CavePvP Summer Update 🌞

SimplyTrash 9 days ago

CavePvP Summer Update

Hello everyone! After a month of preparation, review, and planning, we're proud to introduce the Summer Update!
This update is based entirely on feedback we've received.

From our surveys and talking to people, we have seen that the biggest problems people have with Cave are (in order):
Ability Items, Cheating, Repetiveness, Pay-to-Win, and Staff.

This update is focused on addressing each of those issues properly.

Release Dates

⚔️ Bunkers Season 5

Thursday, June 19th at 5:00 PM EST

⚔️ Kits SOTW

Friday, June 20th at 4:00 PM EST

🌎 Fasts SOTW

Saturday, June 21st at 2:00 PM EST

🌎 Experimental SOTW

Friday, June 27th at 3:00 PM EST

📋 Global/Background Changes

🏰 Bunkers Changes

  • Added teamview arrows on Lunar Client.
  • Fixed losing enderpearls when right-clicking on cooldown.
  • Fixed sometimes getting glitched in chunks.
  • Fixed villagers making sounds.
  • Fixed false teleport backs.

⚔️ Kits SOTW

Map Information:

  • Faction Size: 10 mans, 0 allies
  • Map Kit: Protection 2 Sharpness 2
  • SOTW Timer: 1 hour
  • Release Date: Friday, June 20th at 4:00 PM EST.
  • WarZone: 500

New Features:

  • NEW Auction House
    • Enlist items on the auction house that people can purchase for Gems.
    • Items stay on the auction house for 12 hours before going to your /expired.
  • NEW Faction Permissions
    • A way to modify what role is allowed to do what in your faction.
    • Modifiable Actions:
      • Placing, breaking blocks, opening fence gates, focusing players, opening containers, withdrawing money, and opening Citadel chests.
  • NEW Battle Pass
    • Battle Pass has been added to Kits!
    • 25 tiers full of free and premium rewards.
    • Similar challenges to Fasts, minus some of the more HCF-style challenges.
    • The first person to complete the Battle Pass on Kits will receive Custom+ for 7 days.
  • NEW Daily Event Schedule
    • Added a proper /schedule to Kits.
    • Double Gem - Every Sunday, all-day Gems received will be doubled.
    • Frenzy Event - Monday at 3 AM and 3 PM EST for 1 hour.
    • Double Points - Every Wednesday, points gained are doubled all day. (KOTHs are 1.5x)
  • NEW CTF Event
    • Added the CTF event into the /kitsevent rotation.
    • 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.
    • The winning team will receive 100 points and 5 Treasure Chests.
  • NEW Bounty tracking Compass
    • Directs you to the closest person outside of Spawn with a Gem Bounty.
    • Purchaseable in the /shop.
  • NEW Item Shop
    • This is what the Black Market is currently, as it will be changing (look below)
    • Purchaseable ability items, custom enchants, and more items using in-game Gems.
    • Can be accessed through the /gemshop rather than through a villager.
  • Black Market Revamp
    • Rotation of 4 items from a loot table. Spawns in the Nether every 8 hours, lasts 30 minutes.
    • Items rotate from a loot table.
  • Roster Overhaul
    • Added /f roster promote to make the roster process easier, doable in chat.
    • Added a roster setting that, when enabled and if a player joins the server, is rostered but not in the faction, they will automatically rotate an offline player if possible.
    • Added a roster setting that, when enabled it makes it so offline Captains in the faction can get auto-rotated out by either members, Captains, or co-leaders.
      • We're not making Co-Leaders kickable by non-Co-Leaders in the roster. If you want them to be rotated out, don't make them co-leaders.
    • Fixed /f roster GUI bug where promoting them to Captain doesn't let you promote them to Co-Leader unless you reopen the GUI.
  • Added Leaderboard NPCs around Spawn (Kills, F-Top, KDR)
  • Added past factions to /stats.
  • Added KOTH captures per player to /stats.
  • Added Coin Flips won and lost in /stats.
  • Added /lb KOTH to see players with the most KOTH captures.
  • Added /lb coinflip to see players with the most won coinflips.
  • Added Statistic Reset Tokens on the store. Upon purchase, you'll receive an item, and right-click to reset all your statistics.
  • Whoever captures Nether Citadel will now get a $50 Gift Card.
  • Kick and Kill patches from Fasts have been removed from Kits.
  • Modified Airdrop Loot-table, added rank vouchers, treasure chests, and valuables.
  • Allying rules and autoclicking rules have been set in stone in the Kits section of the rules.
  • Changed up Kits Outpost build.
  • Modified Kill Key loot table. Added Spring and Armory Keys to it.
  • Refill Token cooldown is now 25 minutes.
  • Removed clickable Resistance III from the Reaper Class.
  • Citadel Chests now respawn every 6 hours.
  • You can now see when the next Citadel chest reset is by typing /f show Citadel.
  • Made several changes to KOTH Loot-table.
  • Now, when you upgrade your set to include Implants or Fire Resistance I, steaks and fire resistance potions get removed from the loadout, replaced by potions.
  • Fixed hit-box pearls in teamfighting areas.
  • Fixed /spawn in Safe-Zones not being instant.
  • Fixed certain Bosses not being hostile to players.
  • Fixed some of the Kits events, such as Bosses not giving proper rewards.
  • Fixed /f focus KOTHs and Citadels not showing a Lunar Client waypoint.
  • Fixed /schedule and /coords not being accurate for Kits.
  • Fixed all /host events.
  • Fixed getting stuck sometimes in Nether Portals.
  • Fixed some
  • Fixed and finally implemented Border Walls around Overworld/End/Nether Spawn.
  • Fixed Archer Color upgrade not working on Protection 1 armor.
  • Fixed Kill Crates containing Snowballs, not Switchers.

