CavePvP 2nd Anniversary Update

Hello everyone! Sorry for the absence over the last few months.

We've been talking to many people over the past month, and we've figured out many of the issues facing players on CavePvP today.

This update marks our 2nd Anniversary, 2 years since we initially came back. Never did we think we'd last this long and (hopefully) into 2027!

Hope this update addresses most of your concerns. Hope to see you all there!

Release Dates

⚔️ Kits SOTW

Friday, September 25th at 4:00 PM EST

🌎 Fasts SOTW

Saturday, September 26th at 2:00 PM EST

🏰Bunkers Season 7

Sunday, September 27th at 5:00 PM EST

📋 Global/Background Changes

• All bans and mutes have been reset!
  • All previous factions that were permanently disqualified from any payouts are no longer disqualified.
  • All TeamSpeak bans have also been reset.
• Free Gold Rank!
  • Now you can type /freegold and follow the following steps to get a Free Gold Rank:
    • Vote on all Links
    • Sync your account on Discord
    • NameMC Verify
    • Follow us on Twitter
• You can now see how long you have Cave Premium left in the Hub.

⚔️ Kits Season 33

Map Information:

• Faction Size: 10 mans, 0 allies
• Map Kit: Protection 2 Sharpness 2
• SOTW Timer: 1 hour
• Release Date: Friday, September 25th at 4:00 PM EST.
• WarZone: 500

New Features:

• NEW ABILITY ITEMS
  • Crafting Chaos
  • Tornado Twist
  • Igloo
  • Reality Stone
• VAULTED ABILITY ITEMS
  • Spider Ability
  • Portable Resu
  • Lock In
  • Detector
• NEW Armory Crate has returned
  • Obtained the same way as PvP Crates are right now.
  • Protection II armor for all classes.
• REMOVED PvP Crates (replaced by Armory Crates)
• Kit Limits
  • 2 Bards, 1 Archer, 1 Rogue, and 1 Reaper.
• Added a Knockback I Blaze Rod to the Energy Crate.
• Rogue and Reaper are now disabled in Nether, End, and Citadel.
• Anti-Clean now applies to the Hell Cage Event.
• Now, when in an Anti-Clean Citadel Fight, if a player logs out and the logger dies, the triggered DTR loss is the default 0.25 rather than the Citadel DTR Loss.
• Cobweb prices have been switched to 4 Webs for $8,000.
• Maximum faction DTR is now 6.25.
• Citadel DTR Freeze is now 15 minutes.
• Citadel Anti-Clean fights now result in a 0.75 DTR loss.

🌎 Fasts SOTW

Map Information:

• Faction Size: 5 mans, 0 allies
• Map Kit: Protection 2 Sharpness 2
• SOTW Timer: 2 hours
• Release Date: Saturday, September 26th at 2:00 PM EST.

New Features:

• NEW Adaptation Event
  • Hosted inside a MiniKOTH-type realm, enter the portal through Spawn.
  • Each team receives 3 Adaptation Keys for each member when it starts. You use one key every time you go through the portal.
  • Once you run out of Adaptation Keys, you can't go back anymore.
  • Every 5 minutes, there is a new modifier from the following:
    • No effects besides Speed + Fire Resistance (Bards can use Speed III and Jump Boost, though)
    • Instant Health II now works as Instant Health I.
    • Enderpearls can't be used.
  • There is an 8-minute capzone for this event; players can refill potions by capturing the KOTH. 1 potion will drop on cap every 30 seconds it goes down.
  • You can leave by using an exit, but remember that going back costs another key.
  • This event will be mixed in between other KOTHs and can be visible in /koth schedule
  • Whichever faction captures this event will receive 50 points and a Legendary KOTH Key.
• NEW Realms Event
  • This will replace any KOTH once a day; it's the same MiniKOTH-like portal you go through at Spawn.
  • Replaces one KOTH per day; there is a random modifier for each Realm KOTH:
    • All Diamond (no bard, archer, rogue)
    • No enderpearls, bows, or fishing rods.
    • No Custom Enchants
  • This event will be mixed in between other KOTHs and can be visible in /koth schedule
  • No ability items can be used here; the build is essentially an End dimension build.
• NEW Dropzone Event has returned!
  • The drop-down opens up under Road Outpost. People have 10 minutes to jump down the hole before it's permanently locked.
  • Once someone dies, they only drop potions. All of their other items go into the Dropzone Treasury.
  • Once someone dies, they can't come back.
  • Whichever team wins the event gets access to the Dropzone Treasury for 10 minutes, where they can take whatever items are in there for themselves.
  • The winning team also gets 30 points and a KOTH Key.
  • No DTR loss within the Dropzone Event, and you can bring whatever you want.
• NEW CTF Event has returned!
  • A flag will spawn at a random KOTH in the Overworld. Walk into it to pick it up.
  • While holding the flag, you may not enderpearl. Your teammates must defend you as you go towards your base.
  • Once you're at your base and your spawn tag runs out, you will have captured the flag.
  • This event will be mixed in between other KOTHs and can be visible in /koth schedule. The winning team gets 40 points and a KOTH Key.
• NEW Last Man Standing Event
  
