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MCAlagaësia IV

**MCAlagaësia IV**, also known as MCAlagaësia 1.5, was a version of the MCAlagaësia map between (date) and August 2014. It was the last MCA version to use the 'Mark' naming system, before MCA 2 was started. It was also the first version to be hosted on a server, allowing many players to work on the project.

## Videos

There are a number of old videos available on the MCAlagaësia YouTube Channel which feature MCA IV.

* "So how big is MCAlagaesia?" - A Video featuring a huge map of MCAlagaesia 1.5
* Original MCAlagaesia 1.5 Trailer
* New MCAlagaesia 1.5 Trailer
* "Your Adventure Begins..." - Video showcasing MCAlagaesia 1.5's original intended gameplay
* Du Weldenvarden - Trees Preview
* Build Timelapse
* The Spine - Mountains Preview
* Example Village
* Building Timelapse

## Gallery

A mill built by Hellomynameis99.The Southern Isles.Teirm.Dras-Leona.Carvahall.A small settlement, the style of which was the inspiration for Kuasta on the current map.Aberon.An above view of MCA Mk.IV.A castle in the Beor Mountains, built by Hotline101.Yazuac.Daret.The Imperial Prison.
Stronghold Wall

Stronghold Walls are a building that players can build inside of their Stronghold. Walls are useful for protecting the Stronghold, and should fully encircle your Stronghold for the most effective defence.

### Cost to Build

There are 3 tiers of Stronghold Wall - Small, Medium and Large. These three tiers are also available in different styles, which may have additional advantages.

Stronghold Walls
 2
 3

### Attacking a Wall

If the defending Stronghold's wall completely encircles their base, you will have to get over it. Ways of attacking a wall:

* TNT - Destroy the wall.
* Pickaxe / Axe - Mine through the wall.
* Flint and Steel - Set the Wall on fire (only works on wooden walls).
* Ladders - Climb over the wall (Harder to do on walls with overhangs).
* Grappling Hook - Grapple onto the wall.

If one attacking player gets on top of the wall, one strategy may be to open the Stronghold Gate to allow the other attackers easy access to the Stronghold.

### Wall Placement tactics

Before you start placing walls, it may be useful to decide which ones you can afford. If the wall doesn't completely encircle your Stronghold, it loses all of it's defensive advantage because the attackers could walk around it. Also bear in mind where you will put your gate. Traits to look for in a Wall type:

* Height - makes it harder to use ladders to get up the wall.
* Thickness - makes it harder to mine or blow through the wall.
* Overhang - makes it impossible to use ladders to get over the wall (Unless a pickaxe is used as well).
* Material - Wooden walls can be burnt, so look for walls made of another material.

If you want to have multiple layers of walls, it is better to have taller walls as you get further in. This means that the defenders still have the advantage of height if the outer wall is taken, and the attackers cant jump or grapple over the gap between them as easily.
Dragon Egg

**Dragon Eggs** are items that can sometimes hatch into Dragons. They are extremely rare and valuable. Dragon eggs come in many colours. Dragon eggs can be placed as a block.

## Obtaining

### Dungeon Loot

An egg can be obtained from the Vault of Souls on Vroengard.

## Usage

### Hatching

The achievement ***Discovery*** is given when a player first holds a dragon egg.

When a player holds a Dragon Egg, it has a chance of hatching for that player. The chance of hatching decreases for each player who holds it. A dragon will refuse to consider you as a rider if any of the following conditions are met:

* You already have a Dragon.
* You have already held the egg before.

#### Hatching Chances

 2
 3
 4+

In addition, each Dragon egg has a personality. This is displayed as the item's Lore. It is displayed in one of the following formats:

* This dragon values {Stat} in a rider.

If the Dragon values a specific stat (such as regions explored, enemies killed, friends healed etc.), then you will gain an extra 0.2% chance if your stat is above a certain value.

If the dragon does hatch for you, the egg will disappear and a dragon will appear. The Dragon will be the same colour as the egg that it came from. The achievement ***Shur'tugal*** is given when a dragon hatches for you.

### Reconsidering

If a Dark Talisman is used on a Dragon Egg, it forgets who it has already considered.

## Development

The Dragon Egg textures were created by SMarf1.

## Gallery

1. ↑ Dragons will have multiple colours (Link to Discord). Colour list unconfirmed (discussion here).
2. ↑ Dragon Eggs can be placed as a block. Link to Discord
3. ↑ The Dragon Egg is obtainable through the Vault of Souls. Link to Discord
4. ↑ The hatching chance decreases for each person who interacts with the egg. Links to Discord: 1, 2
5. ↑ Discussion on Discord here. Unclear what the final decision was.
Ceris

**Coordinates**

6734, -1622

**Ceris** is an elven settlement in Du Weldenvarden. It is home to Jaunëlph, an NPC.

## Development

Ceris was built by ArcWraith, and was finished on the 14th December 2015. It was the first canonical location to be completed on MCAlagaësia 2.

## Media

A cinematic featuring three smaller locations on the MCAlagaësia map, including Ceris.
Accessories

**Accessories** are Items that can be equipped (similar to armour). Accessories may alter the player's appearance, give one or more buffs, or both.

The three categories of accessories are necklaces, rings and gloves.

## Buffs

When equipped, accessories can give the player one or more buffs. It is possible to find accessories that have no effect except cosmetic, but these can usually be enchanted by the player if they have the ability to do so.

