2024-01-07 16:43:29 +0000 UTC by Zaheer_
It's with a mix of joy and nostalgia that we announce the retirement of one of AvatarMC's most impactful members. After an incredible seven-year journey, our Team Leaders have unanimously nominated KevinY3 for the prestigious Order of the Golden Lotus!
Join us as we reminisce about KevinY3's remarkable journey and celebrate the achievements that make them so deserving of this honor.
KevinY3 stepped into the AvatarMC world in 2016, quickly becoming a linchpin in the community. Their innovative work leading the Magic Scripting Team has dramatically enhanced the server's bending mechanics, bringing a new level of depth and excitement to the gameplay. KevinY3's magic touch has been a game-changer — literally!
But KevinY3's contributions extend far beyond just magic. As a key member of the server's Scripting Team, they've dedicated countless hours to refining and expanding our virtual world. From improving the core gameplay mechanics to developing intricate and engaging dungeon behaviors, KevinY3's influence is felt in every corner of AvatarMC.
In recognition of their outstanding contributions, KevinY3 will be honored on our Team page and will receive a distinguished Discord tag. This nomination places KevinY3 among a select group of individuals whose dedication and creativity have been indispensable to AvatarMC over the years.
Join us in congratulating KevinY3 on this well-deserved honor, and let's celebrate the magic they've brought to our community!
2023-12-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC by TurboClicks
Season's greetings and happy holidays! NUKTUK, HERO OF THE SOUTH is back again for AvatarMC's yearly winter celebration.
Visit Nuktuk in your bending capital to make your way to the holiday hub. Keep reading to get the breakdown of this year's event!
Limited Time Cosmetics
Wanting to dress up as Santa and needing a fancy hat cosmetic to complete the ensemble? We've got you covered. Check out the store to purchase these festive delights. If you want to dress as a reindeer, we have that too — minus any judgment you may or may not deserve.
| Cosmetic |
|---|
| Red Santa Hat |
| Green Santa Hat |
| Blue Santa Hat |
| Reindeer Antlers |
| Santa Hat Bundle (Red, Green, Blue Santa Hats) |
Christmas Tree Scepter |
The Wonderland
The Wonderland is the main hub of this event, offering plenty to get you in the festive mood. Complete activities located in or around this area to earn snowflakes - you can use these to buy heads and cosmetics from our vendors!
Activities List
- A List in the Breeze: A nervous elf, Honeybrittle, seems distraught. Go talk to them to find out what's wrong.
- A Very Helpful Hunt: Help Gao find his friends so he can have his party! You can find him near the Christmas Tree Parkour.
- Castle Dropper: Complete the dropper found in the hilltop castle.
- How Evil Iroh Stole Christmas: Stop Evil Iroh before he can steal the presents! Find him in the castle, and stop him before it is too late!
- Icy Cave Dropper: Complete the dropper found by taking the cable car up the mountain.
- Mr Grouch: Mr Grouch took over Santa's workshop and is destroying all the presents. Find the facility at top of the mountain, south of the village, and put a stop to it!
- Snow Maze: An inviting looking maze made out of snow. Find it in the Christmas Village.
- Snowman Ascending: This jolly fellow looks like he can be climbed. Find him on the lake shore northeast of the village.
- The Tree Parkour: The branches of the big Christmas tree look perfect for climbing. Look for the largest tree in the village!
- Snowball Showdown: A Free-For-All Snowball fight that can be found in the cave by the pier, northwest of the village.
- Capture the Flag: Find the hot air balloon and take it to the Capture the Flag arena.
Multiplayer Activities
Once again the popular activities Capture the Flag and the Snowball Free for All have returned to AvatarMC! Is it truly the season of joy without the fun of inflicting traumatic brain injuries with snowballs?
