Afterlight Hill

Afterlight Hill from the front gate (August 2018)

> “*I'm unsure how big it is going to be in the end, but looks like they are aiming for the larger variety of Big.*”
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> ― MineGeeker, November 4th, 2013
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**Afterlight Hill** or **ALH** is the largest town on MeteorCraft and the largest town built primarily in Survival mode. It was originally constructed in Autumn 2013 as part of the PurePhun server, and was continually worked on for several months until early 2014. In April 2015, Afterlight Hill was copied to and added to Canihavesnowplease, before being added to genmap that same year.

Unlike many towns on the server, Afterlight Hill's construction in Survival mode means that very little of the town isn't in some way functional. Almost all buildings were lived-in houses when they were built; furthermore the town is filled with crop farms, mob grinders and stables. Furthermore, the area under Afterlight Hill itself is connected with a series of tunnels called the Afterlight Nexus, intended to make traversing the area easier.

Afterlight Hill can be found to the east of the Spawn City, close to Primavera and Cypress Port.

## History

The area that now makes up Afterlight Hill was originally an NPC village in a savanna biome. On November 4th, 2013, the town was founded by kmorae. Unfortunately, the first building constructed by players after the town's founding is unknown. The town was unnamed for a short while, until the name Afterlight Hill was decided on. Alternative suggestions were Emerald Hill.

On November 9th, a griefer joined the server in the early hours of the morning, and using a piston timer mechanism, covered the whole of Afterlight Hill in a mountain of stone. This was eventually rolled back by the server's admin; a memorial to this event can still be seen in the town.

   On November 10th, a thief was caught and banned from the server after stealing "20+ diamonds and a diamond horse set". This eventually led to the destruction of the thief's brother's (who left the server when the original thief was banned) castle, one of the larger buildings in Afterlight Hill, by several blocks of TNT. This was notably controversial in the Afterlight Hill citizenry - many players disliked the petty revenge, whereas others felt it was justified either as retribution or to open new space in the town. Perhaps ironically, the space formerly occupied by XPG's castle was never reused.

On November 12th, an election was held to see who would become the mayor of Afterlight Hill. The winner was kmorae, who took up their post after the votes were counted.

   The Ender Dragon was defeated on November 16th at 21:09 GMT, and the earliest Wither kill had occurred by the same day.

By the end of November, Afterlight Hill had reached nearly the full size it would reach. By this point, the Market had been built, and populated with shops, and the Nexus had been finished. A large airship, the *Red Dawn*, had begun construction close to the Town Square, but it would never be completed.

Whilst Afterlight Hill has been copied to newer maps, it has remained almost untouched due to its Survival origins; the only exceptions being some modifications to the Guild Hall to incorporate a train station, and later, the restoration of the Guild Hall when the station was moved to a new location. It is now connected to the Spawn City by the Blue Line, as well as being a station call for the Yellow Line.

## Gallery

Citizens of Afterlight Hill on November 10th (photo credit: Wheeto)
## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806193128/https://old.reddit.com/r/purephun/comments/1q8dm2/griefer\_destroyed\_afterlight\_nov\_9th\_100\_am/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806192638/https://old.reddit.com/r/purephun/comments/1qbb9u/mini\_thieves\_get\_a\_ban/
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806193021/https://old.reddit.com/r/purephun/comments/1qc2ej/destruction\_of\_xpgs\_castle/
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806192741/https://old.reddit.com/r/purephun/comments/1qburf/afterlight\_hill\_voting\_for\_a\_mayor\_election\_thread/
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806193758/https://old.reddit.com/r/purephun/comments/1qrwjx/the\_enderdragon\_fight\_discussion\_thread/
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W5PEXk1R4
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806200350/https://old.reddit.com/r/purephun/comments/1qmrue/afterlight\_hill\_ghost\_o/
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190806200756/https://old.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1s9twy/someone\_recently\_crafted\_the\_first\_beacon\_on\_the/