Author: John Geijsman

October Gods & Goddesses Results

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

It’s crazy to think that we’re almost in December! Before we get to that though, we need to announce the winners of the October Gods & Goddesses competition. We had some stunning builds this time around, so keep reading to find out who got those all important votes!

As always this year, we’ll get to the builder competition after the main competition’s honourable mentions.

Let’s take a look at the results for the main Emerald Points Competition first.

1st Place: FantasticFun

Getting his first competition win, FantasticFun went all out with the big three – Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. These characters are just brilliant, and the terrain around them is excellent. A massive well done Fan!

2nd Place: Kyletendo

Giving himself a bit more of a challenge, Kyle went and built Zeus, but on a diagonal! This one looks excellent. Those lightning bolts are great!

3rd Place: RoseBlossom_

Rounding out the podium, Rose has come in with something a little different to a character build, opting for a scene revolving around Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir. That hammer design is stunning!

Well done to our three winners! We also had two honourable mentions this round.

Enderkitty543

strxww

Builder Creative Competition Results

We had a full podium for this month’s Builder competition! To find out more about the Builder competition, read the post! It’ll also cover the rest of the Builder role.

1st Place: CopperJay

Getting another win, Jay built a beautiful Artemis, the goddess of the Hunt and wild animals. Beautiful!

2nd Place: Smaug12345

Smaug designed an incredible looking Thanatos, the Greek minor god of peaceful death. The pose is just great!

3rd Place: RubyBird12

Ruby went a bit off book with the Sheep God, saviour of all sheep. Love it!

Well done everyone!

Leaderboards

Here’s what the leaderboards look like for Season 2 so far. We’ve had a bit of a podium change in both competitions!

Player Emerald Points Competition

  1. RoseBlossom_ – 40 pts
  2. ZacWild5 – 31 pts
  3. FantasticFun – 20 pts
  4. Kyletendo – 13 pts
  5. EnderKitty543 – 11 pts
  6. WoodyToucan – 11 pts
  7. KuruTrancy – 2 pts
  8. RaptorTheMaster – 1pt
  9. _m1cro_ – 1 pt
  10. Aliriffic22500 – 1 pt
  11. HeyItsGreee – 1 pt
  12. Doomwet – 1 pt
  13. strxww – 1 pt

Builder Competition

  1. CopperJay – 60 pts
  2. Smaug12345 – 30 pts
  3. RubyBird12 – 5 pts
  4. toothless_spy – -10 pts

Congratulations to all our winners and entries! Prizes will be able to be collected from the new Prize Greenhouse at 121Spawn as soon as you read this.

In Game Prize Collection

The 121Survival Competition Prize Collection Point is housed inside the large greenhouse just at the west end of 121Spawn.

It will have protected chests for each player that won a prize – podium OR honourable mention.

Please make sure you collect your items quickly, or you will risk losing them!

November Creative Competition – Disney

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

Last year was Disney’s 100th anniversary and while we didn’t do it then, there’s no reason why we can’t do it now! Plus there’s a few other Disney related anniversaries – 35th for The Little Mermaid, and 30th for The Lion King! To celebrate we’re wanting to see your best Disney related builds!

It’s not just the classic Disney movies either. Technically it also includes Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars too.

Remember, each month counts in terms of points, plus there’s the Builder Rank Competition too – the GOLD bordered plots are for Builders only – do not claim these if you are not a builder. If you do, we will clear them without warning, regardless of whether there’s builds on it or not.

The November Competition world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the October gate which will close to building at 9pm on Thursday October 31st.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of November 1st, so get thinking about your build!

Prizes will be awarded in 121Survival.

Season 2, 2024 Prizes

As you know, each month we give away the following prizes to regular players:

  • 1st Prize: 4x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 15 Emerald Points
  • 2nd Prize: 3x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 10 Emerald Points
  • 3rd Prize: 2x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 5 Emerald Points
  • Honourable mention (1 vote): 1 Emerald Point

Each month the Emerald Points are tallied up and can be seen in the Emerald Hall on the Survival Lobby world.

