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Minecraft 1.20 has been released today for both Java and Bedrock, and we now support the latest version. But beware - Cimmeria will be resetting soon! A year to the day after the release of 1.19 comes 1.20, with the latest additions to the game. As you might know by now, we aren't ready to update yet as we're depending on various plugins and tools to be prepared by their respective authors. You can play using any recent Minecraft version for now; Java 1.19.4 is recommended for the ...

The new month brings new challenges to you! Which ones will you attempt? Randomizer Hunter's Lodge Horsemen Quests Guilds tasks Kenorland Your goal is to place and break a bed of each color, for a total of 16. Easy, right? Except that, in the spirit of Games Done Quick, all item drops have been randomized! Breaking something like sand won't get you sand - it will be a surprise! And so will everything else, so the actual challenge is to find the materials you will need. And no, t ...

This is a heads-up to everyone who might not have migrated their Mojang Accounts to Microsoft ones yet: you have until 19 September at 11am (Eastern time), after which you will no longer be able to login. This has been announced back in 2020 and most everyone here has already done it. Still, you might want to double-check just to make sure: if you don't do it, you will not be able to play anymore!

May Day! Not the emergency kind, though, just the first of a new month. On your plate this time: Race Away Advancements Hunt results Hunter's Lodge Horsemen Quests Guilds tasks Kenorland It's been a while, so I hope you've kept your running shoes handy, for it's Race Away time! The goal of this challenge is simple: run East on the X axis, as far as you can, and get farther out than anyone else! The higher your ranking, the more points you earn! If you die, you get sent ...

The network has been updated to Minecraft 1.19.4! This brings the usual optimizations and bug fixes. Notable changes are better horse breeding mechanics and an array of new accessibility settings. No new blocks or items are included in this one. Updating is recommended for all, especially if you had problems with stability or auto-completion in commands.

Easter brings along two challenges for you to tackle: Peter Cottontail and Thumper are back for an encore at Easter Island, while Zombie Jesus roams at the lodge! Reb and Sora have conspired to bring you some more festivities. The first event is an encore of last year's scavenger hunt, where you need to locate eggs and cross a maze for a prize. Last year's basket has been replaced with the chance to earn Merit Points instead. For the details, please see last year's news post ...

I'm happy to add today a feature that many of you have asked about before: news notifications in the Companion, the Creeper's Lab app! The Companion already let you read the news. What is added today is the ability to get a notification as soon as a news post is published, making sure that you don't miss out on anything. To enable this, make sure that the Companion is installed on your favorite platform, then use the "Enable Notifications" in the main menu. This is completely ...

Welcome to April, month of fools! Now that we've left the silliness aside, here's a return to more grounded activities.: Vanilla advancements Hunter's Lodge Horsemen Quests Guilds tasks Kenorland Hello everyone, Groovy here, I've got another challenge for you this month, which I think is going to be a lot of fun. It's very simple, there is a new vanilla world and your objective is to get as many advancements as you can. There are 105 advancements in total to go f ...

Rebbica invites you to another run of leprechaun hunting at the Hunter's Lodge, today only! The same guidelines as last year apply, plus some improvements building on the Lodge refresh that's happened since then. Look for the appropriately green building, face the leprechauns, gather coins and trade them for all kinds of interesting items! Again, this runs today only. Good hunting!

The shortest month of year is done, now onwards to a new set of challenges, including a brand new one: Emerald Rush Hunter's Lodge Horsemen Quests Guilds tasks Kenorland Groovy has a special challenge for us this month in Kenorland. The premise is very simple, get as many emeralds as you can in 3 weeks. We have a fresh new world for you to play in but it has a few little tweaks to it. The world has no End dimension; but it is possible to get an elytra. How you get one will be left ...

Event this Saturday at 10:30 PM EST ( 1 and a half hours after event night starts. Meet at ‘Fowl Weather’ in Groovys Game district. Will have brackets set up and 1st - 3rd place will get extra goodies by way of a shulker box. Come shoot some chickens and win some goodies!! This event will be run by AndrewDowning. Interested in running your own events such as this one? You can do that by yourself! Check out our pre-made templates, then reserve your event on the forums!

The Creeper's Lab takes another step online, with our news now available through the Fediverse. If you're looking for a new social media home, this could be for you! Horsemen Acolytes and candidates, read on for some information relevant to you. The Interordi network, which the Creeper's Lab is a part of, has launched its own Misskey instance as part of the wider Fediverse! This is a new extension of our online presence, which is open to new registrations. If you're curi ...

We're introducting today a new affilite server to the Creeper's Lab - Siralan! Run by Coneva, this new location aims to provide you a new feeling of survival adventure. Read on for some important details! As The festivities of Seasonal wrap up (have you collected all the things yet?), a new adventure is joining Creeper’s Lab. While some of you have been anticipating the return of an RP style game, instead, Coneva has launched a different sort of challenge. Located in the Affili ...

I have pushed online today a set of improvements to one of the most visible elements of our community: the chat system! Many of you that are active on Discord will be familiar with its syntax to add styling to your messages. This specific syntax is called Markdown, and I'm happy to announce that part of it is now also supported in-game! People within Minecraft will see it as well as those watching from Discord. **bold** for bold text *italic* or _italic_ for italics __underline__ ...

Most players here will be familiar with doorgunnerjgs, a regular that's been with us for many years. Unfortunately, I have to inform you that he passed away last week, on January 31st, at the age of 79. As you might be aware, door was invited to play with us by his son, Exodio (hi Uncle Sal!). His grandsons have also spent quite a bit of time with us: AlphaSniper828, Aaranvor, KylosaurusRenx and AwesomeBoyStar and dinosaureats, plus other friends and relatives. These would sometime mee ...