🌎 Fasts SOTW

Map Information:

  • Faction Size: 5 mans, 0 allies
  • Map Kit: Protection 2 Sharpness 2
  • SOTW Timer: 2 hours
  • Release Date: Saturday, June 21st at 2:00 PM EST.

New Features:

  • NEW Daily Login Rewards
    • Get rewards for logging on every day! The higher your login streak, the better the reward.
    • Rewards can be claimed by typing /daily.
  • 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 in the KOTH schedule once a day.
    • The winning team gets 45 points and a KOTH Key.
  • NEW CTF Event
    • 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 in the KOTH schedule once a day. The winning team gets 40 points and a KOTH Key.
    • Classes can't pickup the flag.
  • NEW Popup Events 
    • These events will be a way to encourage PvP in certain areas and help players get more items for free!
    • Coupon Drops and Cave Says are two examples.
    • Care Package - Every few hours, a care package with a random loot table will spawn somewhere random in the Overworld.
    • Bosses - Every 6 hours, a random boss spawns in WarZone/Nether/End. Whoever kills it will receive 3 Mythical Chests!
    • Egg Seeker - At a random hour every day, 30 dragon eggs will spawn randomly around WarZone. Whoever hits the most of them will receive 3 Mythical Chests or 5 Perk Keys.
    • The Vault - Every day at 10 AM and 7 PM EST, an underground structure with a leaf maze will open. Chests are scattered around the maze with OP goodies.
      • The first person to complete the maze will close it and receive 5 Mythical Chests.
  • NEW Anomaly Hour Events
    • These are daily events that twist gameplay. 
    • Frenzy is the first one. You all are familiar with Frenzy.
    • Chaos Mode - For one hour, the world descends into chaos. (Doesn't affect Nether, End, or WarZone)
      • All damage is increased by 10%.
      • Knockback is increased by 20%.
      • Fall Damage is increased by 30%.
      • Enderpearl Cooldown is now 10 seconds.
      • Passive healing is disabled.
    • Damage Rush - For one hour, all damage-increase/strength items will be buffed.
    • Buffed Class - For one hour, a random class will be buffed, and all class limits will be lifted.
      • Rogue: Lower backstab cooldown, higher rate of damage, less strict backstabs.
      • Archer: 2.0 hearts per tag, 30% damage boost.
      • Bard: Energy goes up at double the rate.
    • Schedule:
      • Each event takes place at 9 AM (For AU/EU) and 5 PM EST (For NA).
      • Sunday - Frenzy Event
      • Monday - Damage Rush
      • Tuesday - Buffed Class
      • Wednesday - Chaos Mode
      • Thursday - Second Frenzy
  • NEW Faction Gem Shop
    • This is a way to purchase items using Faction Gems!
    • Items can only be purchased by Captains and above.
    • What's currently purchaseable are Rare, Legendary, Items, Seasonal Keys, Lootboxes, and Monthly Crates.
    • Reminder: Faction Gems can be obtained from playtime, kills, and KOTH captures.
  • NEW Return of the Skybridge Event
    • Skybridge Event has made its return! This event will take place every Wednesday at 1:00 AM EST and 9 PM EST for 30 minutes.
    • Whoever gets the most kills by the end of the event will receive 5 Perk Keys.
  • NEW Hell Cage Event
    • An event brought from Kits. This is an event that will be hosted every Wednesday at 11 AM and 7 PM EST.
    • Team Deathmatch event, type /hellcage join before it starts to enlist your faction.
    • No anti-clean, cleaning is completely allowed. Allying is not allowed.
    • No limit, any size team can join. You can bring whatever you want.
    • Ability Items enabled, cobwebs disabled.
    • Whatever you die with, you lose. Items drop upon death.