### Wards

Warded accessories are magical items that provide the player with a protection or ability while equipped. Some accessories may have embedded gemstones to provide the necessary energy for the ward and will need to be periodically recharged, while others may draw energy directly from the wearer.

Any ward can be applied to an accessory. Players may be able to add their own wards to accessories that do not already have them, if they have the ability to do so.

### Ancient Language Ability

Allows the player to use a specified word from the Ancient Language in a spell, even if the player has not yet researched it.

### Energy Storage

Accessories with gemstones will be able to store energy. When the player casts a spell, energy will be drawn from the accessory. When it runs out of capacity, then energy will be drawn from the player as normal. Such accessories can usually be enchanted, turning them into warded accessories.

### Keys and Access

Some accessories are required to enter certain locations or complete certain tasks in the world, such as for use in quests. Another example is the Yawë Ring, which is required by non-elf players to enter Ellesméra.

### Mundane Effects

Some glove accessories may reduce or cancel negative effects from cold areas. Other gloves give the player an advantage when performing a certain task, such as forging weapons and armour.
Dynamic Footpaths

**Dynamic Footpaths** is the game mechanic that allows players to create their own roads over time. If a grass or stone block is walked on a lot, it will slowly wear down into other types of blocks. If the path is not walked on for a while, it will slowly return to its original state. You can watch a video of this feature here.

### Protected Blocks

Blocks would not be able to wear down in settlements, or other protected regions.

### Wearing Down

Blocks wear down into other blocks as more players walk on them. For example, Grass would wear down into Dirt, then Path Blocks.

Block Trampling
 Stone
 Cobblestone
 Gravel
 Dirt

1. ↑ Dyamic footpaths will exist in Arcaena. Link to Kanban
Achievements

**Achievements** will be granted to players for performing certain actions in the game. Examples of this could be casting a spell for the first time, visiting a region, completing a difficult challenge or killing a boss. Achievements will be saved to the player's Arcaena Account rather than the current character. There are currently **116** achievements, which are arranged into **11** sets.

It is likely that Achievements will work in the same way as Minecraft's Advancements system, in which there is a tech tree of advancements to unlock. Achievements marked with a star (★) would likely be the rare purple-named advancements *if* this model were to be used.

You can read more about achievements on the official Kanban here.

## List of Achievements

### Questing Set

Questing Achievements
 ***A One Handed Job*** | Accept a quest from Martland Redbeard

### Other

Other Achievements
 ★ ***Dedication*** | Complete every achievement

1. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (2019-08-25). Player achievements. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022.
2. ↑ MCAlagaesia. Arcaena Achievements. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022.
Barrows of Anghelm

**Coordinates**

-3981, -5440

The **Barrows of Anghelm** is the urgal capital, situated in The Spine. It is possible that the Barrows may contain a dungeon, in which the player has the fight the urgal king Kulkravek.

## Features

### Access

Unless the player is playing as an Urgal, they must fist complete a quest to gain access to the settlement.

## Development

Construction of the Barrows was started by keeperofthegoldn in February 2021. The settlement was also known as 'urgal-2' during development.

## Gallery

Barrows of Anghelm under construction, January 2022.
Bakes32

**Bakes32** is a member of the MCAlagaësia Build Team.

## Dates

1. ↑ bakes32#7788 (November 12, 2021). Bakes32 discusses returning to MCAlagaësia. “hopefully ive got a bit of free time so ill do my best”
2. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (February 4, 2021). Staff Newsletter 2020-2021. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021.
Leech

**Leech** is a tier 3 tank that branches off from Gunner and Triple Shot.

## Appearance

Leech is a tank with 5 small barrels and 1 slightly larger barrel below the small barrel at the center.

## Technical

Leech rapidly fires small rectangle shaped projectiles from its small barrels that deal low damage but also heal you by 10% of the damage that they dealt. The larger barrel below the central small barrel fires similar projectiles that deal more damage but has a longer reload than the small cannons.
Gally 99

Gally\_99 is a member of the MCAlagaesia Terraforming Team and Interior Design Team. They were the first-ever staff member to hold both the 'Terraformer' and 'Interior Designer' positions at the same time.

## Contributions

### Terraforming

* Worked on the Igualda Falls near Carvahall.
* Built the Forest of Stone.
* Worked on the Teirm mountain pass, and created the land underneath the current Teirm iteration.
* Worked on the prologue location.
Store

The **Store** will be a webpage where players can spend money on in-game perks. Note that this does not give these players a gameplay advantage. You can find the current store page here.

### Store Items

* Premium Membership
* Task Bounty (speed up development for a certain aspect of the game)
* Donation (no in-game benefeit)

### Not yet Available

* Name Cosmetics
* Dark Talisman
* Magic Colours
* Custom Signs
Deldarad

**Coordinates**

-3053, 2372

**Deldarad** is a human settlement in Surda.

## Development

While mentioned in the story, Deldarad was not present on the original map of Alagaësia, leading to some uncertainty about its location. After some discussion, a location was chosen in Surda.

The first revision of the town was built in 2016 by Fredo747 and Managoty. The project was completed on the 26th September 2016.

The release of Christopher Paolini's full-colour map of Alagaësia established a new canon location for the city that was slightly north-east of the location chosen by the MCAlagaësia Team.

Towards the end of 2020, the town was relocated by Hellomynameis99. The design reused buildings from the old town, but rearranged the layout.

New farms and markets were added to Deldarad in January 2021 to complete the town.

