Version 2

*The Forgotten Period*Please note that the following content may contain assumptions as some of the information has been lost or forgotten.
**Seacraft Version 2** was a major period in Seacraft's history, running from May 26, 2014 to the October 2nd, 2017. It features some of Seacraft's most popular eras, like the New Town Boom and the Shopping Centre Boom.

## Development focus

Version 2 was mainly focused on what Seacraft Version 1 failed to do, to make people survival and to make the server more survival friendly. Seacraft 2.2 and Seacraft 2.4 have especially helped with this, as the released the Animal Range and the new Seacraft Centre respectively.

The re-introduction of currency also helped greatly. Reef Crystals have been used quite a bit, particularly with the addition of the Shopping Centre in Seacraft 2.3.7.

It also focused on new minigames such as Survival Games, Maze Runner and Horse Race, as well as improving the old ones.

Seacraft Version 2 was also about what the community wanted. Things like Sunflower Town, new minigames, new residential and addresses (i.e. suburbs/street names) areas were all community ideas or issues.

## Versions

### List of versions

* Seacraft 2.0
	+ Seacraft 2.0.1 - 2.0.3
	+ Seacraft 2.0.4
* Seacraft 2.1
	+ Seacraft 2.1.1 - 2.1.5
	+ Seacraft 2.1.6
* Seacraft 2.2
	+ Seacraft 2.2.2
	+ Seacraft 2.2.3 - 2.2.9
	+ Seacraft 2.2.10
	+ Seacraft 2.2.13
* Seacraft 2.3
	+ Seacraft 2.3.2
	+ Seacraft 2.3.5
	+ Seacraft 2.3.7
	+ Seacraft 2.3.8
	+ Seacraft 2.3.9
	+ Seacraft 2.3.10
	+ Seacraft 2.3.12
	+ Seacraft 2.3.13
	+ Seacraft 2.3.14
	+ Seacraft 2.3.15
* Seacraft 2.4
	+ Seacraft 2.4.2
	+ Seacraft 2.4.5
	+ Seacraft 2.4.7
	+ Seacraft 2.4.8
		- Seacraft 2.4.8.3
* Seacraft 2.5 (Unreleased)
* Seacraft 2.6 (Unreleased)

### Numbering

Typically, versions were of the form 2.x.x.

The second digit would uptick once for every major update. Each major update would also omit the last digit (being simply 2.x).

Minor versions used all three digits, and new minor releases would increase the last digit. The amount of this increase, however, was generally arbitrary and depended roughly on the size of the minor release (hence, it is hard to confirm the existence of any given minor version without a primary source).

There was also one so-called "mini-minor" version, 2.4.8.3, featuring a fourth digit with an arbitrary uptick. This was done as it was an immediate patch for changes brought to Seacraft 2.4.8.

## History

### Seacraft 2.0

After the server was down in May of 2014, it was restored towards the end of the month, launched on the 26th of May, 2014. Most of the world was still available, but The Nether and the End had been reset. zac5 decided to declare this a new era of Seacraft: Seacraft 2.0.

### Forgotten Period

For a while, the server remained relatively unpopular, especially compared to the days of Seacraft Beta and Version 1. The main developments that occurred during this period were likely tidying up older projects, repairing griefing and destroying abandoned and unused structures.

Seacraft 2.1 brought the server to Minecraft 1.8. With the addition of the new prismarine blocks, Seacraft's Spawn and the Seacraft Centre were rebuilt with these blocks to replace the cobble build palettes.

### New Town Boom

New Town (now Sunflower Town) was released in Seacraft 2.1.6 during September 2014. New players also joined around this time, bringing more activity to the server. After the release of Seacraft 2.2, development of Seacraft 2.3 began, particularly the new Railway Network and the Racehorse Stadium. The boom also saw new additions like Suburbs and Reef Crystals. Towards the end of the boom, the server faced a number of issues, like the New Town Grief and a number of Server Crashes.