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Factions Revamp - Beta Season - PikaNetwork 2023
November 25th, 2023, 19:00 GMT / 13:00 EST / 12:00 CST / 10:00 PST / 00:30 IST
We're excited to announce the upcoming reset of the latest Factions season! You read that right, Factions, not OpFactions, the good old beloved Factions realm!
Embracing innovation, we've taken a bold step to try something new, and we can't wait to share it with our community.
This update is not just a regular reset; it's a transformation, bringing Factions into the modern era while staying true to our roots.
So, mark your calendars and get ready for a groundbreaking season of Factions!
We're upgrading to the latest Minecraft version, 1.20.2, ensuring a seamless blend of new features and classic 1.8 gameplay, but on the latest versions.
Prepare to immerse yourself in a world where tradition meets innovation. We're eager to see what you think of this exciting new chapter in Factions!
Are you ready to hop into a new season?! Say no more. The update will be released on:
November 25th, 2023
19:00 GMT / 13:00 EST / 12:00 CST / 10:00 PST / 00:30 IST
play.pika-network.net
Please note: The release time can be a couple of minutes later, we are trying to reach 7 PM CET.
Grace Period (no explosions): 7 days.
First hour: No flight, No wilderness command, No hunger loss, No ender pearls.
World Corners: 16
Faction shield: 18 hours
Cannoning speed: 3 seconds
Season length: 5 weeks
November 25th, 2023
19:00 GMT / 13:00 EST / 12:00 CST / 10:00 PST / 00:30 IST
play.pika-network.net
Please note: The release time can be a couple of minutes later, we are trying to reach 7 PM CET.
Grace Period (no explosions): 7 days.
First hour: No flight, No wilderness command, No hunger loss, No ender pearls.
World Corners: 16
Faction shield: 18 hours
Cannoning speed: 3 seconds
Season length: 5 weeks
Changelog
This revamp is a big one, so a lot of things have been removed, changed, and updated, buckle up and get ready to dive into the changelog for what the future of Factions has to offer at PikaNetwork.
Latest version! While being faithful to 1.8In our newest Factions season, we're excited to run the game on Minecraft 1.20.2. But don't worry, we've worked hard to keep your favorite parts of the game the same.
Cannoning is close to 1.8 cannon mechanics.We've obtained a Faction jar that lets us almost perfectly copy the 1.8 version cannons.
These cannons are a bit different to work with the higher world, but switching to this new mode should feel smooth and familiar.
We will be having 1.8 PvPWhen it comes to PvP, we know it's important to keep things the way our players like them. Even though we're updating to the latest Minecraft version, we want to make sure PvP feels like the good old 1.8 style. So, there won't be any crystals, elytras, or strong shields. We will have shields, but they'll be used more for blocking hits, like in the older version of Minecraft, and not as powerful as in the newest Minecraft version. We're doing this to make sure PvP stays fun and familiar for everyone.
We know the update to the latest version might be something a lot of players do not like, but here at PikaNetwork we think these newer versions are the future of the game, we can not keep maintaining a server version that is reaching its decade-old birthday soon. The community is important to us, so by having a new factions on 1.20, while being faithful to 1.8 we think there is a best of both worlds. The server can be played from any version starting from 1.18, all the way up to the latest version (currently 1.20).
We hope that you are also ready to move on and take a step into the future of the gamemodes, we have done our best to make something truly special with it.
Resourcepack! An optional resource packIn addition to the thrilling updates in the new Factions season, we're also introducing an optional resource pack designed to significantly enhance your gameplay experience.
Immerse yourself in a more vibrant and engaging environment with this pack, which features stunning new looks for special sets and weapons, giving each item a unique and eye-catching aesthetic. But it's not just about looks – the pack also includes a range of brand-new sound effects that add depth and realism to your gameplay, making every action feel more impactful.
Express yourselfWe've also added a variety of emotes, allowing players to express themselves in fun and creative ways. These emotes add an extra layer of interaction and personality to the game, making your Factions experience more enjoyable and social.
