Economic Era (Squid Island)

* The finale of Season 2
The Economic arc was the last Era of Squid Island following the Reconstructional arc. It began on July 20 2024, with the appointment of Manager Karen and the establishment of bank accounts for the Squid Bank and ended on August 8 2024, with the abandonment of The Squid Islands. The arc is defined by its financial advancements and resulting social dynamics. The rise of the Squid Bank and the revival of Bork Co. would lead to increased wealth and prosperity across the islands. As wealth grew, the frequency and severity of trolls would escalate.
==Timeline==
This is a timeline for all of the events of the Economic Era, conveniently in bullet points for formatting and efficiency. Please remember that the numbers are supposed to represent actual days of each month.
 
21: Crainer builds a dock for his island. After that, Crainer builds a cage for Polly outside with a tunnel that connects to his shack.     
22: Jelly goes mining and gathers diamonds and axolotls. He then tames the axolotls and names them "Goldie" and "Bluey". He also makes diamond armor and a diamond sword with the diamonds he found from the mine.     
23: Slogo appoints a new manager for the bank, a squid named "Karon". Slogo then claims a small island next to his as "Portal Island" and builds a nether portal for the community to use. After returning from the nether, he upgrades the lighthouse, bank (changing some of the diorite to quartz), and Portal Island. He also builds an enchantment room in his basement. Finally, Slogo gives Jelly and Crainer what they have been paid as interest from the bank.
24: Crainer builds a sugar cane farm on top of his bread farm, combining them into a greenhouse. Crainer then demolishes The Pirate Shack and builds The Pirate Watchtower in its place.
25: Jelly starts constructing a giant tree on his island. He plans to show its purpose to Slogo and Crainer in the next group video.
26: Slogo adds an ender chest to the bank to serve as a quick deposit box. Slogo then names his bank vault security guard "Buster". After that, Slogo travels to a badland to gather terracotta to make concrete. When he returns, he upgrades the lighthouse by replacing the bricks with red concrete. After that, he revives Bork Co. and builds a huge Bork Co. Warehouse on his island. The warehouse includes a crafting factory. Finally, Slogo writes a book to Crainer bribing him to raid and troll Jelly so that he feels insecure and deposits his valuables to the bank.
27: Slogo gives the book to Crainer while Jelly isn't looking. After that, the trio embarks on a series of unique adventures. They explore new trial chambers and gather a significant amount of loot, which they later deposit in the bank. In the Nether, they fight wither skeletons, obtaining skulls. Upon returning, Slogo trolls Crainer by spawning a wither skeleton on his island. They eventually lure the wither to an uninhabited island and defeat it there. Crainer then creates pirate-themed flags and shields using the nether skulls and deposits the nether star in the bank, earning him platinum membership. After that, Jelly reveals that the giant tree on his island, called "The Squid Tree," will serve as a sanctuary for breeding extinct animals. The trio uses brushes on suspicious sand to find a sniffer egg, which they place in The Squid Tree. After 10 minutes of Crainer trying to set the whole forest on fire, the egg finally hatches, and they name the newborn sniffer "Sniffy.
28: Crainer reads Slogo's book and accepts the request to troll Jelly. Crainer gathers black sheep for pirate flags and crafts TNT. Then, Crainer executes his plan and puts TNT around his mansion with trapped chests and pressure plates activating them. Suddenly, he accidentally activates one of them, causing a part of the mansion to be damaged. Crainer then bombs a bit of the island and places pirate flags all around. Finally, Crainer writes a book to Slogo notifying him that the request has been fulfilled, and that he expects a reward
29: Slogo crafts a mace, the strongest weapon on The Squid Islands. After that, Slogo builds sugar cane, dripstone, and bamboo factories inside the Bork Co. Warehouse. Slogo then pays Jelly and Crainer their bank interest, with Crainer receiving a bonus of 5 diamonds for his troll on Jelly. Finally, Slogo tames an ocelot inside of his nature reserve and names it "Lottie".  
30: Jelly steals Crainer's diamond armour as payback for the troll on his mansion. He deposits the armour to the bank. Jelly then installs a fire-clearing water system in The Squid Tree to protect against forest fires.
31: Crainer builds a new home for Polly inside of The Pirate Watchtower. Crainer demolishes Polly's old cage and replaces it with a new enchantment tower. Crainer requests Slogo to move the Pirate Island flag to the top of the new tower.
