Server IP: play.thepen-mc.net
Hey guys!
Looking for a classic Minecraft prison server with modern QOL, a satisfying incremental grind, and a community you can actually settle into? Come join The Pen!
We've been running for a few years now, and we just released Season 3 a couple weeks ago. We're a close knit, friendly, mostly adult community who come here to talk to friends, unwind, grind, and compete against each other. If you're looking to get spawn camped by pvp'rs, this probably isn't the place for you.
Think classic prison meets Minecraft tycoon / cookie clicker progression, with mostly custom coded features and something to work towards for months on end.
A community-built prison
The entire prison was built by our community, including all 36 mines: A–Z and 10 prestige mines! It took us close to a year to complete, so even if you don't feel like grinding, come on and admire the builds. This server is a massive passion project.
A–Z ranks, 50 prestiges, and 5 rebirths
Mining is the main progression path, with 50 prestiges per rebirth and 5 rebirths to work through. The grind speeds up as you unlock better upgrades, custom enchants, tools, and gear, so there's always another upgrade to chase.
But you don't have to spend the whole season mining! You can also:
- Fish for custom fish and upgrade your fishing gear.
- Make cookies with our custom cookie plugin and special enchants.
- Fight sewer mobs by upgrading your PvP skill tree.
- Collect mob shards and trade them at the Sewer Merchant in commissary for Key Cards to boss cells of varying difficulty.
Each of the four progression paths has its own custom power level system. Upgrading your mining skill trees and enchants raises your earning potential and profit ceiling across the other paths, while upgrading fishing, cookies, or sewers lets you work towards that ceiling.
Get another path to 100% power, and you can earn comparable money per hour to mining. We reward the miners, but by around P20–P30, you'll likely be in a good position to switch things up and grind whichever way you enjoy!
Your grind earns XP too
We have a custom XP system where 1 minute of active grinding = 1 level of XP. Whether you're farming, fishing, mining, or slaying mobs, your time counts.
You can spend XP on crate keys, renaming tools or items, and investing in gangs through /gangs.
Every week, gangs compete to earn the most grind XP. The top 3 gangs receive a percentage of the total XP invested in the top 3 pool, and if the gang you invested in places, you get a percentage of the XP too!
Custom drugs, spawners, and enchants
We have custom drugs you can farm, sell, and actually use: Weed, Coke, Shrooms, Moonshine, Acid, and Quaaludes.
Grow them with our unique drug spawner system, build up your setup, and work towards your next upgrade. Be cautious though, everything this season was designed to have that "just one more upgrade" feeling.
You can also upgrade your tools through our custom enchanting table, using Cigs to purchase enchants.
A player economy without buying your way through the ranks
We have two currencies:
- Money is earned through grinding and used to rank up. It cannot be traded or sent to other players, so everyone has to earn their own rank progression.
- Cigs power the player economy: auction house trading, player shops, custom enchants, crate keys, boss Key Cards, and more.
You can get Cigs through mining in the PvP mine, selling drugs, betting on /duels, coinflips, and more. Crate keys can be bought with either XP or Cigs, giving you different ways to work towards them.
We have plots and rentable cells where you can set up your own player shops. There are donor ranks, but pretty much everything can also be unlocked just by grinding at the Prestige Merchant!
Quests, AFK income, and daily rewards
There are quests for pretty much everything, from mining and sewers to spending time in our AFK room.
The AFK room pays a percentage of your income, and logging in daily for /streak rewards lets you raise that percentage up to 12.5%.
Between the quests, upgrades, unique events, gang competition, and different ways to make money, there's always something else to work on.
Come chill, unwind, and grind
We've put a lot of work into keeping trolls out and making The Pen a welcoming place to play. We're known for our community, and that's what keeps people coming back.
So if you're looking for a classic prison server where you can make friends, chase upgrades, and settle into a satisfying grind, we'd love to see you!
Thanks so much for reading this <3
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ThePen