  • No teams during this event. Everyone is given the Invisibility potion effect.
  • Teleport into an Arena; bring whatever you want.
  • The border gradually shrinks as time goes on.
  • Last man standing wins 3 Ultra Mystery Boxes.
• NEW Push the Payload Event
  
  • Famous gamemode from Team Fortress 2/Overwatch!
  • A minecart spawns at the start of a railroad track. Your faction must push it to the end to win!
  • If no faction is contesting it at any time, it'll start to go back.
  • This event will be mixed in between other KOTHs and can be visible in /koth schedule.
  • The winning team gets 45 points and a KOTH Key.
• NEW Siege of the Keep Event
  • Once every few hours, a random fortress will spawn in the WarZone with its coordinates broadcast in chat.
  • Break down its walls during the event, kill all the OP Guards, work your way around to the middle, and slay the Boss to win 2 Ultra Mystery Boxes.
  • You can physically break down its walls during this event.
• NEW Soulmate Event
  • This is a for-fun Gladiator-like event where you can enlist your faction; however, your entire faction's health, ability item cooldowns, and potion effects are synced across the entire faction.
  • So if someone takes 1 heart of damage, the entire team will as well. If one person uses a Berserk Ability, it applies to everyone.
  • Same thing, if one person pots it heals everyone.
  • This event takes place on Saturday shortly after the SOTW timer.
  • The winning team will receive 5 Ultra Mystery Boxes.
  • No stats, DTR, or stats will be lost during this event.
  • For those who don't know what Gladiator is, read this:
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• NEW Faction War Chest
  • If you make a faction raidable, in order to steal its Gems or Points, you must break the beacon located at their HQ. If they don't have an HQ, you get the points/gems automatically.
  • You have until they regenerate to break this beacon. No one else can break it.
• NEW Raid Reports
  • When base raiding, you can now see an entire built-out timeline of what happened, who used what ability items, who got what kill, who died, top damage dealt, top enderpearls, top hits, top ability items used, who used most potions, and how everyone died. 
  • This report is generated ONLY if you make a faction raidable within their own claim.
  • Type /f raidlogs to view past instances.
• NEW Base Token Revamp
  • You can now preview a Base before you start generating it.
  • There are now a dozen new base designs available to you.
  • You have 30 seconds to undo a base token build by using /f base undo.
• NEW Base Raiding Crate
  • This is exclusively obtained from MiniKOTHs, Payload Event, Aggressor Event, Gladiator, Base Conquest, Drop Zone, and Purge.
  • Win Aggressor Sharpnesses, masks, orbs, exotic items, and more.
• NEW Kill Streaks
  • At a 100 Kill Streak, you will receive an OP BOSS MYSTERY BOX.
  • Now, if you reach a 150 Kill Streak, you will receive Signature Rank for 14 days. (Voucher, so if you have it, you can give it to someone else)
• NEW ABILITY ITEMS
  • Void Anchor - Place this Beacon that disables Enderpearls and Bard Effects in your claim for 8 seconds. (Faction Cooldown)
  • Mirror - The last ability item used by the player you attacked will be given to you. (Can also transfer someone's Portable Resu to yours)
  • Second Wind - Guardian Angel, but you only have 5 seconds to activate it. (Guardian Angel is: Right-click this item, and next time you dip below 2 hearts, you will be healed and given effects)
  • Death Mark - Right-click, and the last player you hit now takes 15% more damage and receives Poison I for 10 seconds.
  • Blood Pact - Right-click to lose half of your current health and convert it into a damage multiplier for 8 seconds. (5 hearts, 25% damage increase; 4 hearts, 20% damage increase; 3 hearts, 15% damage increase; 2 hearts, 10% damage increase; fails at 1 heart).
  • Cleanser - Right-click to remove any debuffs, archer tags, or negative ability item effects on you.
