HISTORY
TIMELINE
How Enthusia got here, from the first days of development to Chapter 2.
SHOW
August to October 2025
Development
A new SMP is announced, planned in the open, and stress-tested in a closed beta.
7 entries
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27 Aug2025
Enthusia SMP Discord created
MilestoneThe Discord server for the new SMP is set up.
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4 Sep2025
Enthusia SMP introduced
MilestoneFain introduces the server, built with sharpmatt, p2wn and Borlyn. The goals: community driven, no resets and no pay-to-win.
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10 Sep2025
First feature plan
UpdateThe plan sets out the Diary, an item economy, market stalls, guilds by AngryBadger, bounties, custom advancements and donor ranks. Diamonds are the planned currency. Work starts on the website.
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Sep to Oct2025
Polls shape the server
CommunityThe community votes for KOTH (91%), a virtual bank, build-your-own market stalls and a 50-plot market.
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28 Sep2025
$100 advertisement event begins
CommunityA cash prize for whoever invites the most members to the Discord before the end of October.
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3 Oct2025
Closed Beta
MilestoneA whitelisted test for redstoners and farm builders, in creative, to push server performance. It is also the first test of the guild plugin. Extended to 13 October.
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30 Oct2025
First builders join
UpdateMarvus, Zom_B_Kitty_26 and Toxik are introduced as the builders of the first spawn.
31 October to 17 November 2025
First Open Beta
The server opens to the public for the first time, on Java and Bedrock, with a Halloween spawn.
9 entries
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31 Oct2025
First Open Beta opens
MilestoneThe whitelist comes off at 5pm ET with the End open from the start. Players get the Diary, market stalls, bounties and KOTH at Haunted Hill.
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31 Oct2025
Guilds for everyone
GuildThe guild plugin by AngryBadger opens to all players with custom ranks, guild wars, a guild vault and guild levels.
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31 Oct2025
The first truce
GuildGuild rivalries start on day one: Kingsmould and Everlights call a truce within hours of the beta opening.
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1 Nov2025
Raw Gold replaces Diamonds
UpdateThe currency changes to Raw Gold on the first full day, alongside the first PvP arena test.
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11 Nov2025
Guild KOTH and combat logging
UpdateGuilds can enter KOTH as teams, logging out in combat leaves an NPC behind, and new players get 30 minutes of protection.
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15 Nov2025
KOTH at Haunted Hill
EventA server-wide King of the Hill fight recorded for the promo video. p2wn, Borlyn and Doge198_ capture the hill.
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15 Nov2025
$100 advertisement event winners
CommunityFlashStrength and p2wn both win for inviting the most members to the Discord.
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17 Nov2025
First Open Beta closes
MilestoneAcross the two betas: 239 first-time players, 28 guilds formed, 463 PvP kills and 72 verified bugs.
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18 Nov2025
Beta Tester and Bug Hunter rewards
CommunityTags for testers with 4 or more hours and a lore item for 13 or more. RedstoneIsGreat tops the bug hunters with 49 verified reports.
December 2025 to April 2026
Final Open Beta
The Prologue: a long final beta, the ScarEye War, and the End of the World.
22 entries
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9 Dec2025
End Fight test
EventA whitelisted test of the End main-island rules ahead of the next beta.
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19 Dec2025
Store opens
MilestoneThe store goes live with the Founder's Badge, Avid and Devotee, and no pay-to-win perks.
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19 Dec2025
Resource pack and Christmas logo
UpdateWork begins on the server resource pack with artist sucrash, and the Christmas logo is revealed.
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20 Dec2025
Final Open Beta opens
MilestoneThe server reopens at noon ET with commendations, a rebuilt playtime system and a 44-stall market.
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Late Dec2025
Guilds form for the End fight
GuildGuilds form and gear up ahead of the End event, among them Enthusiast, Blood Guard and ScarEye, whose banner goes up near spawn.
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26 Dec2025
The beta End event
EventVoted back from Christmas Eve, the End opens at 1pm ET. Enthusiast and Blood Guard win the fight for the Dragon Egg.
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1 Jan2026
Beta extended
MilestoneThe Open Beta carries on past 5 January, with full release projected for March 2026.
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2 Jan2026
The Prologue begins
MilestoneThe extended beta is named the Prologue. Borders grow to 20k in the Overworld and 25k in the End, and balances and bounties are reset after a major dupe.
