Player Proof Fence

The Player Proof Fence or simply The Fence is a 19.6 km long fence that surrounds the Kingdom of Quotro. The first phase of the fence was completed on 29 May 2012, which surrounded the western 60% of Quotro. The fence was later expanded to make the world a square. After being enforced by a borderguard, the fence remained uncrossed for over six years until February 2019.
== Description ==
The fence forms part of the border of all districts, except Stephens District and Soviet District, although the Soviet District does border the original eastern segment of the fence. The fence is mostly made of oak fence with a thickness of one block, which means that it grows in height to pass obstacles.
The fence is substituted for wooden planks when it crosses water. Some of these water crossings have been removed on the old eastern fence, but most of that segment remains to show district borders.
The fence is extra tall in Cornerstone, here the regular fence is placed on a two block tall wooden wall. The southern border at the terminus of Tres Grande Road also has wood plank base.
== History ==
Concerned at the growing size of the world, ThatIsPeter commissioned the fence to contain growth. At first, a 100 m long wood block line was placed on the southern border, but it soon became apparent that a fuller fence was required after players made further exploration. The fence took about a week to build in May 2012.
The fence was initially enforced only by honesty, but by September someone had crossed the fence and explored about 3000 blocks to the east. ThatIsPeter looked for a plugin to backup the fence, but none could support the rectangular border and insisted on squares. On 5 September 2012 borderguard was installed. The border coincided with the north, south and west fence segments with new territory opening to the east. The fence was extended to encompass the new square and the old east fence remained as a border between the eastern districts (Daydream District and Velo District) and the rest of Quotro.
By 2019 the concern with hard drive space had waned and ThatIsPeter mulled removing the fence, but was concerned removing it and creating more land would reduce the intensity of building within the main square of the Kingdom of Quotro. Keristero created a plugin that allowed monsters to spawn beyond the border, as well as blocking teleportation. On 8 February the plugin was complete, borderguard was removed and the fence was crossed for the first time. The first border crossing was built on the north border later that day. The fence remains and is arguably more important than ever with monsters relentlessly attempting to cross it.
== Notable Sites ==
* Northern border crossing near Winterfell
* The fence passes through an NPC village south of Frankfurt
* Cornerstone at the southwest corner
Category:Landmarks