Yep! We’re updated and ready to go! It’s been a longer and much more complicated process this time around, but it’s going to be worth it. The new spawn area looks incredible, and we’ve got a lot of players eager to come back and get stuck in!

There’s a couple of little features we’re still tweaking 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 through a /mail send JohnsanGeezo if you don’t have Discord.

A few things to note:

• The Nether & End 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 New Survival, but they will no longer work in 1.21 Survival. The good thing is there’s new goodies in the daily crate! We’ve swapped out coal and emeralds for bundles and a couple of trial keys.
• The Trade Hall (located in the heart of the Spawn area again) is built, but we’re not quite ready to open with it yet. It’s going to be opening in the next few weeks. It gives you a chance to get your wares together.
• Back for 1.21 New Survival, are some datapacks we all know and love. You’re able to bottle your XP again, elytra can be combined with armour for armoured elytra, we’ve added renewable trial chambers and a few more. More information on that is available at 121NewSpawn. Look out for the Noticeboard as you enter the world!
• Given the spawn area is an island surrounded by a lot of ocean, this time we’re wanting to discourage building anything closer to 121NewSpawn. We ask that you don’t create pointless pillars nearby – they impact screenshots that we take during the course of the year for promotion. There are a few ocean monuments nearby to Spawn too, but there’s plenty more around the map, so leave the ones close to spawn alone.

Finally, a massive thanks to the build team for creating our new Pirate island inspired 121NewSpawn! A huge shout out to Meowlicky, CopperJay, Smaug12345 & blossomintheair for getting stuck in. Once again it’s our best spawn yet. They just keep getting better and better!

That’s right! Thank you all so very much for waiting so patiently – it’s been quite a while! We’re pretty much good to go on finally (FINALLY) updating LibraryCraft to 1.21.5! The plugins are ready and 121NewSpawn is pretty much ready to go! All things going well, 1.21.5 will be coming to the server in just over a week, ideally being ready for play on the 21st November!

We also aim to do another update potentially a month or so later, to get us to 1.21.8. A few of our key plugins aren’t quite ready for that, so we’ll have to wait for the locator bar and happy ghasts for a little while longer. 1.21.5 still has new particles, leaf litter, wildflowers, new bushes, firefly bushes, cactus flowers, dry grass, mob variants and some minor world generation changes for us to enjoy!

To make this work, the server will be unavailable for a week at the most, from Monday 17th to Friday 21st November. It’s longer than we’ve had before, but we’ve got some work to do! The actual updates, world uploads and preloads, testing, plugins set up and more testing. Hopefully we’re ready to go a little faster than that, but that’s what we’ve decided will happen. You’ll just have to keep an eye on the website! As soon as we’re ready to go, we’ll let everyone know with a post.

What will change?

• Obviously, we’ll get 121NewSurvival! It’s a brand new world, with a brand new inventory. The spawn has been beautifully built by the builder team who went with a stunningly detailed pirate town. A huge thanks to Meowlicky, CopperJay, blossomintheair and Smaug12345 for putting this together. We know we say this every time, but it’s once again looking like one of the best spawn areas yet. They just keep getting better!
• You will not be able to transfer items over from 121Survival. Like normal, the world will be completely separate.
• 121Survival will still be available, but play will most likely be all on 121NewSurvival. 120Survival will be backed up and removed.
• 121NewSurvival won’t appear on Dynmap for a few weeks, to encourage natural exploration.
• The map will most likely be around 10000×10000, the same as 121Survival.
• The Nether and the End will be blocked from access for a week or two at the start (as we always do), to discourage people from speedrunning. Take your time! It’s another long season.
• Public Nether and End gates will not appear in the spawn area straight away. These will come in the first few weeks. These will be housed on the upper deck of the pirate ship at 121NewSpawn.

