Server Features

Everything that makes CincySMP tick — quality-of-life without the bloat

Pure Survival

Vanilla survival gameplay enhanced with quality-of-life plugins — no creative mode handouts and no pay-to-win shortcuts. Everything you have, you earned through mining, building, and trading with other players. The server stays close to vanilla mechanics so your skills and effort matter.

Whitelisted & Protected

Only approved players can join, which keeps the community tight and griefers out before they ever log in. Combined with CoreProtect logging, any block changes are recorded and grief can be rolled back instantly. Repeat offenders are removed permanently.

40-Player Capacity

The server runs on a dedicated VM with 6 vCPUs and a 20 GB JVM heap, tuned for stable Paper performance. There is enough room for everyone to play together without the lag spikes common on overloaded hosts. Check the homepage for live player count and TPS.

Faithful 64x Resource Pack

An optional merged resource pack with Faithful 64x textures and Fresh Animations is offered when you join. Accept the prompt to download it automatically — no manual setup or launcher configuration required. It makes blocks, items, and mobs look sharper while keeping vanilla gameplay unchanged.

Anti-Xray (Engine Mode 2)

Paper's ore obfuscation hides real ores behind fake stone and deepslate until you mine adjacent blocks, making x-ray texture packs and hacked clients useless. You do not need any client-side mods — protection is entirely server-side. See the detailed guide below for how it works and which ores are affected.

Automated Daily Backups

Hot backups run daily via RCON save-off/save-on and are stored on NFS with 7-day retention. Your builds and world data are protected even if something goes wrong on the live server. MariaDB plugin databases are backed up separately on the same schedule.

CoreProtect Logging

Every block placement, break, chest interaction, and item transaction is logged with a full audit trail. Admins can roll back griefing instantly using CoreProtect lookup and restore commands. Chat and player commands are logged too — see the guide below for retention details.

Rank Progression

Earn ranks from New to MVP through playtime, mining, and combat milestones tracked automatically by the Rankup plugin. Each rank unlocks more home slots, commands, shop limits, and exclusive kits. Promotions happen automatically every few minutes once you meet the requirements — or run /ranks to check your progress. Visit the Ranks page for the full progression chart.

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Vote2Sleep

When 75% of online non-AFK players vote to sleep, the night skips with a dawn animation — no more waiting on one idle player. Use /sleep or right-click a bed to cast your vote. AFK players (5+ minutes inactive) are excluded from the required count.

GravesX Death Protection

When you die, a grave spawns at your death location holding your inventory and 70% of your XP for 15 minutes — only you can open it. You receive a recovery compass on respawn pointing to the grave, and lightning marks the death spot. See the detailed guide below for smart placement rules, zombie defense, and timeout behavior.

WorldGuard Regions

Spawn and community areas are protected with WorldGuard region flags that block block breaking, PvP, and other griefing inside designated zones. Build near protected areas without worrying about accidental damage to shared spaces. Land claims (GriefPrevention) respect WorldGuard — you cannot claim inside regions where you lack build permission.

Economy System

A base-materials-only player economy — the server shop buys and sells 288 raw materials (ores, logs, crops, mob drops) but not crafted gear or rare loot. Use admin shops, player chest shops, /sell, progressive taxation, and rank-gated progression to grow your balance. Crafted items and boss drops must be traded through player shops.

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Land Claims

Protect your builds with GriefPrevention — hold a golden shovel and right-click two opposite corners to define a claim boundary. Earn 150 claim blocks per hour of playtime (plus 200 starting blocks), or buy extras for $5 each with /buyclaimblocks. Higher ranks receive bonus claim blocks and Member+ can buy or sell blocks — see the full guide below.

Daily Rewards

Log in each day and run /daily to claim escalating cash and bonus items through a 7-day streak cycle. Day 1 pays $200; day 7 pays $1,500 plus bonus items like XP bottles. You have a 48-hour grace window before your streak resets — see the guide below for the full reward table.

Coinflip Gambling

Wager in-game money on 50/50 coin flips against other players or the server bot using /coinflip. A progressive tax on the pot (5–12% based on bet size) removes money from the economy permanently. VIP and MVP ranks bypass coinflip tax entirely.

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How It Works

Detailed guides for the core gameplay systems — commands, rules, and what to expect in-game

Land Claims (GriefPrevention)

Self-service land protection — no staff ticket required

What claims do and why they matter

Claims create a protected zone where only you and players you trust can build, break blocks, or interact with containers. Without a claim, anyone can modify your base — with one, griefers are blocked automatically. PvP is disabled inside your own claim, so you can build and store items safely.

Golden shovel tutorial — step by step

Craft or obtain a golden shovel — this is your claim tool (you receive a claim instruction book shortly after your first join).
Right-click one corner of the area you want to protect. Gold block markers appear showing the first corner.
Move to the opposite corner and right-click again. GriefPrevention creates a rectangular claim covering everything between those two points, from bedrock to build height.
Use a stick to right-click blocks and inspect whether land is claimed and who owns it.

