changelogs
All PirateCraft changelogs are exported automatically from our Discord server and readable below!
This allows people without discord to keep up to date with changes!
Click through the pages to see older changelogs.
Changelogs from 2012-2019 were posted on the Forums, you can Read survival changelogs, website changelogs, Creative, Hub & Games changelogs.
Scroll to the bottom for most recent changelog, this feed is exported backwards as its from Discord!
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Creative
Fixed The tab list on creative showing the dynamic crew placeholder, it now defaults all crews to Grey, because that placeholder is dynamic based on the viewer not the player its on, there is no way to get that information from creative. I finally, after about 5 attempts found a way round it! Was driving me crazy.
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Survival & Discord 
Added new Discord Booster Kit /kit booster
Renewable every 30 days
Full custom iron kit with your name on it
Discord booster Custom head
Spring crate key
£200 in-game
Personal 2x XP Boost for 30 mins item
Removed the old /kit helmsman
Any changes/requests/suggestions should be posted into #deleted-channel
@Changelog Alerts @Discord Booster @Contributor
Survival & Creative
Updated Protocol hack plugin.
Just minor bug fixes
Discord
Gave out prizes for Spring Crate keys (6th Giveaway)
Added new Discord giveaway for Crate keys (7th)
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Build of the Month Gallery is back!
Added every single painting back to /warp botm 100% all restored 2013-2022!
I thought they were gone forever. After an investigation these were tied to the previous map generating plugin, those files were just gone entirely. I was able to re-create them from scratch by searching logs for all the previous commands I have run from the last plugin.
I used Imgur for all of them, which somehow were still hosting images, I had to use some voodoo to get them all as Imgur is blocked in the UK & also block my VPN... But here we are, I re-created 100% of them that were in the hall!
The hall has been full since 2022, so if anyone wants the task to expand it for more storage on creative, then we can start updating from 2022 onwards!
Since they were created from scratch they are all a command a way, so we could easily have these dished out to players for infinite copying as artwork in your builds if you wanted, not sure how we would distribute, if someone wants to open a shop to do it?
️ Website
Added All these images to the Gallery page.
Dev Log
Pulled a ton of changes to survival from Dev server for Paradise island event preparation.
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Updated Crate plugin to latest version to see how stable it is (Next reboot)
Ive just seen the plugin is now deprecated, were currently running a build that's over 20 versions behind this latest due to odd issues we had last time when trying to update it, This latest version is 4 versions ahead of when we last tested it so hopefully its stable, I may have to look at wiping the data so its fresh as that may have been the original issue to upgrading. We have been talking about swapping to something more modern at some point, but its not a priority, I just want to see if this latest version works for us without issues. Use /crate claim if you have keys to claim!
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
For next reboot;
Backdated Crate plugin, I remember why I backdated it now, it does not format colors properly and every single previous crate would need to be updated, which is not priority at all.
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Added @Moderator and above some general use /tags to explain the current job you are doing, this helps when we log in and tells peolpe what we are currently doing, for example setting up for an event, so people will know to not start asking questions the second we log in, as its expained in the login message what we are doing.
These are right at the very start of the tags GUI for quick access, feel free to request more.
Dev Preperation
Preperation for an incoming event, this isnt ready to do anything yet other than look at the arena.
Added /warp battle to get to the Gladiator arena at cove for boss battles.
Updated boss spawn code to prepair for a some boss spawns for this arena, some items need to be polished first, youll know when it goes live as there will be an anoucement.
Updated The Gladiator arena region to match the dragon battles flags, we may need to tweak it as we go.
Main world - Catch the Leprechaun!
Added 
Leprechaun custom mob; will randomly spawn around the main overworld!
Catch the Leprechaun for st paddy's day!
26 custom items you can trade with the Leprechaun once you catch him!
Three versions of the Leprechaun, which one will you find?
Added a special sheep
Go pet
Made with love by @CallieMav 
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Nerfed Leprechaun Loot 4 drops to be loot 3, missed this last night when doing a check on lore, I'm too tired and old now 
call me gramps
They are only gold items, so they will wear out fast for the multiple people sending me DMs! 
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Added paintings to the Build of the month hall /warp botm
Vote incoming, get in early to figure out who you want to vote for!
Gave out paintings from Jan-Feb 2026 Build of the month
@PhilipG_ @Pjeturr @TobySF Check your inv or where you last logged off (your own claim).
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Removed the bossbar login message about brews.
