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!
Page 13
Survival
Removed April Fools 2023 joke changes! (the previous 2 changelogs)
Removed paying for fly charges (this was actually quite good fun)
Removed the 65 words replacement from chat
Removed the Elytra2023 kit
I did this yesterday but ony had time to write this changelog today! 
Survival & Creative - Chat plugin configs
Updated racist filter to hopefully block a nasty bypass
Cleaned up /motd message when you login, compacted recent updates & added new, with new display format.
Added spring treasure chest missive (and made an 8x8 spring image for it)
Testing using deeper formatting for this sort of missive, you should be able to click/hover anywhere on it
Setup automatic disable for this missive for the end of spring 21 Jun 2023, 00:00! So it should disable itself now.
Removed old store/sale missives Survival
Gave out keys from #
│giveaway-events https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1095439408511058091
Created new Spring 2023 Key #│giveaway-events all you have to do is react! 
https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1095439845515608095
Added Latest Contributor heads to show up at cove with name on sign under it, I had no idea I could do this!
Fixed the permission for PvP overhead tags from store working https://donate.piratemc.com/package/5593893 (Thanks for the report @TobySF )
Survival
Easter Egg Hunt 2023!
Added Easter Egg search plugin.
Search and find 25 Hidden Easter egg heads at /warp event (south) to unlock some special Easter gifts!
Find all 25 Eggs to unlock a custom /kit easter2023 filled with custom items made by the wonderful @Drbipper 
Find all 25 Eggs to unlock the Easter Eggs-plorer /tag that will unlock permanently! This is the only way to get this tag! It will change next year!
Each egg you find, you win a diamond! It will also show some fireworks, so spy on others at the warp to see if they find eggs!
There is a global top 20 leader-board you can follow with /eastereggs top
All eggs are inside the circle in the attached map of the south warp!
PvP is off!
Discord
Added #
│ship_battle for Ship battle talk about the next planned https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/207479302311116800/1095649381832740915
When pirates find all 25 eggs its logged to #
│rewards_logs (a few people that reached 25 already found them before I added this!)
Removed old #deleted-channel forum to archive 
Survival
Updated /motd to include Easter Egg Hunt 2023
Updated /motd to include Date for next ship battle Saturday, 15 April at 1 pm EST (6 pm UTC) 2023
Live Countdown:
Updated /shipbattle to include Date/info for this Ship battle on Saturday run by @lazydog11 & @DirectorAnivian
See https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/207479302311116800/1095649381832740915 
Creative
Fixed being able to use /gradient and Hex colors /colorpicker on /itemname and /itemlore for everyone, thanks for the report @Drbipper
Remember you can use /colorlimits if there are any issues in the future to see where its being blocked! Survival
Created 12 new overhead /tags for the Ship Battle Saturday, for pirates to select team colors! 
Added permissions to these 12 tags to Navigator Rank, which is unlocked Saturday when you interact with the Ship-battle coordinator.
Created alias /tag that goes to /tags
https://wiki.piratemc.com/Ship-battle_coordinator
@lazydog11 @DirectorAnivian
Feel free to come up with custom pirate team names in #
│tags instead of color names! Survival
@Helper Fixed /jail Auto-tab working (essentials was stealing it) Survival
Stonecutters cut you now (And mobs) as a test for a few days, may be too OP for farms, but its just fun for pirate traps, only the blade cuts you! Sadly theres no option to disable mobs being hurt.
Survival
NEW! /compass is now a toggleable boss bar instead of just spitting out to chat!
Fixed /playtime <username> auto-tab working for @Helper 
Survival
Updated plugin that allows newer Minecraft versions to use 1.18.2 server.
Fixes some issues with boats in 1.19.4
Updated PvP tag plugin
Converted users.yml file to SQL database (31,000+ users) About time!
Will add some support for our Cooldowns plugin, once I update the cooldowns plugin 
Updated Crate plugin
Should fix a migration issue
Updated Chat plugin
/channel was re-designed to be easier to understand, its one click as before still!
Added the ability for me to pre-make missives for a specific date, so I can set timers on missives finally! Start and end times! This could be used for various tasks like reminders and holidays, as missives are permission based.
