https://wiki.theparadox.us/ 2026-05-01T15:14:28+00:00 https://wiki.theparadox.us/ https://wiki.theparadox.us/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2018-08-06T12:20:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.13_deployed?rev=1533558034&do=diff Minecraft 1.13 Deployed Minecraft 1.13, the Update Aquatic, has landed. Are you ready to depart on your next adventure? Come on in… the water's fine! Ignore that moaning noise coming from ten meters deep—it's probably nothing. At the moment, server performance is text/html 2019-05-18T16:41:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.14_deployed?rev=1558197704&do=diff Minecraft 1.14 Deployed Minecraft 1.14, the Village & Pillage edition, is coming soon to a combat theater near you. And by, “soon,” we mostly mean “now.” Grab your best set of walking boots, brush up on your Testificatese, and head on out there. text/html 2020-07-03T04:05:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.16_is_finally_here?rev=1593749110&do=diff 1.16 Is Finally Here 2 July 2020 1.16 has finally been let out of its cage, and it's ready to unleash all kinds of Hell! Or at least the kind of Hell that is one eighth the size of normal places that aren't Hell. So strap on your golden anything and go to the Small Hell. text/html 2022-07-23T03:23:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.18_coming_soon?rev=1658546602&do=diff 1.18 Coming Soon 17 July 2022 Peaks & Valleys are Coming Soon to a Server Near You! You may have noticed that the world maps have changed. Now they render in glorious, biome-enabled, high-resolution awesomeness. This is actually an unintended side-effect. text/html 2022-07-24T23:24:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.18_upgrade_complete?rev=1658705053&do=diff 1.18 Upgrade Complete 2022-07-24 The upgrade to Minecraft v1.18.2 has completed successfully. The regions listed in 1.18 Coming Soon have also been removed from the live multiplayer world and archived. Will you be the first to visit these strange new chunks? If you've had a look at the text/html 2023-10-01T22:30:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.20.1_upgrade_complete?rev=1696199432&do=diff 1.20.1 Upgrade Complete 1 Oct 2023 As promised, your admin team has completed the Major Update to Minecraft 1.20.1. Wait, team? There's one person running this crazy operation! There is no “i” in team, but there is an “i” in admin. You will need to update your client to continue playing. Minecraft 1.20.1 is not the most recent version available, so you'll need to pin text/html 2023-10-01T22:10:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.20.1_very_soon?rev=1696198207&do=diff Version 1.20.1 Landing Soon 30 Sept 2023 theparadox.us isn't just Minecraft—it's a complicated family of services. These extra services never break and never prevent us from upgrading Minecraft—except for all those times that they do. Our Minecraft 1.18 text/html 2024-01-07T22:22:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.20.4_upgrade_complete?rev=1704666133&do=diff 1.20.4 Upgrade Complete 7 Jan 2024 Tell your Minecraft launcher to pin the latest version of Minecraft, “release 1.20.4,” and sign on for some adventure! The latest version of Minecraft brings performance enhancements to the network stack—particularly for slow or lossy connections. It also changes the text/html 2025-09-15T00:14:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:1.21.8_upgrade_complete?rev=1757895293&do=diff 1.21.8 Upgrade Complete 14 Sep 2025 At the request of exactly nobody, we've upgraded our server all the way to the current release of Minecraft. Pin your launcher to release 1.21.8, pick up your tools, and enjoy this Ghastly Update. text/html 2012-08-04T21:28:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:bugs_1.3.1?rev=1344115723&do=diff Bugs in 1.3.1 This article is meant to be a list of all 1.3.1 bugs which affect our players. Please edit it if/when more are discovered. If you have lost resources, XP, or progress as a result of a bug or server glitch, please contact an administrator and the damage will be undone to the extent possible. If you believe the world is seriously damaged, please let an admin know so we can halt the server text/html 2018-03-03T16:33:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:build_height_increase?rev=1520094795&do=diff Build Height Increase: Complete What's better than seven bits? Why, eight bits, of course! The Minecraft world we know and love got its start back in the early days of Minecraft Beta, which offered a maximum build height of 27 = 128 meters. With the introduction of the Anvil file format in text/html 2014-09-07T03:16:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:chunks_pending_deletion?rev=1410059783&do=diff