Event begins This Saturday at 5PM EST, and will run for the entirety of the following week.

This is the Competition where everyone is a winner!

Unlike our previous Port Orange build competition, we are not limited to using only 1 build as the winning build. You can all contribute to the creation of the new continent Shaurekoth Durn!

Steps to Complete:

• Enter The Ancient World on Saturday at 5PM EST.
• Request permission to enter the competition area (It is Whitelisted).
• The portal to the building area will be at Fort Oak Port Orange.
• Build your mob zone in the building area with creative mode (as provided).
• Submit your completed build along with a description and what mob should spawn.

What is a Mobzone?

A mob zone is a build (most commonly a player build turned ruin), that is protected with a worldguard and spawns many monsters for players to fight for XP and currency. Mob zones can contain more challenges than just mobs. The limit is your imagination!

Here are some example Mobzones from The Ancient World.

The Spider Tower
Once a Faction base, now a ruin crawling with spiders. How is it distinguished as a spider mob zone? Simple – The inside is covered with spider webbing and spider funnels!

Necropolis
One of the first mob zones on Dagon Fel. Necropolis was full of zombies! Most likely rotten and bloated from the flooded waters.

Terth’s Shrine
Located on Terth Valhalla, this mob zone spawned skeleton mobs due to it’s high elevation (Skeletons are common in towers or other mobzones which have high elevation)

Shaurekoth Durn Mobzones

Take a look at some of the Mobzones already on Shaurekoth Durn. Durn is a dark land that has not seen daylight in centuries.. maybe never, being that it is the birthplace of evil. The continent is dotted with old forts & ruins, likely inhabited by the most dedicated crusaders who were set on fighting evil at it’s source.

The Twin Towers
An old Crusader fort which fell to darkness centuries ago. It is populated by Undead Crusaders.

The Warlock’s Lair
Once inhabited by a powerful magic user, now a ruin and a mobzone for witches. Take care not to fall through the cracks in the floor, as you may fall into a horde of zombies.

The Undiluted Eye
A strange and otherworldly corruption takes hold of the inside of this old fort. (Enderman, Endermites, Ender Eyes Mobs)

That’s all folks!
We hope that gives you a good sense of what a good Mobzones entails, and we hope to see you in the building area this Saturday and throughout next week!

A super rift emerged on Orrostar last night in the region of Shady Sands. The thick tendrils grew far and wide with the appearance of multiple rift hearts

(Rift hearts are made up of obsidian, not to be confused with rift “cores”, which are generally made up of weaker mobspawners)

The fight on the ground was intense, many fighters perished.

The rifts quickly grew in power from these deaths, which was when Terth set his sights upon the great mountain nearby.

The tendrils grew strong and fast, and quickly scaled the mountain with such force that it punched deep holes into the mountain in an attempt to consume it all.

It wasn’t long before the rift had grew so large that it reached the summit of the mountain, which is where the final battle took place.

With the rift defeated, and Terth beaten back, The mortals won this day.

Today a server meeting was held on TAW. Many topics were discussed, including the announcement of Shaurekoth Durn, a new land set for release sometime in March. More announcements and information soon!

Shaurekoth Durn

When Oak’s Rest was devastated by Terth’s chaos, many heroes remained to fortify the remains into Fort Oak as a last line of defence against Terth’s rain of corruption.

but their mortal lives would not last..

Shaurekoth Durn introduces a brand new continent full of mysteries and stories to discover. A new land to build and survive on. More information to come soon!

Destruction of Oak’s Rest!

Last night on The Ancient World realm, a very powerful rift emerged outside Oak’s Rest and evolved into a Super Rift like the prophecy predicted. Hell rained down on the landscape, turning much of the village to ash.

(Many more screenshots in the Discord channel)

With the destruction of Oak’s Rest, many mortals have fled to the hills. There have been promises of golden lands and safe haven’s which are hidden away and protected from Terth’s destruction. It is this faith that keeps the Mortals going strong, despite this heavy loss.

Reopening of Nautilus Taber.

Nautilus Taber is one of the oldest and most Ancient lands in The Ancient World. The village of Witherstone and The Town of Netherstone are particularly historic & Ancient, and date back to times way before even the first recorded age!

Nautilus Taber

Witherstone

Netherstone

A letter to all Mortals, from the Ancient Eulorian people.

We Ancient Eulorians are truly very sorry for your losses on the mainland, and the loss of the beautiful Oak’s Rest. This continent, Nautilus Taber, is very Ancient & has been preserved for many years. We welcome all to come join us here in the village of Witherstone, or the town of Netherstone. Our wool shop will also return soon. 

If you decide to explore, there are various sights to see, as well as dangerous mob zones to fight for loot and XP. 

Be safe, Remain Strong, And keep the Faith!

~Signed~
Lignumn, Eulorian Wool Merchant & Founder of Oak’s Rest.

To Reach Nautilus Taber, take the Airship at Oak’s Rest.

Close to half a dozen rifts have struck The Ancient World over the last few weeks! The most recent of which hit CK Brewery near Oak’s Rest, and a larger, more destructive rift decimated a Faction base on the old mainland.

There is much speculation over the cause of the rifts. Theories include the rise of the Terthian cult and worship, The rise of the Goddess of Death and the Fall of Cataxa, and the recent war’s that have escalated between mortals of the realm.

In any case, these Rifts have been threatening the Ancient realm once again and each and every Rift requires swift action from every hero on the realm, and for mortals to band together against this common and great threat.

Remains of a Rift that began consumption of CK Brewery near Oak’s Rest. This Rift was dealt with before it was able to grow in power and become larger.

A very destructive Rift near the ruins of another Rift, which also managed to consume an abandoned fort.

Rift which died at the doorstep of a faction mountain base.

Many more screenshots of these Rifts can be found in the screenshots channel on our Discord.

Greetings! Another server cycle is over and The Ancient World requires another fundraiser so we can keep going! Reaching our fundraising goal covers all server fees for the next 3 months, including server plugins.

Follow our fundraiser page below to help us reach our donation goal!

https://donorbox.org/taw-fundraiser-january-march-2018

Our first server Meeting of 2018! Discussed were upcoming Minecraft versions, Server Donations, Blue Peak Expansion, Vote shop overhaul, and much more! I apologize for my low mic volume 😦

Meeting officially begins at 2:40