Updated Voting plugin
Looks like its all performance related to do with caching data. Creative
Updated plugin that allows newer Minecraft versions to use 1.18.2 server.
Updated Crate plugin
Updated Chat plugin Survival
Fixed /rtp or /wild / /wilderness for Deckhands in both overworld and nether, thanks for the report @jpcello 
️ Proxy
Updated Proxy server software
Updated some proxy plugins Survival
Missives/Chat
Pre-made the 4 seasons worth of treasure chest missives, created images for each season, and set these up to auto change on the correct dates.
Updated /motd yet again, changed the format, to color coordinate and label updates in it.
Slowed down the Spring crate missive, it was showing too often
Moved crew histroy/wiki message into the main missives, it was weird format by itself.
Updated consistency of Getting started prefixes and suffixes to match other missives
Removed summer of grog missive (From now on we can add auto timers for them to turn off)
Removed nov 2022 botm missive (From now on we can add auto timers for them to turn off)
@Bazurka Moved the /warp event back to the Easter egg hunt, this will be on only for a few more days if you wish to participate still! 
Survival
Made an entirely new noticeboard at /warp cove next to the Treasure chests. Created it in the same style as the other cove notice boards for consistency.
Explains seasonal dates
Not require updating each season/year from now on.
I will move any competitions or community input for treasure items to /customitem so its all in one place
Survival
Gave out keys from https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1095439845515608095
Created new Spring 2023 Key giveaway https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1098504157842915429
All you have to do is react! Survival
Tags! /tags
Added 25 new /tags for everyone!
Added 13 Tags to the base pack for everyone, that explain what you are currently doing in-game! These include Building, Redstone, Explore, Adventuring, Farming, Architect, Mining, Role-playing, Collecting, Fishing, Trading, Brewing and Pirating! Set them now with /tags
Added Entire pack of 12 Tags "Team colors pack", which I made for Ship battles and we all forgot about! This pack is now available to everyone as a means to use for your own events or games to get people to put themselves into teams! Set them now with /tags
If I've missed any game-play styles please suggest them in #│tags
Created /guide tags to outline how to unlock tags, there are currently 13 packs and 296 tags to unlock in all differnt ways.
Created pack of 30 Random meme tags (Meme Pack 1) for the store currently 40% off
https://donate.piratemc.com/package/5645936
https://youtu.be/1G3j4-9SgUc
Created pack of 30 Random meme tags (Meme Pack 2) for the store currently 40% off
https://donate.piratemc.com/package/5645945
https://youtu.be/hE-Z7to7Sjw
Website
Updated tag guide https://piratemc.com/guides/tags/ Survival - tag update continued
Tags! /tags
Created a new category of tags Achievements for achieving things in-game, that are very hard to do!
Currently only 3 tags you can unlock from the Achievements tag pack these are considered "Flex" tags, as you have to spend an large amount of your balance to obtain them!
100k Tag. Buy with $100,000 in-game at /warp cove
200k Tag Buy with $200,000 in-game at /warp cove
300k Tag Buy with $300,000 in-game at /warp cove
See the three tags at the new npc "Buy flex tags" at Cove!
New Cove NPC shop for flex tags. (Suggestion by @Thederpymaster )
A custom message is sent out to chat when someone buys these special tags
They are also posted to discord log #│rewards_logs when they do it too, to log the event!
New hologram that shows about tags, and shows your current tag and amount you have unlocked!
last chance to complete your spring Easter egg hunt 2023 to claim your kit and tag! It's being removed tomorrow! /warp event Survival
Tomorrows reboot the Easter egg plugin gets removed.
Re-added server swapping plugin for other plugins to send people between servers (This is a test any may not work!)
Portals broke for moving between servers as our proxy is not supported by the Premium essentials dev yet, i want to see if this works as an alternative for now. Survival
Updated cooldowns plugin & its dependancy, goes live with this mornings restart.
This was a version updgrade and required re-making the configs from scratch, so will need to be tested.
Should now work with PvP Tagging plugin, untested.
Cooldowns are the same as before for; ENDER_PEARL, CHORUS_FRUIT, GOLDEN_APPLE, ENCHANTED_GOLDEN_APPLE
This version adds more cooldown options, it can now add cooldowns to right clicking blocks, if required for anything. Survival
PvP tagging updates the enderpearl cooldown to 15s in the correct plugin now! There is still a visual conflict that I have opened a ticket for.