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2 Jan2026
Guild stalls, linking and mod applications
UpdateGuild stalls open for testing, Minecraft to Discord linking goes live and moderator applications open.
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2 Jan2026
Enthusiast opens its Enthusia branch
GuildEnthusiast sets up a dedicated branch for the server and starts recruiting on it.
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5 Jan2026
The ScarEye War begins
GuildEnthusiast and Blood Guard declare war on ScarEye, led by RadiOwO_. The two sides fight on and off through January and February.
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12 Jan2026
Death Duels and Enthusia Express voted in
CommunityPolls approve Death Duels (78%) and package mail (66%).
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23 Jan2026
Bank and reputation update
UpdateRaw Gold can be banked with /deposit, teleports are rebuilt in-house and the commendation system gets its first effects.
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25 Jan2026
Wiki goes live
UpdateThe Enthusia wiki opens to community editing, builder and developer applications open, and Enthusia.net becomes the main address.
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4 Feb2026
Betrayal in the ScarEye War
GuildAn Enthusiast member brings two ScarEye players into the guild base. Both are killed, but Enthusiast has to move its main base.
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6 Feb2026
Raid on ScarEye
GuildEnthusiast and Blood Guard raid a ScarEye base and carry off its loot.
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25 Feb2026
Release moved to April
MilestoneLaunch is pushed back to April. The Historian role is created for the wiki, and new builders and moderators join the team.
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21 Mar2026
1.21.11 update
UpdateThe beta updates to 1.21.11 with spears, guild history lookups and a first Survival Games playtest, after a Minecraft Live watch party.
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4 Apr2026
Host upgrade
UpdateThe server moves to a host that can carry a 100k world border.
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11 Apr2026
End of the World
EventThe border shrinks to the Warzone for a one-life final fight, ending with Blood Guard against the newly formed OverHeaven. Flomish is the last player standing and Prologue Champion.
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12 Apr2026
Enthusiast rebuilds
GuildAfter EOTW most of the active Enthusiast roster on the server moves on, and the guild regroups for full release.
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24 Apr2026
Release date announced
MilestoneFull release is set for 2 May. The final beta counted 837 first-time players, 62 guilds and 5,765 PvP kills.
May to September 2026
Chapter 1
The Founding Era: full release, the End fight, the Market, and a summer of raids.
37 entries
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2 May2026
Full release
MilestoneEnthusia SMP launches at 1pm ET with a 100k Overworld border, the Raw Gold economy, guilds, reputation, bounties and proximity voice chat.
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6 May2026
Eyes of Ender enabled
EventThe hunt for the stronghold begins.
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9 May2026
The End Fight
EventThe End opens at 3pm ET. The allied guilds Vibe, Dogeclan and BoopGang win, woulves1 takes the Dragon Egg, and the server hits a record 96 players online.
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Early May2026
The gold farm raid
GuildBelovedOnes raid Vibe's gold farm in the first week. Vibe's leader later calls it the reason the guild turned to raiding.
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11 May2026
Nether roof opens
UpdatePlayers can build and travel on the Nether roof.
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16 May2026
Death Duels
Update1v1 duels to the death arrive in the spawn arena, with custom rules, wagers and a loot vault for the winner.
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16 May2026
Media Event begins
EventA video contest with cash prizes and the Media rank. The deadline later moves from 16 June to 30 June.
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19 May2026
Wiki infoboxes
UpdateThe wiki gets working infoboxes, fixed by Michael Lubker.
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29 May2026
1,000 Discord members
CommunityCelebrated with a rank giveaway. Enthusia is also listed on Modrinth and gets a Discord server tag.
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29 May2026
Market delayed
UpdatePlanned for 30 May, the Market moves to 6 June. On 6 June it is held back with no date until it is ready.
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1 Jun2026
PieCloak
Updatep2wn's PieCloak makes pie-chart base hunting less reliable by hiding common base blocks and entities at a distance.
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2 Jun2026
Founder ranks retired
UpdateThe Founder ranks and the Founder Star leave the store for good.
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7 Jun2026
Vibe raids WOT
GuildVibe begins a run of raids on WOT bases and declares war on guild after guild. Four WOT bases have fallen by mid-June.
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18 Jun2026
Enthusiast allies with PTC
GuildEnthusiast votes 12 to 0 to ally with PTC, a guild that takes contracts.