    • The last team standing will receive 50 points and 2 KOTH Keys.
  • NEW Faction Upgrades
    • All faction upgrades can be purchased using /f upgrades using Gems. These are new ones on top of our old ones.
    • Added Alarms
      • Base Alarm - When an enemy enters your claim, it'll alert your faction members.
      • Faller Alarm - When an enemy goes below y-level 10 in your claim (presumably faller or dropdown), it'll send a message.
      • If the player has Full Invisibility active, no message will be sent.
      • The alarm does not include the IGN of the player.
  • NEW Aggressor Changes
    • Added Exotic Items in the Aggressor Shop: (Purchaseable in limited quantities)
      • Time Stones
      • Reality Stone
      • Thor Ability
      • Hot Potato
    • Aggressor Trapping Points overhaul
      • We realized that trappers get virtually no points during this event, unable to afford anything.
      • Therefore, now you get 3 points per faction member in that faction that you killed.
    • You are no longer able to purchase Aggressor Shop items while the event is active, as people were losing the event due to them using their points.
    • Fixed a major issue where Aggressor Points and Trapping Points don't reset before the next aggressor.
      • REMINDER: This means you have until the next Aggressor to spend all your points.
  • NEW Ability Item Limit has returned
    • The amount and how OP ability items are were the largest complaints by far for why people have quit Cave, or why they don't like Cave.
    • This is a problem that must be addressed. We ran a poll in our survey to bring back the ability item limit and it was a 75% yes vote.
    • Therefore, now if you have over 10 ability items, you'll receive an additional 0.5s global cooldown for each item above 10.
    • Solos are exempt from the Ability Item Limit.
  • NEW Daily Key-Alls
    • Every day at 11:30 AM and 5:30 PM EST, there will be a Bundle Key-All.
  • NEW Late Map Daily Kit
    • A new kit has been added that is free to use for all Iron Ranks and above. (/freerank)
    • This kit only becomes usable starting Wednesday at 12 AM EST.
    • This kit contains a full set, sword, potions, several custom enchants, and ability items.
  • NEW June Monthly Crate
    • No longer able to close the Monthly Crate GUI, as people accidentally did this and lost the crate. Added a "Force Close" button instead.
    • Fixed several issues with how items are displayed.
  • NEW Summer Key and Summer Lootbox
  • NEW Custom Enchants
    • Inquisitive - Apply to sword, increases EXP drops from mobs.
  • NEW Slayer Mini Event
    • Added to Mini Event schedule (/minievent), Thursday at 4 PM EST. The event lasts 30 minutes.
    • Whoever gets the most Mob/Animal Kills during this time wins.
  • NEW Recipe Item (/recipes)
    • Portable Upsign - Craftable in /recipes. Only usable in the Wilderness. Place it down, and it becomes an up-sign immediately. Highly requested.
  • NEW Ability Items
    • Eimoh's Igloo - Right click to spawn a 5x5 ice igloo around you, entrapping you and whoever is nearby.
    • Spiderman Ability has returned: Right click to put vines on walls around you, allowing you to climb up a wall/dropdown.
    • OP Switch Stick - Hit a player 3 times, and each hit will have a 20% chance of making them look up.
    • Lock In - Hit a player 3 times to be locked in a 1v1 where only you can fight that player. Neither of you can fight anyone else or get bard effects. Lasts 30 seconds
    • Nethermist Grenade - Right click to throw this grenade, once it explodes, everyone within a 6-block radius will get Blindness and Nausea.
