Greetings Cosmonauts!

This week we have a wide range of changes to complement the upcoming release of Dungeon Planet Map 5! No matter your playstyle, you will feel these changes throughout the map!

Dungeon Planet Map 5

Server Details

• World Size: 12k x 12k
• Faction Size: 10 (previously 20)
• Max Base Size: 12 x 12 chunks (previously 15 x 15 chunks)
• Defense Buffer Limit: 20 chunks (same as Map 4)
• Ally Limit: 1 (allies are permitted to share a base)
• Truce Limit: 0
• Raiding Grace Period: 3 days
• Faction Shield: Read Below

Top Faction Prizes

The top 3 factions at the end of the map will be awarded the following prizes:

• 1st Place - $200 Charity Donation + $250 Store Credit
• 2nd Place - $150 Store Credit
• 3rd Place - $100 Store Credit
  …that’s $700 in prizes!

New /f shield

This map we’re flipping faction shields on its head. No more will you be required to be online for most hours of the day. Instead of you playing around the shield’s schedule, the shield will now be playing around your schedule.

• Faction Shield protects your base claims from all enemy TNT and Creeper explosions until you deactivate your shield for perks.
• Once deactivated, your shield will automatically reactivate after the selected duration elapses.
• You cannot do the following in base claims while your base is raidable:
  • Place Gen Buckets/Chunk Busters
  • Mine Spawners/Custom Blocks
  • Use Creeper Eggs
• For every 1 day your shield is continuously active (except when grace is active), you will lose:
  • -10% Faction Points
  • -20% Spawner Power (mobs will no longer spawn at 0% spawner power)
• You will receive the following perks for each of the following durations:
  • Deactivate for 1 Hour
    • Use Custom Blocks for 4 hours
    • 1.15x Spawner Spawn Rates for 1 hour
    • Recharges Spawner Power to 100%
  • Deactivate for 2 Hours
    • Use Custom Blocks for 8 hours
    • 1.25x Spawner Spawn Rates for 2 hours
    • Recharges Spawner Power to 100%
  • Deactivate for 4 Hours
    • Use Custom Blocks for 12 hours
    • 1.5x Spawner Spawn Rates for 4 hours
    • Recharges Spawner Power to 100%
  • Deactivate for 6 Hours
    • Use Custom Blocks for 18 hours
    • 1.75x Spawner Spawn Rates for 6 hours
    • Recharges Spawner Power to 100%
  • Deactivate for 8 Hours
    • Faction Points depending on the age of the map
    • Use Custom Blocks for 1 day
    • 2x Spawner Spawn Rates for 8 hours
    • Recharges Spawner Power to 100%

Trial Updates

There’s a new phrase in town when talking about Trials ~ higher risk, higher reward! And while we’re at it, we’re tweaking some Trial features that never quite felt right.

• Un-vaulted all Trials /blocks
• Trial Loot /multiplier will now multiply the quantity of items you receive, not duplicate the actual items
• Trial Portals will now stack in your inventory
• You can now upgrade Trial Trinkets on Trial Portals by applying a higher leveled trinket
• You can now preview each tier’s loot table by left-clicking “Rewards” in /trials
• Reorganized /trials menu

Trial Tier: Impossible

Do you have what it takes to go all the way? IMPOSSIBLE! With this new tier, we’ll make good on your skills with loot never seen before in Trials!

• 3 minutes to complete
• Requires 1,000 Fame to participate
• Rolls after 2 Demonic Tiers (after Room 18)
• Impossible loot only rolls when the entire tier is complete:
  • Room 19/20: 6x Demonic Items
  • Room 21: 1x Impossible Item + 5x Demonic Items
  • Room 22/23: 6x Demonic Items
  • Room 24: 2x Impossible Items + 4x Demonic Items
• etc.

Trial Podiums

To pull the factions gamemode into Trials, we’re introducing these spawn podiums to keep Trials a little more contained and concentrated!

• ALL Trial Portals must now be placed on a Trial Podium /block
• There are 4x Public Trial Podiums around /spawn that you can use at any time
• Private Trial Podiums (placed in your base) have a 15 minute cooldown between uses
• Roast Beast & Drink Cooler /blocks will now work for any Trial Portal placed in the chunk

Trial Sabotaging

So far we’ve talked about higher rewards with Trials, but where are the risks? Here they are:

• Friendly-fire is now enabled in the waiting area when a portal is placed
• All players will receive equipment when entering that that they can use to PvP
  • The player who placed the portal will receive better equipment
• All players must be out of combat for the trial to start
• You can no longer /block users from entering your portal

Bases/Cannoning Changes

After a ferociously fought Map 4, we’re making the following changes to help make conventional raiding a little more palatable!

• Lava Gen Buckets can no longer be placed within 2 blocks of another Lava source
  • Defenses such as Simple Minechats can still be completely filled using Gen Buckets
  • However, more advanced defenses will now need to be manually filled, including:
    • Advanced Minechats
    • Antis
    • Hotdogs
• Cannons will no longer self-explode
  • TNT that spawns and explodes in the same raid claims, will no longer damage/break blocks
  • This means that water is no longer needed in cannons
• Reverted obsidian blast radius from 5 to 3.
• Fixed an issue which caused buttons to sometimes “double pulse” when spam pressed
• Revamped the base/cannoning rules

QoL Updates

Throughout the week we have been adding updates to make your experience more enjoyable and easier. Here are some of the updates:

1. Raid Outpost
   1. Reduced the number of Raid Outpost base defenses by 4 chunks
   2. Factions can now only hold the Raid Outpost for 12 hours before they must re-capture it
2. Strongholds/Outposts
   1. Factions can now control a Stronghold and Outpost at the same time
   2. Increased Stronghold and Outpost cap speed by 2x
3. TNT Wands can automatically deposit TNT into your /f tnt by sneaking while using it
4. Added alt chat that members in alt factions will now talk in
5. Ouranous Titan Attribute AoE damage will now only affect the faction/allies of the player that was hit
6. The /rules command will now link players to the website rules page
7. The website rules page is now split into each rule category (Chat, Gameplay, etc.)
8. Added website staff page

Bug Fixes

A huge shoutout to all the players who reported all these bugs. You’re making a huge difference for everyone on the server. Here is a complete list of the following fixes:

1. Fixed stacked Titan Attribute Orbs applying to items (making the player apply the entire stack)
2. Fixed players being able to buy items from the Tournament ELO Point Shop in a /tournament
3. Fixed Candy Blade Sugar Burst ability sometimes not working properly
4. Fixed website page buttons not displaying correctly

20% OFF Sale

We’re activating a 20% OFF store-wide sale for the next few days, don’t miss out!