The LibraryCraft Hermitcraft Scavenger Hunt is here!

School Holidays are almost over, but we’ve still got plenty of fun planned in LibraryCraft! Many of us are big Hermitcraft fans, so we thought we’d do something fun to get people exploring and possibly score some good loot in the process.

For those of you that don’t know what Hermitcraft is, it’s a private server created for and by YouTube content creators and Twitch streamers. The hermits create massive and intricate builds and have a heap of fun together, all while creating content for their channels. Season 9 has just wrapped up in the last month, and the builds were incredible.

We’ve decided to place a few of the builds around the 120Survival Map for you to find and explore (seen in the partial images above), but there’s a twist, and it all starts in the new Map Room, seen below, located at 120Spawn. The ruins themselves are a combined creation of two of the current hermits, Bdoubleo100 and Grian!

Not long after this article is published, the stairs to the room below the globe will be opened. The big map in the centre of the room shows the rough locations of the eight locations to find.

Each of these locations will have a sign with an alphabet cipher. You’re going to need a pen and paper with you for this, and it will take a while, so take your time! There’s no end time to this challenge.

Write down the symbols and letters that you find. The eight signs will have a selection of letters you need.

On three of those eight locations will also be some extra coded signs that make up some X, Y and Z coordinates. With these coordinate signs will also be another word. When you get to the coordinate location, think about those words – the final location’s information will be waiting for you to decode.

At your final location (you’ll know it when you see it) there will be a button to press. ONLY PRESS IT ONCE! You’ll be given a piece of paper with a code word. That code word will need to be mailed to JohnsanGeezo in order to collect your prize. What’s the prize? A shulker box full of goodies, including the heads of six of the builders of the locations to find – Bdubs, Grian, Scar, Ren, Gem & Pearl. Your name will also go up in the Map Room to show you’ve completed it.

Edit: You’ll also now get access to 120Skyland, a custom floating island Survival world!

We’re really excited for you all to check out the scavenger hunt. We had a heap of fun putting it together. A massive thank you to the Hermits for building incredible things to explore! It’s always awesome checking out what the pros can do.

Albany Competition – Winning Entries!

We’ve had a brilliant day in Albany last week, with heaps of people coming to Albany Library to say hi and see what the server is all about, plus play some great board games and get stuck into the Nintendo Switch!

Firstly, thank you so much to Albany Library for having us – we had a blast! We set everyone there a challenge – build something tropical in 30 minutes and we got some excellent entries. Well done to everyone who entered! We had builders that had never touched Java Edition before, and some more seasoned players. You all did really well! It took us a while to get our top three, but here they are.

If you see your build below, please get in touch with Albany Library and they’ll be able to connect you with your prizes! We’ve got a LEGO set for 1st prize (21319 Central Perk), and a $20 EB Games voucher for 2nd and 3rd.

In the top three we had two Albany locals new to the server, and one player that we’ve had for a long time – one of our first whitelisted actually! We really hope all the players we’ve had in the competition that are new will join the server really soon! It’ll be great to see them online.

1st Place: Albany Local

We loved the detail in this build – the cake and food options in the beach hut, the swimming hole, and the beaches on the sand!

2nd: Albany Local

The coral reef was so vibrant in this one, and the trees are really well built. Well done!

3rd: imaginemode

Imaginemode came up with a brilliantly detailed pineapple, that also included some honey blocks for the fruit inside, and a two block Spongebob Squarepants living inside! Super clever and the banners were a spot on detail. Well done imagine!

Again, thanks so much and a well done to all our entrants. If you met us at Albany Library on Friday, you can apply to join the server if you have a Java Edition account of your own! We’d really love to see you be a part of this awesome community.

We’re running a 1 Day competition in Albany!

As you’ll hopefully know by now, we’re heading to Albany for a big day of LibraryCraft fun on Friday! We’ll be there all day, chatting to people and playing on the server, and we’ll also be running a competition for those of you that are there on the day – you can see the map in the image above!

The theme for the competition is Tropical. You’ll need to put your name down for a slot (the links are in the original article linked above) in order to compete. You’ll be limited to 30 minutes to build in one plot.