Updated /motd when you log in, removed all previous messages, just tells you about Leprechaun now.
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Added /banevent <username> for @Moderator+ tp perm ban people from events, some people exist just to ruin things for others, so now theres a seperate ban just for entering events! 
There is also /tempbanevent <username> for 24h temp ban from events, this has existed for a while already.
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Survival
Were trying to hunt down an issue that causes the server to restart itself, just so you are aware! We know the reason, but not sure what plugin is causing it as the logs are lacking! Please bear with us, sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime, just an update to say I am aware and working on it!
Temp removed Cannons plugin next reboot to just make sure thats not at fault.
Added debugging logs in Custom mobs plugin
Updated a ton of Custom mobs, multiple times over the last few days.
Ive not had the time to do changelogs yet and all my times gone into trying to resolve a bunch of problems that have cropped up, I will get around to this, its on my list once the problem list goes away.
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Survival
Update on survival reboots.
Still testing the waters, we had so many reboots today at the fault of the debugger I enabled yesterday that took effect this morning, this itself was a catch 22 as there was so many messages it overwhelemd the server over and over again, ive disabled that. Im going to disable custom mobs for a few days to see if everything is stable, while we clean up some old mobs we dont need loaded right now from existing events.
Re-enabled cannons plugin
Temp Removed Custom mobs plugin
Disabled Custom mobs plugin debug
Updated custom mobs that could cause some issues.
Creative
Added an exploit protection plugin
Updated Plots plugin
Backdated ASYNC Worldedit plugin due to exploit
@Changelog Alerts
Survival & Creative
For next reboot, missed this mornings.
Updated Analytics plugin
Updated AntiCheat plugin (Re-added to Creative)
Fixed a move false flag
Support jump_strength attribute
@Changelog Alerts
Creative
Updated ASYNC Worldedit plugin a few versions to something more compatable, fixes issues with plots & all sorts.
@Changelog Alerts
Proxy
Updated Proxy server to allow for Minecraft 26.1 clients to join the 1.18.2 server
Survival & Creative
Updated protocol hack plugin to allow latest client to connect.
26.1? But it was 1.21?
Mojang changed the version number system in Minecraft to match bedrock clients.
The TLDR of that blog post is;
we’ll be numbering our versions based on the year
Personally I'm not a fan of this version number system, but it is what it is 
@Changelog Alerts
Discord
Gave out Discord giveaway prizes
Created new discord giveaway for Spring 2026 keys 7th giveaway
️ Website Blog
Updated with Winners - Build of the Month January & February 2026 Entries and Winners
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Custom mobs back next reboot!
Had this disabled due to trying to figure out a reboot issue with a projectile and needed to confirm it was indeed the custom mobs plugin causing it, the servers been stable a few days so that confirms it to me. I have made some changes to what I think caused the issue, but theres only one way to find out.. boot it and play!
Re-added Custom mob plugin
Removed all older custom mob packs that we dont need to have loaded right now, came up with a simple system to let me keep them in sync with dev changes but not actually loaded at all times.
I still have a changelog & docs to make for @CallieMav recent overworld mob spawns! Ill try and get that done soon!
@Changelog Alerts
Survival & Creative
For next reboot
Updated protocol hack plugin for newer clients
Should fix a NullPointerException when logging in via newer clients.
Survival
Updated ASYC Worldedit plugin
Updated Java version
Removed spectator plugin
Added new spectator plugin (Future proof for newer MC versions)
@Changelog Alerts
Survival - The flying update! 
Improvements to chat Chat has been updated to be more pirate themed yarr! 
Free Elytra! Get your free elytra now with /kit elytra2026 Limited time offer get them while they last!
⏰ NEXT REBOOT
Added Flying! **** Use /recharge to buy flight charges $0.10/per block flown! Then use /flyc to enable! Fly away you beautiful butterly.
You pay $0.10 to fly 1 block! Enable flying with /flyc and double jump!
A bossbar shows how many flight charges you have, and you can recharge your Flight charges with /recharge
Hovering costs $0.1 charge
When you run out of flight charges you get teleported to the ground safely
️ *May want to take this opportunity to take some base screenshots! * 
@Changelog Alerts
BOTM Prizes
BOTM Prizes given to @nessjane, @Pjeturr, and @n3iru
@Changelog Alerts
Survival - Reversed the April fools "flying update!"
Removed Improvements to chat No more spanky pirate talk!
Removed Free Elytra! /kit elytra2026 is no more!