  • Brick Wall - Right-click to take 75% less knockback for 10 seconds.
  • Anti-Ability Ball has returned.
  • Anti-Pearl has returned.
  • Spiderman Ability has returned.
• VAULTED ABILITY ITEMS
  • Close Call
  • Focus Mode
  • Combo Ability
  • Switch Stick
  • Rich Bill
  • Signal Jammer
  • Explosive Egg
  • Grapple Hook
• NEW Ability Item Limit
  • We've heard the complaints, so we're introducing a 12 ability item limit.
  • Now, if you have over 12 ability items, you will receive a 12-second Ability Item cooldown between items. No orbs or masks can reduce or bypass this.
• NEW Trapping Rule Change
  • The length of critouts now must be a maximum of 15 blocks total across all directions. This is to combat those annoying long U-shaped drop-downs.
  • You can still make U-shaped drop-downs; however, this is to restrict them.
• NEW /f rpbr (Raidable Point Breakdown)
  • You can now view how a faction got all of its Raidable Points, including all events, factions made raidable, and points lost.
• NEW /f center command - Puts a ghost block in the middle of your claim.
• Archer Class has been buffed
  • Resistance I in WarZone, Nether, and End. Right-click Iron Ingot to get Resistance II.
  • Resistance II around bases. Right-click Iron Ingot to get Resistance III.
  • Archers can now pull back the bow a little bit less, and the tag will still register (reverted to what it was before Map 99's nerf)
  • Archers now boost damage by 20% instead of 15%
  • Archers now deal 1.5 hearts per tag in WarZone, Nether, and End again.
• Mage Class has been buffed
  • They now take 5% less damage than before.
  • All potion effects now last 30% longer than before.
• Expanded Vouchers and their use
  • You can now use them on LamboXD and Resu Crates.
  • You can now use them on all ranks up to Custom Rank.
• All new builds
  • New Spawn, KOTHs, Citadel, End, Conquest, and Nether.
  • We will now try to change the Citadel builds every 2 weeks.
• Invasion Event revamp
  • No longer 3 Citadels; instead, it rotates between one random Overworld KOTH, End KOTH, and Hell KOTH.
  • Everything else is the same; capture 2/3 of the KOTHs to win the event.
• Gladiator Changes
  • Revamped the build.
  • Introduced a shrinking border during the event. Shrinks gradually down to a 20x20 within 10 minutes.
  • At the end of fights, you can get a breakdown similar to Anti-Clean fights.
• Citadel, Nether Citadel, and Chapel now go down in time.
  • Starts 3 hours after the event goes up, then every 1 hour and 30 minutes it goes down by 30 seconds.
  • Minimum time is 5 minutes.
• Ender Dragon Event changes
  • Now, during the event, there will be no End Safe Zone.
  • Whichever faction places the Dragon Egg will receive 5 Gems per hour and -5 minutes DTR freeze.
• Outpost changes
  • Aggressor Outpost no longer moves at a faster speed.
  • Road Outpost now gives a 15% reduced ability item cooldowns.
  • Road Outpost now notifies your faction anytime another faction goes on 1 DTR.
• Strike Rules
  • ASSISTING ANOTHER FACTION strike rule is now much more open to Head-Staff interpretation; it's up to them whether a faction assisted another or not, just for this map, to avoid strike wars.
• Reclaims have been improved overall.
• Several Ability Item cooldowns have been increased across the board.
• Nerfed the economy quite a bit to reduce how common ability items are; they are still easy to get but not as common.
• Cave Nite will return for this map once a month.
• Damage has been slightly increased overall.
• Bows now deal more damage (for non-Archers)
• Buffed Energy Crates by adding Mythical Chests and Ultra Mystery Boxes.
• Things such as /settings /namecolor, and other preferences now save to a separate database so that you don't have to redo them every map.
• Kill Points Cap has been adjusted to 50 kills per day.
• There is now a countdown an hour in advance to First KOTH, every Citadel, Invasion, and Base Conquest on the scoreboard.
• Poison and Slowness potion effects have been nerfed.
• /setup command now has no requirements other than having a full faction with at least 2 people with Iron Rank or above.