Chunks Pending Deletion Or, “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love TNT.” Changelog 2014/03/15: Initial version 2014/09/06: Add Treelund to chunks pending deletion Important Business It seems like every Minecraft release adds new features to the terrain generator, making it smoother, more varied, and full of more resources to obtain. Like some computerized version of the Midwest, our server is mostly empty space. We'd like to delete some of that old empty space to make room for newer, … text/html 2019-12-15T02:22:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:clouds_change_with_the_weather?rev=1576376561&do=diff Clouds Change with the Weather 26 November 2019 Our old virtual private server (VPS) provider is closing up shop at the end of the month. We are in the process of migrating to a new server—one block at a time. Update 10 December 2019 The tag plugin now requires the use of namespaced tags. For example, the text/html 2021-12-23T00:25:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:cve_says_what?rev=1640219121&do=diff What's a CVE, Anyway and why did it just break my pickax? 10 Dec 2021 Our version of Minecraft is affected by CVE-2021-44228. A “CVE” is what happens when programmers make bad decisions… like permitting a logging framework to resolve URLs, connect to servers, download content, and then to execute that content as instructions. text/html 2018-03-30T18:42:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:elytra_runways?rev=1522435375&do=diff text/html 2014-09-07T05:17:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:exciting_upcoming_events?rev=1410067053&do=diff Exciting Upcoming Events With the recent successful---albeit troubled---launch of v1.8, the time has come for some new and exciting events on the Minecraft server. As promised, we will soon be hosting our Blow Stuff Up day! If the idea of being set loose on a copy of the map with a stack of TNT appeals to you, this event will be for you. Bragging rights will be awarded for the first person to drill down to bedrock in one go, for the most unusual detonator, and for the most aesthetically-pleasi… text/html 2014-10-18T03:10:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:groundhogs-fawkes_day?rev=1413601805&do=diff October 5th: Groundhogs-Fawkes Day Dismember the globe On the fifth of Octobe' Said player of game, ManaLocke. And that is the reason Free Gunpowder season will never be forgot. We're a big fan of crossover holidays here at theparadox.us, and we're going to celebrate Groundhogs-Fawkes Day. text/html 2020-06-20T04:36:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:ironfarmreforged?rev=1592627778&do=diff Iron Farm, Reforged The Village and Pillage update changed the arcane magicks by which Iron Golems were summoned, leading to a sudden failure in the iron farm. The factory stood idle for many months, rusting. In June 2020, an expedition was launched to stoke the fires of Golem creation, and text/html 2018-09-08T16:28:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:maps_restored?rev=1536424112&do=diff World Maps Restored The fine folks at mapcrafter have released a feature branch which offers beta support for 1.13 worlds. The maps are rendering well enough that they can be restored to their rightful place once again. They will likely remain a little rough around the edges for some time—but not text/html 2019-05-27T17:37:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:mc-142134_issue?rev=1558978637&do=diff This issue has been resolved by the Minecraft developers. In honor of this special occasion, we're giving out a special commemorative item to everyone on the server. To receive your free gift, just ask an administrator. MC-142134: Ongoing Minecraft Issue text/html 2019-12-30T22:14:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:mumble_password_changed?rev=1577744058&do=diff Mumble Server Password Change 30 December 2019 The password for the mumble server has changed. Head on over to the Mumble page to obtain the new one. If you connect as a registered user with your public key, you will not need to enter anything new. If you have not already registered, choose text/html 2013-06-12T19:02:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:news_has_a_new_home?rev=1371063753&do=diff News has a new home The server's news feed used to be hosted on identi.ca. This was intended to allow our users to report service outages where they would quickly be noticed by an administrator---even if the outage was to the wiki system. It was seldom used for this purpose, however, and now the text/html 2016-06-26T18:53:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:new_maps?rev=1466967199&do=diff The New Maps! Where