Want to go back to the basics?For those players who prefer the original Minecraft aesthetic, rest assured that we've taken your preferences into consideration. Our game mode has been structured to accommodate gameplay without the resource pack. However, we enthusiastically recommend embracing the resource pack for a heightened experience. It's our belief that utilizing the resource pack will significantly augment your time spent in the Factions game mode.
Remember, this resource pack is entirely optional, but we highly recommend trying it out to see how it transforms your Factions experience into something even more exciting and engaging. Dive into this enhanced world and discover all the new features waiting to make your game better than ever!
Payouts! Faction Top RewardsJust like OpFactions, the new Faction reset will have the introduction of Faction Top, with its payouts attached to it.
In this new season of Factions, we will have bi-weekly rewards for the top factions!
This will go on until the end of the season which will last exactly 5 weeks or 35 days and end with the final payout.
View all the dates in the /payouts menu.End-of-the-season rewards | Bi-weekly rewards |
|---|---|
 First place: $350 USD PayPal and €500 worth of Iron currency. Second place: $150 USD PayPal and €350 worth of Iron currency. Third place: €250 worth of Iron currency. | First place: €75 worth of Iron currency. Second place: €50 worth of Iron currency. Third place: €25 worth of Iron currency. |
A faction top wouldn't be possible without having spawners with a value to gain for your Faction, the following spawners have been added to the game, and count to the /f top for your Faction Value:
| Sheep $100,000 | Cow $200,000 | Fox $300,000 | Ocelot $400,000 | Drowned $500,000 | Pigln $600,000 |
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| Polar Bear $700,000 | Villager $1,000,000 | Evoker $2,000,000 | Ravager $3,000,000 | Vex $4,000,000 | Warden $6,000,000 |
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Limited purchases during graceThese spawners can be purchased from the /shop. However, during the Grace Period, you will need to unlock these spawners yourself first by grinding out that spawner. This makes you consider grinding in the Darkzone, and adds a whole new level of excitement, will you grind in peace to get higher up during the grace period, or will you hop in the Dark Zone for action?
Worlds! 4 Worlds for you and your FactionBut what's Factions without its diverse worlds?
For this release of the brand-new Factions realm, we're introducing four unique worlds, each with its own distinct theme.
These worlds are designed to offer varied and exciting landscapes for your factional adventures, leveraging the expanded capabilities of Minecraft 1.20.2.
The overworld will be your vanilla-generated world, while all the other 3 worlds are flat worlds, ready for you to step into the base-building action.
Each world will have a Y level of 0, so not the -64 from other versions, the Y level however goes up to a total of 320.
There will be a total of 16 corners, these being the following: Overworld |  The End |  The Nether |  The Underworld |
|---|---|---|---|
To enter this world head to /spawn. | To enter this world head to /warp end. | To enter this world head to /warp nether. | To enter this world head to /warp underworld. |
 The border will be 10,000 x 10,000 (5,000 to -5,000) | The border will be 6,500 x 6,500 (3,250 to -3,250) | The border will be 6,500 x 6,500 (3,250 to -3,250) | The border will be 6,500 x 6,500 (3,250 to -3,250) |
 The spawn will be in the middle of the border. | The spawn will be in the middle of the border. | The spawn will be in the middle of the border. | The spawn will be in the middle of the border. |
 There are 4 KOTHs, located North, East, South, and West of spawn. | There is 1 KOTH near the world spawn. | There is 1 KOTH near the world spawn. | There is 1 Outpost near the world spawn. |
Nether Wart Harvester Hoe! Your main source of income to startEvery player will begin their journey with a special tool: the Netherwart Harvester Hoe.
This unique hoe is your key to starting your grind and earning money in the game.
The Netherwart Harvester Hoe is designed specifically for harvesting fully grown nether warts. When you use it to break a fully matured nether wart, the hoe does two things automatically: it sells the nether wart for you and replants a new one in its place. This makes your farming process efficient and effortless, allowing you to focus on building up your resources and growing your faction's wealth and power.
Earn Essence to enhance your HoeEach nether wart you break will earn you Essence, this Essence is essential to further enhance your farming adventures.
Your nether wart hoe has 4 available upgrades, that you need to roll for.