Removed Flying! /flyc is no more!
@Changelog Alerts
Survival & Creative
Updated Chat plugin
Fixes color names of items in kill messages
Adds mail delay to show motd first
Adds /toggle proxy_chat think I need to setup perms for this
Lots of other little bug fixes
Proxy
Updated chat plugin proxy plugin for cross-server chat
Survival
Backdated Java version due to issues with a few plugins. (Next reboot)
hopefully solves the issue where you join and you get sent to creative when you joined survival.
@Changelog Alerts
Survival & Creative
Updated Chat Plugin
Some vital fixes
Updated ProtocolLib
Hopefully should fix when you log in you are sent to creative issues.
@Changelog Alerts
Proxy
Updated proxy server
Updated chat proxy plugin
@Changelog Alerts
Creative
Fixed a bug for some people where empty hand was the tool for //thru so every time you clicked it teleported you.
Should fix any other tools like Worldedit Wooden axe etc/compass to do with Worldedit.
Seems when updating the async WE they didnt repsect the previous save states of sessions.
@Changelog Alerts
Proxy
Updated Proxy server
Updated plugin to do cross-server showing of items
Survival & Creative
Updated plugin to show items in game & its discord addon
Updated Image to map generating plugin
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Updated Missives disabled missives that have "Getting started" as the title (quite a few) for Sailor+
Updated /motd remove last event from it
Added Bug fixing tag for @Moderator for /tags
Discord
Deleted a ton of emojis so I could gain access to my changelog emojis, we lost nearly all @Discord Booster RIP emojis.
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Good news/bad news with item preview plugin.
Fixed Previews of your Items, echest, bal, inv in global chat but..
Removed temporary, cross server sharing of this data due to an issue. Developer knows and is working towards a solution, may require more testing on my behalf later on.
This means item preview won't work in cross server commands such as /me or !.
Proxy
Added Maintenance plugin. Lets me tell you all I need to do server wide maintenance at proxy level so all servers could be rebooting but it'll say maintenance in the server listing and when you connect even if survival and creative are rebooting so it's not reliant on one of those to have an active whitelist for a cleaner message. Its also got a countdown for estimated time of maintenance.
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Survival
Just more testing/bug fixing for tomorrows reboot.
Testing a change tomorrow for bounties, got to wait for reboot.
Survival & Creative
Updated protocol hack plugin to allow newer clients on the 1.18.2 server, bug fixes for newer clients.
Proxy server
Changed a setting that could potentially reduce ping to the server, had no idea it existed until today when I was trying to hunt down another bug, requires a reboot but were too busy tonight to do this, so ill do it tomorrow morning, no idea if itll improve much but worth a test!
A few other background tasks that I cant publish yet too, just trying to chip away.
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Survival
Bounties GUI is loading, just about, I think there's too many bounties.
Changed the amount of heads shown on each page.
Noticed that the update dates don't actually work, it seems each reboot changes its date to the current day, which makes it impossible to know what old bounties are, it also means the auto cleanup isnt working.
Pagination also breaks on the last page, I think the dev never tested with this many bounties.
Its back up for now, I was trying to test a new bounties plugin but couldn't get it to load on 1.18.2.
Proxy change from last message; I miss-understood the technology, its not an improvement of ping, its an improvement for first join to the server, when you first connect to be fast, can you pay attention next time you join the server to see if it improves how quickly you can join.
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Discord
Gave out prizes for giveaway.
Added new giveaway for spring 2026 keys
Survival
Updated /motdabout new mobs
@Changelog Alerts
Discord
Updated the Welcome Channel, it was very out of date & had a ton of broken links to channels. #👋│welcome
@Changelog Alerts
Proxy & Main OS
Updated Proxy server & main OS. reboot yesterday.
Survival
Updated performance profiler plugin
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Ive gone through every plugin folder and compared with my backups & restored the data for a bunch of things ive seen just now. There will be more missing! Post it into #deleted-channel
Restored All NPC configs & data from backup & Citizens data.
Restored Lotto messages
Restored Farm & Mob cap limiter settings
Restored Names for claims (Next reboot)
Restored Premium Essentials data & Lib configs, this includes [AFK] in tablist.
Restored Custom menu GUIs
Restored Claim /back data
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Survival
Changed some Java startup flags for next reboot to try and solve a separate issue for admins.
Restored Live map icons placed by signs data
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Main OS
Fixed third party alerting system to alert me to prevent #deleted-channel happening again.
