ItsJerryAndHarry Minecraft Server

This is a preparation announcement to notify everyone that we're back and working on the next server update. Development on the next season of Skyblock has started. We do not have an estimated date for release yet because of the large amount of effort and changes going into this project. We are ready, however, to let you all know it's coming soon!

We will be taking some time to test out the new changes prior to release and are excited to see how they are received by the community!

Goals
While I am not prepared to announce a changelog, I am prepared to provide the community with the goals we have outlined for the Skyblock update to provide you with an idea of what to expect!

• Update Skyblock into the 1.16 era of Minecraft.
• Bring balance back to the economy.
• Create new ways to farm, interact, and enjoy your island.
• Create different island types with different ways to enjoy them.

We'll have more information for you soon, so keep an eye out!

ATTN: Factions Players
Yes, we know you're hungry for an update. Don't worry. You're next!

Today we released some new parkour maps for you all to explore, but we still wanted to leave you with something fresh and fun to enjoy.

While we finish up our vacation and while you're waiting for the upcoming server resets, we've decided to push out a reward.

Starting this weekend, the current Kitpvp season will come to an end and will be replaced by, what we're going to call, the Nostalgia Season. It's not your next official KitPVP season, and as a result, will be different.

Changes
All kits have been removed except Kit Warrior. Kit Warrior has been modified (shown below). The old kits are not gone permanently, they will come back for Season 11.

The former map 3 has been updated to feature an Outpost, a lot less foliage (yay for less lag) and some other small tweaks. We mostly aimed to stay true to the original map, so, no super big changes.

• Warrior [No Cooldown]
  • Diamond Sword [Sharpness 4]
  • Bow [Punch 2]
  • Ender Pearl [x8]
  • Golden Apple [x8]
  • Diamond Helm [Protection 3]
  • Diamond Chestplate [Protection 3]
  • Diamond Leggings [Protection 3]
  • Diamond Boots [Protection 3]
  • Splash Healing II [x12]

There will not be a payout for this because this is not an actual season. The intent is to give you guys something to enjoy and have fun while we're setting up the next few server updates. Please, try and enjoy it :)

This prison season comes with quite a few changes, so I want to take a second to talk about why.

Since Prison MMO became just Prison we have heard that people just want to focus on mob grinding - pvp should be optional and not forced - but let's be real... it's stale; boring. We did not want to take the pure grind away or impede it, so we implemented a pvp arena and eventually integrated KOTH. The current issue is that while these events and actions are pretty cool, you still only have one way to progress through the game mode.

This season aims to change that. We've added in three new avenues to explore for game mode progression. Mining blocks through the various camps will provide you with more money than you will get from mob drops. It also provides higher XP since it generally is a slower process. We've added in fishing which features the ability to sellable loot as well as increments of XP (including possibly 1 full automatic level up!). And lastly, we brought back an old IJAH game mode as a team-based event - Mob Arena. Work together inside the arena to earn money, xp, and possible even crate keys!

We sincerely hope the changes adequately give you various new ways to explore the prison game mode and liven things up a bit :)

Changelog

• Brand new Prison, Koth, PvP Arena and Mob Arena by IJAH Build Team
• Plot world has been removed
  
• Prestige now gives you a 5x booster
• Mob Drops reduced by 50%
  
• Mob loot sell prices in shop reduced by 50%
• Starter kit now comes with a wooden axe
• Mining has been added to all the camps
  
• Axes, Pickaxes and Fishing rods added to tools shop
  
• Fishing is possible inside of spawn (pond and 3 water fountains)
• Fishing provides random loot and random xp but features CE's (previously from plot world) and level up vouchers (just like from koth)
• Mob Arena has been added (team-based event) requires 3-10 players
  
• Strikes have been added (just like we had in kitpvp this last season)

After years of builds being done by unorganized builders, we finally have a Build Team again!
So far we've worked together to bring you the most recent Factions and KitPvP maps, and nearly all large-scale builds in the future will be done by the build team. However, we're in need of more members, so we're opening tryouts to anybody who'd like to apply.
Unlike applying for staff, there's no format or thread making, instead, we want to see what you can build. So, how do you apply?

TRYOUTS
Step 1) Join ijahbuild.serveminecraft.net
Step 2) Claim 2 plots
Step 3) Use 1 to build terrain of any type and show what you can do with worldedit, voxel sniper, and manual work to build natural-looking terrain. Use the other to build structures/buildings, showing off your ability in that field as well.
Step 4) Send me a message on discord (Heatdude#4656) saying you've finished your plots. I'll get back to you after I've had time to look at your plots.

RULES
All the rules from the J&H server still apply on this server. We reserve the right to remove you from trials and the server for any reason.
You must build alone. While showing your plot to other players is allowed, you are not to build with other players. We are interested in YOUR ability.

RESULTS
We'll be closing public trials in 2-3 weeks depending on how long people need, so take your time. Only at the end of this period will we announce who's been accepted, so there's no rush to finish before the deadline.
Remember, not everybody will make it. If you don't, we might hold trials again in the future so it won't be your only chance ever.
If you are accepted, you will remain whitelisted on the build server after trials are over. You won't get a special rank on the J&H server, as we have no interest in bringing back the [Builder] rank.

For closing remarks, I'm really excited to be leading this project. I've wanted the server to have an organized build team for years now, and even when we had one before many years ago it never truly grew to be anything more than individuals with special tags. Hopefully, we can do something bigger and better this time.
I can't wait to see what everybody who applies builds, and good luck everybody!