These 4 upgrades are the following:
Frenzy | Experience | Terra | Essence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gives XP when farming warts. | Increases the amount of warts harvested. |
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These upgrades can be rolled for, for 150,000 Essence you will obtain a random level from 1 - 5, the higher the level, the better the boost. If you are not happy with your current level you can roll again, but be aware that this can also result in a level lower than what you had before!
Souls! A currency to grind forWe're excited to introduce a new in-game currency in our latest Factions season: Souls.
This ethereal currency is earned through the thrill of combat, both against other players and mobs within the game.
Every time you defeat a player or a mob, there is a chance you'll be rewarded with Souls.
Spend your souls on the black marketThese hard-earned Souls can be spent in a special place: the Black Market.
The Black Market is an exclusive in-game shop where you can exchange Souls for rare and powerful items.
The Black Market has a static shop, which has the same items every day, but also with a limited stock.
These items are certain armor pieces, creeper eggs, sell wands, sand wands, and much more.
Next to the static Black Market shop there also is a rotating Black Market Shop, which has new and fresh limited items every day.
Custom Enchantments! A selection of enchants to boost youWe have decided to introduce a handful of custom enchantments to Factions, to make it a different experience than you are used to on OpFactions.
We will be only adding a few enchantments to start off, and we will continue to see how it goes, and what we can do to keep the PvP as smooth as possible, even with the introduction of custom enchantments.
Purchase 3 different tier books from the /enchanter using experience.The experience you grind can be used in order to purchase 3 different tiers of enchantment books from the enchanter, those tiers are Rare, Epic, and Legendary.
Each season has its own unique seasonal enchantments.Every season we will introduce a bulk of new enchantments, to keep things fresh, themed with the map of that season, the first season we will be launching is a Space Season. (For the old-school players, the spawn might bring back some nostalgia). So to kick things off we will be having a handful of Galaxy enchantments, which you can obtain from crates.
...but that's not all!Another exclusive book type we will be adding is Soul Enchantments. These enchantment books can be bought from the black market using souls. They get stocked up every day, so you have to be fast to get these enchantments, as they might be sold out within a short timeframe.
| Night Vision (Helmet) (Max Level: 1) (Rare) Description: Grants night vision when the helmet is equipped, allowing you to see clearly in the dark. | Jump Boost (Leggings) (Max Level: 3) Description: Enhances your jump height equivalent to the enchantment level when wearing these leggings. | Shadowstrike (Max Level: 2) (Sword) Description: Grants a chance to apply blindness to your target, with a 5% chance per level. | Executioner (Max Level: 3) (Axes) Description: Increases the damage you deal to low-health enemies with your axe. The bonus damage is +2% per level. | Toxic Arrows (Max Level: 3) (Bows) Description: Adds a chance to poison 2 effect your target with each shot, dealing poison damage over time, with a 5% chance per level. |
| Mind Bloom (Helmet) (Max Level: 2) Description: 10% chance per level to get better success chances for an enchantment book (REDONE) | Regeneration (Max Level: 4) (Chestplate) Description: Provides a 2.5% chance per level to gain regeneration 4 effects on low health. | Acrobatics (Leggings) (Max Level: 4) Description: Immune to fall damage. | Agility (Max Level: 3) (Boots) Description: Provides a speed effect equivalent to the enchantment level while wearing the boots. |
| Phantom Strike (Max Level: 5) (Sword) Description: Provides a 5% chance to give your opponent mining fatigue effect for 5 seconds, and gives you the haste 2 effect for 5 seconds, has a cooldown of 30 seconds. | Whirlwind (Max Level: 4) (Axes) Description: Adds a chance for each attack to hit all nearby enemies in a small radius with a 2% chance per level | Vortex (Max Level: 3) Description: Grants a chance to pull enemies towards the point of impact, making it easier to hit and crowd control, with a 5% chance per level. | Multiplication (Max Level: 4) Description: Provides a chance 5% to shoot 3 arrows at once, 5% per level. |