Created A script to monitor the main server to send email & discord alerts to all staff to try and prevent #deleted-channel happening again.
Some spring cleaning
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Survival
Increased spawn rates for custom mobs across the overworld.
@Changelog Alerts
Survival & Creative
Updated Protocol hack plugin
Performance fixes
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Discord
Gave out prizes for 8th giveaway for spring 2026 keys
Created most likely the last spring 2026 crate key drop
Dev Servers
@Admin @Helper
Updated OS, panel & All panel instances
Updated Hub server & all plugins to 26.2
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Creative
Fixing the Creative crash issue, next reboot these take effect.
Updated Image to frame plugin, this was causing the creative to crash as it was the wrong version and needed to be updated
ChangedA plot plugin setting to actively purge invalid database entries that have become corrupt.
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Added 30min 2.5x XP Boost for all players for @Contributor Major rank, I straight up forgot to add this to the NPC!
/warp xoboost to redeem.
Thanks to @Captn_KeniABC for the report.
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Updated Analytics config for next reboot, to hopefully fix /activity working on first try.
I tried this years ago and Ive never been able to get it to show first time, have to use the commands twice for it to work.
If this resolves this means I can have an active player rank given to players which I can then sync to discord etc for us to filter for active players for better feedback and testing.
Added Live map icon/portals/holograms in preparation for a permanent boss battle arena fight with quests.
Prep, I still have some bits to do, I'm just doing the bits I can that take small amounts of time.
Sorry for things moving slowly my end, its all lack of time with life.
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Survival
Introducing, "Active Pirate" Rank & Discord role
Our Analytics plugin keeps track of player activity & playtime over weeks and has an algorithm which puts players into Inactive, irregular, regular, active, very active activity index.
Ive been wanting to use this rating for years to automatically set active & very active players into their own rank so we can have perks for being active/very active and have greater feedback with how the servers run with feedback and testing on discord.
I solved the bug I had and today it all went live! Right now its bare essentails to get it working, but we can expand on it over time, with new channels etc.
This is silently added, all you have to do is play and it'll automatically get set, no need to do anything.
Added active rank in-game
Added @Active Pirate on discord
Added /kit active for Active/Very active pirates
Just a potato every 12h right now as a placeholder to get thing working
Added 6 new /tags (page 2) for Active players
Added /activity to check your activity status.
This checks your activity but it also forces an upgrade to this rank if for whatever reason the login check failed.
Fixed /rankup migration for Staff & @Contributor
I re-wrote the code, that when you login; checks you are the correct /rankup in the ranks plugin. Ever since I added a dynamic rank below deckhand I didnt know until today it was broken, So you should no longer see any message when you login, unless you are the wrong rankup..
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Proxy
Updated proxy server
Dedi
Updated Dedi backend
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Added map icons for NPCs and /warp end and /warp nether!
https://map.piratemc.com/survival#PirateCraft_1_the_end;flat;14,64,-9;5
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Fixed my previous script for @Helper @Moderator @Admin @Contributor ranks being set, it was setting everyone to Quatermaster as contributor was inheriting it, ive fixed the placeholder.
All you need to do is log in and itll auto fix it.
Changed /rank to be an alias to /rankinfo next reboot; ive been telling peolpe wrong for years /rankup is actually looking at the rank above your current rank progression, not your current progression, so people shold use /rankinfo, /track, /rank to check thier current rank progress.
Did you know theres a /ranklist to see where you are on track? you can click the ranks!
@Changelog Alerts
️ Discord
Gave out prizes for Spring 2026 Crate giveaway. This was the last one!
@Changelog Alerts
Survival
Buffed the Voidmaw Dragon Trade item enchants at /warp end
Buffed Helmet & Boots
Kill the dragon for dragon parts and trade with "Voidmaw Trophy trades" at the town.
Reduced Items required for every single trade in the Voidmaw Dragon Trade.
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Creative
Fixed a bug with WorldEdit
Removed the two old portals at /spawn Ive not visited the spawn in so long I forgot it had portals!
Removed the holograms
Moved the two NPCs either side of the portal to get back to Survival
@Changelog Alerts 
Survival
Fixed "Voidmaw Trophy trades" Trade for the Painting
Fixed The actual painting being shown in that room
Disabled Head drop for Dragon in the premium essentials plugin, as some people were getting confused that they got this additional head as well as the custom head drop from the dragon itself. This was never a replacement for the head loot from the dragon battle, it was in addition, but removed as this is hard to understand for some people.