Whenever you're exploring and you face tall grass, you're never sure what's hiding behind it. Worse, if you're playing in science areas, you can't hit mobs through it. What a bother. We have added a new server plugin to solve exactly this: if you try to attack an enemy through any tall plant, your hit will carry instead of being stopped by the scenery. Thanks to GodofRandom23 for the suggestion!

Welcome to the second month of the year already, with a fresh set of challenges: Ongoing Chinese New Year Grindatron results Hunter's Lodge Horsemen Quests Guilds tasks Kenorland Seasonal The Chinese New Year celebrations continue on Seasonal! To give everyone a chance at participating, Kenorland will be taking a break this month. Go face the Zodiac, mingle with the festival goers and earn shinies! Read the full news post on this event to learn about all the details! Grindatron resul ...

Scattered across Laurasia are many sites with lore and history. These places are near and far. Rich with stories of travel and triumph. Be one of the first three to find all 8 and return to Central with a token from each one to win a prize! When and Where: Starts Jan 29th (Sunday) at 8am PST. and closes Feb 5th (Sunday) at 6pm PST. The event will start at Roen's shop in the commercial district of Central called "The Noble Llama". From central station take the oak and spruce checkered ...

This Saturday, at the start of Event Night, Groovy would like to invite you to an event. The event will take place on the newly completed Buddha island (which he asks you not visit until the event). The event will be a scavenger hunt locating 8 special items hidden accross the island. Specific details will follow on Event Night. First, second and third prize will get very nice shulkers full of goodies as well as the traditional merit points awards for events. Additionally, anyone who fin ...

Chinese New Year has come once again and this year, it's the Year of the Rabbit! This means the Year Dealer has a new book for you. Starting on 22 January 2023 through 22 February 2023 at 5 pm EST you have the chance to complete the challenge of defeating all the Zodiac Years and their "God" for 15 Merit Points! Find some special shrine offerings and cash it in up to 5 times to receive 5 Merit Points each time, for a total of up to 40 Merit Points at the end of the event! *Note: This e ...

To better integrate your online identity, we now have a proper way to link up the accounts you use for the Creeper's Lab and Discord! The process to do this is simple: login to your Interordi Account, go to edit your profile and look for the "Link Account" button next to Discord's logo. Confirm your identity on their site, and that's it! You will gain the new Validated rank on Discord, with a mark next to your name. Blue checkmarks are so last year, right? This is why these v ...

Happy New Year to all! Here's your monthly rotation of challenges and events: Grindatron returns to Kenorland Hunter's Lodge Horsemen Quests Guilds tasks Kenorland Grindatron returns! New year, new targets - so many targets. Once every four hours, in fact! See what's requested, find it, then return it to spawn before the window closes. Be careful to manage your energy properly! Each player earns the amount of Merit Points matching the targets they have completed through the ...

The network has been updated to 1.19.3, which contains bug fixes and improvements as usual. Java players, it's recommended that you use the latest version for the best results, but we have also kept the compatibility with previous versions up to 1.19.2. Bedrock players, you always want to be on the latest one! One specific game setting has been changed for Superia: in that world only, lava will now behave like water with the lavaSourceConversion game rule. If you're hoping to creat ...

Support for Minecraft 1.19.1 has been added to the network as it's been officially released. You are free to update to 1.19.1 or remain on 1.19 for now. Should you join using the newest version on Java Edition, you will see this notification on the corner of your screen: This is normal and caused by us still running 1.19 internally; there's nothing to be worried about. The plan is to test how our custom chat system interacts with the new verified messages introduced by Mojang in t ...

The month of August begins with a brand new Seasonal challenge from Twixxi, which will take over as a guest spot in the Kenorland rotation. Plus, regular updates to guilds and horsemen quests! Seasonal: A quest for Funky Dance Moves! Take it away, Twixxi! The (lesser known) Explorer's Guild invites you to take part in a special treasure hunt this month! A new, naturally generated 1.19 world is now available on the Seasonal server. The fifteen different Music Discs have been removed from ...

I've updated tonight all game servers to the latest Minecraft version, 1.14.4. This includes several performance improvements, and the game will hopefully run smoother for all. It's incompatible with the previous one, so be sure to change the game version in your launcher before you resume playing!


Region markers are back

The region markers had been gone from Laurasia's map for a while due to incompatibilities, but they're now back in place. Large player-claimed a ...

Our wiki, the Creeperpedia, now allows you to login using your Interordi Account! This is the same information that you used when you first registered and is shared with the forums and other tools. It gives you a single identity across our network instead of having to remember various usernames usernames and passwords. The introduction of Interordi Accounts here will replace the previous login method, which relied on Discord. The Creeperpedia is our main reference along the forums on what to ...

For our last major anniversary update, I'm happy to announce something completely new: the Creeper's Lab Companion, a mobile and desktop app to let you quickly access the essentials! As its name suggests, once installed (or accessed online), the Companion's goal is to assist you in finding the information you need. That way, you don't need to browse the full website and interrupt your play! The Companion currently lets you do the following: Useful links View the maps ea ...

It's time for a new building contest! The theme is fancy houses!

I've developed a new building ground near Central for this, called Oak Hills. To find it, go to Central then take the overland train line toward Victoria. Continue past the desert settlement. You'll arrive at a fork, where you need to take the line identified as "Oak Hills". The next stop is your destination!




Each contestant can use a single 20x20 lot as building ground. There are currently 9 availabl ...