Vanilla Changes

We have changed a few things from Vanilla, from redstone and hoppers to more subtle balancing tweaks. Here's a complete list of our changes.

Gameplay

• Fortune only triggers on diamonds half the time for eco balancing reasons
  • This effectively reduces the bonuses from fortune by half.
  • When fortune occurs, a sparkle sound (amethyst step) plays.
• Elytras are disabled and cannot be used for flying
• When you die, a message appears in chat telling you your death location.
• Mobs spawned from spawners have no AI, except in the Nether
• Global sounds, such as Ender Dragon, Wither, and End Portal sounds, only sound off locally.
• "Low value" items despawn in 15 seconds
  • All leaves, sand, dirt, raw stones (not ore blocks), vines, netherrack, cactus, gravel

Redstone

• We use the Alternate Current redstone engine on Paper.
• Hopper update and transfer speeds are reduced via config to levels that may be changed at any time.
  • Our levels as of Oct 21, 2023 are hopper-transfer: 8 and hopper-check: 8
• Only 4 hopper minecarts can exist per chunk at any time to avoid abuse.
  • Additional minecarts will not be saved when the chunk unloads.
• Hoppers will take slightly longer to tick when they're full
• Armor Stands do not tick

Villagers

• Villagers do not naturally spawn in the world
  • If you don't have villagers, please buy villager spawn eggs.
• Villagers are not usable within 800 blocks of world spawn
• Villagers used to previously not be breedable, but they now can be.
  • This may change in future seasons!
• Natural zombie villagers do not spawn at night
  
• The maximum discount you can get in trades is 40%
• Diamond armor and tools themselves are removed from all trade tables
  
• Trades involving diamonds cannot be discounted
• Raids cannot be triggered near spawn