    • Magic Rock - Right click to get Strength II and Speed III based on the height of the base you're in.
    • Prickly Paradise - Right click to activate a 10-second period where each hit on you grants them Poison I for 1 second.
    • OP Scrambler - Right click to shoot an egg, wherever it lands, all players within a 3-block radius will have their hotbar scrambled.
    • Flower Trail - Right click and a trail of flowers will follow you as you walk for 10 seconds.
      • This is useful in blocking up situations, making it so they have to break the small hitbox of a flower before placing a block.
    • Minions - Right click to spawn 3 baby zombies that attack enemies nearby.
  • REMOVED ABILITY ITEMS
    • Chest Jammer
    • Grapple Hook
    • Spider Ability
    • Time Machine
    • Explosive Egg
  • Samurai Ability Changes
    • Added Samurai Lives - Now each Samurai Ability has 2 lives. Once a player with a Samurai Ability has died twice with the same one, the item will despawn fully.
    • Samurai Ability can no longer be dropped while you're on Spawn Tag or while you're on countdown teleporting to an enemy.
  • EOTW Overhaul
    • Automated shrinking border. Starting by shrinking down to 2200, then going down 100 blocks every 10 minutes. Once it hits 1200, it'll be every 20 minutes.
    • Anti-Clean has been disabled during EOTW.
    • Fishing Rods and Cobwebs are now fully enabled everywhere.
    • Crapple Limits in Nether and End are lifted during this time.
    • Cave Nite has been removed, going to do just FFAs from now on.
    • Fixed players not dropping items during EOTW.
  • Fight Night Changes
    • Fight Night now begins Saturday at 4:30 PM EST for 3 hours.
    • The winning team gets 100 points. 
    • Removed the whole KOTH system that was implemented a few maps ago, where KOTHs start every 10 minutes during Cave Nite.
  • Battle Pass Changes
    • New backstab challenges, archer tag challenges, and make a faction 1 DTR challenge.
    • Modified some of the rewards
    • The first player to fully complete the Battle Pass on every map will receive a 7-day Custom+ Rank.
  • Base Building Competition
    • We will be hosting a Base Build Competition on this map. Build the best base you can, submit it on our Google Form found in our Discord.
    • The top 3 bases will receive Gift Cards or Ranks!
    • Implemented a "Summer Category" in the Block Shop to assist in making a nice base!
  • Roster Overhaul
    • Added /f roster promote to make the roster process easier, doable in chat.
    • Added a roster setting that, when enabled and if a player joins the server, is rostered but not in the faction, they will automatically rotate an offline player if possible.
    • Added a roster setting that, when enabled it makes it so offline Captains in the faction can get auto-rotated out by either members, Captains, or co-leaders.
      • We're not making Co-Leaders kickable by non-Co-Leaders in the roster. If you want them to be rotated out, don't make them co-leaders.
    • Fixed /f roster GUI bug where promoting them to Captain doesn't let you promote them to Co-Leader unless you reopen the GUI.
  • Leaderboard Changes
    • Added a central /leaderboard command that opens a GUI showcasing most kills, deaths, KD, killstreak, and raidable points. 
    • Added /leaderboard raids - Players with the most personal factions made raidable.
    • Added /leaderboard battlepass - Players with the highest battle pass tier.
  • MiniKOTH Changes
    • MiniKOTHs will no longer happen on 3-man maps or below.
    • There is now another MiniKOTH at 9:00 AM EST and 9:00 PM EST.
    • Players can now build MiniKOTH portals at their base. Here's what it looks like 