Added a region around the Town at /warp end so I can update the mobs later on to tell them not to spawn there, ive set a flag to say not to spawn but its not respecting the WG flags!
@Changelog Alerts
Creative
Fixed The tab list on creative showing the dynamic crew placeholder, it now defaults all crews to Grey, because that placeholder is dynamic based on the viewer not the player its on, there is no way to get that information from creative. I finally, after about 5 attempts found a way round it! Was driving me crazy.
@Changelog Alerts Survival & Discord
Added new Discord Booster Kit /kit booster
Renewable every 30 days
Full custom iron kit with your name on it
Discord booster Custom head
Spring crate key
£200 in-game
Personal 2x XP Boost for 30 mins item
Removed the old /kit helmsman
Any changes/requests/suggestions should be posted into #deleted-channel
@Changelog Alerts @Discord Booster @Contributor Survival & Creative
Updated Protocol hack plugin.
Just minor bug fixes
Discord
Gave out prizes for Spring Crate keys (6th Giveaway)
Added new Discord giveaway for Crate keys (7th)
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Build of the Month Gallery is back!
Added every single painting back to /warp botm 100% all restored 2013-2022!
I thought they were gone forever. After an investigation these were tied to the previous map generating plugin, those files were just gone entirely. I was able to re-create them from scratch by searching logs for all the previous commands I have run from the last plugin.
I used Imgur for all of them, which somehow were still hosting images, I had to use some voodoo to get them all as Imgur is blocked in the UK & also block my VPN... But here we are, I re-created 100% of them that were in the hall!
The hall has been full since 2022, so if anyone wants the task to expand it for more storage on creative, then we can start updating from 2022 onwards!
Since they were created from scratch they are all a command a way, so we could easily have these dished out to players for infinite copying as artwork in your builds if you wanted, not sure how we would distribute, if someone wants to open a shop to do it?
️ Website
Added All these images to the Gallery page.
Dev Log
Pulled a ton of changes to survival from Dev server for Paradise island event preparation.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Updated Crate plugin to latest version to see how stable it is (Next reboot)
Ive just seen the plugin is now deprecated, were currently running a build that's over 20 versions behind this latest due to odd issues we had last time when trying to update it, This latest version is 4 versions ahead of when we last tested it so hopefully its stable, I may have to look at wiping the data so its fresh as that may have been the original issue to upgrading. We have been talking about swapping to something more modern at some point, but its not a priority, I just want to see if this latest version works for us without issues. Use /crate claim if you have keys to claim!
@Changelog Alerts Survival
For next reboot;
Backdated Crate plugin, I remember why I backdated it now, it does not format colors properly and every single previous crate would need to be updated, which is not priority at all.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Added @Moderator and above some general use /tags to explain the current job you are doing, this helps when we log in and tells peolpe what we are currently doing, for example setting up for an event, so people will know to not start asking questions the second we log in, as its expained in the login message what we are doing.
These are right at the very start of the tags GUI for quick access, feel free to request more.
Dev Preperation
Preperation for an incoming event, this isnt ready to do anything yet other than look at the arena. Added /warp battle to get to the Gladiator arena at cove for boss battles.
Updated boss spawn code to prepair for a some boss spawns for this arena, some items need to be polished first, youll know when it goes live as there will be an anoucement.
Updated The Gladiator arena region to match the dragon battles flags, we may need to tweak it as we go.
Main world - Catch the Leprechaun!
Added Leprechaun custom mob; will randomly spawn around the main overworld!
Catch the Leprechaun for st paddy's day!
26 custom items you can trade with the Leprechaun once you catch him!
Three versions of the Leprechaun, which one will you find?
Added a special sheep
Go pet
Made with love by @CallieMav
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Nerfed Leprechaun Loot 4 drops to be loot 3, missed this last night when doing a check on lore, I'm too tired and old now call me gramps
They are only gold items, so they will wear out fast for the multiple people sending me DMs!
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Added paintings to the Build of the month hall /warp botm
Vote incoming, get in early to figure out who you want to vote for!
Gave out paintings from Jan-Feb 2026 Build of the month
@PhilipG_ @Pjeturr @TobySF Check your inv or where you last logged off (your own claim).
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Removed the bossbar login message about brews.
Updated /motd when you log in, removed all previous messages, just tells you about Leprechaun now.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Added /banevent <username> for @Moderator+ tp perm ban people from events, some people exist just to ruin things for others, so now theres a seperate ban just for entering events!
