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31st July 2021 - Skywars Revamp

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AlexMarkey Jul 30, 2021 at 3:29 AM Posted By AlexMarkey {date} at {time}

At last, one of our most loved minigames has gone through the highly requested revamp! We would like to thank everyone for their patience over these past few months as we have worked up to this stage. As of today, Skywars is officially out of beta and starting its brand new journey on our revamped backend! This changelog will detail all changes (big and small) which players can expect to see with this Skywars revamp.

New Skywars Maps
- Pharaoh's Tower
- Dionysus
- Pumpkin Farm
- Nautical
- Western Mines V2
- The Shire
- Relica
- Oeste
- Noxious
- Launch
- Khione
- Jungle Jam
- Invasion V2
- Honey
- Fantasy Island
- Domos
- Coral Reef
- Camisados Bridge
- Botany
- Bosques
- Aguamenti

Quality Of Life Changes
One of the goals for this Skywars revamp was to stick with the same feeling Skywars that all of our community know and love. Whilst we did not majorly change any gameplay aspects, we did however bring a boat load of QOL changes with this revamp such as: Reduced enderpearl cooldown, Removal of explosive arrows, Implementation of Map Voting, Removal of double damage ability, Much better balancing of Experience, Increased TNT limit, Removal of donator perks (balancing / eula purposes) and much more!

Supply Drops
One of the most notable changes with this revamp is the implementation of Supply Drops. These drops will occur randomly throughout the game, falling from the sky containing awesome loot to assist with speeding things up later on in the game! Make sure you keep an eye in the sky for these epic looking supply drops, drifting down to the islands below on a beautiful umbrella. They could make the difference between a win or a loss with their epic unique items.

New Cosmetics
Of course one of the best things about being on our new backend, is access to our new library of cosmetics! All of the revamped cosmetics are now available for use on Skywars including Guardian Angels, Projectile Trails, Player Tags and much more. Get playing so you can start unlocking from this massive collection!

Quests & Achievements
If you have been keeping up to date with this Minigames revamp, you should know all about Quests and Achievements! Skywars will bring forwards loads of new available quests which can be completed by players (either daily or weekly) to reward them with Experience and Tokens to spend at the Token Merchant. Achievements are fun objectives giving players a secondary task to work towards in Skywars (either challenges or long term goals over their entire career). Make sure to check out all available Skywars achievements inside our Minigame Lobby and see which ones you can achieve!

Spectate Ongoing Games
Another awesome advantage of Skywars making its way over to our new backend! Spectating ongoing games has many benefits. Not only is it a great tool for staff to properly moderate minigames (finally), it is also a great tool for new players or friends to simply watch games without the stress of playing! Spectating ongoing games can be done through the Join NPC inside the Minigame Lobby (this will display all ongoing games). Alternatively, if you would to spectate your friend on our new minigames revamp, you can simply type '/spectate <player>' to be instantly teleported to their ongoing minigame.

21 New Skywars Maps
Maps are just as important as the plugin side of things. The Skywars community has been stuck with the same maps for many years now and it is time to give them more! This revamp has been released with 21 new maps (including some awesome remakes of disliked maps). We now have a whopping 55 maps in rotation for Skywars, which is sure to keep players busy for a long time coming! A huge thank you to the community for submitting these new maps, keep them coming!

Conclusion
As you can see, many positive changes have been brought forwards with this long awaited revamp. Behind the scenes, Skywars has been completely remade from the ground up. We have taken this opportunity to give everything a fresh new face (more in-theme with the rest of our network) alongside many balancing changes. A huge thank you to all of the community that helped make this possible by submitting their feedback and creating maps. This is definitely not the end of what is to come! Keep your feedback and ideas coming so we can keep these minigames moving forward!

- Skywars Revamp Trailer -
A huge thank you to our staff member 89p for putting together this awesome trailer for the Skywars revamp!

18th July 2021

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AlexMarkey Jul 18, 2021 at 2:37 AM Posted By AlexMarkey {date} at {time}

18th July 2021
- Fixed a memory leak which caused our minigames to meltdown earlier this week
- Fixed a bug on Skyblock where an island randomly had their emerald vault wipe
- Fixed a bug on Skyblock where the /stats command was broken
- Performance optimisations have been made to various different plugins on Skyblock
- Network has now been updated so that 1.17.1 clients can join
- Minigame anticheat has been updated to improve on various different aspects
- Fixed a bug where some admin commands would not work as intended inside the minigame lobbies
- Fixed a bug where if a server was to lag for whatever reason, our new friends system would meltdown with login notifications

6th July 2021 - Supply Drops (SG)

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AlexMarkey Jul 6, 2021 at 11:37 AM Posted By AlexMarkey {date} at {time}