Claim blocks — earning and buying

Starting balance: 200 claim blocks on first join
Playtime accrual: 150 blocks per hour while actively playing (caps at 50,000 accrued blocks)
Buy blocks: /buyclaimblocks <amount> — $5 per block (Member rank and above)
Sell blocks back: /sellclaimblocks <amount> — $2 per block (40% return)

Trust levels

/trust <player> — full access: build, break, containers, doors, and buttons
/containertrust <player> — chests, furnaces, and other containers only
/accesstrust <player> — buttons, levers, doors, and beds (no block breaking)
/permissiontrust <player> — can grant trust to other players on your behalf

Other useful commands

/claimlist — list all your claims with coordinates
/abandonclaim — delete the claim you are standing in (blocks are refunded)
/abandonallclaims — delete every claim you own
/trustlist — see who is trusted in your current claim
/untrust <player> — revoke all trust levels from a player

Rules and limits

Minimum claim size: 100 blocks area (roughly 10×10) with a minimum width of 5 blocks — tiny grief-claims are blocked
PvP disabled inside your own claim — other players cannot attack you there
Claims don't expire while you're playing — claim blocks continue accruing during active playtime; only long-term inactivity (90+ days) triggers expiration
WorldGuard respect: you cannot claim inside protected regions (like spawn) where you lack build permission

Bonus claim blocks by rank

Rank	Bonus Blocks	Notes
Default	200 starting blocks	150/hr from playtime
Member	+500 bonus blocks	150/hr + can buy/sell blocks
Trusted	+2,000 bonus blocks	150/hr + can buy/sell blocks
VIP	+5,000 bonus blocks	150/hr + can buy/sell blocks
MVP	+15,000 bonus blocks	150/hr + can buy/sell blocks

GravesX Death Protection

Your items are safe after death — retrieve them before time runs out

When you die, a grave spawns at your death location containing your full inventory.
The grave lasts 15 minutes (900 seconds). Only you can open and loot it during that window.
On respawn you receive a recovery compass that points directly to your grave location.
70% of your XP is stored in the grave — the rest is lost on death as in vanilla.
Smart placement: graves float above lava, avoid the void, and search for safe solid ground in the End. If you die in water, the grave rises to the surface.
If no safe location can be found, your inventory is preserved on respawn instead of being dropped.
Lightning strikes your death location as a visual marker so you can spot it from a distance.
If another player breaks your grave (rather than opening it), a zombie spawns wearing your head to defend the loot.
You can have a maximum of 1 active grave at a time. Dying again while a grave exists replaces the previous one.
If the grave times out before you retrieve it, all items drop on the ground at the grave location for anyone to pick up.

Vote2Sleep

Skip the night democratically — no more waiting on AFK players

75% threshold: once three-quarters of online non-AFK players have voted, the night skips automatically.
Cast your vote with /sleep or by right-clicking a bed — you do not need to actually sleep in it.
AFK players are excluded from the vote count. Players idle for 5+ minutes (via Essentials AFK detection) do not count toward the required total and cannot vote while AFK.
When the threshold is met, the server plays a dawn animation — time jumps to morning with visual and sound effects instead of an instant skip.

Anti-Xray (Engine Mode 2)

Fair mining for everyone — cheaters see fake ores, not real ones

Ores are hidden from the client and replaced with fake stone or deepslate until you mine adjacent blocks. The real ore only reveals itself once you are legitimately nearby.
This completely defeats x-ray texture packs and hacked clients — cheaters see decoy blocks, not diamonds.
Hidden blocks: diamond_ore, emerald_ore, gold_ore, iron_ore, copper_ore, redstone_ore, lapis_ore, coal_ore — plus all deepslate variants.
No client-side mods needed — protection runs entirely on the server via Paper's built-in anti-xray engine. Play with a vanilla client.

CoreProtect Logging

Full audit trail — grief can be undone in seconds

Every block placement, break, chest interaction, and item transaction is logged with timestamps, player names, and coordinates.
Log data is retained for 60 days before automatic purge (runs on the 1st of each month).
Admins can roll back any griefing instantly using CoreProtect restore commands — stolen items and broken blocks can be recovered.
Chat and commands are also logged, providing a complete record for dispute resolution and moderation.

Daily Rewards

Run /daily each day to open the rewards GUI and claim your streak bonus.
Rewards follow a 7-day cycle — after day 7, the streak resets to day 1 with the same escalating pattern.
You have a 48-hour grace window between claims before your streak resets. Missing two full days breaks the streak.
Daily rewards supplement mining income but do not bypass rank-up requirements — playtime and mining stats are still required for promotion.

7-day reward table

Day	Cash	Bonus Items
Day 1	$200	—
Day 2	$300	—
Day 3	$400	5 Diamonds
Day 4	$500	—
Day 5	$600	—
Day 6	$750	3 Golden Apples
Day 7	$1,500	16 XP Bottles

Weekly total if claimed every day: $4,250 plus bonus items — roughly equivalent to 4–8 hours of casual mining.

Plugin Stack

The full list of plugins running on the server — versions fetched live from the API

Plugin	Version	Purpose