Halcyon

Founded by a postgraduate medievalist, Halcyon is an Australian, medieval-themed, Lands PvP server seeking to create an old-school survival experience while staying on the latest version of vanilla Minecraft (1.21.11). Halcyon uses a handmade custom world and a small number of gameplay restrictions to increase difficulty, slow down progression, and reduce the value of 'meta' play while rewarding creativity, cooperation, and specialisation.

Features:

Overcome the challenge of an old-school survival experience, where health can only be regenerated via beds, and night cannot be skipped.

Create unique factions with the Lands plugin, with custom ranks, permissions, and sub-areas.

Explore a hand-crafted and geologically-simulated 20k x 20k world, with large, distinct biomes.

Experience the tension of PvP, theft, sieges, and assassination, without having to worry about your builds being griefed or destroyed.

Enjoy a slower, more meaningful pace of gameplay, with restrictions on enchanting, brewing, villager trades, and automated farms.

Develop compelling emergent narratives supported by gameplay mechanics without needing to be 'in character'.

Speak directly to other players via optional SimpleVoiceChat.

Halcyon is a not-for-profit project with long-term goals, and no world resets. It is now in its second week since initial launch, and has already seen the emergence of several growing kingdoms, bustling trade routes, great construction projects, and all manner of conspiracies and intrigue. Many factions are open to new recruits, and the vast majority of the world remains unclaimed and undiscovered - ripe for the taking!

If the idea of forging a kingdom in undiscovered lands and marking your place in the early histories of a server alongside a band of talented, committed players appeals to you, then please join us soon!