Energy Orbs Event

The **Energy Orbs Event** was a series of events on the survival server, finishing on March 26. These events utilized the new questing system that some previous Gatherer Quests used, including use of hostile NPCs.

## First Quests ("Banking Troubles" and "Cleanup Crew")

The first quest was quickly noticed on around March 21 when the Collector was moved closer to spawn. Interacting with the him gave the player a coded message. The message was quickly decoded by several players, giving coordinates to a structure known as The Bank. Once at the location, the players were tasked to kill 10 banking goblins (hostile NPCs), being rewarded two Dragon Wing Membranes for completion. Another quest the Collector gave was 'securing' a vault. By stepping on a pressure plate at the end of the dungeon under the Bank, each player received their own of a "Chromium Key".

## Second Quest ("Cleanup Crew II")

A second quest could be started after the first was completed - this quest was slightly harder than the previous ones. The quest was compromised of waiting for a special goblin to spawn, dubbed in-game as "Head Banker", then killing it. The Head Banker only spawned a few times, so the completion rewards (a "Ruby-Riddled Crown") were only achieved by a few players.

## Third Quests ("Made of Chrome" and "Boom Goes the Dynamite")

This quest only appeared after one finished the "Banking Troubles" quest. The Collector asks the player to decipher a message and locate the place mentioned on the key. The decoded message led to a crater of iron blocks with the Ancient Gatherer NPC inside, who asks that the player give them the key in exchange for another item ("Sapphire-Plated Rod"). The Gatherer then asks the player to deliver them 256 TNT, intending to blow up the crater (hell if we know why he's a nutjob). Completing this quest gave the player an "Energy Orb".

## Fourth Quest ("Energy")

After completing the "Made of Chrome" Quest, the Collector grows worried over the Ancient Gatherer's actions. He tells the player that when the Gatherer unlocked the vault with the Chromium Key, three different energy orbs were released across each dimension. Finding all three orbs was trivial to most players - one was on a hill overlooking Spawn, one was in the middle of the Nether Hub, and one was on the return portal in the End. When all three orbs have been visited the player was rewarded with yet another Energy Orb.

## Final Event

This was the only part of the event that was announced in the Teenagers Discord - the following is the announcement made.

```
MarioFoli — 03/25/2021

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```
Hey @Minecraft

Our next major story event, **The Energy Orbs**, will start **tomorrow, at 4PM CT**.  This event will be challenging, so I'd suggest being prepared for a fight!

Rollbacks will *not* be given out if you die during this event.

If you haven't already, I'd suggest checking out the questline that has been leading up to this event. While doing the questline isn't mandatory, you'll get some goodies, and some information on the lore by doing so! You can start the questline by talking to The Collector at spawn. This questline will disappear after this event.

Thank you, and see you there!

```

On the date and at the specified time, all online players were teleported to spawn, where an intense yet lengthy dialogue between the Gatherer and the Collector took place. The Gatherer was revealed to be the antagonist of the story, and all players were directed to fight him. Three fights took place against the NPC, first in the overworld, then the nether, and finally in the end. Not a single person died to the Gatherer as far as we know, due to the fact that a old man with an iron sword is no match for 40 geared players. After the third round, every player was teleported to a black box, where the event silently ended. At the time, most players called it "rather underwhelming" and "boring as hell".

Energy OrbChromium KeyRuby-Riddled CrownSapphire-Plated RodDragon Wing Membrane