At the end of the season (June and December), the grand prizes are awarded to the final top three Emerald Points winners from across the 6 months of competition. This season we’re giving away:

  • 1st Prize: $250 worth of LEGO! It’ll be in the form of a LEGO store voucher, sent online. Nice and easy!
  • 2nd Prize: $100 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Prize: $50 JB HiFi Voucher

The parallel Builders Creative Competition will be judged at the same time, with the overall winner each season getting a $50 JB HiFi voucher.

September Games Results

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

School holidays is almost over, but our creative competitions keep rolling on! Here’s the results of September’s Games Competition. Keep reading to find out who got those all important votes!

As always this year, we’ll get to the builder competition after the main competition’s honourable mentions.

Let’s take a look at the results for the main Emerald Points Competition first.

1st Place: RoseBlossom_

Scoring her first win, Rose went with a selection of some favourites, and they look great! Congratulations Rose!

2nd Place: WoodyToucan

Woody went with a classic – Connect 4, and added a couple of people playing! This was really well done Woody, nice job!

3rd Place: FantasticFun

Rounding out the top three, FantasticFun returned with a very nice looking Sonic the Hedgehog build! The landscaping was really well done!

Well done to our three winners! We also had four honourable mentions this round.

Aliriffic22500

Kyletendo

KuruTrancy

ZacWild5

Builder Creative Competition Results

We had only one points scorer for this month’s Builder competition! To find out more about the Builder competition, read the post! It’ll also cover the rest of the Builder role.

1st Place: CopperJay

Jay went with another classic – Monopoly! It would have been great to see this all finished though!

Well done everyone!

Leaderboards

Here’s what the leaderboards look like for Season 2 so far!

Player Emerald Points Competition

  1. RoseBlossom_ – 35 pts
  2. ZacWild5 – 31 pts
  3. WoodyToucan – 11 pts
  4. EnderKitty543 – 10 pts
  5. FantasticFun – 5 pts
  6. Kyletendo – 3 pts
  7. KuruTrancy – 2 pts
  8. RaptorTheMaster – 1pt
  9. _m1cro_ – 1 pt
  10. Aliriffic22500 – 1 pt
  11. HeyItsGreee – 1 pt
  12. Doomwet – 1 pt

Builder Competition

  1. CopperJay – 45 pts
  2. Smaug12345 – 20 pts
  3. toothless_spy – -10 pts

Congratulations to all our winners and entries! Prizes will be able to be collected from the new Prize Greenhouse at 121Spawn as soon as you read this.

In Game Prize Collection

The 121Survival Competition Prize Collection Point is housed inside the large greenhouse just at the west end of 121Spawn.

It will have protected chests for each player that won a prize – podium OR honourable mention.

Please make sure you collect your items quickly, or you will risk losing them!

The 121Survival Trade Hall is OPEN!

On By John GeijsmanIn New Worlds

We’re happy to announce that the 1.21 Survival Trade Hall is now open for business! We’re going a little bit different this time around, but it’s sure to still be a lot of fun.

To be a part of it you’ll need two things:

  • 1x Shopkeeper Egg (1 Diamond Block)
  • 1x Shop Plot (FREE)

The shopkeeper eggs can be purchased from the villager’s stand by the front gate of the Trade Hall. You’re limited to one Egg per player. While it is possible to purchase more, they won’t be able to be used, so you’re just wasting a diamond block – there’s no refunds. When you hold the egg, it will give instructions in chat what to do. Make sure you read them carefully. The shopkeeper will also be selling invisible item frames – 2 diamonds for 16.

Once you have an egg, grab a plot – just like claiming a plot in the Creative competitions, right click a sign. You will need to make sure you have the appropriate amount of diamonds in your inventory. There’s two options:

  • A pre-made stall in the centre – these are smaller and perfect for those players that don’t want to build a fancy shop, but rather want to pop down a chest and a shopkeeper with minimal decoration. We ask that if you choose one of these, you only make minimal changes to the stand itself. Please do not remove it entirely! If it is changed completely, we will ask you to change it back.

    Note that the centre podium in the image above will be for the Dragon Slayer statue.
  • Larger storefronts are also available for those that want a bit more room. The interior of these is able to be built up, however the existing structures (interior walls and roof) can be modified on request. The outside shopfront can have a sign or two added if you ask nicely too. These won’t be able to be done by you, but JohnsanGeezo can assist with this, as long as you provide the parts!

