Towny is a town-and-nation plugin on a survival world. You found a town, claim plots, invite residents, set taxes, and later join or create a nation with allies. Mayors manage permissions. Wilderness outside towns can still be dangerous or griefable, depending on the host. Wars between nations are sometimes enabled, but plenty of Towny servers are peaceful builders who want a main street and a shared chest. It is more civic than a faction raid base: plots, embassies, and a spawn town are the usual picture. Mayors collect tax and residents expect a road. A current list of Towny servers is waiting below.
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Towny is a plugin for towns and nations on a survival world. You found a town or join one, claim plots, pay taxes, and maybe enter a nation. Mayors set permissions. Land outside towns can stay dangerous. Wars exist on some servers and not on others. The picture is civic: a main street, residents, an embassy, a spawn town. It is less of a bunker than factions. Read the tax and the upkeep, because a town that cannot pay its bills loses claims.
No. Most players should join a town that already has a road and a chest. Founding one is for people who will recruit and pay the upkeep. A resident still gets protection and a plot. If the server is peaceful, say so in your head before you join a nation that wants armies. The listing usually mentions war if war is on.
A Minecraft Towny server is a survival multiplayer server using the Towny plugin, where players create and manage towns, claim land to protect builds from griefing, form nations and alliances, and engage in diplomacy or optional wars. It emphasizes community-driven politics and cooperative gameplay over pure PvP, often paired with economy, McMMO, or Slimefun for enhanced progression.
The most popular Towny plugin is Towny Advanced, the core land management system with millions of downloads on SpigotMC, often paired with its official addons like TownyChat, TownyFlight, and TownyResources for enhanced chat, flight, and resource mechanics. Companion plugins on top Towny servers like EarthMC and MysticMC include EssentialsX, Vault, LuckPerms, McMMO for skills, ChestShop for economy, and Slimefun for tech progression.