Custom Terrain

Unlike previous seasons, Castia will now have an entire custom world generation.
Not only will it add almost 100 new biomes. We are also making the world a lot larger than before. Instead of the usual 25,000 by 25,000 blocks we are now expanding our world to a 40,000 by 40,000 world! The resource worlds will remain vanilla generation to keep it easy for you to locate certain resources.

Here are some images of the new terrain:

Jobs Skills

That's right! We are making some changes regarding how jobs work. From now on you will no longer have to pick what jobs you want and which perks are most beneficial for you. Instead, everyone gets ALL benefits from ALL skills and you no longer have to make a choice. Skills will level and pay out money the same way jobs used to.

Basic Skills

There are 5 basic skills. Just like before, every skill still has 3 perks.
Each skill can be leveled up to level 100. Like jobs, the higher your level, the more you'll get paid for your actions. At level 50, the maximum pay is reached and it will no longer go higher.

Mining

• Level 15: Access to /nightvision
• Level 30: Ability to find Ore Seeds while mining ores
• Level 45: Access to /haste

Woodcutting

• Level 15: Ability to blow leaves
• Level 30: Access to /top
• Level 45: Chance to get more apples from leaves

Hunting

• Level 15: Receive extra exp from mobs
• Level 30: Access to /strength
• Level 45: Access to /resistance

Farming

• Level 15: Ability to craft Mob Catchers
• Level 30: Ability to auto-replant crops
• Level 45: Access to /rabbit (jumpboost)

Fishing

• Level 15: Ability to craft sponges
• Level 30: Access to /waterbreathing
• Level 45: Access to /conduit

Arcane

Arcane is a special skill and does not work like the others. Arcane can only be leveled up by doing tasks for the other skills and does not pay out any money. When you do tasks for other jobs you will receive partial experience in arcane. For example: If you receive 100 mining exp, you will also get 20 arcane exp.

Arcane also comes with some perks:

• Level 15: Ability to liquefy experience
• Level 30: Ability to craft tracker oils
• Level 45: Ability to keep experience after death

We have some other big plans for the arcane skill but sadly we could not finish this up before the new season. Expect this feature in the upcoming months.

The return of /market & new ChestShop plugin.

Those who played older seasons of Castia will remember the old warp market. At this location, players can rent their very own shop. Allowing them to sell items in one big mall-like location.

To start renting a shop, You can use /findshop to find an available shop. You can then simply right-click the sign to start renting.

Additionally, we have made a brand new ChestShop plugin. This should make it easier to make and maintain player shops. You can start by placing a sign on a chest with "[shop]" on the top line. The rest of the sign will auto fill for you. When the shop owner right clicks the sign, it will open a new menu where you can manage your shop.

Runestones

In the current season, runestones were used to receive random relic tools and armor. In the new season, this is no longer the case. There will be new items named "Essence". These essences will behave like the old runestone mechanic.

In the new season, Runestones will act as custom enchants. You can visit The Runecrafter in spawn to buy some for experience levels.

There are 3 tiers of runestones and each tier currently has 5 different types of runestones.

• Rare Runestones = 35 Levels
• Epic Runestones = 50 Levels
• Legendary Runestones = 75 Levels

Runestones can also be applied to relic items, including mithrils. However, you have to be careful! Each runestone has a success rate. If the success rate is not 100%, there is a chance your runestone will break and fail applying.

You can increase the success rate by adding Blessing Dust on your runestone.
Blessing Dust can be obtained by visiting the quest merchant or opening gemstones.

But there is more...

• We have added plot permissions in towns. You can control these with /plot.
• Quests can now be re-rolled once per day
• Job Orbs have been renamed to Mystic Mushrooms and got a new texture
• Mobs will now have dynamic sizes
• While you might not notice, we re-coded the entire /ah plugin
• Liquifying exp no longer takes levels but only takes experience

When?

On Monday, September 2nd We will take the server offline for maintenance and prepare for the new season.

On Friday, September 6th, We will be opening the server with the new season. The exact time will be announced on Discord.
The server will be 1.21.1 so make sure to update your game and mods if you have those.

We will see you there!