    Importantly, by choosing these ones, you’re agreeing you’re going to put in a bit of work into decorating it! This is not the option for a chest and shopkeeper. If we need more plots, more will be created underground.

You can only get one plot. If you are caught with more than one, it will be removed without warning or refund.

To assist with your decorative needs, the first shop is now open for business! Johnsan is able to be hired to do Custom Armour Statues for a fee. This is the same mod that Hermitcraft uses in Season 10, so there’s a lot more options when it comes to sizes! These are available for shop plots and base builds. More information is in store too.

October Creative Competition – Gods & Goddesses

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

LibraryCraft has been busy with the introduction of 121Survival, but we’re still going with these! During October we’re asking you to build something themed around Gods and Goddesses. They can be Greek, Norse, whatever mythology you choose. Let us know with a sign on the corner of your plot with your chosen god or goddess.

Remember, each month counts in terms of points, plus there’s the Builder Rank Competition too – the GOLD bordered plots are for Builders only – do not claim these if you are not a builder. If you do, we will clear them without warning, regardless of whether there’s builds on it or not.

The October Competition world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the September gate which will close to building at 9pm on Monday September 31st.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of October 1st, so get thinking about your build!

Prizes will be awarded in 121Survival from now on – podium players might even score an elytra from the Megacrate!

Season 2, 2024 Prizes

As you know, each month we give away the following prizes to regular players:

  • 1st Prize: 4x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 15 Emerald Points
  • 2nd Prize: 3x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 10 Emerald Points
  • 3rd Prize: 2x diamond blocks, 1x mega crate key & 5 Emerald Points
  • Honourable mention (1 vote): 1 Emerald Point

Each month the Emerald Points are tallied up and can be seen in the Emerald Hall on the Survival Lobby world.

At the end of the season (June and December), the grand prizes are awarded to the final top three Emerald Points winners from across the 6 months of competition. This season we’re giving away:

  • 1st Prize: $250 worth of LEGO! It’ll be in the form of a LEGO store voucher, sent online. Nice and easy!
  • 2nd Prize: $100 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Prize: $50 JB HiFi Voucher

The parallel Builders Creative Competition will be judged at the same time, with the overall winner each season getting a $50 JB HiFi voucher.

August Impossible Creatures Results

On By John GeijsmanIn Competitions

In all the craziness of 121Survival being released, we forgot to post the results of August’s Impossible Creatures competition!! So who won? Read on!

As always this year, we’ll get to the builder competition after the main competition’s honourable mentions.

Let’s take a look at the results for the main Emerald Points Competition first.

1st Place: ZacWild5

Getting two wins in a row, Zac created the Gocaw – a Goat and Macaw hybrid.

Location: Africa
During the Winter, the Gocaw uses the strength of a goat to create warm dens and collect food high in the mountains. During the Summer, it uses it’s Macaw wings to migrate to colder areas of the continent. This is because the Gocaw cannot survive in hot temperatures due to its adaptation to cold environments. What you see in the image before you is a Gocaw about to take off for his Summer migration.

Very creative and well thought out Zac!

2nd Place: RoseBlossom_

Getting back to back to back 2nd place! Nice Rose!

Whilst looks may deceive, the icy dragon/falcon has taken the predatory mind of the falcon and the scaly exterior of a winged beast and loves to hoard gold and make nests up high.

The decorations were lovely!

3rd Place: EnderKitty543

Rounding out the top three again, EnderKitty went with a smaller build, although no sign was left, so we aren’t sure what combination it is!

Well done to our three winners! We also had fourhonourable mentions this round.

Kyletendo

WoodyToucan

KuruTrancy

The bunny bat – it evolved from a rabbit to gain batlike attributes to hunt it’s prey – birds.

Doomwet

Builder Creative Competition Results

We had three points scorers for this month’s Builder competition! To find out more about the Builder competition, read the post! It’ll also cover the rest of the Builder role.

1st Place: CopperJay

Jay went with a Chameligoat!

