Southern Region

The **Southern Region** is the area on Seacraft extending from Sam's Dragon Village to Puddle Plains and Freebuild.

## Geography

The Southern Region features a harsh chunk border next to Island Ocean since the Southern Region was generated in Minecraft 1.7 whereas Island Ocean was generated in Minecraft 1.6.

The central area of the Southern Region features the mountain range known as Magma Mountains. The mountains are surrounded by a roofed forest biome sometimes called 'Seacraft National Park', though this name isn't officially recognised. To the west lies Puddle Plains, named for its many small ponds resembling puddles on the landscape. To the south is the Freebuild Desert. To the east there is a plain making up part of Ripped Earth, a swamp and a savannah.

## Local governments

Two local councils are in charge of the Southern Region. The north-east is governed by the Council of Berk, while the south-west is governed by the Castle Council.

The Council of Berk L.G.A features the suburbs of Sam's Dragon Village, Magma Mountains and Ripped Earth.

The Castle Council L.G.A features the suburbs of Puddle Plains and Freebuild.

## History

### Discovery and exploration

The Southern Region was first discovered by samdogboy2 in late October of 2013, discovering a village which would soon be known as Sam's Dragon Village. He used beacons to establish a route from Old Mountains to the village. The whereabouts of the village soon became known to other players like zac5 and josh20202.

Further exploration of the region would come about when zac5 and josh20202 went out to build the Seacraft Castle. They followed the river from Sam's Dragon Village and soon found a nice, flat plains biome for building the Castle.

Freebuild was likely established during February 2014 by jacobme32. The building of the Railway Network saw Freebuild connected with the other areas of the Southern Region, namely the castle and Sam's Dragon Village. Additionally, the system connected to the rest of the server at the time.

### Forgotten Period

Sam's Dragon Village was developed with dragons, but this was eventually griefed, leaving the village dragonless except for a whispering death.

Mount Magma and the Survival Games lobby within it were built as part of Seacraft 2.2. 2.2 also saw the construction of the Seacraft Suspension Brigde, providing a foot connection from the Southern Region to the rest of the server.

In the roofed forest, samdogboy2 built various structures such as a giant tree filled with water and an obsidian fortress. He and zac5 also constructed the Dungeon of DOOM in Sam's Dragon Village.

### Later developments

When suburbs were introduced during Seacraft 2.2.3 - 2.2.9, only Sam's Dragon Village and Magma Mountains were established as suburbs. Puddle Plains and Freebuild wouldn't be considered suburbs until Seacraft 2.3.

During October 2014, the Racehorse Stadium began construction. It was built slowly over the course of late 2014 and early 2015, being released with Seacraft 2.3 in July of 2015.

ItsMoose established the area of Ripped Earth during the early Shopping Centre Boom (September 2015). He also built a large house in the south of the roofed forest. KrabbyPatty23 built a large modern house on Minigame Road in Magma mountains shortly afterward.

The Puddle Plaza was built in Puddle Plains at the end of 2016, released in January 2017 as part of Seacraft 2.4.2. It was later removed during Version 3 on the 11th of June 2023.