===August===
1: Slogo moves the Pirate Island flag to the top of Crainer's Enchantment Tower, fulfilling the recent request. Slogo then builds his own flag on his island. After that, Slogo hires an intern for his bank named "Timmy". Finally, Slogo gets Bork a new girlfriend. 
2: Jelly breaks into the Squid Bank through the back. Jelly then robs 52 emeralds and 29 diamonds from the vault and stores them in an ender chest near the main entrance. 
3: While Crainer is depositing 16 diamonds to the bank, he discovers that Jelly has stolen his armour and attempted to deposit it. Slogo doesn't accept the deposit, so Crainer gets his armour back. Slogo and Crainer then loot a pillager outpost, save a village from a raid, and deposit 2 totems of undying along with other loot when they return. After that, Slogo helps Crainer build a pirate ship next to Pirate Island.
4: Crainer builds a new path on his island made out of mud bricks. Crainer then sets up a treasure hunt for Slogo and Jelly to tackle in the next group video. Crainer trolls Jelly by giving him mud bricks as his treasure, while Slogo gets diamonds. After that, Crainer decorates and finishes his pirate ship. 
6: Slogo discovers that the Squid Bank has been robbed. He decides to put all the bank's valuables inside of an ender chest near the main entrance, not knowing that Jelly stored the stolen valuables in the same one. Slogo then adds traps around the bank vault to prevent robbers from stealing. After that, Slogo names Bork's girlfriend "Sydney".   
7: Crainer officially moves into his pirate ship, bringing Polly, her cage, and all his valuables and resources with him. After hearing about the robbery, Crainer then goes to check up on the bank vault to see his valuables, but ends up falling into a lava trap set by Slogo.    
8: Jelly logs onto the server after the IP leak, and finds out that all of the islands are destroyed. Jelly goes on a search for Shelly, but doesn't end up finding her. Jelly then finds a cemetery and meets up with someone who informs him that all the pets have died. After that, Jelly decides to sail away, abandoning The Squid Islands. Sometime after, Slogo and Crainer log onto the server and find out that the server IP has been leaked, and that Jelly appears to be missing. They see that all the islands are in ruins, with many buildings blown up and some covered in lava. They then find a cemetery with gravestones for many pets that have died. After that, Slogo and Crainer decide that they can no longer live here. They presumably sail away and abandon the world.    
==Trolls==
In the Economic Era, trolls would be more frequent and severe.
===Wither Troll===
After returning from a trip to the nether for wither skeleton skulls, Slogo trolls Crainer by spawning a wither on his island. They eventually lure the wither to an uninhabited island and defeat it there.
===Pirate Invasion===
Slogo pays Crainer to invade Jelly and try to steal his valuables so that Jelly could put his wealth into Squid Bank, Slogo would pay Crainer depending on how much value Jelly would put into the bank. Crainer would then place TNT and pirate flags all around Jelly's island instead.
===Stolen Armour ===
Jelly steals Crainer's diamond armour as payback for the troll on his mansion. He deposits the armour to the bank. 
===Squid Bank Heist===
Jelly breaks into the Squid Bank through the back. Jelly then robs 52 emeralds and 29 diamonds from the vault and stores them in an ender chest near the main entrance.
=== Terrible Treasure===
Crainer sets up a treasure hunt for Slogo and Jelly to tackle in the next group video. Crainer trolls Jelly by giving him mud bricks as his treasure, while Slogo gets diamonds.
=== Lava Trap ===
After hearing about the robbery, Crainer goes to check up on the bank vault to see his valuables, but ends up falling into a lava trap set by Slogo.   
==Area==
The Area of the Economic Era includes three islands named The Squid Islands, it also includes a variety of sub-islands.
===Main Islands===
The main islands are the three islands named The Squid Islands.
====Pirate Island====
Pirate Island is claimed by Crainer, it is the smallest of the three islands. Crainer is going for a pirate theme for the island.
=====Composition=====
Pirate Island is mostly beach with a little spot of jungle in the corner of the island. There is also a big cave under the island.
====Jungle Island====
Jungle Island is clained by Jelly, it is a medium sized island.
=====Composition =====
Jungle Island is mostly Jungle with some beach.
====Alpha Squid Island====
Alpha Squid Island is clained by Slogo, it is the largest of the three islands.
=====Composition =====
Alpha Squid Island has a large patch of sand, a large jungle with bamboo and is seperated form a different island by a river.
