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As many of you are aware by now, I have been busy working on the KingdomCraft user interface, this has been a very time consuming process.
Season 11 saw over 2000 players play on the server, some only for a few minutes, but many for days, weeks and months, with lots of destruction, many deaths and some fantastic builds....
The New UI for Season 12 has many added features:
Updated spawn and shop protection.
Compltely New Shop User Interface.
Updated Teleports, and more server default Teleports.
Better mob and Base Protection.
Better Player protection.
A PVP player option, with Tag ID's on player names.
A PVP area that players can Spectate or PVP in by changing an option in the UI.
Death Chests - storing player inventory in a protected chest for 30 minutes.
An auto BAN for player that keep breaking rules in game.
Many more features and changes have been made to the User Interfdace.. find out more in the server
Season 10 Ending Soon!!
KingdomCraft Season 11 will be starting:
Starting on the 5th October at 11AM NZST
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Hi All, with the new update being announced for about the 27th of this month, it is looking like we can say that Season 11 will be starting on the 5th of October & around 11:00 AM (NZST), for some of you that will be on the 4th at some stupid time in the morning.
Note : I have been very tolerant with a few players on the server, but my view on hacking is still fairly firm. You may think you can fool the mods and say you are not hacking, duping etc, but between other players screen shots, chat etc. + the data collected from the UI, the ability to check the actual game database etc. we can see fairly clearly if a player is telling the truth or not.
Going forward:
players blatantly lying trying to say they didn't do this and that, annoys me more than the actual Duping/Hacking etc, so to Be very very clear for Season 11, this will be my stance and response to players pushing the boundaries:
Hacking, things i will accept to point:
3 Conditions:
1 - The player duping must have announced this in gen chat on discord, or in server of the intention to dupe x-block, if no one has an issue, then it should be OK.
2 - The block being duped must only be a form of building block, and it must only be used by your kingdom and not sold for huge profit.
3 - The duping machine must not lag the server, you can dupe blocks at a slower rate so the server is not impacted, players deliberately duping 10,000 blocks or more in one go, the duping machine may vanish, and a tag me be added to your name that erases anything more than x number of blocks around you, meaning if you die etc, good luck getting your stuff back. 🙂
X-Ray this is something I do not use, but I know many of you do, it is very very clear who uses this now, with the ability to use spectator mode. I am ok with X-Ray as long as it is not always. at least try to do some normal mining.
Duping, I am very aware of late some totally stupid duping hacks exist, some have been patched, and some still work, as far as duping goes it will be the following:
A - If I catch a player with skulkers of diamond blocks, and other high end blocks, I will not care who they say gave them the blocks etc, the player with those blocks, if not admitting fault is banned, no questions, no second chances, banned end of story.
B - If a player wishes to Dupe sand or other random building blocks, I am OK with that with
Things that are clearly hacking: like reach, mining ores that you can't actually see etc, speed hacking, these will be assessed on a case by case scenario, with all other game play factors and history taken into account.
I am also aware of a few players with a lot of bad history on the server, my advise to you all is simple, if you would like to remain on the server "Grow up" leave the past in the past.
with Season 11, I am expecting a bit of chaos etc, and some players will not be used to this, so be warned, we also have a few new players etc. Remember that starter plots are much smaller, so building from wood etc may not be a great idea, building into the side of a hill or underground would probably be the best scenarios for starter bases. Season 11 Will definitely be bringing players with the only intention of stealing all your stuff and blowing up your base 🙂
My final points that I will be VERY clear here:
I will not allow this server to become a toxic, abusive forum for players to do as they like, it has been that in the past, and that is where it shall remain.
Players that ONLY have the intention to create Chaos will either be banned (depending on level of Chaos), or be set to outlaws, Meaning they have 0 protection on the server and no access to the UI.
that is is for now.
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KingdomCraft Season 11 is in the developement stages.
We have been working on Season 11 in the background, we have no official start date planned yet, but estimate it to be around mid to end of September.
our preference for the Season start date would be after the next major update to minecraft, this should limit any disruption at the start of the season incase we have any UI problems.
Some changes for Season 11.
The spawn area is 160 blocks in each direction
Starter plots are now 60x60 Blocks.
Teleports for Starter Plots have been removed.
Starter plots can only be placed below 1000 blocks from spawn.
Kingdom plots remain the same, but they can not be placed under 2000 blocks from spawn.
Shop plots can be placed between 160 and 300 from spawn.
We will have a Server Shop again in Season 11, but the items will change, and be voted on.
The End will not be opening for around 3-4 weeks minimum, but will be voted on.
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Well It has been a while!!!