The Capture The Flag minigame is accessible from the hot air balloon near the Christmas Tree. In this activity, players are split into two teams and are tasked with taking the opposing teams flag and taking it back to their own, with only snowballs to defend themselves with. However, watch out as you cannot score a point unless your own flag is yet to be picked up. This activity requires a minimum of 2 players, but more is recommended for maximum enjoyment! You will have 10 minutes to see who can score the most points.
In the free for all, tied to the "Snowball Shutdown" quest, you fight against friends (minimum of 2 players) using only snowballs. You have 10 minutes to climb the leaderboard and show who has the strongest throw. Enter the cave northeast of the village, near the pier, to partake in this activity!
Vendors
Some friendly elves are here to sell some Christmas goodies. Or just give you puppy dog eyes until you buy something, your choice. Just remember these poor folks don't have an elf union.
| Vendor | Item | Price |
|---|
| Cosmetic Vendor | Red Candy Cane Focus | 20 Snowflakes |
| Green Candy Cane Focus |
| Gray Candy Cane Focus |
| Purple Candy Cane Focus |
| Yellow Candy Cane Focus |
| Blue Candy Cane Focus |
| Elf Hat |
| Snowman Beanie |
| Snowman's Top Hat |
| Decorations Vendor | Ornament Heads | 1 Snowflake Each |
| Present Heads |
Lastly, the team at AvatarMC would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season. We greatly appreciate our community and can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2024. See you next year!
2023-10-28 06:54:50 +0000 UTC by BarelyDecisive and GuoKao
Ladies, gents, and everything that dwells in between — welcome to another spooktacular event. Enjoy the frights of Gaipan during Halloween!
For returning victims, we've introduced two new activities, created a new batty cosmetic focus, and made many other incremental improvements to the event.
To experience our little brand of trick and terror, visit the warp areas in your capital — and remember — don't worry about those shapes in the darkness.
Midnight in Gaipan
"Something is afoot in the usually sleepy village of Gaipan. The Festival of Sun Li is normally a time for celebration, for it marks a time when the spirits meet the living.
This time, something has gone horribly wrong. The benevolent spirits are no where to be seen. In fact, no one is to be seen, the town is nearly deserted. Let us pray that you don't meet the same fate..."
The dead have risen from the earth. Put them back where they belong, before you join them. They say that familiar faces have been spotted amongst the walking dead. Just who could they mean by that?
Candy, meant to be enjoyed by those at the festival, has been dropped all over the village. Gather as much of it as you can — you never know what rewards await you.
New Event Soundtrack
"Did you hear that?"
Explore Gaipan with our new spooky soundtrack by Sonny (aka Ace).
To experience these new tunes, be sure to grab the new music pack here.
Sweet Tooth Dungeon
"Candy, dropping from the ceiling!"
Take the fast way down the pit. Just be sure to survive the landing, and enter the maze.
"Candy, in a dungeon?.."
A new maze has been created just to torture you, full of treasures, tricks and traps.
Don't give up when investigating the catacombs. Find the extra lotus tiles and be rewarded if you make it to the exit of the maze.
Ghost Island
A seasonal quest returns this year.
When Watt's nephew goes missing on a deserted island, he enlists the player's help to find him. Tread carefully; unspeakable horrors happened here, and the spirits are restless. One more thing: try not to stare into the dark too long. The dark might stare back, and you'll find out what kind of thing goes bump in the night.
The Village Ghosts
This haunting quest is back for your enjoyment.
A simple delivery job looks easy enough, but not everything is as it seems...
Across The Bridge
An unseasonably large pumpkin has grown across the bridge of Gaipan. No doubt that dark and evil forces are at work. Investigate this massive gourd and discover its secrets.
Inside you will find Bwake's Maze of Horrors. Watch your sanity as you try to reach the end — ten candies await you if you do!
There's more to see in this area. The Great Pumpkin Hunt is exactly what it says on the tin. Seek out the hidden pumpkins, and gain a reward.