## Gallery

Deldarad under construction, September 2016.
Nie Clan

**Nie Clan** was a famous noble family. Right now, the patriarch of the family was Nie Xiangyun. He was a third-rank general. The emperor had bestowed Nie Clan’s mansion to them and it was divided into two parts: a north courtyard and a south courtyard. Nie Xiangyun lived in the southern courtyard with his wife, concubines, and children. His younger brother, Nie Xiangtian, was an imperial censor as well as a physician. He lived in the northern courtyard.

### Members

* Nie Xiangyuan
	+ Nie Qingyun
	+ Nie Sangyu
	+ Nie Chenyu
* Nie Xiangtian
* Noble Consort Nie
	+ Zhao Jue
Gameplay

Arcaena has many unique **gameplay** aspects. You can find information on any of these by clicking on one of the links below.

* Achievements
* Quests
* Character Customisation
* Regions
* Dungeons
* True Names
* Magic
* Mundane Healing
* Strongholds
* Loot Chests
* Thirst
* Dynamic Footpaths
* Death
* Legendary Weapons
* Soulbound Items
* Dragon Riders
* Weaponry
* Armour
* Accessories
* Fishing
* Item Weights
* Custom Signs
Dauthdaert

The **Dauthdaert** (plural **Dauthdaertya**) is a Legendary Weapon that can bypass most common wards, and protects the wielder from most common magic. They are extremely rare and valuable. Dauthdaertya also deal extra damage to dragons.

## Obtaining

It is likely that there will be a Dungeon, or multiple Dungeons, in which the player can obtain a Dauthdaert. It is a possibility that one Dauthdaert will appear in a dungeon each month, with each unique Dauthdaert being for a specific month of the year.

### Individual dauthdaertya

Currently, there are sprites for seven Dauthdaertya. Only Niernen ('Orchid') has a name in this phase of development.

## Achievements

There are 2 achievements related to Dauthdaertya:

* ***The Most Beautiful of Flowers*** - Find a dauthdaert.
* ***Bouquet*** - Find a second dauthdaert.

1. ↑ Dauthdaertya will be Legendary Weapons. Link to Discord
2. ↑ Dauthdaertya deal extra damage to dragons. Link to Discord
3. ↑ There are 2 Dauthdaert-related achievements. Links to Discord - Most Beautiful of Flowers, Bouquet
Arcaena

***Arcaena*** is an upcoming MMORPG based upon Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, and built onto Minecraft Java Edition.

## Character Customisation

Main article: Character Customisation

In *Arcaena*, there are four playable races, Human, Elf, Dwarf and Urgal. The player can also customise their name (from a selection of generated ones, or they can make their own), gender and skin.

## Dragon Riders

Main article: Dragon Rider

Players can become **Dragon Riders** by having a dragon hatch for them. Some players may consider this the ultimate goal of Arcaena. Dragon Riders will be extremely rare.
Soulbound Items

**Soulbound items** do not drop from your inventory when you die. Instead, they remain in your inventory when you respawn. Items that are Soulbound will say 'soulbound' in the item description. Some Soulbound items may require the player to 'restore' them if the player dies before they can be used again.

The only item confirmed to be Soulbound is a Rider's Sword. It is unclear whether it will be possible to *make* an item Soulbound.

1. ↑ Soulbound items won't drop when you die. Link to Discord
2. ↑ Some Soulbound items may have to be restored before they can be used again. Link to Discord
3. ↑ The Rider's Sword will be a Soulbound item. Link to Discord
Armour

Armour can be worn by the player to reduce the amount of damage they take when hit by an opponent. Different types of armour can offer protection for different methods of attack.

### Armour Stats

 Stab Protection
 Blunt Protection
 Weight

### Armour Types

Armour can be classified into the three categories: leather, mail and plate. Each category of armour generally excels in one or two stats.

Leather based armours typically provide more blunt protection at a reduced weight, with little stab or slash protection. Mail armours provide good slash and stab protection at a medium weight, but with less blunt protection than leather. Plate armours are the heaviest and provide the best stab and slash protection, but poor blunt protection.

Armour in the leather category can be combined with mail or plate armour to produce a piece of padded armour with similar stats to the original plate or mail, but with increased blunt damage protection at the cost of increased weight.

### Special Armour

Special armour sets cannot be made or modified. They can be obtained through rare or dungeon loot chests, quest rewards, or Merchant NPCs. Some sets of Special armour provide buffs to the player if every piece of the armour set is equipped.

### List of Armour

Values on this list are purely speculative.

List of Armour

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hellomynameis99#9999 (2021-10-28). Hellomynameis99 summarises the armour discussion. “The result of this is that different types of armour (e.g. chain, plate, leather) are more or less effective against different types of attacks (stab or slash) and different types of swords.”
2. ↑ Hellomynameis99#9999 (2021-11-10). Hellomynameis99 confirms armour weight. “Weight is already a thing for armour”
Contributors

This page contains a list of every user who has **contributed** towards Arcaena. Players are listed in order of date joined. Don't see your name on the list, but you believe you should be? Feel free to add yourself!

You can find a list of Staff members alphabetically on the category page, and detailed information on each role on the ranks page. You can find a list of how many blocks builders have placed on MCAlagaësia on the spreadsheet here.

A render of the MCAlagaësia Team in early 2015.A render of the MCAlagaësia Team in 2015.Some of the MCAlagaësia Team, January 2017.A render of the MCAlagaësia Team in 2017.The MCAlagaësia Staff Team (and others) during a tour in 2019.A render of the MCAlagaësia Team in 2020.Various awards were awarded to Staff Members between 2017 and 2021.

