Ethereal Community SMP

Progress is open-ended rather than centered on a large minigame network or short seasonal ladder. Players improve their gear, expand their bases, protect more of their builds, and contribute to a world designed for long-term play.

Claim blocks provide the server’s main custom survival system. Players can choose free or paid claim sizes, protect regions from griefing and raiding, and add friends as members with access to the protected area.

The main survival world is a long-term map launched in 2023 and intended to remain active for a decade or more. Previous maps are preserved on the museum server and can also be downloaded, making the server’s older settlements and builds part of its ongoing world history.

PvP is not the server’s main focus. The rules prohibit joining to grief, raid, or troll, as well as mass griefing and mass raiding, so combat is kept within a community-first ruleset rather than treated as the central progression loop.

Paid claims use in-game MC$ for protection upkeep, while active players can maintain a free claim. The claim guide makes clear that claim payments use in-game currency rather than real money.

Ethereal is aimed at a smaller community where players and admins can know one another rather than at a high-volume network environment. Discord and in-game moderation support the social side of the server.

Players must avoid hacking, mass griefing, mass raiding, account sharing, command misuse, harassment, discrimination, toxicity, excessive spam, impersonation, ban evasion, unauthorized advertising, NSFW material, demeaning content, NFTs, and politics. Players are also expected to speak English so moderators can follow conversations.

Paid claims are maintained with in-game MC$, not real money. The network also maintains a separate official store for server-related purchases.