There is also /tempbanevent <username> for 24h temp ban from events, this has existed for a while already.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Were trying to hunt down an issue that causes the server to restart itself, just so you are aware! We know the reason, but not sure what plugin is causing it as the logs are lacking! Please bear with us, sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime, just an update to say I am aware and working on it!
Temp removed Cannons plugin next reboot to just make sure thats not at fault.
Added debugging logs in Custom mobs plugin
Updated a ton of Custom mobs, multiple times over the last few days.
Ive not had the time to do changelogs yet and all my times gone into trying to resolve a bunch of problems that have cropped up, I will get around to this, its on my list once the problem list goes away.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Update on survival reboots.
Still testing the waters, we had so many reboots today at the fault of the debugger I enabled yesterday that took effect this morning, this itself was a catch 22 as there was so many messages it overwhelemd the server over and over again, ive disabled that. Im going to disable custom mobs for a few days to see if everything is stable, while we clean up some old mobs we dont need loaded right now from existing events.
Re-enabled cannons plugin
Temp Removed Custom mobs plugin
Disabled Custom mobs plugin debug
Updated custom mobs that could cause some issues.
Creative
Added an exploit protection plugin
Updated Plots plugin
Backdated ASYNC Worldedit plugin due to exploit
@Changelog Alerts Survival & Creative
For next reboot, missed this mornings.
Updated Analytics plugin
Updated AntiCheat plugin (Re-added to Creative)
Fixed a move false flag
Support jump_strength attribute
@Changelog Alerts Creative
Updated ASYNC Worldedit plugin a few versions to something more compatable, fixes issues with plots & all sorts.
@Changelog Alerts Proxy
Updated Proxy server to allow for Minecraft 26.1 clients to join the 1.18.2 server
Survival & Creative
Updated protocol hack plugin to allow latest client to connect.
26.1? But it was 1.21?
Mojang changed the version number system in Minecraft to match bedrock clients.
The TLDR of that blog post is;
we’ll be numbering our versions based on the year
@Changelog Alerts Discord
Gave out Discord giveaway prizes
Created new discord giveaway for Spring 2026 keys 7th giveaway
️ Website Blog
Updated with Winners - Build of the Month January & February 2026 Entries and Winners
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Custom mobs back next reboot!
Had this disabled due to trying to figure out a reboot issue with a projectile and needed to confirm it was indeed the custom mobs plugin causing it, the servers been stable a few days so that confirms it to me. I have made some changes to what I think caused the issue, but theres only one way to find out.. boot it and play!
Re-added Custom mob plugin
Removed all older custom mob packs that we dont need to have loaded right now, came up with a simple system to let me keep them in sync with dev changes but not actually loaded at all times.
I still have a changelog & docs to make for @CallieMav recent overworld mob spawns! Ill try and get that done soon!
@Changelog Alerts Survival & Creative
For next reboot
Updated protocol hack plugin for newer clients
Should fix a NullPointerException when logging in via newer clients.
Survival
Updated ASYC Worldedit plugin
Updated Java version
Removed spectator plugin
Added new spectator plugin (Future proof for newer MC versions)
@Changelog Alerts Survival - The flying update!
Improvements to chat Chat has been updated to be more pirate themed yarr!
Free Elytra! Get your free elytra now with /kit elytra2026 Limited time offer get them while they last!
⏰ NEXT REBOOT
Added Flying! **** Use /recharge to buy flight charges $0.10/per block flown! Then use /flyc to enable! Fly away you beautiful butterly.
You pay $0.10 to fly 1 block! Enable flying with /flyc and double jump!
A bossbar shows how many flight charges you have, and you can recharge your Flight charges with /recharge
Hovering costs $0.1 charge
When you run out of flight charges you get teleported to the ground safely
️ *May want to take this opportunity to take some base screenshots! *
@Changelog Alerts BOTM Prizes
BOTM Prizes given to @nessjane, @Pjeturr, and @n3iru
@Changelog Alerts Survival - Reversed the April fools "flying update!"
Removed Improvements to chat No more spanky pirate talk!
Removed Free Elytra! /kit elytra2026 is no more!
Removed Flying! /flyc is no more!