have all the map markers gone!? They have gone to the workbench---you can now craft them! We have decided to replace our old mapping software with Mapcrafter, as it is easier to maintain and has more features. As a result of this change, we once again have the ability to allow you, the player, to place map markers without an admin's intervention. You can place markers on the map by using signs with one of these text/html 2014-10-18T03:11:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:now_back_to_your_regularly_scheduled?rev=1413601881&do=diff Now Back to Your Regularly-Scheduled Minecraft Dismember the globe On the fifth of Octobe' Said player of game, ManaLocke. And that is the reason Free Gunpowder season will never be forgot. Groundhogs-Fawkes Day was a huge success. Thanks to the power of highly-energetic materials, much territory was flattened to prepare for the much-anticipated minecart parking lots of the future. Stately, magnificent canyons became stately, text/html 2015-12-27T05:12:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:os_upgrade?rev=1451193141&do=diff Server OS Upgrade We have installed major OS updates on the server. This may cause some minor glitches. Some of these glitches may include: * Wiki links being broken * Moderate to extreme dissatisfaction with the new wiki templates * World maps not updating on time/completely/at all text/html 2018-01-03T02:55:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:outlands_mapping_project?rev=1514948118&do=diff text/html 2019-03-16T02:05:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:performance_201903?rev=1552701942&do=diff Intermittent Performance Issue It's π-day, and that means... that the server is laggy? Huh? Updated 15 March 2019. On 14 March, the server was having intermittent performance issues. The game was nearly unplayable, even with only one player logged in. There was text/html 2014-09-07T04:33:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:proposed_mods_guidelines?rev=1410064423&do=diff Forging Ahead: To Mod or Not To Mod? We all like Minecraft, but sometimes the game has those little, niggling annoyances that just won't go away. “Maybe, if they just changed one line of code somewhere, it would all be better.” Enter Mods, which can do everything from cleaning all the rotting flesh out of your fridge to letting you text/html 2014-12-18T06:30:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:server_migration?rev=1418884229&do=diff Server Migration Our VPS provider is rearranging a few things, and as a result we've had to migrate the Minecraft server to a new virtual machine. Everything should be up and running okay... but if it isn't, please let us know! text/html 2017-02-27T02:21:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:teamcenter_update?rev=1488162089&do=diff TeamCenter Update The TeamCenter has been updated to make it easier to join teams, and recover your aura in the event of a death. Most of its advanced features will not work unless someone (anyone) is in the Mundus, however, it will still behave exactly as before, otherwise. text/html 2012-07-23T07:47:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:updates?rev=1343029633&do=diff We are working on making the wiki available some time this week... okay? text/html 2020-05-03T21:32:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:upgrade_202005?rev=1588541579&do=diff The 1.15.2 Upgrade On 3 May 2020, the Minecraft server was updated to version 1.15.2 "Buzzy Bees", and our new home in the cloud is stable and ready to meet the oncoming swarm. Ever since the 1.14 fiasco, we have decided to take a less aggressive approach to deploying new updates from Mojang. In addition to staving off terrible early-release bugs, this also enables the use of OptiFine and text/html 2013-07-01T23:10:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:version_1.6_on_july_1?rev=1372720244&do=diff Version 1.6 on July 1 Update: We're now live with version 1.6.1. Minecraft v1.6 will be released on Monday, July 1. I hope to have the server updated with it by early evening. We'll have horses but absolutely no coconuts, so don't try and re-enact any Arthurian legends. Come back and play Minecraft with us! text/html 2014-09-04T00:01:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.theparadox.us/news:version_1.8_now?rev=1409788872&do=diff Version 1.8 Now Here The long-anticipated Version 1.8 update has finally arrived at theparadox.us! You can read the official release notes at the main Minecraft Wiki. As always, this version has introduced serious bugs into the world, which are noted below. If you have a bug to report, make a new sub-section below. If you spot something which requires an admin's attention, see our