Minecraft 1.18.2 has just been released by Mojang, with a variety of bug fixes and improvements. The network has been updated to support it, so you can update whenever you wish! 1.18.1 will still be supported for a few days at least.

Event night is here and Groovy is ready to announce the challenge for his new event! Your task, should you choose to participate, is to catch, name and house in the overworld, one Ghast.

You may choose to do this all by yourself or work in teams of up to three members. There are prize shulker boxes, two for 1st, and one for 2nd and 3rd place which can be seen at the starting island at the event area. Additionally, any individual or team who completes the task before the start of event night next week will be awarded their choice of one of the following: a stack of shulker shells, a stack of wither heads, or a shulker full of any of the following items: iron ingots, gunpower, bones, blaze rods, slime blocks, emeralds or pointed dripstone.

In addition to the above prizes, merit point prizes will be given out as well (teams will need to split them)

First Place: 50 Merit Points. 3 Merit Vouchers.
Second Place: 30 Merit Points. 2 Merit Vouchers.
Third Place: 10 Merit Points. 1 Merit Voucher.

With lots of help from UE, we have created an area where this challenge must be done. To get to the event grounds hop into the nether and take the East line all the way to the end to Nether Station Townsend. From the station look for the line labeled "Groovy's Event Grounds" and take that to the end. When you go through the portal at the end of the line you will see a map with the locations of 20 nether portals that you can use to get your Ghast from the Nether to the Overworld.

The Rules:

Your Ghast must be named so it doesn't despawn You must catch and house your Ghast at the event grounds The cage to house your Ghast must meet the following requirements:

• It must be located on naturally generated land
• It must be at least 15 blocks from any body of water
• It must be at least 15 blocks wide, 15 blocks long and 15 blocks high
• It must be created out of nether native materials and glass
• I'd appreciate it if you at least put in a modicum of effort to make it look nice

Good luck and have fun!

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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 you can now go retrieve the items that you scored during the event. While you can't gather additional yen anymore, the traders are still open for busines until the end of the month, so you can cash-in additional rewards.

Thanks for Rebbica007 for coming up with this special event!

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's name probably tells it all: it's what runs our popular Grindatron challenge in Kenorland, which shows up once in a while. In this event, players are tasked with returning a different block or item to spawn, once every four hours.

These three join the other five plugins I released last summer. If you're a server owner and might be interested in any of these, you can access all the links on Interordi. This includes download links on Spigot and Polymart, plus their full source code on GitHub.

If you know of a server owner that could use any of these tools, please share this update with them!

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 do, the description of items, and so much more. Anyone is free to join in on the editing, if you can see something incomplete, wrong or missing, just login and start contributing!

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 February 2022 you have the chance to complete the challenge of defeating all the Zodiacs and their "God" for 15 Merit Points! Find the special prize and cash it in up to 5 times to receive 5 Merit Points each time!

There are lots of decorative items to collect, some interesting new pieces of equipment, a plethora of books, and some fights awaiting you.

Where to get started: Upon arrival, you will notice a large circular Zodiac Calendar on the ground that has 13 Zodiac shrines. After defeating a Zodiac member (or multiple members), make sure to register the Zodiac head at the calendar! Press the button when you arrive to receive starting currency that can be used at the starter house (look for a cyan beacon) to receive a starter pack. If you are running out of room, head on over to the Public Storage building (look for a magenta beacon). Use a sign and label your chest (please only take one chest so others have a chance for storage as well)! There are more Shulker boxes for sale in one of the shops to help save on space.

Hop on over and explore the festival, enjoy the fireworks, and most importantly, have fun!

IMPORTANT: Inventories will be synced starting on 22nd February 2022 through 28 February 2022. Make sure you empty out end chests, inventories, and armour slots in Kenorland before this time frame to ensure you do not lose any items!

When inventory sync occurs, you will still be able to trade in the event currency at the villagers but you cannot receive any more of the event currency. Keep that in mind as you enjoy the festival!

Science

It's time for the God of the Underworld to make their way back to the surface! That's right, Nyx is back! Along with that, Cupid is back recking havoc on young people with his love arrows! Is he really killing people and making Nyx clean it up? Head on over to the Hunter's Lodge and help clean up this mess!

New Horsemen Quests are also available, including Frank's as of last month. After you hand in the requested materials or items, you can easily warn the Horsemen about your drop: call @famine, @conquest, @war, @death and @frank to validate your items! See the Horseman Points Guide for an in-depth look at the quests, points, and how to cash them in.

If you're interested in becoming a Horsemen Acolyte, you need to submit an application every month to gather your tokens! To do so, visit the Horsemen island at the Creeper Citadel.

Guilds

As with every new month, the guilds have new targets. You have until the end of this month to complete them and claim your tokens! The Specialist Tasks introduced last month are the exception: they have to be completed in Gondwana, but they never reset, so you can take your time.

Don't forget about the suggestion boxes in Gondwana's Masters Guildhall! You can submit your proposal for future targets, by placing either a sample block, item or a named piece of paper.

If you need a starting guide for the guilds, Twixxi has you covered. Start in Laurasia, then work your way up!

If you need details on any of these, the wiki page about the Monthly Challenges is updated as soon as each of these is ready at the beginning of the month!