@Changelog Alerts Survival & Creative
Updated Chat plugin
Fixes color names of items in kill messages
Adds mail delay to show motd first
Adds /toggle proxy_chat think I need to setup perms for this
Lots of other little bug fixes
Proxy
Updated chat plugin proxy plugin for cross-server chat
Survival
Backdated Java version due to issues with a few plugins. (Next reboot)
hopefully solves the issue where you join and you get sent to creative when you joined survival.
@Changelog Alerts Survival & Creative
Updated Chat Plugin
Some vital fixes
Updated ProtocolLib
Hopefully should fix when you log in you are sent to creative issues.
@Changelog Alerts Proxy
Updated proxy server
Updated chat proxy plugin
@Changelog Alerts Creative
Fixed a bug for some people where empty hand was the tool for //thru so every time you clicked it teleported you.
Should fix any other tools like Worldedit Wooden axe etc/compass to do with Worldedit.
Seems when updating the async WE they didnt repsect the previous save states of sessions.
@Changelog Alerts Proxy
Updated Proxy server
Updated plugin to do cross-server showing of items
Survival & Creative
Updated plugin to show items in game & its discord addon
Updated Image to map generating plugin
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Updated Missives disabled missives that have "Getting started" as the title (quite a few) for Sailor+
Updated /motd remove last event from it
Added Bug fixing tag for @Moderator for /tags
Discord
Deleted a ton of emojis so I could gain access to my changelog emojis, we lost nearly all @Discord Booster RIP emojis.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Good news/bad news with item preview plugin.
Fixed Previews of your Items, echest, bal, inv in global chat but..
Removed temporary, cross server sharing of this data due to an issue. Developer knows and is working towards a solution, may require more testing on my behalf later on.
This means item preview won't work in cross server commands such as /me or !.
Proxy
Added Maintenance plugin. Lets me tell you all I need to do server wide maintenance at proxy level so all servers could be rebooting but it'll say maintenance in the server listing and when you connect even if survival and creative are rebooting so it's not reliant on one of those to have an active whitelist for a cleaner message. Its also got a countdown for estimated time of maintenance.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Just more testing/bug fixing for tomorrows reboot.
Testing a change tomorrow for bounties, got to wait for reboot.
Survival & Creative
Updated protocol hack plugin to allow newer clients on the 1.18.2 server, bug fixes for newer clients.
Proxy server
Changed a setting that could potentially reduce ping to the server, had no idea it existed until today when I was trying to hunt down another bug, requires a reboot but were too busy tonight to do this, so ill do it tomorrow morning, no idea if itll improve much but worth a test!
A few other background tasks that I cant publish yet too, just trying to chip away.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Bounties GUI is loading, just about, I think there's too many bounties.
Changed the amount of heads shown on each page.
Noticed that the update dates don't actually work, it seems each reboot changes its date to the current day, which makes it impossible to know what old bounties are, it also means the auto cleanup isnt working.
Pagination also breaks on the last page, I think the dev never tested with this many bounties.
Its back up for now, I was trying to test a new bounties plugin but couldn't get it to load on 1.18.2.
Proxy change from last message; I miss-understood the technology, its not an improvement of ping, its an improvement for first join to the server, when you first connect to be fast, can you pay attention next time you join the server to see if it improves how quickly you can join.
@Changelog Alerts Discord
Gave out prizes for giveaway.
Added new giveaway for spring 2026 keys
Survival
Updated /motdabout new mobs
@Changelog Alerts Discord
Updated the Welcome Channel, it was very out of date & had a ton of broken links to channels. #👋│welcome
@Changelog Alerts Proxy & Main OS
Updated Proxy server & main OS. reboot yesterday.
Survival
Updated performance profiler plugin
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Ive gone through every plugin folder and compared with my backups & restored the data for a bunch of things ive seen just now. There will be more missing! Post it into #deleted-channel
Restored All NPC configs & data from backup & Citizens data.
Restored Lotto messages
Restored Farm & Mob cap limiter settings
Restored Names for claims (Next reboot)
Restored Premium Essentials data & Lib configs, this includes [AFK] in tablist.
Restored Custom menu GUIs
Restored Claim /back data
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Changed some Java startup flags for next reboot to try and solve a separate issue for admins.
Restored Live map icons placed by signs data
@Changelog Alerts Main OS
Fixed third party alerting system to alert me to prevent #deleted-channel happening again.
Created A script to monitor the main server to send email & discord alerts to all staff to try and prevent #deleted-channel happening again.
Some spring cleaning
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Increased spawn rates for custom mobs across the overworld.