Players that are online but not in the building on the day will not be able to compete – this is for players in the building using our logins. Otherwise it’s too hard for us to keep an eye on build times.

There will be some prizes available for the winners of the competition, including some LEGO!

We’re really looking forward to seeing heaps of people there on the day. We can’t wait!

January Creative Competition – Use Redstone

Christmas is around the corner, and so is the new year! That means a restart to the creative competition season, and in this case, the start of the parallel Builder Creative Competition! To kick it off, we’re going with a theme of Use Redstone.

This doesn’t mean complicated laggy redstone contraptions! If, like me, you’re no good at redstone contraptions, you can incorporate redstone blocks and wire as a primary part of your build. This should be fun!

We’re adding another rule to this month though – all redstone contraptions MUST have an on/off switch. They can’t be running constantly. If we do find them running constantly, we will break them in order to stop them.

It’s the first competition of the season, so make it count by starting off right!

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. This will be the case each month going forward.

The January Competition world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the December gate which will close to building at 9pm on Sunday December 31st.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of January 1st, so get thinking about your build! A huge thanks to vinemon for the gate build this month! It’s a lot of fun.


Season 1, 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 halfway point of the season (March for Season 1 and September for Season 2) we give away prizes to the current top three Emerald Points winners:

  • 1st Place: 1x $25 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 2nd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher

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. These are the big ones! 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.

November Skyscraper Build Competition Results

It’s results time again! The November Skyscraper Build Competition has wrapped up and we’ve had some really big builds! We’ve just got one more competition to finish off for the year before we launch into Season 1, 2024. Man, it’s weird writing that!

Also, we announced last week some changes to the Builder rank in the server and one of those changes comes into effect this round – will we get a new Builder? Read on to find out.

On to the results!

1st Place: Meowlicky

He’s done it! Win number 3 for Meowlicky means that he’s scored the Builder role after over a year of competitions. And what a build to do it with! A massive skyscraper. This one dominated the skyline.

2nd Place: Smaug12345

Smaug has created a beautiful and clean, twisting tower. This was a beauty to see first up as you enter the world. Well done Smaug!

3rd Place: FantasticFun

FantasticFun has come up with a wood based design, similar to the Empire State Building, with a nice landscaped area below. There’s also a simple interior. Well done Fan!

A massive congratulations to our three winners! We also had two honourable mention this rounds, so more points scorers for the leaderboard!

Enderkitty543

microsoftmaster

Current Leaderboard

Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after November. Another swap at the top! It’s coming down to the wire! 1st and 2nd was actually a very close battle, with both builders scoring the same amount of points, but only being split out by number of votes scored across the year. It’s going to come down to the last competition of the year!

  1. Meowlicky – 51 pts
  2. Smaug12345 – 51 pts
  3. qbio- 25 pts
  4. FantasticFun – 6 pts
  5. cold_hand – 6 pts
  6. YanMan_ – 6
  7. qetzi – 5 pts
  8. EnderKitty543 – 2 pts
  9. microsoftmaster – 2 pts
  10. Pepsi_Goat – 1 pt
  11. sirRubyBird12 – 1 pt
  12. strxww – 1 pt
  13. Ezrafixpros – 1 pt
  14. imaginemode – 1 pt
  15. lielahh – 1 pt
  16. MegRose – 1 pt
  17. CheetahWildcat – 1pt

In Game Prize Collection

The 120Survival Competition Prize Collection Point has been upgraded! It’s now housed inside Skull Rock.

Instead of prizes being deposited at bases, they’ll all be left at a central prize collection point at John’s Pirate Cove Base. There’s a public pwarp – JohnsanGeezo.PrizePickup120 – that 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 Head Games is coming back!

That’s right, it’s been over two years, but the Head Games is coming back for the Christmas holidays and Term 1, 2024!

Nearly every mob has a chance to drop it’s head on death. Each head (for the most part – there are some that won’t count), is worth points! Some are better than others – the points list will be made available when the competition begins on Saturday December 16th.

