Not long ago, a young group of settlers migrated from the town of Sandusky to a new area across Blue Bay – seeking adventure and riches in the Spruce wooded hills to the East. The small group docked at the mouth of a rambling river that they knew they could use to move further inland, but they fell in love with the fertile land along the shores and began to settle in. They named their town Osimiri Ihu. However, just as the settlers had begun to thrive, disaster struck. The new, small town ...

Can you believe it? As of today, the Creeper's Lab has been officially live for 10 years!! What a ride it has been. Many of you have been around for just a few months, while a few rare ones have been here since the first weeks. No matter in which category you fall in, I'd like to offer you a big thank you for making this corner of the Internet the success it has been! The past year has been a busy one, as always! Here are some things worth noting: The addition of Super Loom and Mi ...

Ten years are nice, but most of you haven't been around for that long, and you might be curious to see how things started! For the next week, you can access Laurasia's spawn as it existed on launch day! To do so, make your way to Central and access Seasonal through the TransHub, near the train station. You will find yourself still in Central... but as it stood 10 years ago! Feel free to explore the raw scenery, or try to relive the early days by surviving yourself. What you will fi ...

Our parkour mode has been available for some years now, yet it offered only the most basic of features. I'm adding today multiple improvements to make it more fun! First and foremost, your progress through the various courses is now tracked! Going beyond the simple satisfaction of completing a challenge, the time it took you to complete each one is now recorded, along with your number of deaths. The best score for each course will be displayed as you enter them, giving you an incentive ...

I'm extremely happy to announce the long-awaited return of our Racing minigame, accessible straight from the lobby! If you're familiar with Mario Kart, you know what to expect: enter a race track, complete a given number of laps trying to outrace others, and fight using items to benefit yourself or hinder others. It's a lot of chaotic fun that you can easily join at any time, or even do it on your own through time trials, so give it a try when you have the chance! Two tracks a ...

The Creeper's Lab features its survival experience first and foremost, but sometimes that might not scratch the itch. To give you some wider variety of play styles, we also have a variety of player-led initiatives, such the affiliated servers, events and building contests! Miranda is run by Skreelink and has been attached to us for several years now. The main gameplay mode is still the survival you're used to, with one major difference: there is an item store right next to the spaw ...

We're got achievements, kills, deaths, blocks placed and broken, and so much more. To make these numbers visible to you, and give you an opportunity to view your own progress and compare with others, we have detailed player profiles available. As a reminder, you can type /profile in-game to quickly access your own profile. Based on various player feedback and ideas thrown my way over time, I've pushed today a wide set of improvements to the data displayed! Several new additions hav ...

Did you know that the Creeper's Lab has its own wiki? It's true! What originally started as a way to document the various items found within the science areas has grown to cover several different aspects of the Lab and everything found within. Here are some examples that you might find interesting: The list of virtual currencies in use The story of the Dayo Empire The monthly challenges What's in the Lost Woods Browse by tag And more! I've recently added a w ...

That was exciting, wasn't it? I hope you enjoyed our tenth anniversary celebrations! Here's a look back to our seven announcements in case you missed any or need a reminder! Day 1: A look back to Day One Day 2: The return of Mario Kart-style racing! Day 3: Major parkour improvements! Day 4: Player-led initiatives! Day 5: Better player profiles! Day 6: Our wiki as a resource! Day 7: Introducing the Creeper's Lab app! And of course, more will happen in the coming ...

Minecraft 1.18 has been released a few hours ago, and our own preparations are underway! The entire network now accepts connections from 1.18 players on both Java and Bedrock editions, so you can continue playing right away. The actual update with 1.18 features will happen later. Java players, for the best experience, I recommend continuing to use 1.17.1 for now. Bedrock players, let your auto-updater do its job, as you can now connect using either versions. The actual upgrade will happen on ...

