Spawn (suburb)

*Were you looking for Spawn, the structure?*

**Spawn** is the suburb that covers Spawn and part of the bridge to Mainland Plaza, up to the Shopping Centre.

## Features

### Spawn platform

When players join the server for the first time, they are spawned at the Spawn platform. This platform is made of the various prismarine blocks. It features three 'gates'. The western gate connects to Sunflower Road which leads to Sunflower Town. The southern gate links to Spawn Parade, towards the Boat Race control tower. Spawn Parade also links around to the eastern gate before joining Ocean Road toward the Shopping Centre and Mainland Plaza.

### Shopping Centre

*Main article: Shopping Centre*
The Shopping Centre can be found in Spawn. Here, players have built many shops to buy and sell all sorts of goods. It was the most popular structure on Seacraft, particularly during the Shopping Centre Boom.

### Spleef

*Main article: Spleef*
Spleef was Seacraft's first ever minigame where you destroy blocks to try and make other players fall down. It can be found across from the Spawn platform's west gate.

### Mascots

Two of Seacraft's mascots can be found at Spawn. Wally the Whale can be found above the noticeboard and Terry the Turtle can be found along the bridge to Sunflower Town. Wally changes his hat every month and Terry's shell can be changed by players.

## History

*The Forgotten Period*Please note that the following content may contain assumptions as some of the information has been lost or forgotten.
During Seacraft Alpha Spawn was one of the two main islands. The structure was made out of mossy cobblestone and glowstone. Spleef was built off of it.

During Seacraft Beta, a large piece of land was built off of Spawn. This was going to be the original plaza, where people could buy and sell things. This space was taken up by a Pokemon Arena. When Mainland was discovered, a bridge was built to it. Along this bridge, a pirate ship was built. A courthouse was built a bit further along.

### Griefing History

Spawn was often a main targeted area for griefing. Many times Spawn was griefed, the pirate ship was griefed, the court was griefed and more. Eventually, the pirate ship and the court were completely destroyed.

### Around the New Town Boom

Spawn was redone when Minecraft 1.8 was released, likely for Seacraft 2.1. It was changed to prismarine to give it a better ocean feel. Lots of mossy cobblestone was put into Mainland Plaza's junkyard at the time.

During Seacraft 2.1.6, Wally the Whale was added as Seacraft's first mascot. It was planned that his hat would change every month.

The area was initially part of the suburb Island Ocean, stretching all the way from Spawn to Mainland Plaza when it was first released sometime during Seacraft 2.2.3 - 2.2.9.

This time also saw the renovation of the Railway Network, for the upcoming update Seacraft 2.3, the railway lines in the Spawn area were renovated, as well as the Spawn station. The update also saw a new railway line constructed to New Town, which would soon be renamed to Sunflower Town.

The Spawn suburb itself was released as part of Seacraft 2.3, stretching from the brigde to Sunflower Town to just past the Shopping Centre, which was half completed at the time.

The Shopping Centre began construction in December 2014 by edward\_seychelles, after finding zac5's shopping centre in Oceanview to be small and inadequate. However, the project was abandoned when edward\_seychelles left the server for a while.

### Seacraft 2.3

The Spawn suburb was officially released as part of Seacraft 2.3, separating it from the Island Ocean suburb, although Spawn still lies within the actual ocean.

The update also saw the release of the Spawn station as part of the South-Western line, which now gave railway access to Sunflower Town.

Shortly after, Terry the Turtle was introduced in Seacraft 2.3.2 as Seacraft's fourth mascot, as the Ender Creeper and King Fabulous at Mainland Plaza had become mascots in 2.3.

### Shopping Centre Released

The Shopping Centre was eventually completed and added in Seacraft 2.3.7. It quickly became popular, responsible for the Shopping Centre Boom, Seacraft's most popular period of time. It quickly filled up, requiring a two-floor expansion, released in Seacraft 2.3.9. It is currently the largest quartz structure in all of Seacraft.

The Shopping Centre also got its own train station in Seacraft 2.4. It is located in the basement level of the Shopping Centre, and was hooked up to the Underwater line, released at the same time.

### Version 3

As part of Version 3's overhaul to the Railway Network, the railway infrastructure in Spawn was destroyed, including the Spawn station.

During the Renovation Period, Ocean Road had been rebuilt, becoming a proper structure and extending to the seafloor. However, this new design didn't align with the existing Spawn platform. So, in December 2022, ZacNVR rebuilt the Spawn platform. To accomodate for the new road, the platform was moved slightly north of its original location, disconnecting it from the Boat Race control tower.

ZacNVR then made slow progress on the Shopping Centre train station, completing it on the 5th of July, 2023. He then extended the railway line to the proposed site for the Spawn station, completing it on the 1st of August. He then extended the line to the site of the Sunflower Town station.

## Trivia

* Spawn is the only suburb with two train stations, Spawn Station and the Shopping Centre Station.