[+] Added [~] Fixed / Changed [-] Removed
== NEW LOOK ==
[+] A brand new Hollowcrest look network-wide: HUD, sidebar, menus and screens
[+] Every vanilla menu, item, block and icon redrawn in the Hollowcrest style, with high-detail 32x blocks
[+] New loading screen with a gold HOLLOWCREST wordmark
[+] Redrawn mobs, the Blackwake crew and townsfolk, plus mob sounds rebuilt from real Minecraft recordings
[~] Reworked the server font so text fits in every menu, sign and screen
[~] Fixed menu art not showing, wrong menu backgrounds and the action bar covering your health
== SERVER-WIDE ==
[+] Network-wide resource pack that loads before you reach the lobby
[+] /stats with wins, kills and records for every game (weekly, monthly, all-time)
[+] Achievements with bronze, silver, gold and hidden tiers (/achievements)
[+] Daily rewards with streaks and streak shields (/daily)
[+] Daily and weekly challenges with a free daily reroll (/challenges)
[+] Tab completion on every command, plus /lobby, /hub and /help everywhere
[+] Queue countdowns, /leavequeue, and a warning before pack updates
[+] Stronger anticheat and a new ban animation
[~] Ranks look the same everywhere, and servers show as "BedWars #3"
[~] Fixed achievements, daily rewards and stats not working on some servers
[~] Fixed security issues, routing problems when switching servers and stuck servers
[~] AFK players are removed from queues and games, and chat has a spam limit
[~] Big performance boost: smoother servers, faster joins, smaller pack
[-] Removed join/leave messages on game servers
[-] Older Minecraft versions can no longer join (use 26.1.2)
[-] Removed the unused Skyport and Dungeons modes
== LOBBY ==
[+] Lobby makeover: hosts for every game with live player counts, 3D leaderboards and a cosmetic chest
[+] Falling leaves, fireflies and town ambience
[+] Achievement statue, daily reward chest and challenge board
[~] One-click game selector with live counts, and the Arcade tile lists its games
[~] Fixed falling forever, the camera snapping on join and double jump being flagged
[~] Fixed sign text overflowing and old NPCs returning after restarts
== SOCIAL ==
[+] New Social menu: friends, party, profile and settings in one place
[+] Click a name in chat or right-click a player for their player card
[+] Privacy settings for messages, friend requests and party invites
[+] /friends add, remove, accept, deny, list and requests, with "last seen" and pages
[+] Party kick, promote, transfer and "invite all friends"; parties follow you into games
[+] Friend online alerts network-wide, and Discord linking (/discord link + /link)
[~] Ignore hides public chat instantly and works on offline players
[~] Friend requests to offline players work, with one clear message
[~] Fixed friend names not updating, the 27-friend limit and false "accepted" messages
[~] Fixed parties stranding when the leader leaves, invite spam and oversized parties stuck in queue
[~] Fixed /r after name changes and the "who can message you" setting
== SUPPORTER RANKS & STORE ==
[+] Profile flair on /stats for Crest, Vanguard and Sovereign
[+] Crest+: lobby /fly, party name and color, 30s early event access
[+] Vanguard+: queue priority, join full lobbies, /chatcolor
[+] Sovereign: /nick random disguise (name, skin, level and a rank you pick)
[+] Skyblock island themes (/island theme)
[~] Store purchases deliver reliably, even offline, and can never lower your rank
[~] Monthly chests arrive the moment you buy
[~] Fixed Sovereign's color and /nick showing your real name
== MINIGAMES ==
[+] New VICTORY end screen and podium, flying spectators, Play Again, and map voting
[+] How to Play book for every game, opening at countdown (left-click to turn pages)
[+] Waiting rooms show players needed and the start timer
[+] Classic 1.8 combat in BedWars and Survival Games
[~] Survival Games and Murder Mystery give 60s to rejoin after a disconnect
[~] Wins need 2+ players, and stats count correctly in every mode
[~] Fixed game-breaking bugs in BedWars, Murder Mystery, Crystal Siege and Pursuit
[~] Broken maps are skipped, spectators can't interfere, and parties stay together in Pursuit
