With the ender dragon now dead the portal to the end has been opened at spawn.

Most of you have noticed that there is a 10 min cool down on most teleports.
Lets not forget what options you have to travel faster:

1. Use Elytra with rockets.
   
2. Use A boat ,
3. Breed a fast horse.
4. Use the Nether highway

Here is a guide on how to use the nether highway. Thanks Baerbros for the video.

And we are live! The new map is up and running!
Quite a few things have change and the biggest change being the ranks.
We are now running 3 trees each with 5 ranks; Gatherers, Travellers, and Builders.
Builders are pretty much the same as the designers were previous map; you build something, apply it, and if it passes get the next rank.
Gatherers have to collect material to be eligible to rank up.
Travellers have to travel distances in various ways to be eligible to rank up.

Every tree comes with its own perks which you can find on the wiki over the next week (along with their specific requirements).

Make sure to read all the signs when you spawn!
See you ingame!

We also have dynmap back!
http://minecraftserver.com:8008/

The server runs on 1.11.2. We will let you know when it updates.

For donators: For the time being you won't see your ingame suffix (the + behind your name). Worry not! I still have the list of all donators and the rank will return with different perks in the future.

If you find an amazing biome, or amazing view of an area, make sure to post a picture of it! I have not seen all biomes yet so I am curious to see what everybody finds!

As all of you know we have been working on a new survival map the last few weeks.
And now it is almost time for the new map!
But before we actually go to a new map we have to say our goodbyes to the current one, which we will do in a 'mini-event' lasting 2 days. The map will release next friday (March 24th) in the evening (+1 GMT). I can't give an exact time mainly because of file transfer speeds.

What will happen this week;
Wednesday 4:00pm (+1 GMT) we will start the event; everybody will get access to a kit available once every hour. This kit gives you 2 stacks TNT, a flint'n steel and probably some food. During the event all regions and protections will be disabled and pvp will be enabled (except in exile posted by shadowslasher in survival server events).
This event will last until Friday 4:00pm (+1 GMT), the server will then shut down while I move over all the files of the new map. This can take between 30 minutes and 2 hours (we will also do the last checks ). After that the server will open up for everybody to enjoy.

More information about the new ranks and mechanics will be posted on the wiki throughout the next week so make sure to keep an eye on that!

Now I imagine many people wouldn't want their structures deleted..
Before the event starts I will make a backup of the world which will move to the world archive.
Until the event starts I will be making schematics of buildings requested with a maximum of 2 schematics per person (alts do not count as new person).
To request a schematic to be made please post in this thread using the following format;
Short description of the building:
Location of corner1:
Location of corner2:

I will then send you the .schematic file(s) to the email used to register on the forum.

We hope to see you in the next map!

All servers are currently running 1.11.2! You can use /server (name) to hop to any one of them!

SURVIVAL: Use version 1.11.2 and the ip Survival.MinecraftServer.com
FACTIONS: Use version 1.11.2 and the ip Factions.MinecraftServer.com
CREATIVE: Use version 1.11.2 and the ip Creative.MinecraftServer.com

Info on how to change your minecraft version can be found HERE.

The staff team will keep you updated on version changes as they come!

It's finally here!
To join Factions, put the following in to direct connect on the minecraft client - Factions.minecraftserver.com
Alternatively, you can get to Factions from Survival using /server Factions

If you haven't seen already, there a number of WIKI entries that have been made over the past week. We will be updating and adding new sections there over the coming weeks.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them, either on the forums, or by speaking to an Admin in-game.
See you all out there!