Timeline of the Hardcore SMP

This article contains all the arcs and eras from the beginning of the server to present day. The current arc is the Ultimate Arc and the current era is the Supremacy Era.

## Timeline eras

### Early Hardcore SMP Arc

#### Growth Era

* **Era dates:** December 14, 2020 (server creation) - Early February 2021

The Growth Era was the beginning of the server. In the beginning, the server composed of Dev and a few of his close friends such as Lucky, Skull Tissue, and Pivotal. During this era, the server members built their material wealth and created houses.

#### Tense Era

* **Era dates:** Early February 2021 - May 18, 2021 (America's creation)

The Tense Era showed the earliest tensions between server members, specifically between Pivotal and Lucky. During this era, The Jerry Conflict took place and Pivotal died. Also during this era, PolarIce and WeirdApe joined the server.

### American Independence Arc

#### Independent Era

* **Era dates:** May 18, 2021 (America's creation) - June 2021

The Independent Era was an era of war and independence involving Hardcore SMP and the newly created America. During this era, the two factions fought in the Hardcore SMP vs. America War, and America ended up winning this war and gaining independence. The new country was developing quickly and had many new buildings and visitors.

### Development Arc

#### New Vegas Era

* **Era dates:** June 2021 - July 16, 2021

The New Vegas Era was an era which mostly revolved around the newest country in the server at the time, New Vegas. During this era, New Vegas was fully constructed and had an established government with four of the server members. Also during this era, America was abandoned and blown up and The Exile Conflict happened in New Vegas. By the end of the era, DexDude was the only new member to the server.

#### Retribution Era

* **Era dates:** July 16, 2021 - Late August 2021

The Retribution Era follows the New Vegas Era and begins with the creation of Kinoko Kingdom. Kinoko Kingdom was fully constructed and New Vegas immediately viewed them as unfavorable. During this era, Aidan and BananaBoi joined the server and Nathan spent a day visiting in the server. At the end of the era, Lucky's house was destroyed by Dev, Skull Tissue, and BananaBoi and the Retribution Era and Development Arc.

### Dark Age Arc

#### Disunion Era

* **Era dates:** Late August 2021 - Late April 2023

The Disunion Era was the longest era on the server because of how inactive the server was for almost two years. During this era, many members of the server began to dislike Lucky and WeirdApe. These tensions even caused the Dev vs. Lucky duel to happen, in which Gavin visited the server to accompany Lucky and Lucky lost his second canon life during the duel. Then the server continued being inactive until Late April 2023.

#### Imprisonment Era

* **Era dates:** Late April 2023 - May 7, 2023

The Imprisonment Era was the era that started the server back up after a year and a half of inactivity. It involved DexDude being released from Atlantis' Palace and WeirdApe getting imprisoned. Nothing remarkable happened during this era aside from WeirdApe's imprisonment and DexDude's release. It wasn't until Lucky joined the server again on May 7, 2023 that the Imprisonment Era and the Dark Age Arc came to an end.

### Terrorism Arc

#### Vengeance Era

* **Era dates:** May 7, 2023 - May 13, 2023

The Vengeance Era started the Terrorism Arc since it was kicked off by the Atlantis' Palace jailbreak. Following the jailbreak, The Villains Pact was created by WeirdApe and Lucky and they came up with terrorist-style plans to get revenge on the members of Hardcore SMP for what they did to WeirdApe and Lucky during the Dark Age Arc. This led to The Heroes vs. The Villains War and due to the Heroes winning the war, this concluded the Vengeance Era.

#### Post-Vengeance Era

* **Era dates:** May 13, 2023 - July 2, 2023

The Post-Vengeance Era followed the Vengeance Era with WeirdApe getting reincarcerated and The Villains collapsing. During this era, The Heroes Pact was officially created to prevent terrorism for ever rising again in the server. Cinder also joined the server during this era and decided to live independently. WeirdApe killed himself during this era and his WeirdApe's funeral was held during the Post-Vengeance Era. Lucky became the new president of New Vegas and because of this and The Heroes vs. Villains War, New Vegas and Kinoko Kingdom became allied. This even led to them establishing a drug trade and kept it a secret from Hardcore SMP. However once Dev found out about this illegal drug trade, he immediately put an end to it and made plans for the new arc.