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19 Jun2026
New enemies
GuildAfter a clash between their members, Enthusiast names WOT and BelovedOnes as enemies.
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21 Jun2026
First PvP Tournament
EventHosted by auhfuls in the Duels Arena: sword PvP with totems and cobwebs, no maces. OinkerMC wins, with Currut second and Nicusormeow third.
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27 Jun2026
26.2 clients supported
UpdatePlayers on Minecraft 26.2 can join.
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28 Jun2026
First guild to level 100
GuildVibe becomes the first guild to reach level 100, with BelovedOnes close behind at 88. A rework of guild progression is announced.
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28 Jun2026
Official autoclicker mod
UpdateAn official Enthusia autoclicker mod by p2wn is published on Modrinth.
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Summer2026
Events playtest
EventAbout 15 donors test every event in p2wn's new Events plugin.
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1 Jul2026
Media Event winner
CommunityStepSoy wins the video contest. KILLTEAM and Jacco1OO also earn the Media rank. Real-world politics are barred from chat, guild names and items.
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3 Jul2026
Market opens, then pauses
MilestoneThe Market releases at 2pm ET alongside a new advertisement, but auction problems put it on hold within hours. Everyone is refunded.
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9 Jul2026
Market auction
EventThe Market relaunches with a stall auction. Server trouble forces a re-bid on 10 July, and the auction closes that evening.
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15 Jul2026
Emergency maintenance
UpdateThe SMP goes down for most of a day to fix a homes exploit and a duel-spectating exploit.
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19 Jul2026
Website overhaul
UpdateThe website gets a new look and an interactive Market showing every stall, its owner and its stock.
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13 Jul2026
BoopGang against everyone
GuildBoopGang declares war on every guild on the server.
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22 Jul2026
Vibe and BoopGang raid WOT
GuildVibe and BoopGang raid WOT together. WOT says it wrecked five Vibe farms in return.
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31 Jul2026
BoopGang raid night
GuildBoopGang raids through the night. Enthusiast's base falls, while WOT fights its raid off.
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2 Aug2026
Go Touch Grass Day
EventThe server shuts for a full day of maintenance while players earn the Grass Toucher tag for photos of the outdoors. It returns on 4 August.
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4 Aug2026
August update
UpdateJava 25, a network tab list, /daily rewards and 100 achievements. New builder and helpers join the team.
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Aug2026
Warzone Rotators
UpdateWeekly rotating Warzone kits arrive, voted in during May.
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Mid-Aug2026
The Imperials under siege
GuildThe Imperials are raided again and again through mid-August. The guild disbands in early September.
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28 Aug2026
The GDTO and the Vibe declaration
GuildGuilds band together as the GDTO against WOT. Vibe turns on the alliance and raids across the server, and Enthusiast answers with a declaration of war.
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4 Sep2026
One year of Enthusia
CommunityFain looks back on the first year and previews the Chapter 2 guild rework.
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10 Sep2026
Asgard raids EnthOpen
GuildAsgard raids the base of EnthOpen, Enthusiast's open guild, in what its raiders call the biggest base raid yet.
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19 Sep2026
Last raids of Chapter 1
GuildWith the chapter ending, Vibe raids PTC, Everlights and Enthusiast bases, while Asgard and WOT hit Vibe's surface base, skull farm and guild home.
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24 Sep2026
Chapter 2 announced
MilestoneChapter 2 is announced for 1 October, with a temporary server during maintenance.
October 2026 to now
Chapter 2
Minecraft 26.2, a Halloween spawn, a guild overhaul and the first competitions.
4 entries
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28 Sep2026
Chapter 2 maintenance
MilestoneThe main SMP goes offline and a temporary fresh server opens that evening, with small borders, the End open from the start and hidden challenges whose tags carry over.
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30 Sep2026
Temp server stress test
EventThe temporary world border jumps to 300k and players are challenged to beat the dragon again.
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2 Oct2026
Chapter 2 launches
MilestoneA day later than planned, the server reopens on Minecraft 26.2 with a Halloween spawn and Warzone, a bigger border, guild Prestige and Seasonal ELO, EnthusiaExpress mail and new donor perks.
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3 Oct2026
Public advertisement
CommunityThe server advertisement goes live at 9am ET and a wave of new players is welcomed in.
WHAT COMES NEXT
The story is still being written
See what is on the calendar and what is planned for the rest of Chapter 2.