As some of you might know we released a new world named Ithania and how we released this world and why are questions that have caused some major complains from the players. So let me start with an apology from me as I am the creator and leader of the project Ithania. I’m sorry for my errors and I will now take my time to explain.

The Idea

The idea of Ithania is to have a new world with vanilla biomes that are easy to navigate and easy to build in.

Why? The only vanilla world we have on the server is Ceardia and as most people know Ceardia is old and haven’t aged well at all. So the idea that struck me is that we should have a vanilla world that we can release in a short amount of time compared to the epic TerrainControl worlds we normally make.

Why not TerrainControl? Worlds created with TerrainControl are complicated to create and take a lot of time to plan, create and render. The time it takes is around 2-4 months. Ithania was made in 22 hours total.

But Ithania is ugly and not as epic as TerrainControl! Exactly! With vanilla biomes and the limits of not using TerrainControl makes the world look less epic compared to the ones created with TerrainControl but we feel it’s good to have a mix of worlds to give the players a bigger selection of worlds to choose from. After all we all have different tastes.
Keep in mind that Ithania is not exactly a vanilla world. It uses normal vanilla biomes but is hand painted to look less messy than normally rendered vanilla worlds in MineCraft (like snow next to a desert and stuff like that).

The release

The release did not work well at all and this is my fault and I will apologize once more. The thought was to release the world in 2 weeks from the actual world creation and to not make big fuzz about it since I personally didn’t see the world as something unique and new compared to our epic TerrainControl worlds. And due to that not much information was released since I was in charge of the project.

Why is it premium exclusive for a few days? This is to test a new idea to give something extra to our supporters and we thought Ithania would be a good world to test this on. If we will keep doing this for future world releases remains to be decided on.

Why haven’t there been any lore or RP released for Ithania? This is also my mistake as I was very busy before the winter holidays started and I have much to prepare before I go visit my family for Christmas/New Year celebrations. And due to this the lore for Ithania was put aside to be released later.

Some general info about Ithania

Ithania was done by me Ninjabaver as my first world project and was painted and rendered in 22 hours total.
The capital city of Ithania is Havenreach and in Havenreach you will find enchantment tables, anvils, forges, crafting tables, brewing stands and beds that can be used by all players at any time.
Havenreach was built by me together with many team members and players, and I thank you all for the wonderful job you have done to make the city look the way I imagined it.
Ithania contains all vanilla biomes including a small part of Nether that will spawn some Nether mobs.
You can reach Ithania via the ship with light blue sails in SilverWind (/warp plaza)
Ithania is NOT planned to replace Ceardia.

Some final words
I would like to yet again put in an apology for how this world release was handled and all I can say is that I wanted to try something new and failed. I’m sorry but I will learn from my mistakes.
I hope you can enjoy the world I have created and look forward for our future TerrainControl releases: Faradeen and Hadar. And maybe I can get a chance to make yet another world sometime and make something much greater. ;)