### Imperialism Arc

#### A New Era

* **Era dates:** July 2, 2023 - July 31, 2023

A New Era was the era that began because of the reformation of Hardcore SMP into Hardcore Empire and their plan to annex all other factions. In this era, New Vegas was annexed by Hardcore Empire and they attempted to annex Kinoko Kingdom, but the kings of Kinoko resisted their force. After feelings of neutrality between each other, DexDude approached the members of Hardcore Empire and tried to make amends with them by inviting them to his speech. Hardcore Empire agreed to become allied with Kinoko Kingdom and they attended DexDude's speech. However during the speech, Hardcore Empire betrayed Kinoko Kingdom by having DexDude assassinated and declaring war on Kinoko Kingdom. War then broke out between the two factions which resulted in a Hardcore Empire victory, Kinoko Kingdom's annexation to Hardcore Empire, and DexDude's imprisonment. A few weeks went by and Hardcore Empire began setting up shop all across the server now that they now own all claimed territory.

#### Punishment Era

* **Era dates:** July 31, 2023 - August 22, 2023

The Punishment Era began due to Pivotal's very strange and suspicious visit to DexDude in Atlantis' Palace. The reason the visit was so suspicious was because no visible chats were seen between them, so it's assumed that their conversation was whispered. Dev kicked Pivotal out of the prison and he told Pivotal that he wasn't allowed to visit DexDude again unless if he had Dev's permission. Pivotal quickly disobeyed this by trying to sneak into DexDude's cell after Fundy, Lucky, and BananaBoi's visit on August 8, 2023. So Dev organized DexDude's execution to punish Pivotal for disobeying Dev and extinguish DexDude at the same time since Dev didn't need him for anything. Dev and Lucky arrested PolarIce before the execution so that he couldn't possibly stop the execution in any way. DexDude's execution was successful, but Pivotal shot Fundy to death right after DexDude was killed and he fled somewhere into the ocean where Atlantis' Palace is over. This made him an enemy of Hardcore Empire and the members tried to track him down.

#### Rebellion Era

* **Era dates:** August 22, 2023 - September 2, 2023

The Rebellion Era began with Pivotal reviving WeirdApe by saying the "Call to Anarchists" in the in-game chat. Pivotal quickly broke down the current state of the server to WeirdApe and asked WeirdApe to join him and PolarIce in retalliating against Hardcore Empire. Since WeirdApe had no one else who liked or wanted him on the server, he agreed to join Pivotal and PolarIce's alliance. The two then headed for Atlantis' Palace where they broke PolarIce out of the prison. The three of them created an alliance named The Liberators and announced to the Hardcore Empire that they meant no harm and simply wanted to peacefully chat with them about the betterment of the server. Over the next week, The Liberators had recruited every member in the server except for Dev. They had revealed that their true intentions were to put Dev on house arrest and restore freedom to the server. They were able to achieve their goal by teaming up and overpowering Dev to the point where he had to surrender and get put on house arrest. Then The Liberators made the server free again.

### Time Travel Arc

#### Empowerment Era

* **Era dates:** September 2, 2023 - November 11, 2023

The Empowerment Era and Time Travel Arc began with WeirdApe blowing up New Vegas. Since Dev was put on house arrest because he had a time machine, Lucky went straight to him so he could use the time machine to go back in time before New Vegas was blown up. So Dev tried and tried, but after failing twice, Dev decided that the time machine must've been malfunctioning and he needed to repair it. During this era, two new factions were formed: Forksburg by Cinder and Rakuen Paradaisu by Skull Tissue and Aidan. The two factions slowly built up over the next couple months until an election was held in Forksburg. However the votes for the presidential candidates for Forksburg were so close that everyone agreed to just hold a debate, which resulted in the two presidential candidates merging parties, thus ending the Empowerment Era.

