Minecraft

Following The Second Teaguening and the destruction of Camping Enthusiasts, the Stardew Crusaders joined The Duckpond, an already existing server that had been gifted to Zigzem from Bruhette. The shift from Camping Enthusiasts to The Duckpond marked a new era. Many new members joined the server and many old members disappeared. In The Duckpond the Stardew Crusaders ruled as an oligarchy for a majority of the time, the position of ruler was passed around occasionally. Specifically Rif was ruler of the Duckpond for a long period.

This era of peace gave way for many new adventures.

## Creation of the Server

While enjoying the time of peace, Feelix began to mention the prospect of creating a Minecraft Server for the active users on the Duckpond. Zigzem and Feelix both worked on creating a server, eventually on December 5th, 2018 Feelix claimed he was finished setting up the server. It would be controlled by Rob by using a command to shut it on and off. Two days later on December 7th, Feelix completed the server and it was up for the Crusaders to join. Eventually he would switch to a Minecraft Realms Server.

### Server Issues

As expected, there were many issues that arose with the server. Frequently Rob would shut down and crash the server with it. For example, shortly after it's creation the server went down for about a month from December 23rd to January 12th. Many of these issues would continue until Feelix would switch the server to a Realm.

### Members

Every Crusader joined the server right away, each of them claimed a portion of land and built their own houses. After the Crusaders established their domains, a few other notable Duckpond members joined: Bepno, Bizmo, Cotton621, and Gray. The most active members would be Feelix, Lm1xb, and Bepno.

## History

### Early History

At the start of the server, Feelix had already established a settlement for himself before the other members would join. The remaining Crusaders scrambled to establish their own claims of land. Some of the earliest settlements were Lemon's Castle, Plonk Tower, and Zigzem's Elsa Castle, although he would go on to abandon the castle it still remained standing.

### Kingdoms

Two kingdoms arose out of the wilderness. Feelixburg and Lmoneburg. Ruled by Feelix and Lm1xb respectively. These two kingdoms quickly advanced into the largest claims of land on the server. Despite the size of the land and the speed of development, neither kingdom expressed hostility towards the other, most likely due to fear of losing all they had built. Eventually, Feelix completed a subway system which linked the kingdoms together with all other settlements across the server, uniting them.

#### Lmoneburg

Lmoneburg was established surrounding Lemon's Castle to the north of spawn. Eventually Lm1xb expanded and built Fort Lemone to the west, and had begun to colonize Dick Island even further west. The buildings of Lmoneburg were predominately built with a timber frame similar to early Germanic Style houses. Lmonebrug established itself as a hub for trading, as Lm1xb had bred villagers in order to get the Mending Enchantment. There was a short period in October 2019 when Lm1xb began to demand Bepno and Goombario pay tribute to them, as they had settled very close to Lmoneburg. However, their demands would be dropped with the rise of Zissy. Lmoneburg would continue to grow up until the end of the Realms subscription and the subsequent reset of the server on May 1st, 2020.

Zigzem would often dispose of his overabundance of eggs by throwing them off of his Sky Farm, many of these eggs would land and hatch in Lmoneburg. Instead of slaughtering the chickens, Lm1xb would welcome them as his citizens. Near the end of the Realms subscription Goombario would fill Lemon's Castle entirely with chickens as a prank.

#### Feelixburg

Despite already having an established settlement directly adjacent to spawn, Feelix would claim an area of land on the western coast. Feelixburg was built on a large pier in a predominantly Colonial Style. Feelixburg would become the most highly populated settlement, as he walled in the entire area of land to keep the villagers safe from mob attacks. Eventually Feelix would expand his claim to a nearby island and create the Monastery of the Peaceful Pepos. Feelix would establish the largest farm on the server from the road from spawn to Feelixburg, as well as construct the Andrii Temple.

### Other Settlements and Notable Locations

Other notable settlements include Zigzem's Sky Village, Gene's House, Bizmo's House, The Temple of Andrii, Bepno's Treehouse, Plonk Tower, The Great Library, and The Wall of Pixelart. A number of Inns were established as well. Most notably Denali Inn, created out of the abandoned igloo near the Elsa Castle, and the Stone Inn established south of the Library. On the south western coast there was a naturally generated village, together the Crusaders fought many raids there. However, Lm1xb and Feelix eventually kidnapped all of the villagers for their own kingdoms, leaving the village abandoned.