Now we have a bossbar for PvP tagging, we no longer need the oldschool action bar, but I cant turn it off! (yet)
Fixed wb and ty in chat being auto replaced, thanks for the report @jpcello
Moved /warp event until next event.
Cleaned up all the old Easter eggs from /warp south
Survival
Updated PvP tagging plugin
particle effects will show when attacking a PvP protected player
I removed the action bar message in favor of the In Combat Bossbar, so this should hopefully fix the visual conflict with item cooldowns️ Proxy
Updated Proxy server software
Website
Updated skin/resource pack page, fixed all the skins to now download when you click them.
Mojang no longer allows clicking skins to set them, they now have to be downloaded & uploaded.
Hosted all our skins on our web server and made them click to download
Added two new skins made by @Deleted User
Removed all Resource pack information for now, as it was related to 1.12, until we produce a new resource pack!
https://piratemc.com/information/skins-textures/
Discord
Created #
│skins forum to submit custom skins you have made for PirateCraft, ones cobbled together from other skins or just third party skins that fit in with the theme here, these may then be added to the skins website page for quick downloading!
May be a good way to share parts of skins to share too! For example a christmas hat part of a skin for xmas time! Survival
Inventory is saved into a database on death now for everyone, so @Admin can use /invlist <playername> to check an inventory just before death.
Admin you can tell which Inventory save is via a death by the little red skull icon! (see screenshot)
HP, XP, Food, Saturation, Potions & Items are all logged on death now.
There is a limit to saved Inventories, they will overwrite after a certain amount.
It is possible for admins to restore everything, but this will be very rarely used as it would duplicate items if they were dropped elsewhere, and this is a PvP enabled server! 
This is intended for situations where we wish to restore a player back to before death, or just to investigate.
@Admin Also logged in the GUI is the death location, the killer, death reason and world, so we have that additional data too.
@Helper and above you will get an inventory save when enabling /duty 
Creative - Fixed redstone?
Updated Plot plugin
Updated ASYNC World edit plugin (FAWE)
Updated ASYNC VoxelSniper plugin (FAVS)
Updated plot hider plugin
Updated Holo plots plugin for holograms for plots
Updated Holographic Displays plugin, a dependency plugin for Holo plots.
Updated TAB & overhead hologram plugin
Updated /doors plugin
Updated Map plugin
Symbolic link TAB plugin configs to match survivals so there were not any outdated configs
Symbolic link /tags plugin configs to match survivals so they should hopefully work on both servers
/tags now works on both servers! But they do not sync instantly for some reason, but you can re-set on creative to whatever you want now!
Fixed overhead tags color working, instead of showing a vault placeholder!
This literally was a painstaking investigation, exact same plugins on both server, same configs etc! Turns out the placeholder API Vault devs removed this specific placeholder 0.1 version update after the version we have on survival, because they couldn't figure out how to make hex work with it. 
@Helper Removed /tags editing/creating perms from creative, as these now sync with survival and I don't want something to accidentally break! Use #│tags
Removed Builder's Utilities plugin
Fixed Redstone Repeaters working on creative
I got told yesterday "Redstone dont work on creative" after some testing it seemed repeaters didnt work, I removed this plugin and they started working again! Creative
Fixed Fixed the permission error when using Voxel Sniper in your own plot that gets sent to chat.
Updated Book that opens in creative to tell people that redstone should work now.
Survival & Creative
Updated The missive about discord boosting to not be on the wonk and include more information.
Survival
Added /doors collisions plugin!
This should add collisions for players and mobs for the big doors plugin! (Testing live 
)
Updated Updated Big doors plugin /doors to latest version
Last update to this version of the plugin in preperation for giant rewrite of the plugin that includes windmills and flags! I've tested the alpha and its amazing!
