Change Log/2023

Change Log 2023

Legend: All = Entire network Survival = Survival servers only Skyblock = Skyblock only Network = Core/global systems

January

• 1 Jan 2023 -

 All  
 
Shulker boxes with items inside can no longer be sold to the /store, preventing accidental loss and scams.
 

• 1 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed drowned not spawning with tridents, restoring intended trident drop sources.
 

• 3 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Item drops from grinding now stack together, significantly reducing FPS lag around farms.
 

• 12 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed Axolotls, Glow Squids, and Goats not dropping their heads when killed.
 

• 12 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Mangrove logs, leaves, and propagules added to /store for easier access to mangrove materials.
 

• 12 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Glistering Melon Slices added to /store: in Brewing/Redstone for Survivals and Miscellaneous for Skyblock.
 

• 12 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Clarified stance on printer/Schematica/Litematica: use is allowed but unsupported. No server-side changes will be made to improve printer performance, and staff will not offer support for printer mods.
 

• 16 Jan 2023 -

 All  
 
Crafting in workbenches for Bedrock players significantly improved to reduce glitchy behavior.
 

• 17 Jan 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /craftitem [item] [amount], letting any player near a crafting table auto-craft items from their inventory without opening a workbench.
 

• 22 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Players with warp permissions can once again create warp signs by placing a sign with [Warp] on line 1 and the warp name on line 2.
 

• 26 Jan 2023 -

 All  
 
3x3 and 5x5 trench tools from monthly crates can no longer break observers, preventing fishing totem corruption.
 

• 27 Jan 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Chest Shops now show Q # : C # on the second line, including a live stock counter that updates when items are bought or added.
 

February

• 15 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /checkenchant [enchant] to view the description and effects of custom enchants.
 

• 15 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
Lottery plugin removed from the network. It may return in the future but is not planned at this time.
 

• 17 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Bedrock v1.19.62 clients.
 

• 20 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
Stacked mobs can no longer transform into other mob types (e.g. zombie stacks turning into drowned stacks), improving stack consistency.
 

• 22 Feb 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Shulker boxes can no longer be sold on /ah to prevent scam listings.
 

• 23 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
Donator chat /dc renamed to Rank Chat and moved to /rc [message].
 

• 24 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Bedrock v1.19.63 clients.
 

• 24 Feb 2023 -

 All  
 
/voteparty GUI revamped with a cleaner visual layout for tracking progress toward keyalls.
 

March

• 3 Mar 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /flighttime to show whether you currently have access to /fly, /f fly, or /is fly, and how long remains on any time-limited flight perks.
 

• 11 Mar 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /checkbucks to see your current Birthday Bucks and total earned, allowing you to compare yourself to the top ten earners.
 

• 12 Mar 2023 -

 Survival  
 
For players using CoreProtect /co l, hovering over item logs now shows the item’s display name if it has one.
 

• 14 Mar 2023 -

 All  
 
/flighttime now has an alias: /timecheck. It also shows remaining time on limited shop sell boosts, /fix all vouchers, and other time-limited perks.
 

• 14 Mar 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Java v1.19.4 and Bedrock v1.19.70 clients.
 

May

• 2 May 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed duels glitching players into the floor at the start of a match.
 

• 3 May 2023 -

 All  
 
If you are kicked from a server for non-punishment reasons (crash, hack detection, timeout, etc.), you are now sent to Hub instead of fully disconnecting from the network.
 

• 4 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Items with Curse of Binding will now drop on death as intended.
 

• 4 May 2023 -

 All  
 
Punishments for hacking have been made significantly harsher, with lengthy tempbans as the starting point to better deter cheaters.
 

• 15 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Enchanting quests in /quests updated with new rewards.
 

• 15 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Survival scoreboard (right side of screen) received a fresh visual update.
 

• 20 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Mobs spawned from spawners no longer have AI by default. Naming a spawner mob with a nametag un-stacks it and restores AI.
 

• 25 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Nether size increased to 20k x 20k and now resets every 3 months instead of 6. /worlds updated with new size and reset timing.
 

• 26 May 2023 -

 All  
 
Bedrock voting now properly grants flight rewards for players who vote on at least 5 sites in one day.
 

• 28 May 2023 -

 All  
 
/recipe command temporarily removed due to a duplication glitch.
 

• 28 May 2023 -

 All  
 
/recipe command re-enabled with the duplication exploit fixed.
 

• 29 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Players with powertools on duel items no longer receive constant “You can’t send commands whilst in a duel” spam.
 

• 31 May 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed several GUIs including /worlds and /pvp not working correctly.
 

June

• 4 Jun 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Mobs spawned from spawners now lack AI by default; naming them with a nametag restores their AI.
 

• 4 Jun 2023 -

 Survival  
 
/baltop GUI fixed and now displays correctly.
 