| Endurance (Max Level: 4) (All Pieces) Description: Reduces the rate at which your armor durability decreases by 5% per level. | Enlightenment (Max Level: 4) (Chestplate) Description: Provides a 5% chance to gain additional x0.5 experience per level. | Frostwalker (Boots) (Max Level: 2) Description: Provides a 5% chance to freeze your enemies for 2 seconds in combat, with a cooldown of 20 seconds. | Life Stealer (Max Level: 3) (Sword) Description: Drains a percentage of the target's health and restores it to you with each successful hit, with 5% life steal per level. | Explosive Arrows (Max Level: 4) Description: Provides a chance to turn your arrows into explosive projectiles, dealing area-of-effect damage on impact, with a 5% chance per level. |
Recklessness (Max Level: 4) (Axes) Description: Increases your attack speed with the sword and provides a chance to break armor pieces faster, with a 5% chance per level. | Obsidian Destroyer (Max Level: 1) (Pickaxes) Instantly breaks obsidian when left-clicking on it. | Soul Swipe (Max Level 4) (Weapons) Adds a 5% chance per level to double the souls you earn. | Mind Shield (Helmet) (Max Level: 4) Description: Reduces the duration and effects of negative status effects, such as poison and confusion, by 10% per level when wearing this helmet. |
| Fortitude (Max Level: 2) (All Armor Pieces) Description: Increases your maximum health by 1 heart per level when wearing armor enchanted with this enchantment. | Soulsaver Max Level: 1) (Leggings) Description: Chance of 10% to automatically consume a portion of your soul while in low health and heal you up to full health. (Only works if you have more than 500 souls on you) | Darkness (Max Level: 4) (Swords) Description: Inflicts your target with a Darkness effect, temporarily blinding them. 2.5% chance per level, which gives darkness for 3 seconds per level. | Cursed Cleaver (Max Level: 3)(Axes) Description: Inflicts your target with the Weakness effect, reducing their damage output for a duration of 3 seconds per level of the enchant, with an effect chance of 2.5% per level. | Web Weaver (Max Level: 3) (Bow)(Souls) Description: Provides a 2.5% chance per level to put your opponent in cobwebs for 2 seconds per level. |
| Defense (Max Level: 5) (Chestplate) Description: Provides a 5% chance to gain Resistance 3 effect on low health. | Dysphoria: (Max Level: 2) (Sword) Description: Provides a chance to scramble your opponent's hotbar, with a 5% chance per level. | Rupture (Max Level: 4) (Axes) Description: Provides a chance to inflict bleeding damage on your target, causing additional damage over time, with a 10% chance per level. | Cosmic Fire (Max Level: 4) (Bows) Description: Instantly fires your arrows from your inventory with a cooldown of 2 seconds. |
Dark Zone! A perfect place to grindWe will be adding a Dark Zone to the new faction realm as well.
This Dark Zone is full of action, mobs wandering around, waiting to slaughter you, and an outpost for constant battles with other players.
But this Dark Zone also brings a great opportunity to grind, earning money, experience, and other essentials while killing those strong monsters within the Dark Zone.
The four following mobs will wander around the Dark Zone:Duskrift | Clogyle | Blazehound | Celestia |
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The Duskrift has a chance of dropping the following resources:
| The Clogyle has a chance of dropping the following resources:
| The Blazehound has a chance of dropping the following resources:
| The Celestial has a chance of dropping the following resources:
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Quests! Complete Quests and earn great rewards
It's time to dive into an exhilarating update that will ignite your inner explorer.
Get ready to embark on a quest like never before, as we introduce the all-new Quest System.
What are quests?You have the opportunity to purchase quests from the Quest Shop! The number of quests available may vary depending on your rank.
Once you've acquired your quests that can be bought from the Quests NPC, you'll have a limited window of time to prove yourself by completing challenging tasks.
But that's not all! You can view all potential tasks and rewards, though you'll be assigned one at random based on the rarity that you purchase.
Once activated you have a certain time to complete your randomly assigned quest.
These quests are designed to give you a great boost, as you are limited to how many quests you can do per day.
How to purchase quests?
As mentioned before, you can purchase these from the Quest Shop, there are 5 different tiers, Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical.
The higher the tier, the bigger the costs, the harder the quest, but the better the rewards!
