The Challenge Classic

You start as a nobody, a refugee fleeing your homeland. You know that others are coming behind you,and are counting on you to set up a new society, away from the oppression of the Kings and nobility inyour homeland. From your first mud hut, expand slowly but surely, and recover the technology that youleft behind. Conquer wood, stone, iron and diamonds, and incorporate them into your life and society.Build a city, then expand beyond that, and create your own kingdom. Rediscover magical secrets, andunlock the power of the atom.The power is in your hands.What is the Refugee to Regent Kingdom Building Challenge?The Refugee to Regent Challenge is at first a city building challenge, and then a kingdom buildingchallenge, designed to be able to scale from "I have a little time on my hands and could spend a week ortwo on this" to "Where did the last six months go?" It is the spiritual child of Iamchris27's CityConstruction Challenge , the inspiration for this challenge, and Gregtech, with its "I'm complicated,sucker, and I take a lot of time to get into. But the results are well worth it." At its core, the concept isvery simple.Advance through many stages, at each stage unlocking new materials and tools for use. Every stage youadvance requires more and more Houses, Community Buildings, expansions to yourVillage/Town/City/Capital Center, tools, food stockpiles, resource stockpiles, eventually additional townsand villages, and more.The Challenge began as a simple City Construction Challenge port for the Direwolf20 Feed the Beastmod pack, and has expanded from there. It is not intended to be easy, nor short. There are currently threedifficulty settings available: Fast Track (for the impatient), Normal, and Hard. In addition, there are otherchallenges that you can choose to use that make the default challenge even more difficult. There are few,if any, that make the challenge any easier. This is intentional.It is also possible and even encouraged to take this challenge at the same time as other challenges. Somechallenges not made by me that are recommended to be done at the same time as the Refugee to RegentChallenge are:page 255 / 284Refugee to Regent ChallengeLilariel's Tree Spirit Challenge,SteelFeather's Castle Building ChallengePicking a particular Cubeaic deity and sticking with it through the entire challengeCurrent Refugee to Regent Stages:Stage 1: Dirt HovelStage 2: Wood SettlementStage 3: Stone HamletStage 4: Iron VillageStage 5: Redstone DiscoveryStage 6: Gold CityStage 7: Lapis Lazuli MetropolisStage 8: Glowstone ExpansionStage 9: Emerald MegalopolisStage 10: Diamond Capitalpage 256 / 284Refugee to Regent ChallengeCivilization ThemeBefore we begin, you may want to consider a few "fluff" items. If you just want to skip straight to thebuilding, jump down to Stage 1 Rules. This is more of an aesthetic detail more than anything else. Thissection is designed to help give your civilization a sense of purpose, an identity that they can all cling to,and can be incorporated into your building designs. It's a series of questions to help the non-creative, orthose that need a push. Or, give one or two ideas of inspiration to the already creative.Your Nation's Primary IdentityPick 3 colors/block types out of the Minecraft spectrum to use as your primary colors for buildingand/or decorationPick 2 secondary colors/block types that are used uncommonly for building and/ordecorationPick 2-3 block types that are NEVER used for building and/or decorationPick 1 or 2 mobs (friendly/frenemy a la sheep and/or creepers) that are your favorite.Example: Dogs, CreepersPick 1 or 2 mobs (friendly/hostile) that are your nation's sworn enemy.example: Cats, EndermenDesign a FlagIn Creative Mode, use Item Frames/Wool to create a flag that best suits your identity.I recommend Creative Mode because this lets you play around with the design to yourhearts content without having to worry about dyes, sheep, and regrowing woolOnce designed, this Flag must be built somewhere in your town/OutliersDesign slightly different flags (one/two blocks different) that makes each Outlier unique fromyour Capital, but is instantly recognizable as belonging to your Nation.Pick a Primary Road MaterialMay be any block type, but should be common, as this will be what you use for yourpathways, roads, highways, etcPick a Secondary Road MaterialMay be any block type, but should be common. Used primarily for accenting roadways,creating road borders, or outright pathways, roads, highways, etc where the PrimaryMaterial just doesn't work.Basic Building MaterialsWhen you get to the point where you can use any and every kind of building material, whichmaterial do you want to use the most?Stone?What kind of Stone?page 257 / 284Refugee to Regent ChallengeDesert Stone, Nether blocks, regular Stone?Cobble, Smooth, Brick, Mossy Brick, Chiseled Brick, etc?Wood?Which kind of Wood?One kind of Wood or multiple kinds?Planks, Logs, Slabs?Wool? Which Color(s)?So on and so forth