#### Enragement Era

* **Era dates:** November 11, 2023 - December 6, 2023

The Enragement Era kicked off with two new presidents in Forksburg, meaning Dev finally got let off his 3 month long house arrest. One of the first things he did off of house arrest was visit his old friend Skull Tissue's new and distant faction Rakuen Paradaisu accompanied by Lucky. BananaBoi and Skull Tissue gave them a tour of the faction before Dev and Lucky went back to Hardcore through the nether. On November 19, 2023, WeirdApe logged on while Lucky and Fundy were on, so they asked to meet with WeirdApe and discuss what happened with New Vegas. They met at WeirdApe's house in Kinoko Kingdom where Lucky and Fundy tried to get answers from WeirdApe, but he did not comply. Soon WeirdApe got sick of all the bickering and flat out killed Lucky. This sent Fundy into a deep rage, causing him to lash out and kill WeirdApe and take all of his belongings. He thought that killing WeirdApe was enough, but it wasn't. He felt a change inside of him that longed for more bloodshed. So Fundy began launching terrorist attacks on Kinoko Kingdom, Forksburg, and Hardcore SMP using fire, lava, and withers, effectively destroying each of these factions in the name of his deceased father. On December 3, 2023, Cinder, Dev, Lucky's Spirit, Pivotal, PolarIce, BananaBoi, and Drago all aligned to use Dev's time machine to go back in time before Fundy destroyed Kinoko, Forksburg, and Hardcore SMP. First they went back to right before New Vegas was blown up and were planning to stay in that timeline. But then Dev remembered that this would mean no Forksburg and no Rakuen Paradaisu, so they used the time machine again to go forward in time a little. They were brought to right before Fundy went mad and destroyed everything, which is ultimately the timeline they decided to stay in. On December 6, 2023, Dev and Lucky blew up the prison because Dev thought the prison was not effective enough in teaching people lessons. They then met with WeirdApe and Fundy in Kinoko Kingdom to discuss their violations of the Heroes Pact. Dev revealed that he was going to have to kill both of them, and neither WeirdApe nor Fundy showed any resistance. First, Dev and Lucky took WeirdApe's final two lives. Then when Dev was about to kill Fundy, Lucky stepped in and pleaded with Dev to give Fundy another chance. Dev really did not want to after what Fundy had done to Hardcore, but he decided to give Fundy another chance just because Lucky trusted him. This concluded the Enragement Era and the Time Travel Arc.

### Ultimate Arc

#### Forgiveness Era

* **Era dates:** December 6, 2023 - January 7, 2024

The Forgiveness Era was a mostly pleasant time in Hardcore. Dev decorated the world with Christmas trees and made two particularly big Christmas trees in Hardcore and Rakuen Paradaisu with chests under the trees serving as presents for the members of Rakuen Paradaisu, Hardcore SMP, Forksburg, and Kinoko Kingdom. Dev filled the presents with gifts a couple days for Christmas and planned to have everyone come together and open presents on stream on December 23, 2023, but only few people showed up. On the good side however, Sossy joined the server on this day. But since Dev didn't have any presents prepared for Sossy, he ordered Sossy to kill Fundy and take all of his things for his present. On Christmas Eve, Lucky and Dev decided to do a final Christmas stream, and in the thrill of the impending holiday, Lucky decided to destroy WeirdApe's old house in Kinoko Kingdom. After the deed was done, the members of Kinoko Kingdom found out about this a few days later and were not happy. After a bit of interrogating and no one owning up to the destruction, Lucky told Pivotal that he was the one who destroyed WeirdApe's old house. Pivotal informed PolarIce of this and PolarIce wanted to duel Lucky in a fight to the death to pay for this uncalled for destruction. So on January 6, 2024, PolarIce and Lucky had a duel. Initially, Lucky killed PolarIce and was victorious, but Pivotal immediately jumped in the arena after Lucky and killed him too. A day later, Lucky logged on and found that Fundy was in a dire situation against Dev. Lucky went to Fundy's new house to help, but he instead witnessed Fundy being poisoned by some kind of serum. After Fundy pleaded, Dev finished him off. Lucky was enraged by this and flew away to Kinoko to take his anger out by destroying the Kingdom. This ended the Forgiveness Era and began an interesting new era for Hardcore.

#### Supremacy Era

* **Era dates:** January 7, 2024 - current