  • Whenever you become eligible, you will be told in chat.
• /itemfilter command can now be used by Premium and VIPs.
• /realname command can now be used by Iron Ranks and higher.
• /rtp command now works 15 minutes into SOTW and now asks you which road you want to claim on.
• /cobble command now filters out picking up dirt.
• /autoclaim command has been improved and now asks you which road you want to claim on.
• Rogue now deals 3.5 hearts of damage per hit.
• Bots no longer create fake factions. (Yes, we spoof; deal with it. It's 2026; no one wants to play unless the player count is at a certain number)
• Switched up some of the builds for MiniKOTHs.
• Builder Kit now gives a stack of every redstone item.
• You can now click an item in the Block Shop and select a quantity to quickly buy larger stacks of an item.
• You can now only use Clickable Kits in Spawn or your own claim (or anywhere during the SOTW Timer)
• You can no longer use Samurai Ability in MiniKOTH.
• You now get double the Raidable Points if a faction has 15+ trapping points.
• You now gain 5 Gems every hour if you have a Dragon Egg in your claim and you have a -5 minute DTR freeze.
• Removed the roof from the Skybridge Event arena so you can't just clutch on it.
• Kit Swapper now switches armor slightly slower.
• Improved enderpearl mechanics across the board.
• Depth Strider is now disabled in the Nether, End, and WarZone.
• Gatekeeping bans will now result in more instances of Citadels being redone if they were captured.
• You can now opt out of your fence gates being open during the Purge Event by typing /purge opt-out; there will also be a message in chat.
• Lives will no longer go down on Orbs, Masks, and Samurai Abilities if you kill yourself.
• Grapple Hook has now been disabled in Base Conquest.
• Resucting and Lambo Keys now have the Invisibility Custom Enchant on their chestplates.
• Faller Tokens are now rarer, no longer winnable in Crates, now exclusive to Signature Ranks.
• Anti-Steal Raid timer now displays on your Bossbar and lasts longer.
• Slightly nerfed Regeneration and Resistance.
• Now, during 2-man maps, there's no limit on how many can go into MiniKOTHs.
• Now, you can get the Cubed Custom Enchant book from the Ultimate Miner Kit.
• Now, you can pick which Custom Enchant you want through /ce instead of it being random.
• Now, if you kill a player who is Top 3 on /lb Raids (most raidable points per player), you gain Double the Trapping Points.
• Now, if you're in a claim for over 5 minutes, you'll be informed about /hostage (for those that don't know about it)
• Now, if you have an account/alt that is in a faction that's on DTR freeze, you can't join any other factions or create any other factions until they're off DTR regen.
  • If you are already in a faction, you will be automatically kicked when you log on an alt.
• Made several improvements to the Anticheat.
• Removed the Guardian Angel Custom Enchant.
• Fixed grass not spreading at all.
• Fixed crops not growing correctly.
• Fixed several pearl glitching issues.
• Fixed Lifesaver Orb procing too early sometimes.
• Fixed Lock In ability item working for only 10 seconds when it says 20 seconds.
• Fixed KOTH and MiniKOTH schedule not being properly generated/working on some maps.
• Fixed Treasure Cove not being setup/working sometimes on maps.
• Fixed not being able to enderpearl through chests under fence gates.
• Fixed not getting Citadel Keys or Points sometimes.
• Fixed issues with masks not working sometimes.
• Fixed Outpost Scoreboard not going away even if you disable the setting.
• Fixed being able to use a fishing rod with a Grapple Hook.
• Fixed not being able to see your teammates' nametags whilst they're invisible.
• Fixed Raider Mask not showing up properly if it's on 1 life.
• Fixed not being able to place Signal Jammers below yourself if there's no block.
• Fixed not being able to charge your bow while looking at a fencegate in enemy territory.

Plus, much more general gameplay changes you'll notice when playing!