Congratulations to all towns for their effort and creativity. Here are the final results based on the average scores from the judges:

 1st Place: Cairo - 10 Points

 2nd Place: Kitania - 6 Points

 3rd Place: Rome - 5 Points

Each town was rated on design, structures, creativity, and overall presentation. Staff members who were part of a town did not vote for their own town. Their votes were replaced with external ones to ensure fair and balanced results.

To claim the rewards, please open a ticket.

🛠 General Improvements

• Appeals button added to the website menu for easier access
• Rules, information, boost-perks, store discord channels have been updated with the latest information
• Added pale oak into /shop (blocks category)
• Parkour at spawn removed until further notice

War System Changes

• Increased war tickets gain to 3 per day
• Minimum players required online to start any type of war has been reduced to 5 (previously 10)
• If a town has fewer than 5 members, all members must be online to declare war

 ReforgedEarth - Town Building Competition V2 

Show off your town’s creativity, style, and teamwork!
No set theme, judges will evaluate based on overall cohesion, aesthetics, and originality. All towns are eligible to compete.

Additional Info

• Rewards apply to the entire town where possible (cash and shards may be split by the town leader).

• Town leader receives the corresponding rank.

• Encourage teamwork, judges look at how well the town builds come together.

• Judges focus on originality, aesthetics, cohesion, and overall impact.

• Use of litematica or schematic is allowed.

• All builds must be completed by January 24th, 2026.

• Judging team will be staff members only.
  

How to Apply

To officially enter your town:

1. Go to the #competition channel on Discord.

2. Fill out the pinned application form.

3. Only towns that submit the form will be eligible for prizes and judging.

Note: You can still build even if you don’t submit, but your town won’t be considered for official prizes.

1st Place

 Rank: 1x Emperor + 1x (month) Conqueror
 Cash: $10,000
Shards: 500
 Store Discount: 30% off anything in the store for all town members (1 week voucher)

2nd Place 

 Rank: 1x Lord 
 Cash: $5,000
Shards: 300
 Store Discount: 20% off anything in the store for all town members (1 week voucher)

3rd Place

 Rank: 1x Duke
 Cash: $2,500
Shards: 200
 Store Discount: 15% off anything in the store for all town members (1 week voucher)

🛠 General Improvements

• Dynmap underground view hidden to prevent unfair exploration

• Homes system fully replaced and stabilized (all existing homes were reset due to a critical plugin issue)

• Lowered welcoming reward to 15$ for better economy balance

• World Guard related errors resolved

• Bedrock player prefix changed to -

• All gameplay limiters removed

• Reforged Limiter removed

Death Messages

• Death messages can now be toggled using /deathmessages toggle

• Death messages are now visible in #mc-chat

World Changes

• Approximately 95% of spawners removed from the world

• Spawners added to the Magic Shop

Shops Commands

• Added /ss - Shard Shop shortcut

• Added /sh - Shop command

Voting Updates

• Voting sites updated and synchronized

ReforgedEarth – The New Dawn Release Log

After extensive development, rebalancing, and system rewrites, Season 5: The New Dawn marks a fresh start for ReforgedEarth. This release focuses on Towny balance, historical depth, performance improvements, and long term progression. Here’s everything that’s new:

Towny & Gameplay Changes

• Claim blocks per resident: 25$

• Outlaws are teleported immediately after being set as outlaw

• Max town & nation name length: 14 characters

• Residences by default cannot build, destroy, use items, or switch in towns

• Resident data deleted after 60 days of inactivity

• Mayor inactivity transfers town to Vice Mayor

• Town rename cost: 150$

• Nation rename cost: 350$

• Town creation cost: 500$

• Nation creation cost: 3000$

• Town daily upkeep: 0$

• Nation daily upkeep: 0$

• New Culture Chat added (/cc)

Historical Preservation

• Towny histories added

• Historical preservation enabled

• Towns must be 3 days old before being recorded to history

War System

• Brand new event based war system

• Wars now occur as scheduled events, not constant conflict

Economy Updates

• Premium currency changed from Coins → Shards

• Shop rebalanced across the server

• Mob drop sell prices adjusted

• Block prices edited

• Potions & Arrows section removed

• Redstone section added

• Magic shop updated

Skills Adjustments

• All PvP related skills have been removed.
• Leveling remains the same

Progression Changes

• Jobs system removed

• Replaced with a new progression system

• Use /payouts to view earnings and rewards

New Map

• 1:1000 scale map of the world

• Over 800 custom biomes, realistic caves & terrain

• Custom block spawns: Quartz, Netherrack, Terracotta, Clay, Fossils, Sandstone, Blackstone

• Camels spawn in deserts naturally, first Earth map to do this

• Realistic beaches, turtle nesting, leaf decay, mountain scaling

Bedrock Support

• Full Bedrock Edition support added

• Java & Bedrock players can play together

Rank Update

• New rank added: Conqueror

• Available to purchase as a monthly rank on our store

Website & Community

• Website updated and modernized

• Discord revamped and improved

Server Updates

• Server version updated to 1.21.8

• Players can join from 1.21.8+

• Numerous plugin updates for stability and performance

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 Security Changes

• VPN's no longer allowed to be used
  
  
• Updated Reforged Sentry

Disabled Content

• Nether disabled

• End disabled

Removed / Paused Features

• Vehicles removed

• Reforged AI temporarily discontinued

Closing Notes

This release marks the beginning of a new era for ReforgedEarth.
There are many smaller changes and hidden features not listed here, go explore and find them in game!