Season 8 has been has finished Season 9 is nearing an end and Season 10 is about to start!!! I have been overseas in the USA and a bit busy with life in general, so had no real time to be playing Minecraft!!
Also not a lot of time to create YouTube Videos etc, maybe one day I can do what I said and make a play through of me starting and playing Kingdomcraft, boring I know but players may get some ideas from it...
Yes we did have Winners in the Season 8 Competition!!
The main News that I should have already stated.. Yes we did have a winner in our Season 8 Competition for the best base build. We also decided to do a Second Prize, the Winners below.
1st Prize - BrowneyPanda - they received a bit over $100USD around $230NZD.
2nd prize - BlackSwallow - who also received $100NZD.
Due to the complexity of sending money out of NZ to an overseas account holder, unfortunately I have since decided that cash prizes are not worth doing in future, many of you would not be comfortable giving out the personal information required to complete the international transfer of funds.
Season 10 starting on the 30th March 11am NZST!!
Season 10 will have some changes like always, but not additional add-ons, players often want specific add-ons added to the KingdomCraft server. Unfortunately many add-ons are written in
a way they stop working as soon as Minecraft release an update. We have tried a few in the past but always find they break aspects of normal Survival game play. In the interest of
having a server that is close to vanilla as we can, that requires no moderation and runs with minimal issues we normally say no to pre-written add-ons.
What is new in Season 10 you ask?
In Season 10 we have created a command block Server shop, this will allow you to purchase items that are normally not obtainable in the server, the prices are not going to be cheap, and based on Netherite Ingots.
We will not be hiding or placing elite items around the server in season 10, but may in the future add these for purchase in the Server shop, they will be super expensive, and more powerful than previous.
Why does the shop use Netherite ingots as payment, we decided on Netherite due to Netherite mining being the same for all players regardless of what enchants etc they have on tools. This also means that in the future we can add things like Elite tools etc to the Server shop.
What does the Server shop sell, from the start of Season 10 the shop will sell Mob_Spawners and separate Spawner_Eggs, these can be used for farms etc
Well that is the updated News @_@
KingdomCraft Season 8
Seaon 8 has been running for a while now, the end fight has been completed, one player left the server due to not being able to obtain the Dragon egg, but life goes on.
One of our Moderators Panda has been arranging small in game challanges, players have been rewarded with prizes. We have Elite weapons and tools hidden around the world that will give players huge advantages in game!!
The Mini Game has now been opened, this is a challaging game for those that are not PVP ready, but I would not recommend taking gear you do not want too loose to this game
CASH PRIZE to be WON!!
We have a cash prize in Season 8 of KingdomCraft of $100.00 USD, this is for the Kingdom or Player that makes the best base during the fulll season 8 more Details available soon
KingdomCraft Season 7
Season 7 will run until players lose interest..
Season 7 started around 90 days ago, many players have left due to being busy (Like myself TBH), some players are doing very well at building and making large structures that are looking good!!
We had a group of generally annoying players on Season 7 that should of been banned from Season 5, I have since decided going forward, we have a 0 tollerence policy on server bullies.
PVP in Season 7 is possible as you know, but made hard with the plot protection, some worked out ways to get around some of the plot protections, but we also fixed some of those issues.
Event suggestions are welcomed, but likewise players could hold events without admins or mods helping, we do have the mini games server with PVP areas and bow ranges etc.
KingdomCraft Season 5
Season 4 Ending Soon.....
Season 4 will be ending once the 1.20 Bedrock update is officially released, some players are still working on base builds in Season 4, but like always in these Survival Servers, player numbers are dropping for many reasons.
Balancing a server around all these reasons is near impossible, the reasons range from New players not wanting to compete with full Netherite bullies, to players that get full Netherite gear and then give up thinking the game is finished!!! but that's just one end of the scale,
at the other we have players that have built a huge base and start running out of ideas or they just get busy in real life. Whatever the reason, we are just here to provide the experience, we are focused on trying to create a family friendly, community based server.
With season 4 ending it will be added to the Previous Servers section in Servers on this website, it will have all the add-ons removed and be in Spectator only mode, Season 3 is also hosted.
Voting ... mainly for Season 5
We have been posting many Votes in the Discord voting channel for Changes to be made in Season 5, thank you to all that took the time to Vote.
Voting Results and Changes as Below:
061: The previous 2 servers will now be hosted in Spectator only mode.
062: Shopping district will now have standard 40x40 plots, in a more protected grid fashion.
063/069: Mini-Games we had 2 Votes on this - Conclusion - A New server is now Hosted for Mini-Games.