Updated Updated Voting plugin /vote
Updated Updated /bounty plugin
Fixed an issue with chat messages
Fixed an issue with offline players Survival
Gave out keys from https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1098504157842915429
Created new Spring 2023 Key giveaway https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1102887966893949020
All you have to do is react! Survival
Stopped inventory being saved when you die in the locker, as this overwrites the last inventory save you have for when you are released! Thanks for being a test dummy @𝕵𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕹𝖔𝖎𝖗 
Save Inv on death is now permission based, which means it can be world based now if needed for other reasons. Survival - Send Items, Inventory, Enderchest, Balance and position to chat!
Added New [item] in chat plugin! This ones got many more features!
Fixed gradient items having hover over in chat!
Click chat items/inventory's to open them in a GUI to see them in detail outside of chat! much cleaner!
Adds [inv] [ender] To send your current inventory and ender chest into chat, so people can click them to see whats inside.
You can use [bal] and [pos] to show your balance and position in chat too!
Works in a ton of places, it works in /c /helpop /msg to show items privately to pirates.
If there are any moderation issues with this please create a #
│support_ticket as we can now remove this feature directly from specific people now. 
Website
Created a new chat guide. 99.5% of this guide is brand new!
https://piratemc.com/information/server-chat/
This page was previously last updated in 2015 and all it included was an outdated rank username color image!
Survival
Updated /emoji to create the chat shortcuts for the new [item] [inv] [ender] [bal] [pos] placeholders.
Survival
Updated the /doors physics plugin for tomorrows reboot, that should hopefully fix the barrier blocks being left when interacting with a door.
Big thanks to @jpcello & Feuerskorpion for figuring out how to reproduce for the developer!
️ Dedi
Some OS updates this morning inc Java update Survival
@Admin can now //cut things away, in relation to the Big door physics leaving barrier blocks from a previous version. Creative
Updated custom heads plugin
Updated GUI plugin Creative
You can now create up to 3 backups of your own plots at any point, these still include automatic backups for say, accidentally clearing your plot, but now you can restore the plot yourself or make a manual backup when you want.
These are additional backups to my daily world backups, that you can control based per plot, say you want to make a big change and roll it back if you don't like the change.
/plot backup save Create a backup of the plot you’re in
/plot backup list List available plot backups
/plot backup load Restore a plot from the specified backup.
️ The plot plugin still does not support plot backups for merged plots, but don't worry as I keep my daily world backups in 2 systems! Survival
Updated Vote plugin
Updated NPC plugin Survival - Fixing Vote Winner Items
Related Announcement https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/207479302311116800/1108151236622028892
Introducing "Upgrade Tokens"
Win "Upgrade Tokens" by placing in the top 3 of /vote. Winners ranked 4-10 receive "Upgrade Token Fragments" instead, replacing the old "Doubloons".
Use "Upgrade Tokens" in crafting tables to upgrade your items. Refer to the attached diagram for the recipes.
Crafting Legacy Gold Nuggets into Upgrade Tokens
Convert your Legacy Gold Nuggets & Fragments into Upgrade Tokens using custom crafting recipes. Simply put them in a crafting table to convert.
Convert Upgrade Tokens and Fragments
Use custom crafting to convert "Upgrade Tokens" into "Upgrade Token Fragments" and vice versa without any tax on the conversion.
Learn Crafting with /customrecipes
Access /customrecipes in-game to learn how to craft the new vote items and other custom recipes.
New Vote Crafting Graphic
Check out the attached graphic showcasing the new vote crafting recipes in one image.
Vote Item Updates
Updated Diamond armor to Netherite, and renamed them in RGB.
Iron kits have been replaced with Diamond kits, and Chain-mail kits have been replaced with Iron kits.
Vote NPC Update
Visit /warp cove and interact with the Vote NPC to open /customrecipes and learn how to use the new tokens.
Survival
Introducing two new custom crafting recipes
Craft Lily pads from 8 Oak Leaves or Dark oak leaves thanks to @Faith suggestion #deleted-channel
Craft Nether Quartz from Block of Quartz thanks to@CaptainLunarCat suggestion #deleted-channel
Added new recipes to /customrecipes
The new vanilla item crafting recipes can be found on /customrecipes second page or /vanillarecipes to jump directly to that page. 