Far north, Dolphin Island was discovered by the Crusaders while searching for the Stronghold. It was named for the Dolphin which lead them to the Stronghold and then suffocated itself on the beach. Extremely far east the Crusaders discovered the Woodland Mansion. After searching through it, Feelix attempted to burn down the entire building; Lm1xb however, fought back against this. They were not able to quench the fires and the Mansion and surrounding forest when up in flames.

### Slaying the Ender Dragon

On June 7th, 2019 the Stardew Crusaders set out to Dolphin Island in order to kill the Ender Dragon. After an arduous battle, they killed the Dragon and Lm1xb received the achievement.

Much later on April 12th, 2020, Feelix would reset the end in an attempt to find more Elytras. This reset meant the Crusaders, along with Bepno this time, set out once again to slay the Dragon. They succeeded, this time Feelix claimed the achievement. Despite the victory they quickly discovered the End reset had not worked.

### Slaying the Wither

The first person to kill the Wither in the Minecraft Server was Bepno. He found the Wither Skulls and created an arena on his own. He fought it and won. Using the nether star he created and beacon next to spawn using a large quantity of gold and diamond. Later on, The Stardew Crusaders along with Bepno came together to fight the wither once again. They found an open area of land north of Lmoneburg for their arena. They fought the Wither in their best gear and quickly killed it. Because of the speed of its defeat they fought it multiple times. Each time slaying it with no causalities.

### Crimes of Bizmo

Bizmo was an early member of the server and established a house near spawn. Soon after other memebers began to suspect Bizmo of stealing blocks from other members. These suspicions would be confirmed when he outright took multiple stacks of cobblestone right in front of Feelix. Despite this, no action was taken to punish Bizmo. He had also constructed the roof of his house out of bricks, a crime the more avid builders of the server pointed out. He committed no further crimes until the Ender Dragon had been defeated. Although Bizmo had not helped in defeating the dragon, he explored the End extensively taking and losing multiple Elytras. He had taken so many that there weren't enough left for the remaining members of the server to have their own. Eventually, Bizmo's secret treasure room was discovered and a small number of Elytras were claimed from him. By that point he was less active and it's unknown if he noticed the missing Elytras.

### End of the Original Server

As expected many of the members eventually became burnt out on Minecraft, however, instead of just quitting the server entirely, the members began to put together a list of mods that they wanted to play. Eventually Feelix's Realms subscription ran out, this meant the beginning of the switch to the new server. This marked the end of the original Minecraft Arc as the Crusaders were about to embark on a much more extravagant adventure across the country.

## Modded Server (Epilogue)

Sometime in April 2020, Feelix's Minecraft Realms subscription ran out. Instead of setting up the server with Rob again he decided to create a new server with many different mods, named the Duckpack. It was fully set up on May 1st, 2020.

### Members

All of the Crusaders along with Bepno, and Bizmo joined early on. Together they all established a community surrounding a lake. The most active members would be Feelix and Bepno.

## History

### Early History

The evening of May 1st a few members began playing the server, however, with all the new mods installed it was very difficult for them to understand the game. The first eventful day of the server was on May 2nd when Lm1xb, Goombario, Zigzem, and Bepno all joined the server and played on it nearly the entire day. They quickly established the Team 11 House to the north of spawn and attempted to survive. They had settled in a Taiga biome which, unbeknownst to them, made the coming winter extremely harsh. To survive the winter they fled into the dungeon below the Team 11 House. They quickly discovered how strong the enemies of this server truly were.

A few hours later Feelix joined the server. Instead of joining the other members at the Team 11 House he decided to build his own house. Stating his desire to avoid a Communist server. Since Feelix had decided to build his own house, the other members followed suit, settling around a lake and village just south of the Team 11 House. Together the members built this area of land into a large community.

### The Duckpond Community

Quickly after Feelix began on his house the other members claimed their own places of land. Unlike the other server, they decided to make a much more tight-knit community instead of completely separate Kingdoms. They named the lake they settled around the Duckpond.