=== Sub-Islands===
These sub-islands are extra islands that are semi-important to the plot of the series.
====Jungle Temple Island====
Jungle Temple Island is the island where The Jungle Temple is located, Jelly told the rest of the trio to go to this island to loot the temple and to harvest some wood for building.
====Portal Island====
Portal Island was built by Slogo as a community island that houses a highly decorated nether portal.
==Residences==
===Crainer===
Crainer's resides in mostly pirate shacks.
====The Pirate Shack====
The Pirate Shack was Crainer's first proper house that he lived in. The house is a moderate size.
=====Construction=====
Crainer built this new home relatively quickly, he wanted to have a proper house to live in.
===== Demolition=====
Crainer destroyes The Pirate Shack in turn of a watchtower.
====The Pirate Watchtower====
The Pirate Watchtower is a watchtower that Crainer built so that he can see his enemies approach his island.
=====Construction =====
The Pirate Watchtower was built on July 24, 2024, it is a tall tower that was built mostly out of jungle wood.
===Jelly===
====Jelly's Jungle Mansion====
Jelly's Jungle Mansion is a fancy mansion that Jelly has lived in.
=====Constructon=====
Jelly constructed this mansion as a nice and fancy home for min to live in, the mansion is completed with jungle wood and copper blocks on the roof.
===Slogo===
====Slogo Lighthouse II====
Slogo Lighthouse II was a lighthouse Slogo built in the first solo episode of the Reconstructional Era.
=====Construction=====
Slogo built the lighthouse using bricks with some stone bricks in the middle of the sections. He also put a basement where he would store his valuebles.
===== First Changes=====
Slogo later changed the stone bricks to be diorite.
=====Second Changes =====
Slogo would later change the bricks to be red concrete.
==Other Buildings ==
===The Shelly Temple===
The Shelly Temple is a temple built as the home for Shelly.
====Construction====
The Shelly Temple was constructed on July 12, 2024, it was built out of stone bricks and cobblestone. Jelly was trying to go for a mayan look on the temple. The temple was also covered in moss. There is a bay next to the temple which is where Shelly lives.
===Squid Bank===
Squid bank serves as the trio's bank for all of them to deposit there riches in.
====Construction====
Squid Bank was built on July 17, 2024, it was made mostly out of polished diorite but the pillars were made out of just regular diorite. Slogo was going for a very modern look on the bank which is similar to Season One. The bank is located on a small hill which was made flatter during the construction of the bank. There was a letter s that was made out of gold near the top of the bank's exterior.
==== Changes====
Once Slogo built a nether portal, he was able to access quartz and use it for the material of Squid Bank. Slogo went into the nether and collected enough quartz to convert the diorite into quartz. The S near the top of the bank was also replaced with an I standing for "Island". Slogo placed redstone lamps as a light source inside of the bank. There is an enderchest that was placed into the bank.
===Crainer Corp. Greenhouse===
Crainer Corp. Greenhouse serves as Crainer's source of food.
==== Construction====
Crainer Corp. Greenhouse was built by Crainer on July 19, 2024, he originally just built a bread factory. The surroundings of the bread factory were made out of jungle wood planks. The bread factory would make bread through crafting instead of using crafters.
====Changes====
Crainer Corp. Greenhouse upgraded and built a sugercone farm on top of the bread factory. The sugar cane factory also was made out of jungle wood. There is a ladder to get up to the sugar cane factory.
===Pirate Island Dock===
Pirate Island Dock was built by Crainer on July 21, 2024, he used it as his dock.
====Construction====
Pirate Island Dock was built out of jungle wood, and also used some vines. the dock was built at a diagonal angle to fit the shape of the bay. The dock as some jungle wood supports to support a slight roof over the dock made out of jungle wood, these roofs are more of decoration. The dock also features some fences on the sides.
===Polly's Parrot Cage===
Polly's Parrot Cage was built by Crainer on Jult 21, 2024, it serves as the home for Polly.
==== Construction====
Polly's Parrot Cage was built in a sphere shape with the exterior being made out of glass. Crainer built the cageby forst digging a tunnel from his house, down a few block and dug untill he felt like he was quite far from his house. He then dug up to the surface and decided to call that where Polly's Parrot Cage would be. Crainer can also access the cage through the tunnel. The interior of the cage is supposed to feel like a jungle, it is filled with jungle wood logs, jungle leaves and vines. In the cage there is also a coupe poles for Polly to stand on. There is also a base at the bottom of the cage setting the cage two blocks above the ground, the base has two layers, the bottom one being made out of jungle wood logs and jungle wood stairs and the top laver being made out of strictly jungle leaves. The exterior glass dome is far from perfect, it goes from the base one out then two out and continues for three blocks, then it goes one in and continues for two blocks and finally it goes one in for another time creating a 5x5 area at the top of the dome.