Whoever has the most points at the end of the competition (Friday April 7th, 2024), will win – 1st, 2nd and 3rd! In the past there have been a HUGE amount of goodies to win and you can donate prizes as well! Treasure blocks like diamond, netherite, gold, iron, coal and more, plus other goodies too. Drop them into the prize pool hopper at the new Head Games HQ (the HGHQ) by 120 Survival Spawn.

Update: There’s also now three LEGO sets for the top three points scorers!

  • 1st: 31132 Viking Ship & the Midgard Serpent
  • 2nd: 76394 Fawkes, Dumbledore’s Phoenix
  • 3rd: 76181 DC Batman Batmobile: The Penguin Chase

Each registered player will get a chest at the HGHQ with a hopper – the pig’s head statue holds the entrance, which will open on December 16th. Drop VALID heads into your hopper to submit them.

Some things to note:

  • Don’t submit heads that do not score points
  • Don’t submit non head items
  • Don’t name the heads – leave them as they are
  • Heads from the /heads plugin are different and do not count
  • Extra point heads will be offered from time to time
  • Farms to collect heads are allowed, but ONLY if the mobs die by a player’s hand – handheld weapons only
  • Points will be calculated each Monday, with a hologram leaderboard available at the HGHQ.

To register, simply drop 1 DIAMOND BLOCK with your name on it into the central hopper at the HeadGames HQ by 9pm December 15th.

Let the games begin!

December Creative Competition – Farms

We’re coming up on the last month of the year. Normally this means a Christmas themed competition, but this year we’ve decided to do something a little different – Farms! It’s always a popular theme so we thought we’d get it going again. Feel free to decorate it all festive too, if you really want to!

It’s also the last competition of the season, so make it count!

The December Competition world gate – located in the Creative Lobby – will replace the November gate which will close to building at 9pm on Thursday November 30th.

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of December 1st, so get thinking about your build! A massive thanks to minywire, _1nfinite_ and Backward_Nemo for the gate build this month!


Season 2 Prizes

As you know, each month we give away the following prizes, now with the new inclusion:

  • 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 halfway point of the season (March for Season 1 and September for Season 2) we give away prizes to the current top three Emerald Points winners:

  • 1st Place: 1x $25 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 2nd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher

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. These are the big ones! 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

October Throne Room Build Competition Results

It’s results time for the October Throne Rooms Build Competition, and man this was a tough one! We had so many massive, detailed builds, it really took some effort to nail down our votes. You should all be so proud!

We’re really excited to see what is coming in the next competition, due to be announced in a couple of week’s time. It’s going to be a good one!

On to the results!

1st Place: Smaug12345

Getting win number 2, Smaug has created a massive and imposing throne room that towers up and has a beautiful stained glass window at the back. I love the wings on the back of the throne! Congratulations Smaug!

2nd Place: qbio

Fast becoming known for his attention to detail, qbio has created an intricate mine based throne room. There’s so much to look at, both inside and outside!

3rd Place: qetzi

Seemingly out of nowhere, qetzi has come back to absolutely dominate the competition with a highly detailed nature build. We’ve not seen qetzi in the competitions since early last year, so it’s great to have him back. This stunning tree-centric build was a joy to explore.

A massive congratulations to our three winners! We also had a whopping six honourable mention this rounds, so more points scorers for the leaderboard!

YanMan_

EnderKitty543

Meowlicky

FantasticFun

CheetahWildcat

microsoftmaster

Current Leaderboard

Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after October.

  • Smaug12345 – 41 pts
  • Meowlicky – 36 pts
  • qbio- 25 pts
  • cold_hand – 6 pts
  • YanMan_ – 6
  • qetzi – 5 pts
  • FantasticFun – 1 pt
  • Pepsi_Goat – 1 pt
  • sirRubyBird12 – 1 pt
  • strxww – 1 pt
  • Ezrafixpros – 1 pt
  • imaginemode – 1 pt
  • lielahh – 1 pt
  • MegRose – 1 pt
  • EnderKitty543 – 1 pt
  • CheetahWildcat – 1pt
  • microsoftmaster – 1pt

The top three has changed again, and the list has grown even more! It just shows how important those votes are.