## Key

Below is a list of every Staff Team. Some members have 3 dots next to their names - this shows their ranks. If the boxes are gray, the team member has retired.

* ■ □ □ - Artisan
* ■ ■ □ - Master
* ■ ■ ■ - Grandmaster
* ⚬ - No ranks available

  jammo\_50cal | ⚬

  Chingom | ⚬

  CaptainJinxy | ⚬

  thewillowtree | ⚬

  16patsle | ⚬

  Oo | ⚬

 MorganV | ⚬

  SMarf1 | ⚬

 Marcus Wood | ⚬

  Netherhero00 | ■ □ □

  Shadow204 | ■ ■ □

  Thalon | □ □ □

  GarmBlaka | □ □ □

  Krestan | □ □ □
Minigun

**Minigun** is a tier 2 tank that branches off from Machine Gun and Sniper and upgrades to Streamliner, Nailgun, Barricade, Uzi, Spreadgun and Tractor Beam

## General Info

### Upgrades To

Streamliner, Nailgun, Barricade, Uzi, Spreadgun and Tractor Beam

## Appearance

Minigun is a Sniper with 2 extra barrels that are both shorter than the other barrel

## Technical

Minigun fires bullets that are weaker than basic bullets but its reload is 3 times as fast as Basic's reload

## Playstyle

### Weak Against

* Destroyer branch
* Rammers
Scroll

**Scrolls** are items that can be converted into Magic Research Points.

## Obtaining

### Loot Chests

Scrolls can be found in Bookshelves across the map. It is also possible that they will be obtainable in some Loot Chests.

## Usage

### Research

Right-clicking an Enchanting Table while holding a Scroll will consume the Scroll and then give 1-2 research points to 0-2 random spells.

## Development

The texture for the Scroll was created by SMarf1.
Ji Man

**Ji Man** is the female protagonist of *The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir*.

### Personality

Ji Man is a rather intelligent individual. She is able to think ahead and assess consequences clearly. She is also someone who bears grudges. Thanks to her work as a salesperson, Ji Man's ability to guess what people were feeling had reached perfection. Ji Man wasn’t a person that was willing to suffer hardships. Every time she suffered, she would remember all of it and pay it back in the same magnitude.

### Biography

Ji Man majored in chemistry in college and knew how to make a couple of chemical products. When she graduated, she could only get a job as a salesperson without any special qualities. While living as a migrant worker living in Beijing, she had lived in basements and had seen plenty of cockroaches and rats. Ji Man has dated many men throughout her life, but all of them were pure. Her first boyfriend cheated on her after going to college. This left an emotional scar on her.
J cob G

**J\_Cob\_G** was a member of the MCAlagaësia Build Team. You can watch a video of them working on MCAlagaësia IV here.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Was the project manager of Bregan Hold.
* Was the first project manager of Petrøvya.
* Helped to build Bullridge.
* Built some of the upper-class houses in Cithrí.
* Helped to build the seawall in Kuasta.
* Helped to build Aberon on MCAlagaësia IV.
Districts

Districts are small locations in Arcaena that are of some significance. They generally, but not exclusively, exist inside settlements. Districts are a classification of regions.

### Locations

Main page: Category:Districts
The slums of Dras-Leona, the Aroughs palace, and Eragon's farm are examples of locations that may be called districts.
Bottle of Ointment

The **Bottle of Ointment** is a consumable item that can be used optionally during the mundane healing process to increase the amount of hearts that the player heals by.

## Obtaining

It is likely that Bottles of Ointment will be available for sale from Merchant NPCs or obtainable from Loot Chests.

## Usage

### Mundane Healing

The Bottle of Ointment can be used to double the mundane healing amount from 2 to 4 hearts. This can only be done after both a bandage and scissors are used on the player first.

## Development

The texture for the Bottle of Ointment was created by SMarf1, on the 20th January 2022.
Bottle of Water

**Bottles of Water** come in 6 different types, and can be used to replenish the player's thirst bar.

## Obtaining

### Interacting

You can get a Bottle of Water by right-clicking a water source while holding the bottle. The type of water given is dependent on what region the player is in. If the player is in multiple regions, the type of water is taken from the region with the highest priority.

## Usage

### Beverage

Holding right-click while holding a water bottle will allow the player to drink it, replenishing their thirst. Some types of water give negative effects when drunk.

## Types of Water Bottles

* Bottle of Glacier Meltwater
* Bottle of Fresh Water
* Bottle of Groundwater
* Bottle of Brackish Water
* Bottle of Salt Water
* Bottle of Contaminated Water

## Achievements

There are some achievements related to drinking water:

* ***Hyponatremia*** - Drink too much water too quickly.
* ***Ahhh*** - Drink a bottle of water.
* ***I'm Thirsty*** - Drink 50 bottles of water.
* ***Water Obsession*** - Drink 500 bottles of water.
* ★ ***Water Addict*** - Drink 1000 bottles of water.
NPC

NPCs (Non-Player Characters) are mobs that can be talked to or traded with. They play a major part in Quests. They can take the form of any of the intelligent races in Arcaena (Human, Elf, Dwarf, Urgal, Werecat, Dragon, or Ra'zac). NPCs have light-grey names, to help distinguish them from players.

### Spawning

Some NPCs spawn randomly (such as travelling NPCs) and some spawn in fixed locations.

### Merchant NPCs

Merchant NPCs are usually found in settlements and will sell or buy certain items. The main currency of Arcaena is Coins. If the NPC you are trading with is of the same race as you, you will receive a 15% discount on all trades. The trading interface is likely to look very similar to the Minecraft Villager's trading UI.