===The Squid Tree===
The Squid Tree is a tree that Jelly started construction on July 25, 2024.
====Construction====
This is the only building to not be finished in one episode, the different episodes are going to catergorised into phases.
=====Phase One=====
Phase One was started on July 25, 2024, Jelly located a spot in the middle of his island and brought all of the logs that the trio cut on Jungle Temple Island there. Jelly started by planting a large jungle tree and then placing dirt on top of that large jungle tree in a 2x2 formation and then planting another large jungle tree on top of that. Jelly repeated that multiple times untill he felt like it was too high. After that Jelly went to the bottom of all of the trees and decided to make some roots to the ground so that the tree felt more monumental. He then started to make branches coming out from the top, once he had made those branches he treated them like they were just trees but sideways and added leaves into a regular tree like shape similar to the ones that you would find exploring in a jungle. Jelly then also added small patches of leaves on the branches. Jelly took those few branches that he made on the top of his tree and added some other branches that would come out of those branches, he tried to make the branches that came out of the other branches connect to each other. Where the bracnches connected to each other, Jelly would also put leaves there to make a smoother transition and also to hide the part where it connects. Once Jelly had finished that, he got rid of the leaves that were in the center part and replaced it with a large log (the log is presumeible filled but it is not confirmed), Jelly also thickens the roots to be not just one block. Jelly then adds a little branch near to the middle of the base, he also put leaves on the branch. After Phase One, The Tallest Tree is already the tallest building in Season Two.
===Bork Co. Warehouse===
Bork Co. Warehouse was built by Slogo on July 6, 2024 it is where Bork Co. is located.
====Construction====
Bork Co. Warehouse was built so that it had different rooms that were shaped as rectangular-prisms, he did this so that he could just keep adding rooms forever, which is the reason Slogo is able to fit the entireity of Bork Co. into the warehouse. There are also two chests on the side of the building.
====Rooms ====
This is a list of all of the rooms in the Bork Co. Warehouse.
=====Entrance Room=====
The Entrance Room is the first room that you see when walking into Bork Co. Warehouse. The room has a white extreior and has some stairs on top of the room as decoration.
===== Crafter Room=====
The Crafter Room is the room that houses the crafter, it is the first room that Slogo built that has production. The Crafter Room has a grey exterior and has some "fancy lights" hanging down from the celling. Slogo used a turtorial to make the crafter work. On the top of the exerior there is a layer of polished diorite slabs.
===== Factory Room=====
As of July 30, 2024, the factory room has three factories: Sugar cane, dripstone, and bamboo. The room has a three layer exterior and is the only room with an exterior with depth. The bottom layer of the exterior is made of light grey concrete. The top layer is made of red concrete and houses the sign that says "Bork Co", the sign also sticks out one block. The middle layer acts as a tranition between the top and bottom layer with it being made out of stone bricks. The empty room also has a dark grey concrete beam that sticks out one block that spans from the top to bottowm on both sides of the building.
==Companies==
===Bork Co.===
Bork Co. was originally from Season One, but on Jult 26, 2024, Slogo decided to revive Bork Co. back into Season Two.
====Buildings====
Bork Co. has only built one building Bork Co. Warehouse which Slogo said that the entireity of Bork Co. will be stored in Bork Co. Warehouse.
==Characters ==
===Jelly===
Previously, Jelly (the original main antagonist) was president before Squid Island was completely blown up, this caused Jelly to be really mad but luckily Slogo came up with the idea to just move on and go far far away to a distant land and forget everything. Jelly agreed to this and went with Slogo and Crainer to some new islands. When Jelly arrives at these new islands, a turtle jumps in his boat, Jelly decides to name this turtle "Shelly" and keep him as his pet. Jelly would go on to claim an island to himself so he can build this there. The trio would help him build his first home which was a treehouse.