Earn crowns! Climb the Crown Top for more rewards
A lovely and recently introduced feature from OpFactions is the Crown Top, we will be bringing this feature over to our new 1.20 factions realm as well.
The Crown Top, also known as PvP Top, is a competition that is open to all players and happens every season.
How to earn Crowns?Earning crowns is a simple process – you can earn crowns with your faction or alone by participating in server-wide events. You will earn crowns for completing various tasks:
| Capturing a KOTH |  Holding an Outpost |
|---|---|
| Each faction member participating in capturing a KOTH will earn 25 Crowns. | For every 15 minutes your faction is holding the outpost every online faction member will earn 1 Crown. |
At the end of the season, the top 3 crowned players will receive a reward in the form of Pika Iron.
First place: €125 worth of Iron currency. Second place: €90 worth of Iron currency. Third place: €50 worth of Iron currency. KOTH & Outpost! Constant PvP actionJust like OpFactions, the newly revamped factions will have KOTHs and outposts for you to capture.
KOTHsThe overworld will have 4 KOTHs, North, East, South and West. The end and the nether world both have 1 KOTH inside the warzone as well. To view the schedule of this KOTH you can type /koths. These koths will start at a specified server time and will give great rewards to you and your faction.
OutpostsThe outposts are 24/7 battlefields, in total, there will be 2 different outpost types, one in the Darkzone, and one in the Underworld.
These outposts give their own unique buffs, so make sure to keep an eye out for them with your Faction.
Simply capture an outpost by standing on it with your faction members, the more members, the faster the claiming process goes.
Underworld Outpost | Darkzone Outpost |
|---|---|
Deal 10% more damage. Take 10% less damage. | x1.5 Experience Booster x1.5 Sell Booster x2.5 Spawner Booster |
...and a lot more! - We have added a few pets similar to OpFactions as well.
- Next to pets, some masks will also be making a return on this Faction realm.
- Coin Flip and Exp Flip are enabled and ready to be played.
- A new rank only obtainable from the seasonal crate and loot crate: Supreme Rank
- We have decided to delete classes/gkits, and everyone owning one will have the amount of gold value added to that account for each class/gkit.
- A start and pvp kit, for players and donators.
- Sand Bots
- An extensive server /shop for all your needs.
- Voting and vote parties.
- Different type of crates.
- Infinite Chests are making their introduction here as well, same way as they work on OpFactions.
- Playtime rewards.
- The goldshop is finally added to Factions.
- Auctionhouse.
- The same faction plugin as OpFactions, with raid claims etc.
- Sellwands
- Mail delivery
- We removed ingame ranks.
- Chunk Info for your faction.
- A reset vault to take a limited selection of items to the next season
- This ofcourse is limited, and you can't bring vouchers, currencies etc with you.
- A limited time seasonal loot crate.
- A bunch of new chat colors that you can unlock.
- A bunch of new nickname colors that you can unlock.
- Bosses in the warzone from eggs.
- Chunkbusters.
- Supply Crates
- Throwable creepers eggs
- Trench & Shockwave tools
- Charged creeper eggs
- Tinkerer
- Repairer
- Magician
- Infinite Blocks
- Gen buckets
- Gen blocks
Please note: Any suggestions for changes feel free to leave them in the comments.
Question and Answers
Why did Factions reset?
Factions is already up for some time. A reset has to happen to change and improve with new features, to make the game more exciting for you all! This then allows players to have a fresh start and new players can begin to play without any significant disadvantage.
This means all items, money, and the map will be reset. Nothing will be kept leftover from the previous map. I know this must be a disappointing revelation for a lot of you, but think about the exciting new changes, the new alliances you can forge, the new map, the new features and updates the different kinds of gameplay, and the style provided with this update will surely make it a worth-while and exciting reset!
Below you can find what you will lose and what you will keep.
What will I keep?
- Purchased Ranks & Rank Upgrades
- Purchased Perks
- Won out crates ranks
What will I lose?
- Your claims
- All items in your inventory and ender chest
- Any currencies such as money and exp
- Chatcolor permissions.
- Seasonal ranks and perks
We hope to see you on our new Faction server soon!
If you have feedback or any suggestions, let us know we'd love to make this as good as we can.
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