    • If a MiniKOTH has been up for over an hour, and there are over 50 players online, the reward will shift to a KOTH Key instead of Mythical Chests.
    • Added preventions for people 'replacing dead members' where if you have 3 in MiniKOTH, one dies, he logs out, then another camping outside of the portal at Spawn, logs on and comes in.
    • Fixed all issues with the MiniKOTH schedule not working on certain maps.
    • Fixed the schedule being sometimes inaccurate.
    • Fixed being able to use ability items in MiniKOTH if you have over 8.
    • Fixed being able to pop any kits or vKits in MiniKOTH.
  • Buffed Solo Raiding/PvP
    • Portable Bambe for Solos now lasts 20 seconds longer.
    • Solos now have a 10% shorter ability item cooldown than others.
    • Solos are exempt from the new ability item limit.
  • All new Terrain, End, Nether, Spawn, KOTHs, and Citadel have been implemented.
  • Added /f stats - A breakdown showing total kills, deaths, raidable points, combined playtime, pots splashed, hits, and damage dealt.
    • A per-member breakdown showcasing Kills, Deaths, KOTH Caps, Raidable Points, Playtime, Hits, Damage Dealt, and Pots Splashed.
    • Shows past members as well.
  • Added /f decreasedtr - For leaders only to decrease their DTR by 1.0. Can't go below 0.01. This is a way for players who want to "let in 2 man, 2 DTR" without having to just kill themselves in-game. Similar to /f 1dtr.
  • Added Crate Key Integration - Now you can right-click keys at Spawn or at your base to open them, or shift right-click to preview them.
  • Overall attack damage has been increased by 5%.
  • EXP levels gained from mining are now doubled.
  • EXP levels gained from mobs in Nether/End are now tripled.
  • The Road Outpost cap-zone has been moved underground.
  • At the end of Anti-Clean, general team statistics can now be shown by hovering over the faction name. This shows combined potions used, damage, and hits.
  • End Chapel has returned, every Wednesday at 4 PM EST. (replacing Fight Night)
  • Buffed the /setup command for teamfighting factions.
  • Disabled water flowing in the WarZone.
  • You can no longer place Spawners anywhere but your claim.
  • Rogue Backstabs are now less strict and should have fewer false "Backstab failed" messages.
  • Bards now have a 1.5-second Fishing Rod cooldown.
  • Base Tokens now have a height limit of 30 blocks.
  • Improved projectile mechanics slightly. (Arrows, snowballs, etc, now have higher accuracy)
  • Improved Enderpearl mechanics slightly.
  • Now, when you enter an anti-clean fight, that faction will automatically be focused.
  • Removed Power 5 Bows from all crates and KOTH loot.
  • Treasure Cove loot table has been buffed.
  • Time Machine can no longer be used in your claim.
  • Slightly increased required pullback for full tag for Archers.
  • Changed up some of the vKit loadouts.
  • /f 1dtr can now also be used while on 1 DTR to extend DTR regen to 30 minutes.
  • Fixed and implemented Rogue sets into Reinforced Lootboxes.
  • Fixed not being able to focus on offline players.
  • Fixed the "No Enderpearl" message for Ninja Stars, sometimes saying they're using a Samurai.
  • Fixed being able to use an Anti-Ability Ball while on the 3-second ability item cooldown.
  • Fixed not being able to Enderpearl or there being Anti-Clean in Base Citadel sometimes.
  • Fixed faller token stone option, making the faller diorite.
  • Fixed second Archer tag in Nether/End/WarZone being 1.0 heart and not 1.5.
  • Fixed and finally implemented Border Walls around Overworld/End/Nether Spawn.
  • Fixed /spawn in Safe-Zones not being instant.
  • Fixed not being able to brew 8-minute Invisibility potions in Fancy Brewers.