Survival & Creative
Updated /motd
Updated missives to include message about top voters and /customrecipes Survival
Removed /kit Easter2023 from /kits I totally forgot about this! Thanks for the report @harbinger787 
Survival
Manual start of the server this mornings, after mojangs auth servers were down at reboot, good job mojang 
️ Dedi
Took the opportunity for some dedi maintenance 
Survival / Creative
Updated /doors Big animated doors plugin
Database prep for next big re-release of the plugin
Updated Analytics plugin
Creative
@Helper Added Enchantments plugin from test server, and updated perms for creative use.
Perrys tip of the day You can use /gm survival / /gm 0 on Creative to test custom item in survival mode for PvP! Survival
Gave out keys from https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1102887966893949020
Created new Spring 2023 Key giveaway https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1110486453059850281
All you have to do is react! Survival
Fixed /builders /buildleaders /mods /admins /helpers /media for @Moderator @Admin
Lists who has these ranks
Removed inactive team ranks to clean up the team page, rank will be reinstated if they become active again.
️ Website
Updated website team page
Fixed some display issues & outdated information
Requires a pull of some code changes, but I accidently pushed a bigger project to master that's half done 
https://piratemc.com/information/team/
Closed new threads or replies on forums "PirateCraft Server Updates" & "PirateCraft Website" so these are read only mode, archived "Donations" and "Marketplace" forums.
Close to no activity on the forums, so considering these mostly an archive for now.
Removed new groups on the website creating their own forums, existing group forums will stay but will be cleaned up at some point. Survival & Creative - New Builder chat
Builder Chat Channel Created a chat /channel for @Builder called "Builder"
Created /x to send message directly into this /channel (Will activate next reboot on both survival and creative) /x was picked at random as /b is used in creative for brush.
Created /tx to toggle builder chat/global chat.
Or just use /channel and click it to toggle.
Channel was created as a means for chat about building server projects on creative without having to use global chat or plot chat! More versatile than a world based chat!
Creative
Updated commands file to match survivals
Discord
Builder Projects Forum So that @Builder can join outstanding projects and create new ones as threads #
│build-projects
Build Chat log #
│builder as when building a lot of decisions are made in-game chat, gives a way for offline builders to keep up to date!
Apply for builder!
If you are interested in joining the team to build server projects or do projects solo then please submit an application, they are always open for submissions!
The only requirements are some examples of things you have built before!
https://piratemc.com/information/staff-application/️ Website/BOTM
Build of the month entry form updated! I have updated the Build of the month entry form to allow submitting the correct dates up till the end of 2024 now!
https://piratemc.com/competitions/
Created new BOTM submissions spreadsheet these submissions are sent to for @Media fresh start!
Keep an eye on #
│announcements for when we restart Build of the month! Survival
Vote Party! Some people already clocked this Vote party progress bar at /warp cove This is a global vote party, that if the server reaches as a whole, everyone gets a prize that has contributed at least 20 votes to it! (I hope... this is a test to see if it works!)
I've set the bar at 4050 votes for this month, just so we can pass it, were already on 4033! So get those last few votes in!
I have made a custom spyglass that should be given to everyone that's been part of the vote party this month.
You should get a boss bar message sent to you when its reached.
Lets hope the changes don't require a reboot to take effect!
Gave out keys from https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1110486453059850281
Created new Spring 2023 Key giveaway https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1113515931310764094
All you have to do is react! 
Survival
Updated all the /vote messages auto sent to #│giveaway-events when top voters win, so that the new correct items are written, and I added the command at the end to see how to use them. Survival
Vote Party Seems leaving the Vote party update to the 31st wasnt the best idea for realease date, seems it just reset the vote party counter and didn't send out prizes as it was initial setup.
So lets work on June 2023 Vote party goal, as the counter already reset! I was worried it didn't work, but I spent some time testing tonight locally forcing a vote party while I was offline and it worked, so I was able to test the item generated fine too, see the attached screenshot!
This is not "final form" and were open to suggestions for what prize would be noteworthy for everyone that votes (at least 20 times) and the server reaches the monthly vote party goal!
It'll send a message into #│giveaway-events if the goal is reached and it fires the reward command/items, so thats how we know next month if it worked, it should I just tested the configs locally!
Added /vote party for everyone, so you can keep track of how many votes as a whole as a server you have got, and how many more are required that month!