### Quest NPCs

Quest NPCs take part in quests. When an NPC is ready to offer you a quest, a marker will appear above their head. When you right-click on a Quest NPC, it will start talking to you in chat. The NPC could tell you to fetch an item for them, complete a dungeon, or give something to another NPC (see Quests for a full list).

1. ↑ NPCs have light grey names. Link to Discord
2. ↑ NPCs will have a marker above their heads when they are ready to offer the player a quest. Link to Discord
Quests

**Quests** are story-based challenges that the player can complete in exchange for items. They always involve talking to an NPC.

It is not known what quests there will be, and this is a highly conceptual topic.

### Unlocking quests

Most quests only appear based on a player's repuation in that area. This is shown by the quest's 'minimum reputation' value. However, some quests only appear based on whether you have completed a *specific* other quest. This method is usually used for quests that don't make sense unless you complete a different one first. Note that this system is not finalised.

### Rewards

Quests always rewardthe player with 1-3 reputation points (depending on the quest's difficulty). In addition, they can also reward the player with items (most likely coins) or access to a new area.

### Achievements

There are some quest-related achievements that the player can unlock:

* ***Milk is for Kittens*** - Accept a quest from a Werecat.

### List of Quests

1. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (2018-06-27) Hellomynameis99 confirms the existence of Quests.
LordBloodAxe

LordBloodAxe was a member of the MCAlagaësia Terraforming Team.

1. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (June 30, 2018). Staff Newsletter June 2018. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021.
2. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (October 30, 2016). Contest Results & Staff Newsletter. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021.
Wen Wan

**Wen Wan** is the female lead of a melodramatic book.

### Personality

Wen Wan was originally a magnanimous woman. Her gentleness, kindness, and ability to preserve in the face of adversity was what won her Ning Yuxuan's heart. She was like a Holy Mother who could not bare to hurt those around her, even if she was suffering emend pain. However, as time passed and she lacked the treatment meant for a female lead, her short coming started coming to light.

One of Wen Wan's worst characteristics is that she is small-minded and shortsighted. She fails to view things with multiple perspectives and is easily manipulated by those around her.

Wen Wan likes to play games of ambiguous love. Even though she is married to Ning Yuxuan, whom she claims to love dearly, Wen Wan never clearly rejects other people's advances. She fake obliviousness as an excuse so that she could enjoy the feeling of another person liking her. This has happened multiple times throughout Wen Wan's time as Ning Yuxuan's wife. The first time was when she joined as a member of the Tonghao Poetry Association. Many men approached Wen Wan with impure intentions, but she never once refused them. In fact, she even managed to get some them to help her financially. This occurred again after her xianyue performance at the little prince's one month birthday.

### Biography

Wen Wan was born in a small, ordinary family. Prior to marrying Ning Yuxuan, she was engaged to a man that her father had chosen for her.

She and Ning Yuxuan had experienced a period of joint trial and tribulations before their wedding.
Flint and Steel

A **Flint and Steel** is a useful tool that can be used to create fire.

## Obtaining

It is unknown how a Flint and Steel will be obtained.

## Usage

### Lighting Torches and Campfires

When a Burnt-out torch or Campfire is right-clicked with a Flint and Steel, it becomes lit. It remains lit until the server restarts.

### Burning

When a flammable block in a defending Stronghold is right-clicked with a Flint and Steel, it will begin to burn and eventually disappear.
The Spine

* In-game
* Map

### Lore

Believed by some to be the spine of an ancient Dragon, this mountain range is home to many dangers...

## Technical

### Build Status

50%

**The Spine** is a mountain range in the west of Alagaësia. It is home to Palancar Valley and to several Urgal Tribes. The range is cut in half by the Woadark lake and the Toark River, which run alongside a mountain pass separating Teirm from The Plains.

## Features

### Settlements

* Teirm
* Narda
* Carvahall
* Therinsford
* Kuasta

## Gallery

A render of The Spine, created March 2016.
Ceunon

Ceunon undergoing renovations, September 2018

**Coordinates**

-3149, -4815

**Ceunon** is a human settlement in the north of Alagaësia.

## Development

Construction of Ceunon was started in December 2015 by Izet. It was finished in late 2016.

## Gallery

The cinematic of Ceunon.

Ceunon under construction, February 2016.Ceunon markets, September 2016Ceunon logging camp, September 2016Ceunon, completed in September 2016
Hotline101

Hotline near Dras Leona, 2016.

**Hotline** is a member of the MCAlagaësia Build Team. He regularly received Staff Member of the Month awards on the MCA Forum. He worked on over a quarter of the settlements on the map.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Helped build Carvahall, Therinsford, Yazuac, Daret, Aroughs, Eastcroft, Narda, Aberon, Bregan Hold and Orthíad.
* Was the project manager both the first and second iterations of Dras-Leona.
* Was the project manager of Buragh and Galfni.
* Helped to build both the first and second iterations of Feinster.
* Designed and built the Catacombs of Dras-Leona.
* Helped the build the first iteration of Teirm, and created the banner design for the third iteration.
* Built various small areas in the Beor Mountains, such as a watchtower and small castle (these locations no longer exist). You can watch a timelapse of Hotline building one of these locations here.
* Built the Imperial Prison (no longer exists) - timelapse here.
* Helped to build Flam Town (no longer exists).

### Interior Design

* Built most of the interiors in Aroughs.