There are two achievements for completing the tasks in this area: Bwake's Maze of Horrors and The Great Pumpkin Hunt. Both offer 5 candy upon completion.
Cosmetics
After gathering enough candy in the event — and stopping the mayor dead in their tracks — you will be able to spend your precious candy on cosmetic hats, heads for interior decorating, and a brand new focus.
This new tricked out bat staff can be a well deserved treat after enduring the spooktorturous activities.
For the terror-minded interior decorating ghosts out there, we have added several new cosmetic heads as well.
2023-06-04 17:46:24 +0000 UTC by TurboClicks
Greetings and salutations, readers! It’s that time of year again for AvatarMC’s annual Pride Fest. The Rainbow Spirit is back to welcome everyone to their realm in the Spirit World to celebrate love in all its forms!
Speak to the Rainbow Spirit in your capital to get started. Find the "Pride Fest 2023 Awaits" quest in /q for more help!
The LGBTree
If you've visited the Pride Town of yesteryear, you'll recognize this one — except someone's been giving it premium fertilizer. This is where you'll spawn when you enter the event, and it's also how you'll get to the different parts of the map!
If you've managed to get lost in the event, our professional cartographer has drafted a map for you, which can be seen below.
Quests
This event comes pre-packaged with four quests for you to enjoy — "The Lost Mask", "Tei's Special Brew", "Welcome Party", and "Duck, Goose, Hot Air Balloon" as well as an introductory quest titled "Pride Fest 2023 Awaits". Check them out in /q today!
| Quest Name | Starting NPC | Rewards |
|---|
| Tei's Special Brew | Tei [654, 695] | 3 Lotus Tiles |
| Welcome Party | Cook Amiti [807, 673] | 3 Lotus Tiles |
| The Lost Mask | Shi-ra Spirit [835, 848] | 3 Lotus Tiles |
| Duck, Goose, Hot Air Balloon | Conductor [672, 869] | 25k Yuans (5k Yuans for completing Duck and Goose routes, 15k Yuans for completing quest) |
Fort Pride
Feel like getting lost in wonderland? No need for a pocket watch-carrying rabbit this time. Head on over to Fort Pride, and try your hand at navigating your way through this showy little Schloss.
New in 2023: Fort Pride has a new maze and puzzle!
The Hot Air Balloon Hangar
Here at AvatarMC, the sky's the limit! Now you don't need to be an airbender to fly with the birds, you just need a hot air balloon! As long as you stay within this little box next to an open flame, that is.
The parkour is the basis for the 'Duck, Goose, Hot Air Balloon' quest, and upon completion you'll receive some nice rewards! Though please note that pushing other players off to "reduce the weight" is not permitted. Talk to the Conductor at the top of the Marketplace Hill to get started.
Lotus Tiles
Whether you're running out of Lotus Tiles or you're a completionist, we've got you covered. Explore the map to find ten more of those lovely little Pai Sho pieces!
Final Thoughts
And as always, happy Pride Month to everyone here celebrating it at AvatarMC. We hope you had a great month, and we're all so excited to see you next year for Pride Fest 2024!
2023-03-18 19:07:00 +0000 UTC by EvieAscendant and TurboClicks
Greetings and salutations, readers! I'll be your host for tonight; the exits are to your left and — wait, wrong job. Either way, we have a fair few additions to the server to fly through, so let's get to it, shall we?
Questing Update
The questing system has received updates to massively boost convenience and playability. Alongside this, all quests have been updated for greater consistency - aiming to minimise any potential lack of clarity within quest descriptions or gameplay. The changes made are as follows:
- Completed quests are now sorted at the end of
/q. This moves them out of the way of currently active quests.
- New objectives and their descriptions are displayed in chat when they become active.
- If a quest has been started, the active objective will be displayed instead of the quest description when hovering over it in
/q.
- The ability to track a quest has been added. It will show any active objectives for that quest when you hover over it in the command book.
- Rewards are now displayed in chat when a quest is completed.