Have you tried Dripleaf Spleef yet? Maybe you have and you want more. Or maybe you didn't and you'd like to give it a chance! Well, Groovy's inviting you for an encore of his event from last month, with a spleef tournament! This will begin at 7pm Eastern Time this Sunday, the 28th. No special equipment necessary, just show up in Central and directions will be given. If you don't know how spleef works, don't worry - it's easy to pick up! The top three competitors ...

Advent calendar Some of you have asked, and I'm happy to confirm that the Advent Calendar is making its return, starting now until Christmas! Twixxi has prepared a new rotation of daily gifts plus new bonus rewards for you to gather. For those not familiar with it, the concept is simple: go there, get a gift, and you can do so every day starting today up until (and including) Christmas! The rotation happens every day at around midnight, Eastern time. The Loyalty Baubles from last year a ...

Right off the heels of Osimiri Ihu comes the next building contest, the last for this year! In theme with the season, Zoreau invites you to help build a small Christmas village. Rules The goal of this contest is to build a Santa Workshop or a Gingerbred House; multiples of each can be done, of course. There are only six plots available, and it's first come first serve! With the limited amount available, please only claim one if you're reasonably sure you will complete your entry. T ...

An invitation from Exodio! Years ago, Lord Azarand the Wise was revealed to Creeper's Lab in a great flourish that was attended by many Test Subjects. And now, his companion will be revealed in the grand city of Eben Cair. This weekend, to kick off Event Night on Saturday, Dec 11th, there will be another reveal for the viewing enjoyment of the Lab. So join us in Eben Cair at 9PM EST for a small soiree and unveiling ceremony. Take the West Line to the main stop in Eben Cair and follow th ...

Here's Coneva with the announcement of the contest results! The results are in! The villagers of Osimiri Ihu appreciate all your hard work and are determined to flourish with their newfound businesses. I was impressed by the amount of work put into all the completed builds, as I knew would be the case- everyone rose above and beyond the challenge. With a top score of 30 considering the criteria and requirements, the scores are as follows: Note that those who leveled up their villager ...

Incoming transmission! This Saturday, at the start of event night, Groovy has a special challenge for you! We can't tell you what it's going to be yet, don't want anyone getting a headstart, but want to give you all a heads up that something is going to happen. This challenge is going to be hard but the rewards will be sweet! You can choose to do it alone, and keep the prizes all to yourself, or form teams of up to three people to make your quest a bit easier, it's up ...

Incoming transmission! Event night is here and it's time for a different type of event! As teased earlier this week, Groovy has a challenge for you and the time has come to reveal it. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is... to capture, name and safely house on land in an aquarium, one Elder Guardian. You may choose to do this all by yourself or work in teams of up to three members. There are three prize shulker boxes, one for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place which can be seen on t ...

You've been waiting, and now is the time - all survival servers have been updated to Java Edition 1.18.1! Update your clients, then join in to discover the new lands! Wait, what new lands, you might ask? All overworlds now benefit from the updated world generation limits, meaning that there are caves going down to y = -64. Likewise, you can now choose to build 64 blocks higher, up to y = 319. We've also prepared new lands for you to explore, as you might want to see and build in th ...

Christmas is almost here, and BlueShadowDemon / Zoreau invites you to a grand ball to celebrate this! This will take place this Thursday, 23 December, starting at 8:00pm Eastern time. The location is the same as the ongoing building contest, right behind the Creeper Citadel. Here's the schedule for the night: 8:00pm: Gradual arrival of all the participants. 8:30pm: Grand parade of classy costumes of Christmas outfits; bring your own! 9:00pm: Vote for a King and Queen of the ball. 10:00p ...

Event: Sumo! Nic is inviting you to a battle of titans - it's sumo time! In this event, two players try to punch each other out of the arena, last one standing wins. Mobility will be key! You'll get to face-off against others this Sunday, 26 December, at 1:30pm Eastern time. The arena is located North of Central, near GroovyBanana's Dripleaf Spleef attraction. Christmas contest results Zoreau's Christmas Ball happened last night, and it opened with the announcement of th ...

