Outer World

The Outer World in the context of Monsoonjr's Minecraft Server and the Mappercraft Minecraft Server refers to the vanilla overworld generation of chunks found outside of a given map's intended limits. This term is most often applied in the context of the Earth World series of worlds; however, the Outer World can also be seen and documented in other worlds, too, including Distorted Asia, Distorted Europe, Distorted Europe Revived, Doom's World, Solace World 1, and perhaps others, too. Players often used the Outer World to gather resources they otherwise would not have been able to get in the main map of the respective world — such as totems of undying — and to create hidden secret bases.
== History==
===Earth World===
==== Earth World Mark I====
The first appearance of the Outer World phenomena was in the first Earth World. During this time it was often referred to as New Panegia due to the shared vanilla terrain generation of both Panegia World and the Outer World. The first explicit mention and description of the Outer World by this name can be found on the Earth World wiki page on June 28th, 2015, although documentations of its existence were around beforehand, although lackluster; the wiki page in question says, "Lolistan exits the World Map via the North Pole and enters New Panegia, the regular minecraft world outside of the world [sic]." People, including FedexMC, the previously mentioned Lolistan, and TL managed to travel and briefly explore the Outer World, with TL even making a makeshift outpost in Bethan, the dubbed 'continent' found in the Outer World south of Antarctica. Along with that, portions of the Outer World near the northwest corner of the map — (0, 0) — and the northern edge were explored for the first time.
====Earth World Revived====
The second edition of the Earth World series, Earth World Revived, saw more people exploring the mostly uncharted Outer World. Two players especially took it upon themselves to explore and document several NPC villages and other interesting discoveries in what was still dubbed New Panegia: EthanKoenigsberg and pezminer12. Two NPC villages, dubbed Bløuvet and Viking's Square were discovered by the duo; in addition, two 'world wonders' were found by them, which were the Rumanov River, the first river biome found in the Outer World and Rusdov Falls, a waterfall that formed from a water source located inside the edge of a chunk border or corrupted chunk. At the end of the world, two other players, AbolishSuburbs (Mich) and Zionist (KML) created an unnamed outpost and settlement near an NPC village on the northern edge of the Outer World.
====Earth World Revived Revived ====
Earth World Revived Revived saw little progress regarding the exploration and settlement of the Outer World, or, at least, minimal exploration and settlement was actually documented.
====Earth World Mark IV ====
In contrast to the previous world, Earth World Mark IV saw significant exploration and settlement of the overworld region outside of the main Earth map; many bases were founded here during this time. By this time, the New Panegia name had been mostly obsoleted and the Outer World name became mainstream among the players of the server. Much more of the Outer World was mapped out by the end of Earth World Mark IV compared to previous worlds. In addition, players began to see the potential of the Outer World being used to create hidden bases far out from any civilization to hide their valuables. 
On May 8th, 2016 TL and Skali found the Outer World through Antarctica and the south pole after the duo previously explored the ruins of the Tamil Empire with Tomad; they founded an exploration base there afterwards. 
Sometime during this world, the Gewehr 43 base was founded by FedexMC at a end portal stronghold and as a colony of the Empire of Starymglia,. This was his first Outer World base and was used by him and his friends Czin, franmox, and jere_x to store their valuables and gear and to presumably prepare for battles and wars. In addition, a base was founded by then members of Asuka, Mich and Wolfkall, to separate themselves from the chaotic geopolitics going on at the time; this would eventually be called Transglobia and Transblobia and would become a colony of the nation they were apart of.
EthanKoenigsberg and pezminer12 would return to making more outposts in the Outer World during Earth World Mark IV. After being in spectator mode for the entire duration of the world thus far, Ethan would return to survival mode on May 28th, 2016 and created an settlement called Tarcene just north of Mich and KML's old base from Earth World Revived. On the other hand, pezminer12 made several outposts throughout the northern edge of the Outer World, which included one with a few dark oak huts and a cow farm encased in barrier blockspezminer12 was an admin of Monsoonjr's Minecraft Server at this time and was known for spawning in various items in creative mode and generally stretching his power., and one at the northeastern corner of the Earth map.
====Earth World Mark V====
Earth World Mark V saw a few interesting developments in regards to the Outer World. Players continued exploring the Outer World during this time, mainly for finding rare resources such as totems of undying from the woodland mansions or llamas. 
On November 20th, 2016 pezminer12 was the first player to find llamas on Earth World, specifically finding them in a mountain biome. 
On December 29th, 2016 Tomad griefed the Gewehr 43 base that was founded in the previous world; the staff promptly concluded that this was illegal and banned him for a week as a result. This ban was controversial in the community, with one side supposing that Tomad's grief was okay as Outer World territory cannot be considered territory officially part of a nation and the other side defending his ban as Starymglia claimed it was part of their nation and therefore could not be griefed unless they were at war with another nation. Tomad defended himself by claiming that since FedexMC was moving the items he originally stored at Gewehr 43 to elsewhere that he automatically abandoned it. Regardless of pushback, the ban stuck. 