## Gallery

Hotline stands atop a tree in Ellesméra, April 2016.Hotline infront of Dras Leona, September 2016.
1. ↑ Hotline joined the team in June 2014 Link to Discord
Cantos

### Lore

Once suspected of sheltering Varden rebels, the people of Cantos are no strangers to fighting for freedom.

## Technical

**Coordinates**

-2888, -1546

### Build Status

Complete

**Cantos** is a small human settlement on the bank of the Ramr River.

## Development

Cantos was started in July 2016 by Schubi9992, and later continued by Managoty.

In April 2017 the project was taken over by bocbin and Time\_Melon, with help from teagoth.

The project was finished by Izet on the 11th December 2017.

## Trivia

The lake next to Cantos was built by hand after the map was completed, as there was no canon river ending or beginning depicted on the map of Alagaësia.
NicovicTheSixth

**NicovicTheSixth** is a member of the MCAlagaësia Build Team. They have also been known as NicTheFifth during their time on the team.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Was the second project manager of Cithrí.
* Was the project manager of a previous version of Sílthrim (no longer exists).
* Helped to build Aroughs and the nearby swamp.
* Helped to build Ellesméra and the Menoa Tree.

### Terraforming

* Worked on the waterfall leading into the Beartooth River from Farthen Dûr.
Draxelangelo

Draxelangelo was a member of the MCAlagaësia Terraforming Team.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Worked on the castle in the second iteration of Teirm (since replaced), and also worked on a small garden outside of the walls.
* Helped to build Ellesméra.

### Terraforming

* Worked on the Boar's Eye.

1. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (2021). Staff Newsletter 2020-2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021.
Vault of Souls

**Entrance Coordinates**

-7511, -5219

The **Vault of Souls** is a difficult late-game dungeon on the island of Vroengard, with a  Dragon Egg as a reward. There will likely be a cooldown on the Dragon Egg spawn. It requires a player's True Name to enter. The player must speak their true name in front of the Rock of Kuthian to enter the Vault.

1. ↑ The Vault will have a Dragon Egg as the reward. Link to Discord
2. ↑ There will likely be a cooldown for the Dragon Egg spawning. Link to Discord
Arcaena Wiki

Welcome to the Arcaena Wiki! *Arcaena* is an upcoming MMORPG based on Christopher Paolini's *The Inheritance Cycle* book series. It uses the popular video game Minecraft as a game engine. You can discuss all things Arcaena on our Discord Server.
In the world of Arcaena, players can fight, build, use magic and explore the world of Alagaësia together. You can find more detailed information on each aspect of the game on the other pages of this site.

2022 - SMarf1 begins redesigning the Dalgon Fortress.

Wikis like this one depend on readers getting involved and adding content. Feel free to add to the Wiki to help us grow! Any contributions to the wiki are greatly appreciated - just make sure to read the Wiki Editing Guide before you start. If you contribute 250 edits towards the wiki, you'll get a special '*Wiki Contributor'* rank on Discord!

Here's some things that need doing:
* Expanding on any of the pages in the Stubs section.
* Creating a page listed on the Wanted Pages list.
* Adding pages for Contributors. Simply click on a red link on the page to create it. Using the same layout as on the Contributor pages, fill in the details.
* Add citations to pages. These citations should provide links to adequate confirmation from 99 or Alex of any feature on the page.

Twitter

## Features

#### Account

* The Store
* Premium
* Name Cosmetics
* Referral
* Capes
Thirst

The Thirst bar is a new bar which displays the player's current thirst level. It sits above the hunger bar.

### Hydration Decreasing

Hydration decreases at a similar rate as hunger. If the player is in a hot area (Such as the Hadarac Desert), then the thirst bar will decrease at a faster rate.

### Restoring Hydration

Hydration can be restored by eating or drinking certain items. Since the game is still in development, the specific thirst values have not been decided upon yet.

### Dehydration Effects

When the thirst bar runs out, players begin taking damage, the same as what happens with hunger. When the thirst bar is below 1 droplet, the player will get the Nausea effect.

Note that there will be a mechanic called Hyponatremia, which also causes negative effects. It is unclear whether it is caused by overfilling the thirst bar, or drinking too much water in a short space of time. The player gets an achievement when this happens:

* ***Hyponatremia*** - Drink too much water too quickly.

1. ↑ Link to Discord
2. ↑ Link to Discord
Horse

Players will be able to ride **horses** in order to travel faster. It might be possible for horses to carry more than one player.

## Horse

### Feeding

**Horses** will have a hunger bar, similar to a player. Horses can eat blocks in the world to restore some of their hunger. They can feed on the following blocks, in order of most satisfactory to least satisfactory:

* Hay Bales
* Long Grass
* Dead Bushes

Each of these blocks will restore a certain number of hunger haunches. Any blocks that horses have eaten will respawn when the server restarts.

It is likely that the player will be able to feed their horse by right-clicking the horse while holding a suitable item, such as sugar, apples, wheat or hay bales.

### Thirst

Horses will also have a thirst bar, similar to that of a player. They will have to drink from a pool of water to replenish it. The developers has expressed an interest in making horses only drink from fresh water sources. If implemented, this will include springs, lakes, and water drawn from the ground using the spell *Adurna*. It is also possible that the player can interact with a horse while holding a Bottle of Water to replenish it's thirst bar.

### Breeding

There is not yet any information on whether horses will be breedable. If they are, it is likely that they will follow the same breeding design as a vanilla Minecraft horse. You can read more about this model of breeding here.

### Saddles and Horse Armour

A horse can be equipped with saddles and horse armour.