Added this command to the hologram at /warp cove to advertise it
️ Discord
Fixed the #│support_ticket linking to #
│community_support when tickets are created, not the old channel. Survival
Updated FAWE/WE plugin (I hate this plugin)
Updated PvP Tagging plugin
Admins gained newbie command, to set/remove newbies
No longer a 1 hit delay when force enabling PvP in WorldGuard regions
@FeccBoiee moved your old shop back into the market at /shop2 as promised! (Rip the top of it) Survival
Regenerating terrain is back! @Admin with last nights update to FAWE, seems //regen has been restored! So we can regenerate terrain again.
This will still replace 1.7.4-1.12 generated parts of the world with the 1.18 world generated, but at least we have it back! Survival
Updated /doors Physics plugin
Updated FastAsyncWorldEdit (again) since last night, as typically a new release comes out today! Survival
Updated Protocol hack plugin to allow 1.20 Minecraft clients to connect to the 1.18.2 server
Updated PvP tagging plugin
Updated Ships plugin
Creative
Updated Protocol hack plugin to allow 1.20 Minecraft clients to connect to the 1.18.2 server
️ Proxy
Updated Proxy server to allow 1.20 clients
When will PirateCraft update to 1.20?
Hopefully not that long, depending on developers and their plugins, I recently updated PirateCraft to 1.19.4 locally, so I just need to wait for server software and developers to do some updates, then Ill start testing jumping to 1.20 from 1.18.2, it seems there's been a big performance upgrade for client FPS which will be a great reason to get it done!
When I start testing, I will make a roadmap so you can keep updated with the progress! Survival
Gave out keys from https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1113515931310764094
Created new Spring 2023 Key giveaway https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/648511913206087680/1116121855103873115
All you have to do is react! Survival
Removed access to old nether, I must have forgotten to remove this perm when I did the nether update!
Removed all old claims from old nether world, This means you will get your claim blocks back from any old claims in the old nether!
Next Tuesdays trivia stats ready! 
Survival
Updated Physics plugin for /doors this will update next reboot, fixes console spam. Discord
Created #
︱competitions forum!
Website:
Created Forum Post: https://piratemc.com/topic/june-2023-botm/?swcfpc=1
Discord:
Created Forum Topic: #deleted-channel
Created Discord Event! 
https://discord.com/events/139382225375330305/1118106342503227453 Survival & Creative
Updated /motd for June 2023 BOTM
Updated missives, added new BOTM missive for June 2023.
Updated /botm and updated /competitions info text
Proxy
Updated proxy server Survival
Staff will be protected from PvP in Duty mode This has been a very long outstanding bug thats been hard to diagnose why it sometimes worked and sometimes didnt! Ive recently spent time with the developer to figure it out!
This is now auto toggled when you /duty @Helper @Moderator @Admin Big thanks to @MrLimeWise for letting me punch him over and over 
You will see a new particle effect when attacking someone that is in duty mode to show they are protected as well as the message in chat.
Added /duty to tab complete next reboot
@Admin can use /pvp to toggle now too! or /pvp ON or /pvp OFF Survival
@Admin Added /pvp <username> ON/OFF for turning PvP on or off for player
@Admin Added /pvpgrant <username> <time> for temp turning PvP off for someone (Like temp fly) that will auto remove itself after the mins that are set, its done in mins!
@Helper added /pvpstatus <username> so you can check the status of someones PvP toggle
Everyone can now /pvpstatus to check if you have PvP on or Off, should be on basically all the time unless staff need to disable it temp.
Proxy
Proxy Back on port 25565 dedicated IP
I upgraded us back to a dedicated IP on 25565 after using SRV records for quite some time on the proxy host, due to a strange minecraft bug that was reported, some ISPs will not resolve SRV records from mc.piratemc.com when you are only given an IPv6 address, it was sending people to another minecraft server entirely!
Improves ping for a quite a few people! 
The host did this at 2am my time, so the server was down for a few hours last night.
This is another monthly cost 
Updated All vote websites to the new IP/port, any votes cast before this message were most likley not counted! 
Survival & Creative
Temp disabled missives about summer crate (Its not ready yet)
These were setup a while back by me to be automated, so its nice that they actually work, shame Im not ready yet
Were trying something new from this season, so itll require a bit more testing! thanks for your patience!
