We’ve got some more funds in the budget before the end of the financial year as we couldn’t make it to Pixel Expo, so we thought we’d pass it on to our players in the form of a big End of Financial Year Creative Competition!

It’s going to be a bit special – here’s what you need to know.

• There is no set theme! Build your best whatever!
• The plots are bigger – 100×100 in fact!
• The prizes are also bigger! JB Hifi Vouchers for the top three:
  • 1st Place: $125
  • 2nd Place: $75
  • 3rd Place: $50
• There’s more time to build! The competition opens Monday morning April 14th and will be open until 9pm Monday June 30th. That’s over 2 months to build!

A new gate will be opened up at the Creative Competitions area in the Creative Lobby.

There’s also some important extra information:

• Only completed builds will be judged – it’s worth finishing them and you have plenty of time! In order to be deemed completed, you’ll need to do THREE things:
  1. Finish your build!
  2. Submit your entry by sending a /mail to JohnsanGeezo in Survival. It won’t work on Creative – you MUST be in 121Survival! Use /mail send JohnsanGeezo [message]. If you have Discord, you can open a ticket. Remember – these should be submitted AFTER you have completed your build, not before!
  3. There must be a lectern on the corner of your build plot with a book containing the description of your build. The description doesn’t have to be massive, but it needs to describe what you intended to build.
• Each completed build will be awarded two points in the main Emerald Points Creative Competition. Those two points may be all the difference to get you onto the podium!

What about the Builder Role players?

We’ve not forgotten about you! Our four current Builders – Meowlicky, CopperJay, Smaug12345 and JtripleM are eligible to build in it as well, but with a few differences:

• Instead of building on a plot 100×100 plot, each builder will get a length of the border of the world, around 500 or 600×100 blocks in size. You can see them in the image above.
• Don’t panic yet! We’re not asking you to build five plots! We’d like you to build something but it needs to be tileable. It can be up to 100 blocks wide (or less if you really want), but it needs to be able to seamlessly tile along your stretch of border. When your build is complete (let us know in the Builder’s Discord channel), we will then copy your entire build and tile it edge to edge along your stretch of border!
• Completed Builder rank builds will be judged separately, with the winner getting a different prize.
  • 5x diamond blocks
  • 2x megacrate keys
  • The winning builder build gets to choose August’s Creative Competition theme!

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.

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!