== BEDWARS ==
[+] Rebuilt as classic BedWars: full shop, team upgrades, traps and saved Quick Buy
[+] Classic timeline with diamond and emerald upgrades and Sudden Death dragons
[~] Classic generator speeds, killers get your resources, you keep team armor, 5s respawn
[-] Removed the Builder and Warrior kits
== SURVIVAL GAMES ==
[+] Rebuilt as classic Survival Games: pedestal start, grace period, refills, supply drop and deathmatch
[+] Tributes spectator menu, death cannons and a tracking compass
[~] Fixed chests wiping items, drops vanishing and kills healing you; you can break leaves and cobwebs
[-] Removed kits
== ARCADE ==
[+] Multi-layer Spleef and TNT Run, 5-stage Dropper with personal bests, and a reworked Hot Potato
[~] Color Swap is now Block Party; Snake is smoother; Spleef has no damage
== SKYBLOCK ==
[+] Up to 3 profiles, with co-op choice, delete and restore
[+] New /island menu, plus Generator, Minion Workshop, Machines, Collections and Traits menus
[+] Skyblock Menu item and an F-key menu shortcut
[+] New floating starter island and a welcome screen
[+] Fishing with rods, a reel minigame, a Fishing skill and fish that really swim
[+] Fish Codex, Quest Log, NPC questlines and a new conversation panel
[+] Settings menu, tutorial skip on 2nd profiles, and relay shopping lists
[+] All-new NPCs, creatures, minions, pets, stations and Skyway models
[+] Armor raises max health; island levels count toward stats
[~] Rewritten dialogue, free island flight for everyone, and every quest step has a menu
[~] Relays show needs without hovering; clickable quest commands; Back buttons
[~] Fixed "still synchronizing" profiles, Ores Island stuck on "preparing" and ender chests not saving
[~] Fixed dupes, data loss, quest bugs, exploits and Skull's Reach issues
[~] Much smoother minions and smaller island saves
[-] /quests no longer opens Challenges (use /challenges)
[-] Removed unused furniture items and recipes
== BY THE NUMBERS ==
466 updates across 6 plugins
541,785 lines of code added
150,195 lines of code removed
== NEW LOOK ==
[+] A brand new Hollowcrest look network-wide: HUD, sidebar, menus and screens
[+] Every vanilla menu, item, block and icon redrawn in the Hollowcrest style, with high-detail 32x blocks
[+] New loading screen with a gold HOLLOWCREST wordmark
[+] Redrawn mobs, the Blackwake crew and townsfolk, plus mob sounds rebuilt from real Minecraft recordings
[~] Reworked the server font so text fits in every menu, sign and screen
[~] Fixed menu art not showing, wrong menu backgrounds and the action bar covering your health
== SERVER-WIDE ==
[+] Network-wide resource pack that loads before you reach the lobby
[+] /stats with wins, kills and records for every game (weekly, monthly, all-time)
[+] Achievements with bronze, silver, gold and hidden tiers (/achievements)
[+] Daily rewards with streaks and streak shields (/daily)
[+] Daily and weekly challenges with a free daily reroll (/challenges)
[+] Tab completion on every command, plus /lobby, /hub and /help everywhere
[+] Queue countdowns, /leavequeue, and a warning before pack updates
[+] Stronger anticheat and a new ban animation
[~] Ranks look the same everywhere, and servers show as "BedWars #3"
[~] Fixed achievements, daily rewards and stats not working on some servers
[~] Fixed security issues, routing problems when switching servers and stuck servers
[~] AFK players are removed from queues and games, and chat has a spam limit
[~] Big performance boost: smoother servers, faster joins, smaller pack
[-] Removed join/leave messages on game servers
[-] Older Minecraft versions can no longer join (use 26.1.2)
[-] Removed the unused Skyport and Dungeons modes
== LOBBY ==
[+] Lobby makeover: hosts for every game with live player counts, 3D leaderboards and a cosmetic chest
[+] Falling leaves, fireflies and town ambience
[+] Achievement statue, daily reward chest and challenge board
[~] One-click game selector with live counts, and the Arcade tile lists its games
[~] Fixed falling forever, the camera snapping on join and double jump being flagged
