Stardust Events

Stardust Events are hourly, server-wide activities intended to provide entertaining diversions from standard gameplay and to encourage collaboration, competition, and general community engagement. Currently, there are 3 different scripted events: Meteors, Buried Treasure, and Horse Races, following a repeating "Meteor -> Buried Treasure -> Meteor -> Horse Race" sequence.
Meteor events are accessed via the "Adventure" menu (Opened with "o" by default) where a prompt will appear, allowing teleportation into the event. The time until the next event can also be found along the top of this menu.

## Meteors:

Meteors are a combat challenge in which players are transported around a falling meteor and must fight to compete/cooperate for a reward.

### Mechanics:

* In singleplayer, a 10 second timer begins before a boss spawns. In multiplayer, this timer is 60 seconds. During this time, players can join the meteor event but cannot damage each-other or summon stands.
* Once the timer ends, players gain full combat capabilities and a "Meteor Champion" enemy spawns that **must be defeated before the meteor is collected or it will be lost**.
	+ This enemy may be a Black Bull Ultimate, Black Sabbath, Dark Horse, Elder Guardian (If in water), or The Champion
* Standing under the meteor will accelerate the landing, ending the event sooner, but any players beneath the meteor are very vulnerable and unable to use stands.
* Going too far from the meteor will trigger an "Out of Bounds" countdown which, upon reaching zero, will remove the player from the event.
* When the meteor concludes, the nearest surviving player to the meteor is granted the reward.
	+ If multiple players are standing under the meteor in the vulnerability zone, the reward is split evenly between them.

## Buried Treasure:

Buried Treasure events transport all participants to a common area with buried chests and Meteorite Blocks. The central goal is to uncover treasure and obtain valuable resources.

### Mechanics:

* A 2-minute countdown will begin immediately upon the event's announcement. When complete, this timer will conclude the event.
* All participants will be given a stone excavator to assist in digging upon entry.
* 20 chests and 5 Meteorite Blocks will spawn at varying depths within a square 31x31 block area centered around the starting coordinate.
	+ The loot pools of chests are dependent on their depth beneath the surface.
	+ Meteorite Blocks can be right-clicked once to collect 10 Stardust. There is no limit to the number of players that can use a single Meteorite Block.

### Rewards:

 5
 7
 9
 3-6

## Horse Races:

Horse races teleport all participants to a common area where they compete to race to a finish-line coordinate ~600 blocks away.

### Mechanics:

#### Pre-Race:

* Upon entry, a countdown timer begins before the race. In singleplayer, the timer is 10 seconds. In multiplayer, this timer is 60 seconds. During this time, players are able to join the race.
* All participants are teleported within a 5-block radius starting area. Any players beyond this area are removed from the event when the start countdown ends.
* Upon entry, all players will automatically mount the horse saved in their Spin subclass menu once in a large enough space.
	+ If the player does not have a horse logged, they will be given a "SPW Horse" with moderate stats.
* A Speedwagon Foundation Referee will stand towards the approximate direction of the destination before the race begins.

#### Race:

* A 3-minute countdown timer begins. At the end of this timer, the race will end automatically, removing players from the event area.
* A indicator will appear above the hotbar indicating the direction and distance of the finish line.
* The finish line will activate upon a player entering a 5x5 area centered around the finish line coordinate, regardless of y-axis position.
* Upon the first 3 participants finishing the race, the event will end, removing all players. If fewer than 3 racers are present, the event will end upon the final player reaching the finish line.

### Rewards:

**1st Place:** 50 Stardust, 10 Denarius, 5 Diamonds, 10 Gold Ingots.
**2nd Place:** 25 Stardust, 10 Dupondius, 2 Diamonds, 5 Gold Ingots
**3rd Place:** 10 Stardust, 5 Dupondius, 1 Gold Ingot