SwanCraft - Nostalgic Semi-Vanilla SMP | Community Focus | LGBTQIA+ Friendly

I'm still enjoying this server after nearly 8 years playing on and off. If you're looking for a community that will greet you personally whenever you log on rather than a server so full you'd be lost in the crowd then you'd enjoy SwanCraft. It's a friendly community who share and offer help whenever you need and you can really feel a part of something. If fading into the background is more your speed, you can do that too.

If you love to build but also enjoy a reason to properly play the game rather than just building in creative mode, then this server should be just what you're looking for. There are enough perks and ways of obtaining anything you could want to make a builder happy while still playing what is essentially vanilla survival.

You can be protected against PVP players if it's not your thing, you can claim and protect all your own builds with a generous allowance of claimblocks that grows as you play.

Everyone is welcome and chat stays light-hearted for those looking to escape the horrors of the real world. Come and try it even just for a day, you probably won't leave!

For any folks just finding this server, I just wanted to leave a little comment as a review. I joined very recently so I feel like I can give a good perspective without the bias of nostalgia, having friends here, or having been here for years.



The Community:

The community is very friendly and welcoming. You've probably heard that a lot, so let me try to articulate that more tangibly. Folks are eager to help newcomers: answering questions, giving gifts, etc etc. There's a bit of a culture of "rank fairies", where players will anonymously gift one another donator ranks. There are lots of dedicated voters and donors, which seems to say that either it's a very dedicated player-base or the server rewards its supporters well. I reckon it's both :) Very very good community; I am having loads of fun reading chat.

The Gameplay:

I am afraid I don't have much to say here as I am not a dedicated "Minecraft Gamer" anymore. I am mostly here for the community. However I will say that the description they give works well. It's a well made and maintained semi-vanilla server. There's homesets, warps, kits, vote rewards, donor rewards, expandable enderchests (I've never seen this specific storage implementation before!), etc. Finally, there's a custom currency, swan feathers, and they're somewhat difficult to come across. This is good, because you can get some really cool things with them: collectibles, armor with cool effects, tools with impossible enchants, etc. (My favorite is Icarus's Wings. I am excited to earn that eventually.)

The Staff:

This is the most part of any server in my opinion. I have served as a staff member for other servers and I have seen first hand what poor management can do to a server. I am happy to say that this server has a staff team that carefully considers difficult situations and handles them with the utmost care. I did some digging and found a guideline given to new staff recruits, and it encourages staff members to treat all players with respect, refrain from sexual misconduct, refrain from bigotry, etc. It gives advice for communication with other staff members and with the player-base, as well as advice for considering complicated problems.

The staff members are active and engage with the player-base as fellow players rather than distant power-tripping authorities. They're friendly folks.

The staff team has left me very impressed and they are the reason I have decided to continue playing on this server and commit time and money to it. It has lasted for many years and I hope it lasts many more.



If you've read this far, I hope to see you online! Shoot me a message in game if you read this, my IGN is owenowowen.

is this a pvp sever

The community here is wonderful! It feels very welcoming here and I enjoy that in a server. :3

Swancraft used to be a good server, but approximately 6 months ago I was banned from swancraft on the premise of a Twitter post that was taken out of context (yes they banned me for a Twitter post) simply because I disagreed with a person they followed. Also the ban message (which was written by the owner siuan) was used to shame me for what they said I did (I still have the screenshot of the ban message)siting that I had a daughter and that what I said was wrong.. but not in those words.. I've been quiet for awhile now because I didn't think it was worth the waste of my time, but then I thought "how many others have they done this to?" Swancraft may have some good players, and I still have many friends there, but the rest are backstabbing liars and staff with an agenda. Do not join this server, it may be fine for awhile, but as soon as you disagree with one of them, or post something anywhere that they don't like it'll be over, and all your work will be gone.

MoonLitCreeper aka Cypher_Xero

P.S. server owner/staff: do not contact me about this review I will not be changing my mind.

this is good

loser server

Swancraft has recently updated to 1.18 and with the update came a new map for a fresh start at a new base and new ideas. I'll be updating my progress on here shortly.