064: Kingdom HQ plots, Each Kingdom will get a plot of 100x100 in size around the spawn area, most likely in some form of grid pattern.
065: TP between the Kingdom HQ and Kingdom Base area, this will be added. 5 hours or more of game play to use TPs.
066: FoxyNoTails Mob Head Add-on - this is going to be in Season 5, but only if it generates no issues with our Anti-Hack system etc.
067: Importing Destroyed Kingdom Bases from backups, is a YES, but only for genuine players, maybe Voted on dependant on kingdoms game play.
068: Season 5 the Kingdom HQ, Shopping District and Spawn will be Fully NON PVP.
069: Covered above in 063:
070: Many players complained in Season 4 of being killed. but this vote, the margin is not great enough for me to pass it, but funny thing some of the players that complained the most about being killed, Voted no on this.
So that covers off all the voting etc, many changes are being made and some are already done, like the mini-games server.
Mini-Games Server
As per the voting, this has now been made a separately hosted server, and can be found in the servers section on this site.
What is On this server?
Not setting Spawn at some games or forgetting to set spawn at others can majorly effect your Games experience
Drip Leaf Spleef:
Run round on a bed of drip leaves knocking out blocks below your opponents, win by being the player not falling, while spectators can also throw snow balls at you.
Slime Spleef:
Run round on a bed of slime blocks knocking out blocks below your opponents, win by being the player not burning in lava below.
Castle Defence:
Castle Defence is a little more complicated, it does require 2 or more players to even activate the game.
Objective - Hit all other teams targets on the tower.
Game Play:
2 players start game.
Set spawn.
Gear up on Red or Blue Team.
Players can fight on the Ground or from the tower.
If you exit an iron door, returning is only by someone opening it or death.
Ground level is PVP direct combat.
Lower tower level allows a player to press buttons that reset targets, while being shot at!!
Upper Level is bow shooting, players/targets.
On winning the team will be announced.
To play again 2 players must go down to reset the game again.
Mini PVP Arena:
Just a small PVP arena this is located at the top of the Pyramid, all gear available in Arena.
Giant PVP Area 300x300 blocks with border warning and TP:
This is a standard style Game Play PVP battle area, all OP items available from the area.
Set Spawn, Collect Gear, GO MAD!!!
Capture The Flag:
This one is fairly self explanatory, but Set Spawn, get gear, run for the ball in the chest at the other end of the field, try not to die, bring it back to your goal area and drop ball in. First team to 9 wins.
Note: the Game Reset is in the Red teams area.
Zombie Island:
Oh My this one is from BorgWarner... Good luck people, this is pure Zombie Hell, eventually you are just going to die, but how long can you last, many variations of armor and weapons available, the choice is yours.
Don't Forget to Set Spawn!!!
1 - 5 Player Target Bow Range:
Simple bow range game, first player to hit the target 5 times wins, but what is this you say? Hard mode? oh yeah once a player hits a target, all other player scores drop by one, could be at it all day :-)
1 - 2 Player Target Bow Range Race:
This one you reset game at the start, collect items, enter your side of the rooms, Left/Right. Once in the room stand on the pressure plate and hit the target with an arrow. Wait about 1 second then turn to enter the next room and repeat.
The winner of this game is the first one to exit the last room after hitting all targets. Each room illuminates lights above the room, so you cannot cheat.
What this is too easy you say? well use the book to select easy to insane modes.... Good Luck
Season 5 In the Making...
As you know we are well into the process of developing the Builds etc for Season 5, we do not have a Confirmed date that Season 5 will officially be starting yet, but expect it to be within the next 3 weeks.
Season 5 is dependent on the 1.20 Bedrock update being officially released, as we want the world to be 100% 1.20 generated.
We have tried many variations of game play in previous servers, striking a balance between PVP and Toxic behaviour and normal Game Play / Builders is always a challenge.
Season 5 we are hopeful that kingdoms will unite together more for trade etc.
Changes for season 5:
Grid style Shopping District, 40x40 blocks usable area with better protection in place.
Kingdom HQ plots near spawn, 100x100 build area to show off your Kingdoms. We may have a best built vote on these.
A TP that allows your Kingdom members to TP between your main Base and your HQ build near spawn.
FoxyNoTails Mob Head Add-on, giving more items to be collected in game
A PVP arena near spawn that players will be able to have battles/Wars.
No PVP ability in the Shopping District, Spawn or the Kingdom HQ build areas.
Base destruction will be rectified by myself and imported back to the server from backups
We are hopeful with the above changes, that the Shopping District will become more active, as Kingdoms will have easy access to TP from the Kingdom HQ's back to base etc.
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