• 10 Jun 2023 -

 All  
 
Item stacking system heavily optimized to reduce performance issues from players and minions constantly picking up stacked items, enabling faster collector minions on Green Survival.
 

• 11 Jun 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed stacked drops sometimes combining into stacks larger than their maximum stack size.
 

• 11 Jun 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed stacked drops occasionally becoming un-pickupable when below max stack size.
 

• 15 Jun 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed duels showing all players as not accepting requests.
 

• 20 Jun 2023 -

 All  
 
Money commands now support formatted numbers such as “1.5m” or “5.2m” in /pay, /ah sell, etc.
 

• 26 Jun 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Items can no longer be dropped in the crate area to prevent players filling others’ inventories while they open crates.
 

• 26 Jun 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed /party commands not working.
 

July

• 4 Jul 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed an issue preventing players from opening private barrels.
 

• 5 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Bedrock /offhand command moved to /geyser offhand.
 

• 5 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
If receiving a crate key would be problematic (e.g. during Skyblock Warden event or while in a duel), the key is now queued and delivered once you are in a safe world and out of duels. Players in Creative at the time are set to Survival before receiving keys.
 

• 5 Jul 2023 -

 Survival  
 
First wave of 1.20 items added to /store: Brush, Torch Flower, Pitcher Plant, Cherry Leaves, Cherry Sapling, and Cherry Log.
 

• 11 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Additional anti-spam measures added to the chat plugin to further mitigate intentional spam.
 

• 11 Jul 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Jobs NPC at spawn replaced with a Discord NPC.
 

• 11 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Bedrock v1.20.10 clients.
 

• 12 Jul 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Custom enchants fixed and now functioning again (they were only broken briefly).
 

• 15 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Duel stats now update in real time instead of only after restarts.
 

• 15 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Players can no longer /back into duel arenas after a match.
 

• 16 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed /lightyears GUI incorrectly showing accumulated Lightyears as 0.
 

• 19 Jul 2023 -

 Survival  
 
/quests can now be used in other players’ claims, even without build permissions.
 

• 19 Jul 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Respawning the Ender Dragon with end crystals disabled due to exploits. The End now resets every 7 days instead of 30.
 

• 21 Jul 2023 -

 All  
 
Chat similarity check now only compares messages sent within the last 2 minutes, reducing false positives.
 

August

• 5 Aug 2023 -

 All  
 
Chat plugin updated: similar-chat detection now checks only the last 2 messages, and only within 90 seconds. /msgtoggle fixed, and &k obfuscation colour code is now blocked in commands such as /rankchat.
 

• 17 Aug 2023 -

 Survival  
 
/warp pvp no longer constantly refills hunger, allowing hunger to deplete normally in PvP.
 

• 22 Aug 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed Slayer Minions not always depositing the correct number of items into chests after killing large mob stacks.
 

• 30 Aug 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Teleporting mobs with leashes has been disabled (possibly temporarily) to prevent moving mobs into unintended areas.
 

• 31 Aug 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Witch-killing quests removed due to lack of reliable ways to find witches in required quantities.
 

September

• 8 Sep 2023 -

 All  
 
Crates can now be re-rolled a maximum of 3 consecutive times per key.
 

• 10 Sep 2023 -

 All  
 
When high-value prizes are won from the Beach Party crate, they are now announced in chat with hoverable descriptions. For batch openings via shift-click, only the lowest %-chance prize from that batch is broadcast to avoid spam.
 

• 19 Sep 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Bedrock v1.20.30 clients.
 

• 21 Sep 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Java v1.20.2 clients.
 

October

• 17 Oct 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Shulkers are once again prevented from being sold on the AH to avoid scams. Existing shulker listings were cancelled and items returned to listers.
 

November

• 4 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Emote commands such as /lay and /sit are now disabled inside PvP arenas to prevent glitches.
 

• 4 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed /tutorial sending players to a broken page.
 

• 6 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /icrates viewcrate [crate] to view a placed crate’s prizes without visiting its physical location.
 

• 8 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed PvP arenas on Blue Survival disappearing unexpectedly.
 

• 12 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed typo in the Samurai Leggings crate preview and ensured newly generated versions of the item use the corrected name.
 

• 12 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Vouchers can now be redeemed from the off-hand, fixing issues where map vouchers became normal maps when used.
 

• 12 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed glitches where clicking in inventories could cause players to be kicked.
 

• 15 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
/inventory once again opens your inventory instead of the PvP arena menu on Blue Survival and Skyblock.
 

• 15 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /topicoins to view the top 10 players by total iCoins earned.
 

• 17 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Removed non-functional ignore-related commands (/ignorelist, /ignored, etc.) to reduce confusion.
 