6th July 2021
- Fixed a bug on Skyblock where the skills 'Total Skill Level' sorting was not in the correct order
- Fixed a weird bug with the messages in chat which players received when exiting / entering a nether island
- Fixed a bug where killing Power Phantoms with a bow would sometimes make them drop vanilla items
- Fixed a bug where staff members who entered then exited staff mode would appear white in tablist on Skyblock
- Fixed a bug where Harvest Hoes would not count towards certain quests on Skyblock
- Fixed a bug where 'Gem Vendor Skill Amplifiers' on skyblock would sometimes reset for your island
- Fixed a bug on Skyblock where the '/block' command would turn robot gems into quartz blocks
- Fixed a bug where players could place lockette signs on the robot chests inside the nether world
- View distance inside the nether world on Skyblock has been buffed drastically
- Fixed a bug where power phantoms would sometimes merge resulting in weird bugs happening
- Fixed a bug where lightning / explosion sounds when levelling up your power generator was sent to all online players
- Fixed a bug where muted players could use the /rf command
- Fixed a bug where staff members who have resigned / demoted would not get their 2fa disabled
- Fixed an exploit on Creative in regards to a worldedit command
- Fixed a bug on Skyblock where Skill Amplifiers could sometimes consume other items when enabling them
- Fixed a handful of typos on Skyblock inside the nether island GUIs
- Supply Drops have now been added to Survival Games
- Chest tiering has now been added to Survival Games

26th June 2021 - Skyblock 12.0 Changelog

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AlexMarkey Jun 26, 2021 at 1:49 AM Posted By AlexMarkey {date} at {time}

The time has finally come to give Skyblock the love it deserves. This upcoming season will be our 12th season of Skyblock, and it is safe to say this is our biggest and best update yet! This upcoming season of Skyblock will be bringing forward a plethora of new content to keep players entertained with a fresh new face on Skyblock, adding a brand new dimension (The Nether)! This changelog will detail all changes big and small which players can expect to see next season. We look forward to seeing everyone on the 3rd July 3pm MST!

Major Content Changes
- New 'Nether Island' has been added which can be unlocked when reaching island level 100
- Power Generator has been implemented (located in the center of your nether island)
- Mining Generators have now been moved to the nether island (each island now has their own private generators)
- Robots have been introduced into the new Nether World which can be used to purchase 'Skill Amplifiers' for your island
- Lava Fishing has been introduced (which takes place inside the new Nether world)
- Emerald Vault has been added (a virtual storage for Emeralds which counts towards your island level)
- New skill system with 4 available skills: Farming, Fishing, Mining and Slayer
- New ability system added (as part of the Skills plugin) allowing for unique abilities such as Fertilizer Bombs
- Bounties will now broadcast in chat if a bounty of more than $100,000 is claimed
- All players will now spawn with a basic 'Harvest Hoe' to give non-paying players a more balanced experience
- /Stats command has been revamped and will now display all of the new skill statistics
- Voting Villager has been implemented to more effectively reward those players who help out our server
- Brand new spawn to keep everything feeling fresh (Thank you to the build team)
- Default island schematic has been edited to include a Nether portal (to indicate that access to the nether is now possible!)

Miscellaneous Changes
- Fixed a bug where players could use rename scrolls on Harvest Hoes and break the 'Crops Destroyed' name
- Rename scrolls plugin has been reskinned with nicer messages (bringing it on sync with our most recent resets)
- Amount of money that players can coinflip has been increased ($100 Million to $1 Billion)
- Fixed a bug where killing a silverfish with the magnetism enchantment would not put emeralds in your inventory
- Upon selecting the 'Fill Inventory' option in the shop, it will now inform you of how much it will cost
- Players are now able to purchase their own skulls from the Head Shop
- Players are now able to create multiple banknotes at once
- Deleting your island is now 'Harder' (as we had reports in the past seasons of players accidentally deleting their island)
- Fixed an exploit where it was possible to have more than 10 members on your island
- Fixed a bug where the 'Warps' GUI would sometimes not list certain warps
- Fixed a bug where the '/heal' command would remove your potion effects from custom enchantments
- Chat reports will now inform staff members if the player was in Island Chat or Team Chat
- Mob Statues have been reduced in price from $250,000 to $100,000

Nether Island
Implementing the Nether into Skyblock has long been a dream of ours. This upcoming season we have gone above and beyond to deliver exactly this! Islands will unlock access to this new dimension upon levelling their overworld island up to level 100. This nether island is a vital part of the gameplay, and home to many unique and custom features (such as lava fishing, robots, personal mining generators and of course the heart of it all - your islands power generator which must be fueled with souls by slaughtering Power Phantoms). More detailed information on these Nether Island features are listed below in this changelog.