Chameligoats:
Chameleon + Goat
Status: Endangered
Habitat in the wild: Tropical rainforests and tall hills

Chameligoats are small, chameleon-like reptiles with large goat horns on their head. They are popular for eating mosquitoes, flies and other bugs, and are kept as pets in many homes. They have inherited traits from both goats and chameleons. From chameleons, they inherited most of their looks, and their appetite for bugs. From goats, they gain their horns and an insatiable appetite for eating everything (but bugs are the only things big enough to fit inside their mouths.

Their babies are born from eggs, and after being born, take a year to fully develop into adults.

They are endangered because of many people killing them for their horns in the 1800s. Since then the population has increased by a lot, with Chameligoat hunting being banned.

2nd Place: Smaug12345

Smaug created and perfectly styled the Peacat – a peacock/cat hybrid.

Scientific Name
This is a peacock/cat hybrid so I decided to come up with a name that combined felis catus (domesticated cat) with pavo cristasus (crested peacock), and this was the result – pavo felis catus Cristasus.

Purpose
It is an aesthetically pleasing companion with vibrant plumage and is capable of flight. It’s appearance is so stunning that it can literally stun its prey, making it the perfect hunting companion too!

Where can it be found?
Nobody knows.

3rd Place: toothless_spy

Although toothless is an inactive builder now, he can still compete in the builder competition, but starts with a 15 point deficit. Toothless created the Spark!

Spark: Conquers the land and sea, nearly unstoppable shark spider hybrid used for exploration and battle superiority. Able to take on whole warships.

We were really impressed with the thought processes behind these builds! They were a lot of fun to read about! Well done everyone!

Leaderboards

Here’s what the leaderboards look like for Season 2 so far!

Player Emerald Points Competition

  1. ZacWild5 – 30 pts
  2. RoseBlossom_ – 20 pts
  3. EnderKitty543 – 10 pts
  4. Kyletendo – 2 pts
  5. RaptorTheMaster – 1pt
  6. _m1cro_ – 1 pt
  7. HeyItsGreee – 1 pt
  8. WoodyToucan – 1 pt
  9. KuruTrancy – 1 pt
  10. Doomwet – 1 pt

Builder Competition

  1. CopperJay – 30 pts
  2. Smaug12345 – 20 pts
  3. toothless_spy – -10 pts

Congratulations to all our winners and entries! Prizes will be able to be collected from the new Prize Greenhouse at 121Spawn as soon as you read this.

In Game Prize Collection

The 121Survival Competition Prize Collection Point is housed inside the large greenhouse just at the west end of 121Spawn.

It will have protected chests for each player that won a prize – podium OR honourable mention.

Please make sure you collect your items quickly, or you will risk losing them!

The Chamber Cave has opened!

On By John GeijsmanIn New Worlds

We’re only a day into 1.21Survival and there’s already a big buzz of excitement with a new map and everything it brings! Now that we’re under way, it’s time to introduce the Chamber Cave.

As we’ve said before, nine trial chambers close to spawn have been protected from destruction and can be run when you like, but first they need to be unlocked! In these protected chambers, you won’t be able to place or break blocks, but will be able to interact with the mobs and vaults.

Located at 121Spawn, the Chamber Cave contains the gates to these nine trial chambers, but they’re not open yet. For each chamber gate, 12 players will need to submit items from a specific theme. Some will be easy to gather, others harder. Once the submissions from each player have been fulfilled correctly, the gate will be opened by staff for the trial chamber to be played! The next gate’s items will then be published not long after.

Check the gate frame for the ingredients you’ll need to submit. The player indicators will be updated regularly so you know who is submitting items, and if they’re done.

Rules:

  • Don’t submit more than you need to! It’ll just be wasted.
  • Each player should only submit when you have ALL the items you need to submit yourself. It makes it easier for the mod team to manage!
  • Don’t submit wrong items.
  • Players cannot submit more than one lot.

As an example, the first gate has the theme of Agriculture!

12 players will need to submit the following EACH:

  • 10 Copper blocks
  • 20x Hay blocks
  • 30 Bamboo
  • 30 Pumpkins OR 20 Melons

So collect everything you need, head to the Chamber Cave and drop them in the chest in the centre. Once 12 players have submitted everything they need, the gate will open and the trial chamber will be able to be run!

Any questions, just ask in Discord or in game!