Changed "getting started" missives to be white text instead of gray so they are readable. Survival
Updated entity manager plugin
New options to disable breeding if we need it
Entities with the fewest ticks lived will now be removed first.
Updated premium essential's plugin by 21 versions
Re order your homes Press Q or Middle mouse click when hovering a /homes to edit its slot
Set a favourite home edit a home and set it as a favourite for it to be the first home!
New backend structure, I've been putting this off as it changes how files are saved
Fix for mail command not switching to second page
/homes wont be "randomly" sorted, first one will be the first home you created
1.20 support when we are ready
Added my requested maximum distance for /tpa and /tpahere if we ever wanted to implement that
Mostly lots of bugfixes
Updated Crate plugin, but I've already queued up backdating as he introduced new bugs of not sending messages to people when you get keys!
Updated shop renting plugin so its ready for 1.20 when we are! Thanks @andrewandy
Updated lottery plugin, 1.20 support.
Updated Discord plugin, mostly bug fixes
Updated PvP manager plugin
Newbie protection will now also be removed inside PvP regions
Option to "recycle" empty glass bottles once used after drinking potions, same with milk buckets, do we enable this?
Fixed newbie expiration message Survival
/prewards now auto claims the first 10 rewards without using the command!
I didn't want to enable this when I first released because of how insane it would be if you logged in as an older player and it unlocked all 150 in one go on you without knowing what was happening! Creative
Updated premium essential's plugin by 21 versions
Re-made all symbolic links to shared files, as the entire file structure has changed
Updated Discord plugin, mostly bug fixes️ Website
Updated uptime monitor port, I forgot to update the monitor when I changed the port, so it thinks the servers been down a week! 
https://status.piratemc.com/️ Website
Performanced some much needed maintenence for @Media Website backend is faster to load now. Survival
Forgot to post this yesterday.
4th July 2023 kit! /kit 4thjuly23
Sale coupon RedWhiteBooty for 15% off /donate Survival
Gave our BOTM prize ranks to BOTM winners!
Winners: https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/207479302311116800/1129953812224934000
Remember to claim your prizes /kit botm1 /kit botm2 /kit botm3 @Taulov @Lullaby93 @jpcello
https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/545688946143657985/1014258140386164786 Discord
Created: July/August BOTM!
Created the Discord Event: https://discord.gg/piratecraft-139382225375330305?event=1132249445250121809
Misssives will be done soon! Survival
Removed /freediamonds as its just used to troll new players @_Augustus_Caesar
Removed /kit 4thjuly23️ Website
Created July/August BOTM Forums Post:
https://piratemc.com/topic/july-august-2023-build-of-the-month/
@GodsDead Discord
Opened #︱competitions Forum:
July/August BOTM https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/1132631556884803644 Survival
Updated missives and /motd for latest build of the month competition
Added link to discord forum too this time around in missives 
Proxy Server
Proxy back up, looks like the host did some maintence last night and didnt auto boot the servers again! Took the opportunity to update the proxy server software.
Updated proxy server software
SHOPS
Du to not beeing used as a shop the folowing shops have been evicted: S6, S27, S32, S31, S79, S66, S37, S18 Survival
Fixed /vote 12 working, they changed their server ID so it wasn't being registered by the plugin:
https://piratemc.com/vote12/
Updated languages file and configs for bounty plugin, not much has changed, I was trying to figure out why when I set a boutny it wasnt giving me any feedback, I think they forgot to set a message for trying to set a bounty on someone in your own crew!
Connect: mc.piratemc.com Website: https://www.piratemc.com Discord: https://discord.piratemc.com Rules: https://piratemc.com/... Survival
Bounties will no longer require brining the head to the bounty creator Were going to trial bounties back to just targeting + killing.