1. ↑ Horses will exist in Arcaena. Links to Discord: 1, 2
2. ↑ Horses might be able to carry 2 players. Link to Discord
3. ↑ Horses will be able to eat blocks in the world. Link to Discord
Chingom

**Chingom** was a member of the MCAlagaësia Build Team. They were often referred to as 'Ching' during their time on the team. He left the team in 2017 to make his own singleplayer Alagaësia builds using the Conquest resource pack.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Was the project manager of Kirtan.
* Was the first project manager of Dalgon.
* Took over from Taskei as the Project Manager on the second iteration of Teirm (no longer exists).
* Helped to build Feinster, Dras-Leona, Ellesméra and Aberon.
* Helped to build yehs' version of Bullridge (never finished, no longer exists).
* In June 2016, Chingom was the project manager for a small (not MCA) fortress that the MCAlagaësia Team submitted for Planet Minecraft's 'The Barbarians Are Coming' contest. The build tied for 19th place out of 72 entries. The Planet Minecraft page can be found here.

1. ↑ InheritanceMC Project Twitter
2. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (November 29, 2015). Staff Newsletter - November 2015. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021.
3. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (March 10, 2017). Staff Newsletter - February 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021.
Fairth

**Fairth** is a custom 32x resource pack included with the Arcaena client. It is an add on to the *Faithful* 32x resource pack. It is currently a work-in-progress and can be tested and downloaded from GitHub.

### Contributing

You can contribute to the official 32x resource pack on Github. You can read a guide on how to get set up here. We recommend using The GitHub Desktop app for a smoother contributing experience. Note that all textures submitted must be 32x resolution.

### List of Texture Changes

* Leaves Modifications (similar to the Better Foliage mod)
* Randomised Grass and Fern textures
* Textures for Wheat and Beetroot
* 3D Sugarcane model
* Torch, Redstone Torch and Soul Torch models
* Sand Texture
* Wool Textures (with Optifine CTM support)
* Redesigned GUI
* Retextured Paintings
* Enchanting Table Particles retextured to Ancient Language Glyphs

### List of Texture Replacements

Note that most of the following texture replacements will be given their own block in Arcaena, instead of replacing an existing one.

* Red Sandstone Slab -> Randomised Path Slab
* Daylight Sensor -> Stack of Books
* Redstone Dust -> Blood Stains
* Redstone Torch -> Burnt-out Torch
* Shulker Boxes -> Open-topped Crates
* Typing ① ② ③ ④ -> Ancient Language glyphs
* Typing ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ -> Arcaena Logos
* Soul Sand -> Mud Block
* Creeper Banner Pattern -> Arcaena Logo Banner Pattern
TARDIScrew

**TARDIScrew**, more commonly known as "Tardis", is an MCAlagaësia Sysadmin, along with Azza007. In this role he manages networking and server resources, generally at the hypervisor and virtual machine level.

In the past he has held different titles, including Project Leader.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Built the first version of Teirm and the first version of Bullridge.
* Helped build Narda.
Li Province

Li Province’s water project was just a river that went around the city walls. Due to repeated droughts in the past several years, this river had already been on the verge of running dry in past years. Right now, there were very few sources of water for the common people. Their only two choices were to dig deep wells or to bring water back from several miles away.
Du Weldenvarden

* In-game
* Map

### Lore

The trees of this ancient forest are the oldest in Alagaësia, their leaves laden with enchantments of ages past.

## Technical

### Build Status

50%

**Du Weldenvarden** is a large forest region that covers the north-east of Alagaësia, and is the home of the elves.

## Features

### Du Weldenvarden Settlements

* Ellesméra
* Ília Fëon
* Kirtan
* Nädindel
* Osilon
* Sílthrim
* Éwayëna
* Ceris

### Other points of interest

* Crags of Tel'naeír
* Prologue Location

## Gallery

The trees around Ellesméra.An above view of Du Weldenvarden.The edge of Du Weldenvarden.Inside of Du Weldenvarden.Du Weldenvarden from above.
Mind Over Metal

Mind Over Metal is a Medium-length quest that ends with the player obtaining a Rider's Sword. It can only be started if the player is a Dragon Rider. It is unknown what the quest will entail, but it will likely involve looking for Brightsteel, and possibly involve the Menoa Tree. Upon completion of the quest, the player will receive an achievement and be asked to name their new sword,

### Stage 2

(Stages to be confirmed)

1. ↑ A quest to make a Rider's Sword will exist. Link to Discord
Compass

Unlike in Vanilla Minecraft, compasses in Arcaena always point North.

## Obtaining

It is unclear how compasses will be obtained.

## Usage

Compasses in Arcaena normally point North. However, compasses will go haywire in certain regions or in the presence of powerful magic.

List of Haywire Regions:

* Vroengard

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hellomynameis99 (2021-02-05). Real compasses. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022.
Bed

This feature is still an idea, and may not be added to Arcaena.

Unlike in vanilla Minecraft, beds will not be used to skip time. Instead, beds will replenish health faster than naturally when slept in.

### Health Replenishment

Health does not regenerate naturally in Arcaena. You need to be healed with magic, a bandage, a potion or a bed instead.

While in a bed, health is restored at a rate of 1 heart per second (Subject to change).
Ancient Language

The **Ancient Language** can be used to cast Magic.

## Learning the Ancient Language

Before a player can use a word in a spell, their character must learn the word. Right-clicking an enchantment table while holding a  Scroll,  Book or  Decaying Compendium will consume the item, and give research points towards one or more words in the Ancient Language. Once the character has discovered a word, they can conduct further research by examining items related to that word in an enchanting table.