====Mischief====
Jelly would be the first member of the trio to start causing tensions between them by claiming an island in close proximity to Crainer's island. This caused both Crainer and Slogo to get very mad at Jelly and they forced him to give that island to the turtles that were living there. The reason that Jelly even claimed the island in the first place was that he thought that it was Shelly's birth place. The reason why this mattered is that in Minecraft, turtles tend to go back to where they were born. This caused Jelly to feel the right to claim that island for himself, however it seem like afterall Shelly was not born on that island but rather on Crainer's island.
Trivia
*Jelly is the only one who does not have a special suit that he wears in Squid Island.
*Jelly is still building pyramids which makes this the tenth era in a row starting from the Foundational Era where Jelly is still building pyramids.
===Slogo===
Previously, Slogo (the original main neutral character) was the supplier of the Destruction of Squid Island, he thought Crainer went a little bit overboard with the amount of TNT that he placed. Slogo was the one to suggest that the trio should move on and travel far away to a distant land and forget everything. Slogo brought Bork along with him to the new land. Once they arrived at the new three islands that they discovered, Slogo was left for last to claim an island, there was only one island left which was the biggest one. The trio helped him build a shack in a cave.
====Alpha Squid Island====
Slogo has named his island "Alpha Squid Island", he started doing some big projects including making a massive bank, he named this bank "Squid Bank". Slogo seems to be going for a similar style as to Season One with building more modern and big buildings.
Trivia
*Slogo has a special suit and tie that he wears in Squid Island.
*Slogo is the one who has the biggest projects, he even admited that gathering all of the diorite for his bank took 3 hours.
*Slogo was the first player to enter the nether, as he as also the first to build a nether portal on Portal Island.
===Crainer===
Previously, Crainer (the original main protagonist) was the main cause of the Destruction of Squid Island. Crainer wanted to move on and was the first to claim an island. In Season Two Crainer is going for a pirate theme which he told everyone when he got a parrot as a pet. The trio helped him build a shed.
====Trivia==== 
*Crainer has a special pirate suit that he wears in Squid Island.
*Crainer admits that it is his fault that he has the smallest island.
*Since Crainer has the smallest island, he want to use that to his advantage and build higher rather than expanding.
*Crainer says that he is not a regular pirate because he does share some of his gatherings.
===Bork===
Bork continues to be a character in this series making him the only pet to last more than one season. Bork arrives to The Squid Islands in a boat with Slogo, and he currently sits in Slogo's Lighthouse.
===Shelly===
Shelly is a turtle born on Pirate Island (Crainer's Island), she was the first pet that was adopted in Season Two. Shelly was first adopted when he hoped in Jelly's boat. Later Shelly was built a temple as a home. Shelly was originally thought to be born on Turtle Island however it seems like she was actually born on Pirate Island. Turtle Island was also turned into a turtle sanctuary.
===Polly===
Polly is a parrot that Crainer tamed, this was Crainer's first step to becoming a pirate. Intrestingly, Polly is speculated to originally supposed to come in Season One but this has not been confirmed. Polly first lived in a temporary shack before being moved to a proper shack which has been Crainer's home since. Polly eventually got what she deserved and was built a proper home in which Jelly really liked. Polly is currently sitting in her cage.
===Yogi===
Yogi is the first and only panda discovered in Season Two, he was discovered on Alpha Squid Island. Later Slogo would give him a name tag.
===Manager Karen & Manager Karon===
====Manager Karen====
Manager Karen was the first manager of the Squid Bank, she was appointed to be the manager on July 20, 2024. Manager Karen was fist seen in the middle of the ocean, and the trio brought her through the ocean to Alpha Squid Island. The trio had to dig a small canal so that she could get to the entrance of her tank.
=====Death =====
Manager Karen can be found dying to the air gap in the iron door that the trio placed so that they can go in and manage the tank at 19:57 in Slogo's video. Slogo found out about Manager Karen's death while going to ask her if smithing templates are allowed to be deposited into the bank.
====Manager Karon====
Manager Karon was appointed on July 23, 2024 as the second manager of Squid Bank, she mostly acted as the replacement of Manager Karen. Slogo named Manager Karon her name because he hoped that if one of the other two in the trio come and check on Manager Karen they won't notice that Manager Karen had a new name, he was worried that they would think bad upon Squid Bank and collect their deposits out of the bank.
===Bluey & Goldie===
Buley & Goldie are two axolotls that Jelly tamed and currently live in Shelly's Bay.
====Trivia====
*Bluey & Goldie are the only two pets that do not have a name tag.
===Buster===
Buster is an iron golem protecting the vault in the bank.
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