Spawn

## Overview & History

Before the launch of Willow SMP, Sebushtin looked to set up a custom spawn at coordinates of over 22k blocks away from the world spawn. The location was chosen for it's aesthetic biome generation, but the decision was made very close to launch to leave spawn at the world spawn 0,0 coordinate, where a small willow tree was custom built. On the 25th of February, 2023, the current (and hopefully permanent) spawn location was finalized and announced alongside a custom willow tree build by Chompi and Chalooby to mark the center of the location.

## Amenities

The Willow spawn hosts many builds and growing amenities to serve newcomers and act as a collation of resources for all those who live throughout the Willow realm. Some of which include:

### The Willow Tree (Spawn)

The Willow tree, built by Chompi and Chalooby, marks the center of the spawn location and hosts the on/off nickname-changing mechanism to indicate if a player is streaming live. The mechanism is made using pressure plates connected to command blocks beneath the tree; among a few other command blocks that perform necessary functions.

## Tree Farm & Community Storage

### Location

X: 1927, Y: 67, Z: 2032

A community storage hall underground built by Bashka is accessible through the roots of a small willow tree near the entrance to the Tree Farm.

### Tree Farm

A manual tree farm is constructed (north/south/east/west) of the spawn tree by Bashka. Growing there is a collection of almost every tree available from the mod packs of the SMP; complete with small ground level flush storage at the beginning of each growing row that contains spare wood, saplings, and item drops from the different trees.

### Bush's Shop (Spawn)

A small wooden shop custom built by Tawn for Sebushtin that refers back to a shop that Sebushtin built in Season 1, at the time used by the many characters he plays such as Sonic, Eggman/Dr. Robotnik, and himself, Bush. The Willow version of this wooden shop has a willow tree growing atop it with winding roots hugging the shop's sides before rooting themselves into the earth beneath. The shop is modified with a staircase in the back to access the top of the shop, and the base of the small willow tree, where a few trading tables are set up to allow players to trade for items that are uncraftable due to conflicting mods sharing the same recipes for different items.

### The Clocktower

A tall turquoise, green, and gold ornate clocktower built by HaloMixter and Tawn borders the perimeter of the spawn willow tree. The mechanism, constructed by HaloMixter, allows the clocktower to fully function and chime every in-game hour on the hour. A spiral staircase surrounds the mechanism as it ascends the height of the tower until the player ends up in a roomy attic. The tower itself is connected to a shop that is staffed by a small baby Zombie Pigman and a chicken; each time a customer enters the front gated doorway and steps across a pressure plate, a classic small-shop-style *ding-dong!* chime plays (another mechanism constructed by HaloMixter).

## WillowCast Set

### Location

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The WillowCast set is a location nearby spawn that hosts the livestream and recordings of the WillowCast: a Willow-centric Podcast hosted by Abenz. The set is a small lake at the base of a humble hilly range of land with floating text crafted of blocks that reads "Willow Cast" in all-caps.

### Nether Highway Entrance

A frog statue built by HaloMixter with water coming from its mouth allows the player to swim down to an underground cellar where a Nether Portal resides; on the other side of the portal there is a large nether brick base structure with some miscellaneous free storage and with a ladder up to an ice highway connection similarly encased in nether brick.

## Willopoly

### Location

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Located a small distance from the center of spawn is the Willopoly (Willow Monopoly) set built by RNG\_TriggerHappy and HaloMixter with assistance from Bashka and Tawn. The board game first debuted live on April 29th, 2023, with its first game ever played on the SMP by the aforementioned four with Enz0 as their banker.