Power Generator
The Power Generator is the heart of your Nether Island which now plays a vital role in the Skyblock gameplay. Players can provide fuel to their generator by slaughtering the Power Phantoms which surround it. Killing phantoms will result in the generator absorbing their souls as fuel. Keeping your power generator running will grant your island with awesome buffs such as Increased spawner efficiency on your overworld island. Keeping your power generator fueled is also a necessity to supply power to the new 'Robots' and 'Mining Generators', both of which are located on your Nether Island (more information on these below). It is in your best interest to keep this generator running as much as possible for the most efficient island possible. Imagine trying to live your life without the convenience of power!

Mining Generators
2 seasons ago we introduced Mining Generators to our Skyblock server. Mining generators are the alternative way for players to obtain blocks (for those who wish to put in the work themselves rather than purchasing directly from the shop). In the past, these generators have been a public shared warp. As of this upcoming season, these generators have now found a brand new home on your very own island! Thats right, every islands nether world will now have their own private mining generators to obtain blocks from (so no more dealing with other pesky players stealing your ores). Do note: These generators will only function if your power generator has fuel in it!

Emerald Vault
For those who play Skyblock competitively, this feature is definitely one you will love! Located inside your islands nether world is a secure place to store your Emerald Blocks. Previously the main way to level up your Skyblock island was by placing Emerald Blocks. Not only was this an extremely time consuming process, it was a very ugly one as well! It tore our hearts to see players rip apart their beautiful islands in order to place stacks of Emerald Blocks for island levels. Emerald Blocks can be deposited directly into the Emerald Vault which will then count towards your Island Value and Island Level. Placing thousands of blocks is now a thing of the past with this convenient new feature!

Skill System & Lava Fishing
Skills are a brand new addition this upcoming season of Skyblock. Skills are a personal statistic which players can now grind. As of next season we will have 4 available skills for players to progress through: Farming, Fishing, Mining and Slayer. Each skill comes with its very own unique ability to assist you through your Skyblock adventure. Progress your skills through up to 250 levels, buffing out your abilities along the way! Your total skill level will be displayed in chat and tablist to flex just how good you are at Skyblock! Some of the abilities include awesome buffs such as a chance to randomly dig up a Fertlizer Bomb whilst farming, or an increased chance of catching treasure whilst lava fishing.

Lava fishing works hand in hand with the brand new Skill System and Nether Island. Located in your nether island, you will find a lot of lava! You will find that this lava is very special (It is radioactive caused from the Power Generator)! Fishing in this lava will be an effective way to progress your Fishing Skill. If you're lucky you will catch some awesome treasures from those pesky radioactive lava fish.

Nether Robots
Robots can be found on your Nether Island. Robots are unlocked by levelling up your Power Generator (which can be done by killing phantoms). This power generator is also responsible for keeping your robots fueled and running! Whilst your robots are running, they will mine for Robots Gems which can be used to purchase unique island upgrades (known as skill amplifiers)! To make the most out of your Skyblock experience, you will definitely want to invest in as many amplifiers as possible. Leveling up your skills is an important aspect of Skyblock, so purchasing amplifiers will be a sure certain way to make the most out of your time whilst grinding!

Miscellaneous Changes
A lot of time has gone towards this Skyblock Reset. We really wanted to push ourselves to change this gamemode to keep everything feeling fresh and new once again (lets be honest - Skyblock has not undergone any 'major' changes in many seasons now). Alongside the above changes, players can expect to see many more quality of life and balancing changes (For example everyone will now receive access to a FREE 'Basic Harvest Hoe'). Voting has also been remade from the ground up, with the implementation of a 'Voting Villager' to more effectively reward players who help our server out. We know this season is going to be an awesome one, and we look forward to seeing you there! As always, Enjoy.

- Skyblock 12.0 Trailer -
A huge thank you to our staff member 89p for putting together this epic trailer for the upcoming reset!
Minecraft Central Presents: The Nether Update

21st June 2021

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AlexMarkey Jun 21, 2021 at 8:39 AM Posted By AlexMarkey {date} at {time}

21st June 2021
- Slightly reworded some of the descriptions inside the compass GUI in the main lobby
- Fixed a major lag issue inside the Minigame Lobbies (mysql query was not async)
- Fixed a bug in the Minigame Waiting Lobbies where the playercount in the scoreboard was sometimes not accurate
- Fixed a bug where logging into the Minigame Lobbies would inform you that you unlocked the 2021 Revamp Tag
- Fixeed a bug in the Main Lobbies where the boss-bar was not working (due to the 1.17 update)
- Statistics inside the Minigame Waiting lobby are now much more responsive and feel less sluggish
- CTF map 'Distillery' has been renamed to 'Well' due to the map creators request

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