Please be aware that a maintenance period will happen this Wednesday, the 29th, during the afternoon and possibly evening going by Eastern time. I was able to secure a better dedicated, with higher specs, and will be moving everything over to this. This will give us more storage and memory for a better in-game experience! Each game server will be moved, one after the other, and the older platform will be retired. The minigames and affiliates will be available first, while the survival server ...

The maintenance announced last Monday has been completed, and everything related to the Creeper's Lab is now live on the new dedicated server! This hardware is more powerful than the previous one, giving us an extra boost of speed with more room to grow. My thanks go to my Patreon backers, which make improvements like this one possible. The support is always appreciated! All resource packs have been updated for 1.18, removing the in-game warning about outdated packs. This is the only c ...

Have you reached Master level in some of the Guilds and are looking for a new challenge? Are some of the Master-level rewards just not cutting it any more? Then the new Specialist Tasks and Upgrade System might be just what you're looking for! Players who have reached Master level in one of the Guilds can now look in the Hall of the Masters, found on the upper level of the Gondwana Guildhall. Inside you will find the Guild Specialists, who have a set of big tasks for you to complete. Fi ...

Welcome to the new year! With a new year comes a new month, with a new month come new challenges, and the Horsemen have something else on the menu. Read on! New science areas: Isle of Insanity and more! Time for something new in Science for the new year; but instead of one thing, how about three! Isle of Insanity, Frank's mini-Horseman Area; The Science Isles, an in-between archipelago of a few islands belonging to various challenge areas; and the new upgrade system! The Isle of Insanit ...

Schedule some time for the newest competition, for Groovy is ready to showcase his latest game - Bullseye, which is archery-based! The event will take the form of a small tournament, where as many players as possible are invited to enter! This will begin at the start of Events Night, 9pm Eastern Time this Saturday. No special equipment necessary, just show up North of Central, near Dripleaf Spleef. The game will be explained once you're there, it's simple to grasp! The top three co ...

The Creeper's Lab Companion, our app offering access to a set of useful features, has received its first major update since its launch! Within, you will now find two new sections: schedule and voting. The schedule section will display the current server time, just like Java players can see in-game on the Tab menu, along with the list of events scheduled to happen in the future. This makes it easier to plan out when to meet with other players. The voting section was requested by a few an ...

It's time for your monthly dose of challenges and quests! Kenorland is getting temporarily replaced by Seasonal, as Rebbica007 has prepared something for you all with SorathePumpking's help! Kenorland: Chinese New Year! Here's Reb with the details on this one: Happy Chinese New Year! Come on over to Kenorland to participate in the festival to celebrate! Explore the shops, find the Zodiacs, complete the challenge, receive rewards! Starting on 1st February 2022 through 21st Febr ...

I've reviewed and released three more of my own plugins, which are now available to other server owners. IOMawaba is the latest version of our warnings, kicks and bans system. It was introduced last December and is now the primary tool used by the staff to handle potential problems within the community. IORace is used for our Race Away challenge, as you last saw this January. The players need to compete on foot to reach the farthest distance possible within the time given. IOGrindatron& ...

The festival goers have all gone back home in Seasonal (the ones that survived, anyway), and it's now time to tally the results of the Chinese New Year event! An impressive total of 22 players managed to defeat the Zodiac God, with 11 of these maxing out the number of offerings at the shrine! All Merit Points have been awarded, you can check your player profile or type /points in-game to view your new total. Inventory sync has been enabled between Seasonal and the survival worlds, so yo ...

Here's a special word from our sponsor! This Saturday, at the start of event night, Groovy has another special challenge for you! We can't tell you what it's going to be yet, don't want anyone getting a headstart, but want to give you all a heads up that something is going to happen. This challenge is going to be hard but the rewards will be sweet! You can choose to do it alone, and keep the prizes all to yourself, or form teams of up to three people to make your quest a ...