Good Morrow WinterCresters! It's been a while since I personally wrote on the website but with the 26.2 update and the launch of our new Hub approaching, I felt it was time to introduce some big changes.

Wait wait wait, slow down Cassi! New Hub?

WinterCrest's worst kept secret - QYB1990 and I have spent the last 18 months perfecting not only the design of the hub, but overhauling every feature on WinterCrest. We have spent so much time perfecting every plugin, NPC and menu to bring you all a perfect exciting experience on launch day. This has truly been a labour of love, which we expect to get to you by September.

While we first anticipated to launch everything at once, we've had to throw in some things early to help improve player experience. (For example, the crouch to teleport keys and florist job!)

Without further ado and spoilers though... here are some early changes we've brought with this update.

Warp & Sethome Changes

We have made some important changes to the warp system after discussions with the staff team.

We’ve noticed that too many players, especially those where a $100 warp creation is simply pocket change, are using warps as extra /sethome slots or easy teleport points to special biomes, giving them a head start during world resets, etc.

Not only is this the kind of greed they spoke about in the Bible, but it is also causing a MASSIVE amount of database clutter. It has also contributed to the high levels of grief we are currently experiencing, as players can discover and visit warps set inside player homes through tab completion and random warping.

Because of this, we are making the following changes:

• Warp creation and deletion are now FREE
• Warp creation amounts will now be based on your rank

While we understand this may be frustrating for some of you, we already provide more warp slots than many other servers, which are capped for the exact same reasons we are experiencing.

To help compensate for the warp changes, we have increased the number of /sethome slots available to players.

New Warp & Sethome Limits (These do not stack)

⚠️ Old SMP World Warp Purge

Within the next 48 hours, ALL warps in the old SMP world will be permanently removed.

If you have any warps in the old SMP world that you want to keep, please move them before the purge happens. Once removed, these warps cannot be recovered.

I’m really sorry to anyone who is upset by this change. WinterCrest has been running for 13 years, and we’ve never had the number of players we have today. With the server continuing to grow, we do need to take the time to tidy up and improve things like this to help keep everything running smoothly for everyone.

Don't fret though, this is not the end of my post!

Ahoy mateys. Kgaim here to soften the blow....

Whilst I be workin’ away on the Castaway Event, settin’ sail on August 16th, I thought I’d bring ye a brand new quest scroll based around the mighty new Sulfur update! Once ye complete this quest, ye’ll be rewarded with this fine set of Sulfur cosmetics fit for any true pirate.

Head over to the Sulfur Cube at /spawn to claim yer scroll, but beware, mateys... ye only have 2 weeks to get yer hands on this treasure before it disappears into the depths!

Thanks Kgaim. Sorry guys, Cassi's back. If you weren't already aware, make sure you join us at 8pm uk time on August 15th for our Admin Abuse Event!

Enchant Update

I have been working tirelessly to update our Enchant Structure and there have been some changes as of late.

The Beheading enchantment has received a big update! 🗡️

I noticed that a large number of mobs were missing from the enchantment, so I have expanded its support to include many more creatures:

Added mobs:
Bogged, Breeze, Creaking, Guardian, Elder Guardian, Phantom, Ravager, Silverfish, Slime, Hoglin, Zoglin, Ghast, Endermite, Armadillo, Axolotl, Camel, Cat, Goat, Frog, Horse, Llama, Rabbit, Sniffer, Strider, Wolf, and Sulfur Cube.

A huge thank you to Starbon for helping me get this update completed!

Disguise Store Update

Big thanks to Cide03 for helping with this!

New Disguises:

• Sulfur Cube
• Camel Husk
• Copper Golem
• Happy Ghast
• Zombie Nautilus
• Nautilus
• Breeze
• Creaking
• Evoker
• Parched

Ps, I really shouldn't be plugging this man but he does have a LOT of disguise shards in stock. Do you know only three people on the server sell shards at their shops? Come on guys you can do better than that!

Shop Banning

You can now ban players from using your shops. You can do this by looking at the shop and typing /shopban username. You can unban someone with /shopunban username. It is player choice to ban you from their shop.

This is currently in BETA. I am adding support for banning from ALL your shops very soon.

Finally, if you're not in our discord - here's a list of July's bug patches.

✨ New Features & Updates

• Telekinesis now works with Shears and Maces.
• Reworked Flamingo Floaty cosmetic.

• Added /quickshop staffall to allow staff to manage all shops.
• Added new QuickShop GUI for managing shops and purchases.
• Added Nether Summoning Relic to the Nether Crate.
• Updated Piñata Crate:
  • Added Summer Vote Key.
  • Added Hello Kitty Plushies.
  • Added temporary Patriotic goodies.
• Added crouch + click crate teleporting when holding keys.
• Chest Shops now accept keys regardless of lore changes.
• Added Jobs Boost Bossbar. (Added /jobs togglebar to disable Jobs Boost Bossbar.)
• New players now start with the Miner Job.
• Added Slime Totem to the Warding Totem Pack.
• Added new Frostfall Upgrade items.
• Added 50k Jackpot Crate drop and increased rates.
• Added claim resizing option in /claimsettings.
• Added new enchants:
  • Curse of Paranoia
  • Curse of Inexperience
  • Curse of Hardening
  • Curse of Disorganisation
  • Curse of Clumsiness
  • Pruning
• Fixed and updated enchants:
  • Overload
  • Angelic
  • Replenished
• Expanded Nether Resource World border by 10k.
• Added forge skin shifting support for armour pieces.
• Added new minigames.

⚙️ Jobs Changes

• Daily quests now correctly refresh every 24 hours.
• Florist and Netherling jobs now have a 24-hour rejoin cooldown.
• Netherling and Florist are no longer bonus jobs outside the job limit. Players at maximum jobs must leave one before joining them.
• Miner has been removed from jobs boost and had payments almost trippled.

🌎 World & Server Changes

• Creative Server removed from the main server and added to /server creative.
• Nether Build World changed to Hard difficulty.
• Chest Sorting removed indefinitely.
  • Players who purchased it within the last 12 months can request a $10 store gift card.

Thank you for reading, if you've come this far.... I can't wait to update you with more content over the coming days and weeks

<3 Cassi