Feelix built many different buildings surrounding the lake, he built multiple houses and towers. Lm1xb built a large Victorian Style house, Zigzem built a hut that lead into a large underground house, Goombario built a large tower, Gene built a small village house, and Bepno built multiple Japanese style buildings including a Ramen Shop, a Temple, and an Onsen.

They attempted to create a village north of the Duckpond community using the Millenaire Mod. However, for reasons not entirely clear the villagers were quickly wiped out and it was left abandoned.

### Exploration

Multiple mods on the server added many new dungeons and dimensions. All the members spent a great amount of time exploring the world. Notably, the dungeon under the Team 11 House was much more massive than originally thought so many of the members spent hours exploring it.

All the Crusaders along with Bepno explored the Twilight Forest dimension together. After some trouble with the progression they moved forward fighting each boss as it came. A select few also explored the Aether dimension for a short time.

### Slaying the Ender Dragon (again)

On May 27th, 2020, the Crusaders along with Bepno set out once again to find the Stronghold and slay the Ender Dragon. They succeeded much easier than expected due to their much more powerful modded gear. After defeating the Dragon, Feelix built a large temple to house the Dragon Egg.

### The End

Many of the members of the Modded Server grew burnt out on Minecraft, either due to the release of Terraria 1.4, or increased lag on the sever. Usage of it died down to a crawl with only Feelix and Bepno using the sever. As time went on, however, even those two stopped playing on the server. After a few failed attempts to get people to use it again, Feelix made the decision to cancel his subscription on December 14th, 2020.

## Duckpond SMP (Epilogue Epilogue)

The Duckpond's next adventure into minecraft began on December 18th, 2021 following the release of the Caves and Cliffs update. This time Zigzem hosted the server.

### Early History

The first day of the server began with most players finding a spot to live. The earliest settlements where New Lmoneburg, Neufestadt, and Central Goomberton. Lm1xb, Bepno, TrueMasterB, and Soyniik all lived in New Lmoneburg early on making it the most populated settlement. A village was located near to the first building of New Lmoneburg, which Soyniik immediately made use of. Creating a villager breeder and obtaining enchanted diamond armor on the first day.

A period of strife and hardship followed for most of the members as a scramble for land, buildings, and materials followed. A massive cave was found underneath New Lmoneburg which many of the members utilized. Certain members would have unsuccessful mining trips which contributed to this time of difficulty.

Later in the first week Izzzy would settle Izzzyopolis. Bepno would move from New Lmoneburg to Izzzyopolis along with Allie. Having an equal population to New Lmoneburg. Feelix and Lm1xb would focus on expanding their settlements into sprawling cities. The first Gene Shack would be settled near to Central Goomberton as well.

## Age of Development

With the growth of these settlements, nearly all members focused on gaining materials, building, and exploring. This time period was marked by the completion of may builds such as [GERMAN CATHEDRAL NAME], the Light House and Trading Post of New Lmoneburg, the Great Highway, and the Nether Highway.

### Development of an Economy

When Lm1xb finished the Trading Post, using completely ethical means with no human trafficking, New Lmoneburg became a hub for trading. Nearly all the members of the server used the trading post to obtain the best enchantments. The best way to get emeralds was to trade sticks with a fletcher, this resulted in a largely stick based economy. Nearly 2 years (in minecraft time) into the server, a capitalist society had been established. The rush of trading would slowly die down as most members bought the enchantments they needed.

During this time Gene would move from the first Gene Shack to a spruce village much further south. He claimed the village naming it Gene Shack 2: Electric Boogaloo. Here he would begin to develop his own trading hub. Goombario would also begin humanely breeding villagers in Central Goomberton.

## Original Server Gallery

Zigzem's Sky VillageSpawn VillageWall of Pixel ArtGene's HousePlonk TowerAndrii TempleFort LemoneZigzem's Elsa CastleFeelix's first settlementThe LibraryFeelix's FarmDick Island SettlementBepno's Tree House
## Modded Server Gallery

Bepno's HouseTemple housing the Ender Dragon EggThe Duckpond OverlordFeelix's HousesGoombario's TowerLm1xb's HouseBepno's Onsen