Dear Future Townies

Artwork by Victim130

Town Etiquette is something that is often "lost in translation" when new members are first joining the server, and/or looking to join a town.

When Towns get hit with a large number of newbies, especially those who do not know much about working with/for the town, the number of townies will quickly drop due to frustration and depleted energy/patience. When this happens, a number of issues can occur; the town is more susceptible for being raided, defensive teams break apart, friendships shatter, and the ability to work as a team is nearly impossible.

Within weeks, sometimes even days, a town can collapse completely on itself, leaving everything and everyone open as easy targets.

Even if this doesn't go so far, knowing proper Town Etiquette will cause you to be more accepted within the ranks of your future Townies. Those who have little to no etiquette (or don't seem to frankly care) will often wear out their welcome and get booted from the town, left in the dust with nowhere to live and nobody to help them.

Always remember these lovely qualities so that you may be an amazing town member!

• Sharing is Caring! Share what you don't need so that others within your town may use what they do need.
• Donate! Town upgrades are costly and one person can't do it on their own! Donating things you don't need, depending on the upgrade requirements, is one of the best things you can do!
• Be Respectful! Because expressing bluntly that you dislike the town and everyone in it will probably get you kicked without warning. 
• Leave on Good Terms! If you leave on good terms with the townies, then they might be willing to give you aid in your time of need, despite Enemy and Alliance listings. 
• Get TeamSpeak! Raids and Defense activities always run smoother when you can talk versus stopping to type. 
• Be Productive! Things like raiding, mining, and even PVE are very productive for towns and both their activity levels and their economies! Towns with members who mine and raid frequently are usually the strongest and most active! 
• Keep the drama OUT! Drama and complications between town members are never a good thing. Your town should be your second family, not a high-school click competition!
• Absolutely NO STEALING! Unless the rules express otherwise, most (if not all towns) have a strict Anti-stealing policy. 
• Follow All Town and Server Rules! Make sure you look up what these are before you apply. Some towns may require you to always donate each week and only want highly-active members. 
• Be Active! This one's obvious. If you're gone for more than 2 weeks, it's server's policy that every town must kick the townie and update their list on the forums. If you're going to be gone for an extended period of time, give someone a heads up before hand. 

If you need anymore pointers or tips, don't be afraid to ask around! For a list of current towns, feel free to click on the "TOWNS" Tab. 

For more help and info, please visit www.HerocraftOnline.com

To Update or Not to Update.. It's No longer a Question

As many of you know, the "Pretty Scary Update" was finally released Thursday, October 25th. This update includes a LOT of new stuff that I know many of you are too anxious to wait for.

The only problem is that Herocraft's Dev team is still working to tweak and update their plugins so that they work well with the new update.

A known issue with this is that, if you updated your Minecraft client anyways, you couldn't play on servers with the previous update. You'd have to wait for them to update their server before you could play on it or you'd have to download the previous update and miss out on the new additions to Minecraft.

Well, the developers from both Herocraft and Spout have a solution for you; Spoutcraft.

You can use your regular Minecraft client to play with all the nifty new updates from Mojang while not having to worry about waiting for your server to update. Plus, by using Spoutcraft, you get to use some pretty amazing features on the game like key bindings, a mini map, a party interface (so you can see their health and mana), donor commands, and more!

Herocraft - The Halloween Special

Herocraft has a cute little addition for you to add to your playtime routine!

With this new vanilla server, you still get to play around with some of the Heroes plugins while also exploring the latest additions to Minecraft like witches, flowerpots, carrots on a stick, and even the new Wither Skeletons.

Now, it is advisable to wear a diaper when deciding to battle the terrifying new boss, Wither. Why? Well... Nobody's really survived yet to tell us why.


If you're interested in joining other players in this spooktacular fun, join us at vanilla.herocraftonline.com and give us a boo!

Kainzo's Pony

Picture Courtesy of Kahzo

This one goes out to all of the MLP Fans in our Herocraft Community!

Now.. As you should know by now, all ponies have 2 names (so "Kainzo" just isn't going to cut it for this one). What should we name Kainzo's offspring pony? 

Comment your submissions below! May the best Pony win!

I was thinking "Kandy Kainzo" myself.. 

It's A QUICKIE!

A lovely piece done by our user, SonOfAGunner (Maddi)

Just a few minor updates for our Heroes today!


As you may notice, there's a few new links on our "Check us out on" board!

The first new one is our latest social-networking addition, Pheed. You can sign in/sign up with either Facebook or Twitter for those who are interested in this new addition to Herocraft on the web.

The next several items you may notice are the new "VOTE!" links that have been added. Players now have the ability to vote up to 6 times a day and, with the latest fix, players who vote will earn both Experience for their Primary class as well as coin.



As you will also notice, there's a few lovely pieces of art up on our blog feed (as you can see in this one). We are encouraging user-submitted content that is based around Herocraft! Anything you have; Screenshots, Fan-art, stories, etc - We want it all.

This next one comes from our user, Fo0led. 

It depicts another player, Aburido_Burrito, laying down on the grass, staring up at the sky..

However, if you flip it this way:

It's an excited french chef pressed up against a green glass, jumping for joy, as he stares at a marvelous rainbow banana. 

Thank you, Fo0led, for this lovely work of art!

Heroes - We Need You!

If you have anything that's Herocraft related, past or present, we want you to submit them! 

This can include Fan art, Screenshots, Stories, Videos, or anything else that has to do with Herocraft Online. 

Email it to IGNMsGigi@Hotmail.com or feel free to send us a message on here and we'll show it off. 

Here's a Fan-art comic created by a Hero known by Kongrave:"