Sometime shortly before or after the grief of Gewehr 43, construction on a new Starymglian secret base had begun, that being Gewehr 44. Originally, the people who were part of the base were FedexMC, Czin, franmox, and jere_x; later on, Skali was invited to the base by FedexMC. The base for the most part comprised of two wooden buildings located on two islands in the midst of an ocean, both of them connected by a bridge. was used for storing valuables, enchanted gear and books, and other items. 
At some point during Earth World Mark V, Mich had moved his valuables out of the Transglobia and Transblobia base and constructed a new hidden base closer to Europe in a snow biome. It contained a zombie XP spawner, an AFK fish farm, and storage for items. This base is where Mich would store all the shulker boxes from his ender chest at the end of the world. 
During Earth World Mark V, Xenodine added a multiverse plugin that added several other dimensions of the Outer World, accessible from what was then the spawn. These included a vanilla Minecraft world and a "Nordic" world. These received minimal exploration, however. 
====Earth World Mark VI====
Earth World Mark VI saw arguably the most intrigue, exploration, and settlement in the Outer World out of any Earth World. Much was explored of the Outer World by some players in order to obtain resources that were rare or nonexistent on the main map, including especially terracotta and totems of undying. In addition, some established a few bases in the region.
====Earth World Mark VII ====
In contrast to Earth World Mark VI, Earth World Mark VII saw little interest in the Outer World due to less player activity on the server. Asides from a couple bases being founded there during the world's duration, players rarely ventured there.
===Distorted Asia===
After the first Earth World map came Distorted Asia World, the second world on Monsoonjr's Minecraft Server to contain the Outer World in some form. On July 15th, 2015 FedexMC founded the Harinian Empire south of the bedrock wall that tried to block off players from the region, on an island or large landmass of some sort. Not much else happened or was documented in the Outer World asides from this during Distorted Asia world.
===Distorted Europe===
Along with the Earth World series and Distorted Asia world, Distorted Europe had an Outer World region of its own. What was interesting about Distorted Europe in particular, though, was that all chunks spanning outside of the map's intended boundaries generated in a Large Biomes preset, rather than the default preset that you would normally see in a Minecraft world. This meant larger islands, continents, oceans, biomes, and landmasses in general.
In the first iteration of Distorted Europe people mainly used the Outer World to raid villages and other vanilla generated structures to gather loot relatively quickly. During this time, three main settlements or bases popped up: China, a former independent nation turned vassal of the Empire of Tricia located northwest of the main map itself; the Republic of Finnia, VikkezBoy's settlement and nation in a jungle biome far to the south; and a skeleton XP grinder base used by Mich, Cambrian_, and Wolfkall found under an island north of Europe.
In the second iteration of Distorted Europe, Distorted Europe Revived, there occurred many developments in the Outer World during the world's span. First, people, including Cambrian_, Mich, and others began exploring and finding Woodland Mansions in order to gather totems of undying. Second, Mich made two secret bases in the Outer World he used to store valuables and to AFK fish farm, the first base he had lost and could not find again. Third and finally, a player named AntiMof, who is nowadays presumed to be an alt of LemonsDesired or TheSummerDragon, began an ARG-esque campaign that involved cryptic messages in the the in-game chat and exploring the Outer World; relevant to the latter, they guided people who were curious, which at the least included agnius06 and Mich. AntiMof also apparently had a large stash of gunpowder and other resources in the Outer World region, although there exists no sure confirmation or proof of its existence.
=== Doom's World ===
While there was some limited generation of the Outer World during Doom's World, no organized exploration was ever completed. At the time, the rules prohibited claiming in the Outer World; as such, no settlements were ever made.
===Solace World 1===
Solace World 1 saw the last instance of the Outer World seen, publicly accessible, and explored on the Mappercraft server. While no known settlements were made in the region outside of the main earth map, several people explored it in search of resources.
==Gallery==
File:2021-05-24 21.11.04.png|A picture of Mich and KML's Outer World settlement in Earth World Revived next to an NPC village
File:2021-05-24 21.11.12.png|Close-up image of Mich and KML's Outer World settlement in Earth World Revived
File:2021-05-24 21.11.17.png|The inside of Mich and KML's Earth World Revived settlement in the Outer World
File:2021-07-29 23.27.42.png|EthanKoenigsberg's Tarcere settlement main outpost
File:2021-07-29 23.28.06.png|Tarcere settlement main outpost from the south direction
File:2021-07-29 23.28.11.png|Tarcere settlement wooden outposts
File:2021-07-29 23.27.49.png|Tarcere settlement main outpost's unfinished lava moat
File:2021-07-29 23.28.23.png|Tarcere settlement cobblestone outpost and farther view from the south direction
File:2021-07-29 23.04.00.png|pezminer12's base in the Outer World that is encased in barrier blocks
File:2020-12-06 18.34.14.png|Center room of Mich's secret base from Earth World Mark V
== References and Notes ==
Category:Locations
Category:Earth World
Category:Distorted Europe
Category:Distorted Asia
Category:Solace World 1