In Game Prize Collection

A Competition Prize Collection Point has been set up in 120Survival! Instead of prizes being deposited at bases, they’ll all be left at a central prize collection point at John’s Pirate Cove Base. There’s a public pwarp – JohnsanGeezo.PrizePickup120 – that 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!

Also, the LC Resource Pack has been updated to 1.20, so your trophies will work again. You can download the pack from the Player’s Guide.

November Creative Competition – Skyscraper

We’ve had another big round of competition entries in October, with some more high quality builds! Let’s start thinking about November – the end of the year is looming closer! In November, we’re asking you to reach for the skies with your best Skyscraper build.

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

The gate will open in the Creative Lobby on the morning of November 1st, so get thinking about your build! A massive thanks to crazycollie & Kisney for the gate build this month!


Season 2 Prizes

As you know, each month we give away the following prizes, now with the new inclusion:

  • 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 halfway point of the season (March for Season 1 and September for Season 2) we give away prizes to the current top three Emerald Points winners:

  • 1st Place: 1x $25 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 2nd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher
  • 3rd Place: 1x $10 JB HiFi Voucher

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. These are the big ones! 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

September Waterfront Build Competition Results (and Mid-Season Winners!)

It’s results time for the special September Waterfront Build Competition. This was the special competition we ran in partnership with the WA Government’s Future of Fremantle Project, where we asked you to recreate your ideal waterfront and we had some really incredible results.

This was easily the hardest competition we’ve had to judge so far, and it’s also been the closest, with 2nd and 3rd getting equal points, so coming down to a vote count!

The winners of this round of competition also score some extra prizes thanks to our sponsors, for the three most innovative, creative and exciting builds.

1st Prize: $150 JB HiFi Gift card
2nd Prize: $125 JB HiFi Gift card
3rd Prize: $75 JB HiFi Gift Card

On to the results!

1st Place: qbio

A newcomer to both LibraryCraft and the competition, qbio has created an incredibly detailed (and deep) medieval style waterfront. A highly detailed building on the water’s edge, followed by a diving reef underneath. There’s even a deep dark water section, complete with skull of something ancient and very large. Congrats qbio!

2nd Place: Meowlicky

Just getting in by one vote to get second place, Meowlicky has gone a more traditional waterfront look, with a big shipwreck cafe as the main attraction!

3rd Place: YanMan_

Yan also went with a more traditional waterfront option, with a coral reef, ferris wheel and loads of people walking around. It looks like a llama went for a boat ride too!

Well done to our three winners! We also had four honourable mention this rounds, so more points scorers for the leaderboard!

Pepsi_Goat

Smaug12345

lielahh

MegRose

Current Leaderboard

Here’s what the leaderboard looks like after September!

  • Meowlicky – 35 pts
  • Smaug12345 – 26 pts
  • qbio- 15 pts
  • cold_hand – 6 pts
  • YanMan_ – 5 pts
  • Pepsi_Goat – 1 pt
  • sirRubyBird12 – 1 pt
  • strxww – 1 pt
  • Ezrafixpros – 1 pt
  • imaginemode – 1 pt
  • lielahh – 1 pt
  • MegRose – 1 pt

The top three has changed again, and the list has grown! It just shows how important those votes are.


Mid- Season Prize Winners

Lastly, there’s the mid-season winners! After the September competition we give some smaller prizes to the current top three. That means Meowlicky, Smaug12345 and (sneaking in last minute) qbio! Meow gets a $25 JB HiFi voucher, with Smaug and qbio getting a $10 one each.

A huge congratulations to all our winners and honourable mentions! The in game prizes should be ready by the time you read this post, and we’ll reach out to the voucher winners on Discord for next steps.


In Game Prize Collection

A Competition Prize Collection Point has been set up in 120Survival! Instead of prizes being deposited at bases, they’ll all be left at a central prize collection point at John’s Pirate Cove Base. There’s a public pwarp – JohnsanGeezo.PrizePickup120 – that 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!

Also, the LC Resource Pack has been updated to 1.20, so your trophies will work again. You can download the pack from the Player’s Guide.