  • Fixed being able to /spawn sometimes in WarZone, End, or Nether.
  • Fixed Portable Bambe sometimes shooting players.
  • Fixed MiniKOTHs saying "KOTH Key" when you get Mythical Chests.
  • Fixed vKit cooldowns displaying as negative sometimes.
  • Fixed Neutralizer cancelling Full Invisibility (due to invisibility chestplates) sometimes.
  • Fixed Spawner Limit dupe and miscalculation.
  • Fixed several instances where Time Warps don't work.
  • Fixed Close Calls not working when down on hunger.
  • Fixed Samurai not giving Strength II sometimes.
  • Fixed Samurai not Anti-Pearling sometimes.
  • Fixed not getting Close Call effects if you just used a Berserk Ability and vice versa.
  • Fixed Anti-Trap Beacon not placing sometimes, and adding ability item cooldown when it fails to place. (If it comes back)
  • Fixed Rage Balls not working in MiniKOTHs sometimes.
  • Fixed potion counter at the end of anti-clean fights, not being completely accurate sometimes. (Now using Elevate's detection method)
  • Fixed and implemented the Cubed Custom Enchant, obtainable in Monthly Crates.
  • Fixed and implemented the Evader Custom Enchant, obtainable in Monthly Crates.
  • Fixed Treasure Cove mis-displaying "Unopened Chests".
  • Fixed Treasure Cove Voucher not spawning sometimes.
  • Fixed and implemented Assists in /stats.
  • Fixed losing enderpearls when pearling at a hopper/sign/chest sometimes.
  • Fixed duping enderpearls by spamming fencegates.
  • Fixed being able to exceed the map limit using rosters.
  • Fixed using a kit in Wilderness, not working/sending a message sometimes.
  • Fixed Invisibility Custom Enchant not working once your Full Invisibility expires sometimes.
  • Fixed throwing an enderpearl up on your head, resetting the cooldown.
  • Fixed Midas Touch dupe glitch.
  • Fixed not getting Orbs won in Mythical Chests.
  • Fixed several issues with ability items in Mythical Chests.
  • Fixed several elevator sign issues.
  • QOL Changes: 
    • Added a [Focus] button next to System Factions such as Treasure Cove when you /f who them. 
    • Revamped /pbr so it can now be viewed by players. 
    • When a KOTH goes up, there is now a [Click to Focus] button in chat.
    • The expiry date will now be displayed on vouchers in /vouchers redeem. (EOTW: Friday 4 PM EST)
    • Added warnings when:
      • When you go to Nether, End, or WarZone with ability items, or God Apples (non-KOTH), as they're disabled in those areas.
      • When going Nether, En,d or WarZone for the first time in a map, it'll warn players about no kits, anti-clean, ability items, etc...

🧪 Experimental SOTW

Map Information:

  • Faction Size: 5 mans, 0 allies
  • Map Kit: Protection 2 Sharpness 2
  • SOTW Timer: 2 hours
  • Release Date: Friday, June 27th at 3:00 PM EST.

Explanation:

  • This is a new realm that runs from Friday 3 PM EST (Fasts EOTW) til Saturday 2 PM EST (Fasts SOTW)
  • Each map will be immensely different in some way. This is a way for us to test things to see if they're worth trying on Fasts.
  • We will start by theming our maps as old HCF servers to see what people liked most about them. Such as Arcane Squads , Viper Infernal, Faithful Speeds, etc...
  • Then we will start trying bizarre concepts/concepts not tried in a while on HCF to see if we should ever try them in a full map.
  • No separate ranks for this realm.
  • All purchases made during each map will be given back in a Gift Card that can be used on Ranks/Fasts/Kits.
  • We will be starting with Infernal Styled Map: Infernal Ability Items, kits, keys, economy, damage, pearls, etc...

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