@Changelog Alerts Survival & Creative
Updated Protocol hack plugin
Performance fixes
@Changelog Alerts Discord
Gave out prizes for 8th giveaway for spring 2026 keys
Created most likely the last spring 2026 crate key drop
Dev Servers
@Admin @Helper
Updated OS, panel & All panel instances
Updated Hub server & all plugins to 26.2
@Changelog Alerts Creative
Fixing the Creative crash issue, next reboot these take effect.
Updated Image to frame plugin, this was causing the creative to crash as it was the wrong version and needed to be updated
ChangedA plot plugin setting to actively purge invalid database entries that have become corrupt.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Added 30min 2.5x XP Boost for all players for @Contributor Major rank, I straight up forgot to add this to the NPC!
/warp xoboost to redeem.
Thanks to @Captn_KeniABC for the report.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Updated Analytics config for next reboot, to hopefully fix /activity working on first try.
I tried this years ago and Ive never been able to get it to show first time, have to use the commands twice for it to work.
If this resolves this means I can have an active player rank given to players which I can then sync to discord etc for us to filter for active players for better feedback and testing.
Added Live map icon/portals/holograms in preparation for a permanent boss battle arena fight with quests.
Prep, I still have some bits to do, I'm just doing the bits I can that take small amounts of time.
Sorry for things moving slowly my end, its all lack of time with life.
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Introducing, "Active Pirate" Rank & Discord role
Our Analytics plugin keeps track of player activity & playtime over weeks and has an algorithm which puts players into Inactive, irregular, regular, active, very active activity index.
Ive been wanting to use this rating for years to automatically set active & very active players into their own rank so we can have perks for being active/very active and have greater feedback with how the servers run with feedback and testing on discord.
I solved the bug I had and today it all went live! Right now its bare essentails to get it working, but we can expand on it over time, with new channels etc.
This is silently added, all you have to do is play and it'll automatically get set, no need to do anything.
Added active rank in-game
Added @Active Pirate on discord
Added /kit active for Active/Very active pirates
Just a potato every 12h right now as a placeholder to get thing working
Added 6 new /tags (page 2) for Active players
Added /activity to check your activity status.
This checks your activity but it also forces an upgrade to this rank if for whatever reason the login check failed.
Fixed /rankup migration for Staff & @Contributor
I re-wrote the code, that when you login; checks you are the correct /rankup in the ranks plugin. Ever since I added a dynamic rank below deckhand I didnt know until today it was broken, So you should no longer see any message when you login, unless you are the wrong rankup..
@Changelog Alerts Proxy
Updated proxy server
Dedi
Updated Dedi backend
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Added map icons for NPCs and /warp end and /warp nether!
https://map.piratemc.com/survival#PirateCraft_1_the_end;flat;14,64,-9;5
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Fixed my previous script for @Helper @Moderator @Admin @Contributor ranks being set, it was setting everyone to Quatermaster as contributor was inheriting it, ive fixed the placeholder.
All you need to do is log in and itll auto fix it.
Changed /rank to be an alias to /rankinfo next reboot; ive been telling peolpe wrong for years /rankup is actually looking at the rank above your current rank progression, not your current progression, so people shold use /rankinfo, /track, /rank to check thier current rank progress.
Did you know theres a /ranklist to see where you are on track? you can click the ranks!
@Changelog Alerts️ Discord
Gave out prizes for Spring 2026 Crate giveaway. This was the last one!
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Buffed the Voidmaw Dragon Trade item enchants at /warp end
Buffed Helmet & Boots
Kill the dragon for dragon parts and trade with "Voidmaw Trophy trades" at the town.
Reduced Items required for every single trade in the Voidmaw Dragon Trade.
@Changelog Alerts Creative
Fixed a bug with WorldEdit
Removed the two old portals at /spawn Ive not visited the spawn in so long I forgot it had portals!
Removed the holograms
Moved the two NPCs either side of the portal to get back to Survival
@Changelog Alerts Survival
Fixed "Voidmaw Trophy trades" Trade for the Painting
Fixed The actual painting being shown in that room
Disabled Head drop for Dragon in the premium essentials plugin, as some people were getting confused that they got this additional head as well as the custom head drop from the dragon itself. This was never a replacement for the head loot from the dragon battle, it was in addition, but removed as this is hard to understand for some people.
Added a region around the Town at /warp end so I can update the mobs later on to tell them not to spawn there, ive set a flag to say not to spawn but its not respecting the WG flags!
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