As announced on the first day of the month, the Seasonal challenge is now over. Inventory sync has been enabled with the survival servers, so you can now join in and bring all the supplies you've gathered back home. Alternatively, you can also plunder the world for extra goodies until the end of the month! Disc gathering itself has been disabled.

In other news, Alex's building contest runs until the end of this month only, so don't wait too long before you get busy building!

The time has come for our next building contest! AlexTheTrain has prepared something different: a street to be filled, with stores on one side and Plants vs Zombies houses and yards on the other! Here are the full details in FAQ format.

To celebrate his second anniversary of playing on the Creeper's Lab, GodofRandom23 is inviting you to a party!

This is meant to be a friendly, simple thing: there are discussions of cake, some PvP, a fireworks show and maybe even prizes! Come hang out with the community and enjoy a good moment with others. This will take place this upcoming Sunday, at 9pm Eastern time, right after the end of Events Night.

To get there, in Laurasia, ride the East Nether line up to Ender Station. Then, go to the lower floor, follow the line to Random's Escape, then stay on the path after the portal.

See you then!

Kaboom!

You're invited to join us next Saturday for a TNT Tag tournament! The game is simple and you don't need any experience to jump in: all participants enter the arena, some get tagged with TNT, and you can hit others to pass the tag. Once the countdown ends... boom! Multiple rounds will happen until winners can be determined. As for the prizes:

• First Place: 15 Merit Points. 3 Merit Vouchers.
• Second Place: 10 Merit Points. 2 Merit Vouchers.
• Third Place: 3 Merit Points. 1 Merit Voucher.

Andrew will also offer extra in-game rewards for the top three positions.

We will start at around 10pm Eastern time this Saturday, an hour after the start of Events Night.

See you then!

From raw material, various sand castles and structures have risen on the beach. Thankfully, these are unlikely to get stomped on by an angry kid!

The top three winners of this very summerly contest are:

1st place: xLordItachix
2nd place: axe_y
3rd place: Doctacosa

Congratulations to everyone! The full list of entries along with screenshots are now available on the contest results page. Be sure to drop by the beach to see them in person if you haven't done so yet!

I'll be handing out the Merit Points to all winners and participants shortly. Thanks to Kimonellos for running this event!

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 where you'd usually find them and scattered across the Overworld, Nether and End. You'll need to decipher the clues provided and then go look for them. They might be found in certain structures, be held by certain mobs, or even require you to complete a certain action!

What you need to know!

• Head to Central's TransHub, right next to the train station and TARDIS in Central, to access the Seasonal server.
• When you first log into the Seasonal server you will be given a Guidebook containing all of the clues. You can always get another copy either from spawn or by using the command /trigger guide. You can also view the clues in the Advancements menu.
• You will earn one point for each different disc that you pick up, with a maximum of 15 points for finding all the discs. If you find the same disc more than once, you'll only get a point the first time.
• Whenever you pick up a music disc it will immediately vanish. This means you won't be able to collect a disc for another player.
• Players may cooperate on the survival aspects of the challenge (sharing resources, fighting together, etc), however if you choose to explore structures together, remember that you may not find enough discs for both of you!
• Subtle clues are okay, but giving people outright solutions to the locations of music discs is strongly discouraged.
• A Dynmap of the Seasonal server is available here. You might find this useful when trying to find certain biomes. Remember however that loot chests do not regenerate their contents, so if you go to a structure that's already been looted you might not find any discs.
• You have until the end of Events Night on Sunday 21st August to find as many discs as possible! After that you will not be able to earn any more points. Inventories will then be synched until the end of August to allow you to transfer any materials you have gathered over to the main survival worlds.

Prizes!

Prizes will be awarded based on how many Music Discs you find. A preview of all prizes can be viewed at the Spawn building on the Seasonal server. There is no first place, second place, etc in this event - everyone has the chance to earn the top prize!

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

• 15 Discs Found: 100x Explorer's Guild Token, Master Explorer Insignia, 3x Explorer's Potion IV (Speed IV, Night Vision IV, Conduit Power IV, 40 mins), 20 Merit Points
• 10-14 Discs Found: 40x Explorer's Guild Token, Expert Explorer Insignia, 3x Explorer's Potion III (Speed III, Night Vision III, Conduit Power III, 30 mins), 10 Merit Points
• 5-9 Discs Found: 15x Explorer's Guild Token, Journeyman Explorer Insignia, 3x Explorer's Potion II (Speed II, Night Vision II, Conduit Power II, 20 mins), 5 Merit Points
• 1-4 Discs Found: 5x Explorer's Guild Token, Apprentice Explorer Insignia, 3x Explorer's Potion I (Speed I, Night Vision I, Conduit Power I, 10 mins), 1 Merit Point

Explorer's Guild Tokens can be used at the Prize Vendor at the Guild Headquarters at Creeper Citadel to buy:

• 5 Tokens -> Zombie Horse Spawn Egg (tamed and saddled)
• 5 Tokens -> Soundtrack of the Explorer [Infinity, Funky Dance Moves V, Unbreaking III, When in Off Hand: +0.1 Speed] (Music Disc 5)
• 10 Tokens -> Explorer's Trident [Riptide X, 9 Attack Damage, 1.1 Attack Speed, Unbreakable] (Trident)
• 20 Tokens -> Explorer's Horse Armor [Depth Strider III, Feather Falling III, When on Horse: +0.1 Speed] (Leather Horse Armor)
• 50 Tokens -> Explorer's Leggings [Protection IV, Swift Sneak V, +3 Armor, Unbreakable]

Science updates

New Horsemen Quests are available for all five of the Four Horsemen. Plus, don't forget to submit an application to gather tokens toward your Acolyte status!

The Hunter's Lodge is currently closed for upgrades, thank you for your patience!

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 in each world! You can also continue progressing on Gondwana's Specialist tasks.

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!