Editing Ravenkraft History

[[File:Ravenkraft_Pixel_Art_Logo.webp|right|300px|alt=Ravenkraft Pixel Art Logo]]

Founded in 2011–2012 by [[Wizardofire]], Ravenkraft is a long-running semi-vanilla Minecraft community. The server has stayed close to vanilla throughout its history — no economy overhauls, no class systems, no core-game rewrites. See [[Worlds]] for a full breakdown of each era.

== Contents ==
* [[#Early_Days|Early Days]]
* [[#Earth_.28The_Lost_World.29|Earth (The Lost World)]]
* [[#Alpha_Centauri_IV|Alpha Centauri IV]]
* [[#Ouroboros|Ouroboros]]
* [[#Zothique|Zothique]]
* [[#The_Dark_Ages|The Dark Ages]]
* [[#Diaspora|Diaspora]]
* [[#South_Mesa_.2F_Bankrekka_.282022.E2.80.932026.29|South Mesa / Bankrekka (2022–present)]]
* [[#Bankrekka|Bankrekka]]

== Early Days ==

In 2011, [[Wizardofire]] launched an anarchy server called ''Apples of Discordia''. The freewheeling environment attracted a small but dedicated group of players, laying the social foundation for what would become Ravenkraft.

''[Needs expanding and fact checking.]''

== Earth (The Lost World) ==

Between [[Apples of Discordia]] and [[Alpha Centauri IV]], [[Wizardofire]] launched a second world — known informally as ''Earth'' or ''The Lost World'' — after meeting [[Mattfu]] and the early core group. This was Ravenkraft's first attempt at structured, orderly survival play, introducing city planning, the faction system, and formal governance.

The spawn capital was [[Hellspawn]], a city governed by Wizardofire under the '''RavenTrade, LLC''' faction — the server's only declared peaceful faction. The city had designated residential, trade, and embassy districts, a transportation committee, and building standards. [[tmosconi]] was already a resident during this era.

The world's map data is lost or corrupted and is not available in the [[Arcology]]. This era is known only from old wiki archives.

== Alpha Centauri IV ==

[[File:RavenKraft_First_Episode.webp|thumb|right|RavenKraft First Episode]]

In March 2012, Alpha Centauri IV was created — Wizardofire's first attempt at an orderly vanilla world. It was the first Ravenkraft world for many veteran players, including justin1423, Mattfu, ParadigmPlague, Shammon, Stalin77, and theoubre.

During this era, RyanPhantom documented server life through livestreams, capturing hours of adventures and community shenanigans.

''[Needs expanding and fact checking.]''

== Ouroboros ==

'''Ouroboros''' was a Ravenkraft world that bridged the gap between [[Alpha Centauri IV]] and [[Zothique]], active roughly 2013–2015.

''[Needs expanding and fact checking.]''

== Zothique ==

{{:Zothique}}

== The Dark Ages ==

[[File:RVNK_Chronicles_Antnachos_Purpur_Line.webp|thumb|right|The Purpur Line, one of many infrastructure projects chronicled during this era.]]

By 2017 the player base had dwindled rapidly. From a peak of over 1000 active players during Zothique's height, very few remained. In the fall of 2017, to [[ComradeFeliks|ComradeFeliks's]] dismay, the server went offline.

Almost a year later, Feliks attempted to recruit close friends back into the game. Minecraft had just been purchased by Microsoft, Bedrock had launched, and cross-play was the exciting new thing. A Bedrock realm ran successfully for a time, but the lack of plugins and proper admin capabilities proved limiting. When his friends eventually moved on, Feliks rented a Java server and tried once more. On November 2019, the server launched on version 1.14 — Diaspora was born.

== Diaspora ==

[[File:New_Ravenport_Docks.webp|thumb|right|The docks at New Ravenport]]

Diaspora became a spiritual successor to Ravenkraft. [[ComradeFeliks]] reached out to [[Wizardofire]] to invite him to join. After just one night together, they pulled the old records from Ravenkraft's player list and sent invites to the most active former players.

One by one, old players resurfaced. TheOubre, [[MickyMack]], ParadigmPlague, justin1423, TheWanderingFool, [[Linatic]], FZBunny, and Morius67 made their way to New Ravenport, the spawn capital. Hebben10, jonte_oh, Lime_net, Fantakillen, and a group of European players settled together some distance from spawn in their usual spectacular fashion.

Beyond New Ravenport, '''New Feronia''' grew roughly 3 000 blocks to the southeast. Transportation networks — including the redesigned [[Nether Express]] — were built. Several new players, including Biox and Lokilindo, became integral parts of the community during Diaspora's run. When 1.18 approached, the community decided to start fresh to take advantage of the new terrain generation.

== South Mesa / Bankrekka (2022–present) ==

Veteran players were asked to evaluate three candidate seeds and vote on one. The winner was temporarily dubbed ''South Mesa'' — a new world that would also give the community the chance to resurrect the old Ravenkraft name.

South Mesa launched in February 2022 on 1.18. Towny was introduced for build protection and land claiming, though it was quickly nerfed to remove its less-vanilla features. The 1.18 terrain generation opened up dramatically more varied landscapes than any previous era — mining patterns changed, cliffs became spectacular, and the new climate zones made the world feel genuinely vast.

The world was eventually properly named '''Bankrekka''' — a nod to the infamous [[Krekka]], who had terrorized older worlds and remained banned for years. The name was, by all accounts, hilariously chosen. Settlements from this era are documented in [[Cities]].

== Bankrekka ==

[[File:RVNK_Quickie_Wiz_Milk.webp|thumb|right]]

At launch, the spawn city — initially called Ravenport — was established at spawn, complete with a main street for shops and a group-built port area. The train station and city portal sit at the main intersection, serving as the hub of the [[Nether Express]] network.

In '''August 2022''' (~six months in), Ravenkraft migrated to a new hosting provider to resolve persistent uptime issues. Some inventory, build, and Towny town data was lost in the process. The server addresses <code>nations.ravenkraft.org</code> and <code>map.ravenkraft.org</code> were established at this time. The server also upgraded to '''Minecraft 1.19''' (Caves & Cliffs Part 2), adding the Deep Dark biome, Mangrove forests, and the Warden — Minecraft's strongest hostile mob.

Bankrekka welcomed new players — Shawntificus, Malinir, CurlyBorly, SushiBaked, and many others — and staff intend to keep this world active for the long term, allowing players to create lasting projects and vast settlements. The current [[Cities|city count]] stands at 59 named settlements.

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