server that is going for that classic Minecraft feel.
It is a fresh place to join and meet people through their Discord and start playing together.