Intro Quests
Two new quests have been added to introduce some of the server's key features! While this experience is intended for new players, there's nothing stopping anyone else from completing them.
- Mini-Dungeon Intro: Each of the four capitals now has its own unique quest to introduce mini-dungeons to players. These are restricted by element — if you're a Waterbender, you can only play through the Northern Water Tribe quest, for example.
- Going Postal: Players will assist the Whale Tail Courier Company, travelling across the world to deliver missing parcels to their rightful recipients! This should be a neat way to introduce new players to the global Fast Travel system, alongside providing a tour of our capital cities.
Both of these quests can be started in your Bending Capital. Talk to the guide NPC that appears when you first spawn for more information!
A New PvP Arena
Coming soon to a Caldera near you is a new fully functional arena! Releasing with this update is the Agni Kai chamber where Zuko famously fought his father. Now you too can receive a facial scar and spend the rest of your life telling people "no, it's not on the wrong side".
You will now be greeted by holographic text and NPC guards outside of the main doors to the royal palace. When you teleport in, you'll enter a brand new hallway that leads directly into the throne room. There will also be a part of the hallway that leads to the Agni Kai chamber.
Navigation Update
The /nav menu has been updated! In an effort to better direct players to locations in all server cities, we've come up with a few things that'll hopefully make our points of interest (POI) clearer. All changes are as follows:
- Points of interest will appear as inactive when they are deemed irrelevant to you as the player. They'll still appear in
/nav, just right at the end and greyed out. You'll still be able to navigate using them, of course. An example of this would be a dungeon that's outside of your level range.
- Plenty of new POIs have been added to the menu across all server cities. Notably, navigation is now available to all mazes and parkour challenges — each identified as a "Lotus Tile Challenge".
- For every "Lotus Tile Challenge" there is now a corresponding quest which is only visible once you enter the challenge area (starting the maze/parkour).
- Each location now has a category appearing in blue below the POI name, with a description displayed just below it.
- Every POI has a related icon in
/nav with a light blue background.
- Players are now able to navigate to other players using
/nav. The player must be in the same server city as the sender, and they must agree to the request. To access this new feature, just click on the lantern at the bottom of the nav menu.
Cosmos Update
The Cosmos has been updated to provide players with a far better experience when creating a new character. All changes go as follows:
- The spirit NPCs have been deleted. As a replacement, each testing area makes use of the council member placed directly in front of the spawn point. These NPCs now allow players to confirm their element choice or return to Avatar Korra in the Cosmos. However, before doing so, they will tell you about the area, including who you can talk to and where to test your bending techniques. After this, on the second interaction (where they begin emitting green particles), they offer to either tell you about the area again or allow you to make your choice.
- Every 3 minutes in each testing area, a broadcast will notify the player who they can speak to, and where, to confirm their element choice or return to Korra.
- The building in the center of the earthbending testing area has been updated to allow players to run directly through it instead of having to go around it to reach the other side.
- Bandits in the earthbending testing area have been made slightly stronger, where before they did extremely small amounts of damage. Their behaviour has also been changed to assist in better tracking the player.
- The poachers inside of the airbending testing area have been updated with new skins.
Spirit Oasis Sound
The Spirit Oasis is finally getting a soundtrack of its own! There's both a main theme and an ambient theme, so make sure to manually update your music pack to receive this update.
Visit the Resource and Music Packs wiki to learn how to perform a manual download.
Canon City Cleanups
Multiple locations around the map received enhancements in their surrounding areas:
- Ba Sing Se received directional road signs outside of the main city gates to point players towards community-built road networks and the community farm.
- The Fire Nation Capital received directional road signs outside of the main Caldera gates to point players towards the harbor and the airport.
- Misty Palms Oasis received a minor facelift improving the palm trees across the town as well as the entrance. A path now connects the city to nearby community-built roads as well as the mini-dungeon.