• The /gwarp 121Spawn will be removed and replaced with /gwarp 121NewSpawn. If you want to go to 1.21 Spawn, you’ll need to use the gate at the Warp Ship.
• Claims will still exist in 121NewSurvival, however if you need more claim blocks, you can either play more (as you earn more blocks the more you play), or unclaim some land in 121Survival.
  • As was the rule in all our previous Survival worlds, you are NOT allowed to claim areas of land to reserve resources for collection later. Claims are for builds only.
  • You are also not allowed to claim any villages, Trial Chambers or Ancient Cities. These are for everyone to enjoy.
• We won’t be protecting the trial chambers closer to spawn like we did last season, but we do ask that people not clear out the chambers close to the spawn area so people can still run them. A big difference this season is we will be adding a datapack called Renewable Vaults, so trial chambers will be able to be run over and over again. One thing we do know is that you will not be allowed to destroy the trial spawners at all. Leave them there so players can redo the trial chambers.

Remember, if you find yourself unable to get in from the 17th, don’t panic! Just be patient, and check the website, and Discord if you have it. Bring on 1.21.5!

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!

That’s correct! Thank you all so very much for waiting so patiently, we’re pretty much good to go on finally updating LibraryCraft to 1.21! The plugins are ready (with a few changes having to come in the background) plus 121Spawn almost read to go, but all things going well, 1.21 will be coming to the server in just over a week, ideally being ready for play on the 19th September! Just in time for school holidays.

To make this work, the server will be unavailable for play, likely for a few days, from Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th August. It’s longer than we’ve had before, but we’ve got some work to do! The actual updates, world uploads and preloads, testing, plugins set up and more testing. Hopefully we’re quicker a little faster, but that’s what we’ve decided so far.

What will change?

• Obviously, we’ve got 121Survival! It’s a brand new world, with a brand new inventory. This time around we’ve gone with a sprawling Amsterdam spawn area. It takes up a large space, but all of the important stuff is close by, after some valuable feedback from players. A huge thanks to Meowlicky, CopperJay, Nemo and JohnsanGeezo for putting this together. It’s looking like one of the best spawn areas yet!
• You will not be able to transfer items over from 120Survival. Like normal, the world will be completely separate.
• 120Survival will still be available, but play will most likely be all on 121Survival. 119Survival, Skyland and OldSurvival will be backed up and removed.
• 1.21Survival won’t appear on Dynmap for a few weeks, to encourage natural exploration.
• The map will most likely be around 10000×10000, the same as 120Survival.
• The Nether and the End will be blocked from access for a week or two at the start, to discourage people from speedrunning. Take your time! It’s a long season.
• Public Nether and End gates will not appear in the spawn area straight away. These will come in the first few weeks. These will be housed in separate buildings right at Spawn.

• The /gwarp 120Spawn will be removed and replaced with /gwarp 121Spawn. If you want to go to 1.20 Spawn, you’ll need to use the gate at the Warp Ship.
• Claims will still exist in 120Survival, however if you need more claim blocks, you can either play more (as you earn more blocks the more you play), or unclaim some land in 120Survival.
  • As was the rule in all our previous Survival worlds, you are NOT allowed to claim areas of land to reserve resources for collection later. Claims are for builds only.
  • You are also not allowed to claim any villages, Trial Chambers or Ancient Cities. These are for everyone to enjoy.
• We will be protecting the trial chambers closer to spawn, to stop people destroying them in order to get the new copper and tuff blocks. We’re still figuring out the final rules for the trial chambers, so more info to come on them. One thing we do know is that you will not be allowed to destroy the trial spawners at all. Leave them there so players can redo the trial chambers.

Remember, if you find yourself unwhitelisted from the 16th, don’t panic! Just be patient, and check the website, and Discord if you have it. Bring on 1.21 and all the new stuff!

Yep! We’re updated and ready to go!

There’s a couple of little things we’re still waiting on 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 until Monday after school – you’ve got a weekend to chill and explore the map. Find a spot to build and get settled in!
• The End is also inaccessible for now. We’re not encouraging speedruns, as it tends to annoy people. We don’t have a date for when the End will be open to exploring, but stay tuned.
• The /tpr command, the Daily and Mega crates are set up and ready to go in 1.20 Survival, but we can only have one world with them, so they will no longer work in 1.19 Survival.
• There’s also a strange glitch with sleeping in Survival – some random code appears in chat. Sleeping still works as intended, but we’re looking into it. Not a big deal.

Finally, a massive thanks to the build team and mods for creating our new Japanese inspired 120Spawn! Big shout out to Kisney, sirCountDoDo, crazycollie, Backward_Nemo & JohnsanGeezo for getting stuck in. It looks superb.