• 18 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Ignored players’ messages are now hidden in /rankchat as well; all previous ignores were reset and must be re-applied.
 

• 18 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /ignorelist and /ignoring to view the list of players you are currently ignoring.
 

• 18 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed messaging when winning spawners with a full inventory: the message now clearly states that spawners were dropped on the ground instead of not given.
 

• 19 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed bug causing messages in /rankchat to appear without spaces between words.
 

• 20 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Minions can no longer be accidentally broken by sweeping edge hits; they now only break through direct intended interaction.
 

• 21 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed incorrect messaging when trying to merge classes; text now accurately describes the merge conditions.
 

• 21 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed glitchy inventory updates when renaming items with /rename or using the Switcher custom enchant.
 

• 22 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed multiple duel glitches, including players remaining in arenas after matches and some items preventing proper inventory restoration.
 

• 22 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Commands that are normally blocked in claims now require BUILD trust instead of generic access trust, tightening claim security.
 

• 23 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Approaching the world border no longer adds a red vignette warning on your screen.
 

• 25 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed receiving duplicate deny messages when interacting without permission in another player’s claim.
 

• 25 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed anti-grief plugin messages not appearing in chat.
 

• 25 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /sellhelp to show usage for /sell hand, /sell handall, and /sell all in-game.
 

• 27 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
18 new words added to the ChatReaction word list.
 

• 27 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
/setwarp can no longer be used in claims where you do not have build permission.
 

• 27 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Added /deathmessages toggle to allow players to enable or disable seeing player death messages (useful during PvP).
 

• 27 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Default death messages for players who died in duels are no longer broadcast.
 

• 28 Nov 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /restorename to reset supported crate items’ names back to their original versions.
 

• 29 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Added /detrim, allowing removal of armor trims and returning the pattern and trim material, dropping them if inventory is full.
 

• 29 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Sending chat via powertools (c:[message]) is now blocked as it could be used to create glitches.
 

• 30 Nov 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed survival-placed blocks sometimes not dropping when broken if there had once been a creative-placed block at that location. Some old creative blocks may now drop as if placed in survival during adjustment.
 

December

• 1 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed Super Gift Box Snowballs reward not granting Christmas keys correctly.
 

• 1 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed a typo in the word “ignore” when ignoring or unignoring players.
 

• 2 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed a bug where a player death could cause many players to be kicked with “Received null component”.
 

• 4 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Default death messages for duel deaths are now fully suppressed across the network.
 

• 5 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed duels not working properly on Survival.
 

• 5 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed daily restart occasionally failing to occur on some days.
 

• 5 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed anti-cheat falsely kicking Bedrock players.
 

• 5 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Network updated to support Bedrock v1.20.50. Bedrock version updates can now be deployed without server restarts. Java support for v1.20.3 added from the following restart.
 

• 6 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Bedrock players can once again join via the “Friends” tab.
 

• 7 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Further fixes applied to address bugs introduced with Minecraft v1.20.3 support.
 

• 10 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Mob Catchers now work on Allays and correctly place captured mobs back into the world.
 

• 10 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Using a Mob Catcher on mobs without spawn eggs now defaults to cow spawn eggs instead of breaking.
 

• 12 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Direct /world teleports disabled; players must now use /worlds to change worlds.
 

• 13 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Added /checksnowballs to view your current and total snowball balance.
 

• 13 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Shulkers now behave correctly with Mob Catchers instead of doing nothing.
 

• 13 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed Key Miner rewards in /snowballs GUI incorrectly requiring 15 snowballs instead of 10 (cost now displays correctly).
 

• 13 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Snowblast effects no longer damage players in non-PvP areas.
 

• 14 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Additional items added to /restorename: Polar Pulverizer, Orenamental Obliterator, Yuletide Yeeter, Razor of Rudolph, and Angelic Arrow.
 

• 16 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed Java version compatibility so that 1.8–1.20.4 clients can once again connect to all servers.
 

• 16 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Treasure maps from shipwrecks can now lead to already-looted chests (matching vanilla behavior) to avoid crash issues.
 

• 18 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Short messages containing emotes (e.g. “hey :D”) no longer force the emote portion to lowercase.
 

• 20 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Additional items added to /restorename: Gingerbread Helmet, Chestplate, Leggings, and Boots.
 

• 23 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Fixed a duel bug where both players dying at the same time could leave them stuck on the death screen requiring a relog.
 

• 23 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Fixed a glitch where PMs sent from Creative containing “sell” or “kit” incorrectly triggered “You can’t do this in creative mode”.
 

• 30 Dec 2023 -

 Survival  
 
Flowers can no longer be placed into flower pots while in Creative mode to prevent abuse.
 

• 30 Dec 2023 -

 All  
 
Saturation is now reset to default before entering a duel for more consistent combat behavior.