What is Avalonia and why we are here
Avalonia is a gaming community that has been running since spring 2018. It did not start as a business venture or for monetization — it began as a group of friends who wanted their own Minecraft server without a pay-to-win shop and without having to pay for privileges. This principle has remained intact for eight years: everything we operate is free, donations are voluntary and do not provide any gameplay advantage.
We belong to the Avalon Community Servers network (avaloncs.net), which covers multiple smaller projects under one technical team. Avalonia.sk is our public portal and hub for all players — here you will find the current status of all servers, rules, upcoming events and recruitment into the team. Discord is the primary channel for live communication: that is where problems get solved, events get coordinated and new players get to know each other.
What servers we run in 2026
As of April 2026, we have four game titles running on seven ports in regular operation. Each has its own admin team and its own rules on top of the general community guidelines.
Minecraft OneBlock+ runs on play.avalonia.sk:25565. This is not classic survival — OneBlock is both the name and the genre of a mode where every player starts on a single block in the middle of the void and gradually mines their entire world. The Plus version adds missions, a shop system and skill progression. The server supports Java and Bedrock via GeyserMC, so players from mobile, consoles and Windows 10 Edition can join too.
Hytale is configured on port 5520. Hytale is an upcoming game from Hypixel Studios — a Minecraft-style sandbox with RPG elements and a fully scriptable engine. The server is already configured, the admin team has access to the early build and it will open to players immediately after the official game release. The Hytale community is active on our Discord right now — we share leaks, discuss potential and plan the first events.
No More Room in Hell has four instances on ports 25001 through 25004. NMRiH is a Source-engine co-op zombie survival — a slower, more brutal and more realistic alternative to Left 4 Dead. We run four servers because optimal play is in teams of 4–8 and more players simply do not fit into one lobby. Each server has a slightly different rotating map pool.
Quake 3 Arena — Excessive Plus runs on port 27960. A classic arena FPS from 1999 in the Excessive Plus modification, which adds trickjumping, runes and modern server features. It is the oldest server in our portfolio and the Quake 3 community is small but extremely loyal — we play there regularly with people we have known since 2019.
Rules and community philosophy
Our rules are deliberately simple: no cheats, no spam, respect for other players, compliance with law. All sanctions — from mutes to permanent bans — are issued after considering context and always through the Discord ticket system, so every sanction has a record and can be appealed. The complete rules are on the Rules page.
What we do not do: we have no VIP packages that would give in-game advantage. We have no ads on the site. We do not sell data. Discord invite links are generated dynamically via the official widget API, so you will never end up on a spoofed invite. In recent years we have actively invested in AI discoverability — our site is optimized for the llms.txt standard, has complete AI endpoints (facts.json, faq.json, knowledge-graph.json) and implements bleeding-edge protocols like WebMCP and W3C Agent Protocol.
The team and recruitment
The Avalonia team averages 15–20 active members in 2026, split across five roles: Head Admins (3), Admins (~6), Moderators (~5), Helpers (~4) and Builders (2–3, rotating by project). Most of us know each other from real-life meetups, we met a few online only but have been working together for years. All positions are volunteer — no salary is paid.
If you are 16+, have an active Discord account and genuine interest in the gaming scene (not just in the admin title), you can apply via the Recruitment page. Applications go through a Discord ticket, no CV needed, the whole process takes about 5 minutes. After acceptance, a three-month probation follows with a mentor from the existing team.
The technical side
All servers run on dedicated machines in Germany and the Czech Republic — we chose a provider with 1 Gbit uplink, SSD RAID and active DDoS protection. The web portal avalonia.sk runs on PHP 8.4, MariaDB 10.11 and nginx 1.28 behind a Cloudflare CDN. We keep cookies to a minimum — only session cookies essential for login and CookieYes for GDPR consent to analytics.
For power users and AI agents we publish complete technical documentation at llms-full.txt and a knowledge graph at /ai/knowledge-graph.json. All AI-relevant endpoints are under CC-BY-4.0 — you can cite and use them provided attribution. Training models on our content is not permitted (TDM reservation under Article 4 of the EU CDSM Directive).
How to get involved
Fastest route: join our Discord and say hi in #general. If you want to play right away, copy the IP of the server you want from the Servers page and connect via your client. For Minecraft we recommend the latest Java version. NMRiH is free on Steam as a standalone mod for Half-Life 2. Quake 3 requires the Excessive Plus client, freely downloadable from their official site.
If you just want to read and browse, we have About for the full community history since 2018, Team with the list of active members, and Rules with all technical details. If something is missing, write to us — we usually respond to site fixes or info updates within 48 hours.