Season 3

Beginning in June 2023 with the release of update 1.20, and ending in June 2025 with update 1.21.5, season 3 of Junicraft brought yet another brand new world on a brand new seed, with new ideas for the community abound.

Season 3 brought a new focus on worldbuilding and lore, centered on a humans vs zombies post-apocalyptic setting.

Throughout it all, Junicraft has remained a chill and welcoming place for anyone who is seeking to play Minecraft with friends.

The season has just ended, but recruitment is always ongoing, so if you would like to join in and get a fresh start along side both new and established community members, then feel free to apply now!

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Timeline of Season 3

May 2023

Planning begins for Season 3

Juni begins planning for Season 3. She, along with the community, has decided to focus more on worldbuilding and lore for the new season to help with inspiration for builds.

May 2023

June 11 2023

A seed is chosen

Juni begins to set the table for the new season, choosing a seed and making sure all plugins and datapacks are up to date. She treads new ground by focusing on worldbuilding, learning new things as she goes along.

It is decided that a guild system should be implemented for players to trade goods and services. How exactly this will look remains to be decided.

Juni also decided to temporarily block the Nether and the End for the start of this season to give everyone time to prepare to tackle them together as a community.

June 11 2023

June 16 2023

Launch

Season 3 goes live on the server running version 1.20.1. A ruined Nether portal is built at spawn to serve as the center of the spawn hub.

June 16 2023

June 30 2023

Thriving

Two weeks after launch, the End remains closed, but preparations are beginning for its opening. Guilds and shops have been set up in and around spawn to facilitate easier trading. (Picture is dated July 19 2023)

June 30 2023

July 15 2023

The End opens

The End opens and the Junicraft community tackles the Ender Dragon together. Getting to the End proves to be a greater challenge than the Dragon herself.

See video of the event here!

July 15 2023

July 26 2023

mcMMO and Oh the Dungeons are added

mcMMO and Oh the Dungeons, two community favorite plugins, are added to the server. Together they help give players even more of a reason to play and explore together.

July 26 2023

August 2023

Ultimate Seashell Hunter 2023

Juni creates a summer event for the server: dinosaur nugget-shaped sea shells have been hidden in the ocean west of spawn. Players are tasked with collecting as many as possible and turning them in for a prize.

After a fierce competition between two community members, Oddie and Elin, Oddie comes out on top as the ultimate dino nuggie collector.

August 2023

October 2023

Halloween Event 2023

For Halloween, Juni’s favorite holiday, Juni officially begins the annual Junicraft Halloween Event, in which players are tasked with building a spooky scary Halloween-related build within a designated area west of spawn. 

The theme for this Halloween is an amusement park, so players can build scary attractions, stalls, and other things you’d expect to see at an amusement park.

October 2023

November 2023

Cooling down for fall/winter

The Halloween Build Contest is extended into November. A Friendsgiving/Turkey Hunt is hosted in which players band together to hunt down a “turkey”. 

November 2023

December 2023

Christmas celebration

The Halloween Build Contest concludes; all participants receive a Vampire Cape—an elytra  with special enchantments and particle effects.

The community gets together to build a special Christmas Village and begins to decorate spawn for winter.

Planning also begins for a Nether hub community build.

December 2023

January 2024

Self-Guided Base Tour

For the New Year, in reflection for how far the community has come, a self-guided base tour is launched. Visitors can collect 14 badges for visiting certain builds from various community members for the Vex Armor Trim as a reward. 

January 2024

February 2024

Overworld paths

The next community build project is announced. The community is invited to help build paths in the Overworld to connect a few of the builds surrounding spawn. During this time, the server’s lore is officially introduced:

100 years after a sculk apocalypse and a miasmic fog outbreak that turned people ravenous, worldwide wars broke out, resulting in the ruins that dot the world today.

February 2024

March 2024

Juni is sorry

Events in Juni’s personal life prevent her from playing much Minecraft at this time. Despite that, community events continue regularly as scheduled, such as mcMMO Double XP Weekends, movie nights, and community build days. 

March 2024

May 2024

Juni is still sorry

Juni is still unable to play consistently due to events in her personal life. She still remains committed to hosting community build days, game nights, movie nights, and more events. 

Community members such as Krimm host their own community events in the meantime.

May 2024

June 2024

Recognition by Mojang!

Junicraft is in the final steps of being recognized on the Official Minecraft Server List! A roadmap for July-September is released focusing on getting back on track with events, updating to 1.21, and planning a summer beach event leading into the Halloween season.

June 2024

August 2024

Sand Castle Build Contest

Summer contests launched: Sandcastle Building Contest and Summer Screenie Contest with the deadline being September 22nd. Summer Island officially opens.

August 2024

September 2024

Preparations for summer and fall

Fall preparations begin with the summer contest deadline approaching. Community Build Day options include summer island terraforming or Halloween area prep. Friday the 13th movie night planned featuring “Longlegs,” and Minecraft Bingo scheduled with community voting.

September 2024

October 2024

Spooky season approaching

Community members Faydreh and Krimm are announced as the winners! Fay for the Sand Castle build, Krimm for the screenie competition. 

For 2024, the Halloween Build Contest once again takes place in the amusement park built last year. The park is expanded and more attractions and stalls are added to the Halloween area.

October 2024

November 2024

Halloween Build Winners announced

The Halloween Build Contest concludes with Krimm, Rusty, and Stormi receiving prizes! Builds include an Octopus ride, a dunk tank game, and Skullcruncher Cafe with exotic hellspiders.

November 2024

December 2024

Updates and chunk resets

The server is updated to 1.21.4 and uninhabited chunks are reset so the new Pale Gardens can start appearing in the overworld, renewing player interest in exploration on the server. 

December 2024

June 2025

Season 4!

After a few months of absence due to her busy and turbulent personal life, Juni announces planning for Season 4!

The final Season 3 event is set for Friday the 13th with a fireworks show, a final server tour, and a big season sendoff.

June 2025

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