LibraryCraft is now on 1.21!

On By John GeijsmanIn New Worlds, Updates

Yep! We’re updated and ready to go! It’s been a bit of a longer process this time around, but it’s sure to be worth it. Please note that we’re on version 1.21, not 1.21.1. That’ll come soon, as we’re still waiting on a few plugins to sort themselves out.

There’s a couple of little things we’re still preparing and there’s going to be some teething issues from time to time, so please be patient with us. The most important thing you can do is tell us! If you see something that’s not quite right, please let us know in a Discord ticket, or in game if you don’t have Discord.

A few things to note:

  • The Nether will not be accessible yet – just settle in and explore the map. Find a spot to build and get a bit of a plan together! We’ve not set a date for the Nether or the End yet. This is to stop speedrunners and encourage everyone to take their time. They’ll come, but give them time.
  • The /tpr command, the Daily and Mega crates are set up and ready to go in 1.21 Survival, but we can only have one world with them, so they will no longer work in 1.20 Survival.
  • We’ve got a few new things to announce too! Firstly, the old CustomHeads plugin hasn’t been updated in some time, so we’ve replaced it with a new one. The command to get your custom heads is now /headdb. The old /heads command should now be blocked. You can also do a search for a head by using /hdb s to find the head you want! There’s over 50,000 to choose from.
  • We’ve started work on the Trade Hall (located in the heart of the Spawn area this time), but we’re not quite ready to go with it yet. It’s going to be opening in the next few weeks.
  • New to 1.21Survival, you’re now able to bottle your XP! More information on that is available at 121Spawn.
  • Both the Daily and Mega Crates have had some changes to them, with some big new additions! There’s even a chance to get an elytra in the Mega Crate!
  • We’re wanting to encourage building bases closer to 121Spawn this time around, but we ask that you don’t create pointless pillars nearby – they impact screenshots that we take during the course of the year for promotion. If you’re building closer to spawn, take your time with your bases and make them look amazing! We know you can. We’ll be creating some pathways that lead directly into Spawn.
  • Lastly, we’ve claimed the closest nine Trial Chambers so they don’t get decimated by players wanting Copper. Copper is easy to get, so just get it the old fashioned way – leave Trial Chambers alone to be run by others again and again. The nine claimed Trial Chambers will be available to play, but we’ve included an interesting Survival based unlock mechanic. This will be open in the coming days!

Finally, a massive thanks to the build team for creating our new Amsterdam inspired 121Spawn! A huge shout out to Meowlicky, CopperJay & JohnsanGeezo for getting stuck in. It looks insane! Easily our best spawn yet. Extra thanks to Meowlicky for getting the design and layout started!

Term 3 School Holiday Social Sessions!

On By John GeijsmanIn Meet Ups

Always popular, we’ve decided to do not one, but two school holiday social sessions this time around! One at Fremantle in week one of the school holidays, and the second one at Victoria Park Public Library! That one will be a little different…

The good news is that by the time these roll around, we should be well and truly on 1.21.1. A new Survival world to get stuck into!

Fremantle Library – Week 1

First up, we’ll be hanging out on Tuesday 24th September from 2 – 5pm at Fremantle Library! That one will be a social session like we’re used to – a few laptops for jumping in game, board games and just space to hang out.

With the Fremantle event, please tell us in a mail or in Discord if you plan on coming so we can get an idea of how many people to expect.

Where: Fremantle Library
When: Tuesday 24th September, 2 – 5pm
Cost: FREE!
Bring: Just yourself! We’ve got the board games and some laptops, but if you have your own laptop ready to go, bring it along.

Victoria Park Library – Week 2

In the second week of the school holidays we’ll be heading down to the Victoria Park Public Library to hang out there! This one is a little different, with bookings being essential, a small cost set by the library, and a tour happening for new people interested in joining the server.

Where: Victoria Park Public Library
When: Tuesday 1st October, 10am – 12 noon
Cost: $3
Bookings Essential

John will be doing a bit of a server tour for new families wanting to join and there’ll be some laptops available for people to try their hands at some creative building in a special world in the server. It’s a shorter session, but this one will be focusing on the new players coming in.

Either way, they’re going to be a lot of fun! See you there!