- The Northern Air Temple's surrounding area is cleaned up. The mountain on which the temple sits has received a texturing update. The local Fast Travel boat has a path connecting all the way to the temple.
- Omashu received an improved entrance design, including a new bridge connecting the city to the neighbouring mountain, which now follows on to a windy path connecting the entrance to the nearby local Fast Travel node.
- The Southern Air Temple island has received a significant clean up, removing all of the old player builds that were visible from the temple. A path now connects the local Fast Travel node to the temple. Players can now walk all the way up the path from the ground to the temple, preventing the need to use bending to jump up the mountain. The entrance to the mini-dungeon was completely rebuilt.
- Holographic text now warns players that they are leaving a server-built area and are changing to a community-built road network.
Miscellaneous Changes
- Holographic text on Fast Travel nodes now states if the vehicle is for Global, Local, or City travel.
- When new players first join the server, we now run a check to detect if their automatic resource pack download is enabled. If it is not, they are presented with an animated visual guide that explains how to fix this.
Bending Changes
Nonbending
- Extended Grappling Hook's range by 12 blocks.
- Person-striking Grappling Hook cooldown reduced to 8 seonds.
- Shift-Grappling Hook no longer moves the player further than regular grappling hook.
- Grappling Hook moves the player further horizontally and has less of a vertical offset.
- Concussion Grenade pushes the target (and player) upwards while providing fall damage protection.
- Reduced Falcon silence to 3 seconds.
- Added particle effects for when someone is blinded by Flashbang.
- Increased Sticky Bomb's damage and speed.
- Sticky Bomb inflicts less severe slowness.
- Proximity Mines now detonate if they are covered by solid blocks such as ice and stone.
- Sand Attack blind duration decreased to 3 seconds.
- Sand Attack now has particle effects when someone is hit.
Fire
- Added particle effects for when someone is blinded by Fire Torch.
- Fire Torch's shift version has a 1 second cooldown now.
- Solar Burst (fire ultimate) now has a 3 second prelude during which the player emits particles, allowing the caster to focus on getting close to their target while having enough energy once it is cast to deal damage. Solar Burst no longer drains the player's energy, nor does it freeze them in place.
- Solar Burst now confers fire protection to the player for the entire duration of the spell and extinguishes them at its conclusion.
- Flame Blast now decreases the target's defence for three seconds, with the severity based on the distance of the caster to the target. It also has a 12 second cooldown.
- Various moves now make use of a singular projectile, where before they would use multiple to handle decreasing damage at longer ranges. This functionality remains mostly the same.
Earth
- Earth Rumble, if cast in the air, no longer triggers the move's cooldown.
- Boulder Toss two-phase form radius increased.
- Earth Shockwave, when cast in the air, propels the player toward the ground and grants them fall protection. Upon landing, it is cast as normal.
- Earth Shockwave's radius has been increased by 1 block.
- Earth Shatter's range at lower energy levels has been extended.
Water
- Increased Steam Explosion's radius, knockback, and damage significantly when cast while standing inside water.
- Ice Nova has a flat radius of 6 blocks, inflicts more severe slowness, and inflicts slowness for longer.
- Splash has higher range and knockback.
Air
- Increased Air Spear hitbox size (0.25 → 0.5), damage (10 → 15), range (35 → 40).
- Air Spear has much greater knockback and a higher cooldown.
- Decreased Air Spear velocity (60 → 40, 40 → 28).
- Replaced Air Geyser with a horizontal projectile which throws targets into the air. Costs less.
- Air Punch has more range, travels more slowly, and deals more damage.
- Air Burst shift version throws a decelerating ball which detonates violently upon contact with any living entity. It lingers for up to 30 seconds in place after reaching the end of its trajectory. Deals friendly fire if it hits an enemy. Has lower AOE than normal burst.
- Air Bolt's cooldown has been shortened to 1 second and deals less damage while having shorter range.