[~] Fixed sign text overflowing and old NPCs returning after restarts
== SOCIAL ==
[+] New Social menu: friends, party, profile and settings in one place
[+] Click a name in chat or right-click a player for their player card
[+] Privacy settings for messages, friend requests and party invites
[+] /friends add, remove, accept, deny, list and requests, with "last seen" and pages
[+] Party kick, promote, transfer and "invite all friends"; parties follow you into games
[+] Friend online alerts network-wide, and Discord linking (/discord link + /link)
[~] Ignore hides public chat instantly and works on offline players
[~] Friend requests to offline players work, with one clear message
[~] Fixed friend names not updating, the 27-friend limit and false "accepted" messages
[~] Fixed parties stranding when the leader leaves, invite spam and oversized parties stuck in queue
[~] Fixed /r after name changes and the "who can message you" setting
== SUPPORTER RANKS & STORE ==
[+] Profile flair on /stats for Crest, Vanguard and Sovereign
[+] Crest+: lobby /fly, party name and color, 30s early event access
[+] Vanguard+: queue priority, join full lobbies, /chatcolor
[+] Sovereign: /nick random disguise (name, skin, level and a rank you pick)
[+] Skyblock island themes (/island theme)
[~] Store purchases deliver reliably, even offline, and can never lower your rank
[~] Monthly chests arrive the moment you buy
[~] Fixed Sovereign's color and /nick showing your real name
== MINIGAMES ==
[+] New VICTORY end screen and podium, flying spectators, Play Again, and map voting
[+] How to Play book for every game, opening at countdown (left-click to turn pages)
[+] Waiting rooms show players needed and the start timer
[+] Classic 1.8 combat in BedWars and Survival Games
[~] Survival Games and Murder Mystery give 60s to rejoin after a disconnect
[~] Wins need 2+ players, and stats count correctly in every mode
[~] Fixed game-breaking bugs in BedWars, Murder Mystery, Crystal Siege and Pursuit
[~] Broken maps are skipped, spectators can't interfere, and parties stay together in Pursuit
== BEDWARS ==
[+] Rebuilt as classic BedWars: full shop, team upgrades, traps and saved Quick Buy
[+] Classic timeline with diamond and emerald upgrades and Sudden Death dragons
[~] Classic generator speeds, killers get your resources, you keep team armor, 5s respawn
[-] Removed the Builder and Warrior kits
== SURVIVAL GAMES ==
[+] Rebuilt as classic Survival Games: pedestal start, grace period, refills, supply drop and deathmatch
[+] Tributes spectator menu, death cannons and a tracking compass
[~] Fixed chests wiping items, drops vanishing and kills healing you; you can break leaves and cobwebs
[-] Removed kits
== ARCADE ==
[+] Multi-layer Spleef and TNT Run, 5-stage Dropper with personal bests, and a reworked Hot Potato
[~] Color Swap is now Block Party; Snake is smoother; Spleef has no damage
== SKYBLOCK ==
[+] Up to 3 profiles, with co-op choice, delete and restore
[+] New /island menu, plus Generator, Minion Workshop, Machines, Collections and Traits menus
[+] Skyblock Menu item and an F-key menu shortcut
[+] New floating starter island and a welcome screen
[+] Fishing with rods, a reel minigame, a Fishing skill and fish that really swim
[+] Fish Codex, Quest Log, NPC questlines and a new conversation panel
[+] Settings menu, tutorial skip on 2nd profiles, and relay shopping lists
[+] All-new NPCs, creatures, minions, pets, stations and Skyway models
[+] Armor raises max health; island levels count toward stats
[~] Rewritten dialogue, free island flight for everyone, and every quest step has a menu
[~] Relays show needs without hovering; clickable quest commands; Back buttons
[~] Fixed "still synchronizing" profiles, Ores Island stuck on "preparing" and ender chests not saving
[~] Fixed dupes, data loss, quest bugs, exploits and Skull's Reach issues
[~] Much smoother minions and smaller island saves
[-] /quests no longer opens Challenges (use /challenges)
[-] Removed unused furniture items and recipes
== BY THE NUMBERS ==
466 updates across 6 plugins
541,785 lines of code added
150,195 lines of code removed