An understanding of the grammar and syntax of the Ancient Language will help the player use magic quickly and accurately. The player can learn this by reading signs and books in-game, which will give hints and tips they can use when constructing spells. Experimenting with magic is a dangerous but practical way to accomplish the same thing.
Flam Town

Outdated Content*This page describes content that used to be in the game, but has since been removed.*

## Technical

Coordinates Unknown

**Flam Town** was a settlement on MCAlagaësia IV, near to Lake Flam. It was never rebuilt on MCAlagaësia 2.

## Development

The town was built by FlynnFries, Morrayatay, Hellomynameis99, Littlelamp, Hotline\_101, mc2squared, 120ben and lubenque. You can watch a timelapse of the town being built here.
Fishing

**Fishing** will work the same way as the vanilla Minecraft fishing mechanic. Fishing rods can be bought or made, and fish can be sold to some Merchant NPCs in coastal settlements. It is possible that there will be different loot tables for regions of different water types.

### Loot Tables

TBC

1. ↑ Fishing is likely to exist in Arcaena. Link to Discord
Region Wand

The **Region Wand** is a developer item that can be used to move region boundaries.

## Obtaining

The Region Wand can only be obtained by Staff Members.

## Usage

The Region Wand only works when the player holding it is in creative mode. When a region wand is held, boundaries of regions are shown (not dissimilar to the WorldEdit CUI mod). The colour of the outlines reflects the priority of the region.

The player can use a series of commands to control the region boundaries. These commands can be run at any time, and don't require the Region Wand to be held. The <layer> value can be used to specify which region to select out of the regions that the player is in, with Layer 1 being the region of the highest priority. The user can also use the region name as the <layer> value if they wish.
Magic

**Magic** is one of the core aspects of the game. To use magic, a player must use words their character has learned from the Ancient Language to create a spell that performs one or more actions on one or more target objects.

## Casting a Spell

A player can shift-right-click a Spell Book to create a new spell. Inside the book, the player can drag-and-drop unlocked words into a sequence, creating the spell. This can then be saved inside of a 'Spell Wheel', where you can quickly access the spell again next time you need it. You can open the spell wheel by pressing C.

When a spell is cast, a specific amount of energy is consumed. If more energy is needed than is currently available to the spellcaster, the spellcaster dies.

When a player uses a new word for the first time, they get an achievement of the same name. If the player unlocks every word in the game, they unlock the 'Gramarye Master' achievement.

## Actions

Actions have a base cost, that may be augmented depending on the number or type of targets affected, or the range at which the magic is taking place.

Some actions will only work on certain targets.

Actions will generally be defined by verbs in the ancient language (e.g. break, heal), although in their absence could be defined by a noun (e.g. fire).

## Targets

Many blocks, items, mobs and other players in the game world can be targeted by the player when using magic. If a player chooses to cast a spell without specifying a target object in the Ancient Language, the spell may not have the intended effect. It may target the object they're looking at, or cause an area effect. Experienced spellcasters can learn when it may be necessary to target an object specifically.

As an example, a spellcaster could look at a door and say "Brisingr", intending to set it ablaze. If another player walks between them and the door as they cast their spell, the player would combust instead. However, if the spellcaster says "Burn that door" (there are many ways to say this in the Ancient Language), the door would be set on fire every time, even if another player walked between them.

Targets will generally be defined by nouns in the ancient language (e.g. horse, tree), or proper nouns referencing in-game items (e.g. a player's name). Adjectives (e.g. red, small) can be used to specify between various targets.

## Costs

Magic costs energy to perform. The energy cost is determined dynamically by the action performed, the target the action is performed on, and often the distance from the caster to the target.

## Development

For the MCAlagaësia MMO, Magic plugins were created by Hellomynameis99 and HyperElectron. You can watch a video on how this system would have worked here.

1. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (2021-10-06). Hellomynameis99 talks about the Spell Book and Spell Wheel. "You'd still need the spellbook to create spells, which you can then choose to bind to your wheel if you want to be able to cast them quickly."
Masmotte

**Masmotte** was a member of the MCAlagaësia Build Team.

## Dates

One of Masmotte's promotions was on 2nd August 2016, but it is unknown which one.

## Contributions

### Builds

* Was the project manager for Ília Fëon and Osilon.
* Helped to build Melian and Dalgon.

1. ↑ Hellomynameis99 (January 2, 2018). Staff Newsletter December 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021.
2021 Private Tour

The **2021 Private Tour** took place on the 11th January 2022. Unlike other Tours, this one was only open to Staff and Premium members, as its main purpose was to show Paolini around the world for the first time. See also the 2021 Tour, which occurred shortly after.

## Attendees

* Hringmar (Christopher Paolini)
* Hellomynameis99
* TARDIScrew
* Azza007
* Shameful\_Zebra
* Endy80
* Crack
* Netherhero00
* Izet
* AoWork
* TorchWoodRC
* CWGMiner
* YesForScotland
* BrailleCortex
* Tinariem
* Mdnwolf

Chat Logs
Dark Talisman

A **Dark Talisman** is a powerful item that resets the memory of a Dragon Egg.

## Usage

### Reconsidering

If a Dark Talisman is used on a  Dragon Egg, it forgets who it has already considered. This means that it will reconsider a player as its Rider, even if it has already considered that player. The hatching chance is also reset so that the first player to hold it has a high chance of hatching the egg.