Process will be /bounty then click on someone, it targets them, you kill them, job done (we think) Cant test it until tomorrows reboot when this will take action Survival
Set mob-damage to false at /warp cove to match market
Fixed double username for @Helper that wins a BOTM rank, this will most likely still be an issue if Mod or Admin win it, but I can solve that then! @jpcello
Fixed BOTM ranks showing in the correct place in TAB Survival
BOTM ranks now have their own custom hex gradient with hover over to tell you that they are BOTM winner! Sadly the downside is that Staff members will not show as staff as this overwrites it 
Survival
Added advertising bypass for @Admin to use some specific commands that are blocked because of it. Survival
Backdated my click event changes to chat, to resolve issues with clicking website URLS in chat messages
Added specific overide for a specific command to the advert filter @Admin instead of a global bypass
Creative
Updated chat filters and visuals to match survival, including missives. Proxy
Updated Proxy server
Updated Chat bridge plugin for cross server chat
Survival & Creative
Updated chat plugin quite a few versions.
Performance improvements
Seems to mostly be bugfixes
Survival
Updated PvP Tag plugin
Bugfixes️ Website
June 2023 BOTM blog post is published!
Massive thanks to @MrLimeWise and @Deleted User for screenshots!
https://piratemc.com/2023/08/03/june-2023-build-of-the-month-entries-and-winners/
Join in Build of the month to get your build featured on the piratemc website!
See any upcoming build of the month comepetitions at https://piratemc.com/forums/competitions/
July/August is coming to a close for entries unless you are quick! https://piratemc.com/topic/july-august-2023-build-of-the-month/
Keep an eye out for September 2023 which will be posted to discord and the forums!
Entry form is always open https://piratemc.com/competitions/ Survival
Fixed @Admin /spy menu
Dev changed all perms and didn't put it in the changelogs! 
️ Website Changelog
Pirate Codex Index of players by last seen
Pirate Codex Search Search all PirateCraft players
Pirate Profiles Detailed profile for each player (Linked mine as an example)
https://piratemc.com/pirate/{username}
Top Monthly Voters Leaderboard Leaderboard for top voters, for the #│giveaway-events Top 10 monthly voter prizes
Blog post about Pirate codex Created blog post about new codex and profiles
Online Widget updated Automatically highlights team members with their ranks (Updated every 24h)
Team Page updated Automatically shows all staff ranks dynamically (Updated every 24h)
Updated Main menu Support & Forums are now under one mega menu, Removed some links to some forums, Added link to Discord, so all support/tickets/community is under one mega menu, added changelogs to main menu, added Pirate Codex to top level main menu, this will expand over time as I add new leaderborads and features.
Random Taglines on homepage Changed the tagline on the homepage to be picked from an random array
Removed Direct messages on website, this was only used for bots to spam.
More: https://discord.com/channels/139382225375330305/207479302311116800/1146009479675121755
Discord
Added a bunch more "Closed ticket" categories for when tickets are closed @Helper feel free to open+re-close existing tickets to make them move!️ Website
Added link to playtime rewards in main menu under guides.
https://piratemc.com/guides/rewards/
Survival
Updated /motd I removed everything and added Pirate Codex update.
Updated Missives, Added Codex missive and Missive about /prewards as its no longer in motd.
Creative
Updated Plots plugin
This was a major version update, by the looks of it, the increase in version number is related to breaking API changes, nothing the end user would see/use other than some fixed messages.
Updated Plots Hologram plugin
Compatibility update for v7 Plots
Updated Plots Dynmap plugin
Compatibility update for v7 Plots
Updated holograms plugin
Compatibility update for v7 Plots
Updated Async Worldedit plugin
Compatibility update for v7 Plots
Removed auto inherited permissions to manage all schematics from deckhand (Good job fawe )
Added shared Schematic perms for @Moderator + Discord - Created Discord Event for September Build Of the Month:
- Created September Build Of The Month Chat:
#deleted-channel
️ Website ️
- Created September Build Of the Month Forum: https://piratemc.com/topic/september-2023-build-of-the-month/
Survival & Creative
Updated the Join/Leave message threshhold from 1s to 5s, to reduce the chat spam of peolpe logging in and out quickly. Survival
Added new loot chest drop plugin in preparation @MrLimeWise @Cannon Man
Added permissions for @Moderator @Admin to set BOTM ranks, which in turn Allow collection of botm prizes via kits.
Added alias commands for the above permission as;
/botm1 <username> (first place)
/botm2 <username>
/botm3 <username>
This mornings reboot will make them auto tab and auto fill usernames.
Also added remove varients.
/removebotm1 <username>
/removebotm2 <username>
/removebotm3 <username> 
