CavePvP Ramadan Update 🌙

SimplyTrash 1 day ago

☪️ CavePvP Ramadan Update ☪️

Hello everyone! After a few weeks of preparation, review, and planning, we're proud to introduce the Ramadan Update!
This update is based entirely on feedback we've received, and we hope everyone enjoys this update!

This mini content update is focused on addressing everyone's problems recently.

Ramadan Kareem to all my fellow muslims! Thank you for everything ❤️

Release Dates

⚔️ Kits SOTW

Friday, February 20th at 4:00 PM EST

🌎 Fasts SOTW

Saturday, February 21st at 2:00 PM EST

📋 Global/Background Changes

  • All bans and mutes have been reset!
    • All previous factions that were permanently disqualified from any payouts are now undisqualified.
  • NEW Global Settings System
    • Settings across Fasts and Kits are now combined into one, which never resets.
  • Discord Changes:
    • Added a new #faq channel with guides and other explanations about CavePvP.
  • Infrastructure Changes:
    • Changed our host. Players should have better ping generally. Exceptions are if you live in Northern Canada, your ping unfortunately is slightly worse.
    • Should result in a reduction of crashes and lag spikes.
  • Cheating issues addressed:
    • Added far more anti-cheat checks and detections.
    • Brand new AntiVPN detection, which should stop a lot of ban evaders.
    • Changed the screenshare rules to better target cheaters and reduce false screenshares.

⚔️ Kits Season 20

Map Information:

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

New Features:

  • NEW Masks
    • Masks from Fasts have been added.
    • Equip these masks to your helmet and wear them for passive buffs.
    • Each mask has 2 lives. If you die with it two times, it will despawn.
    • Purge Mask: 50% chance to get 2x Points when killing a player.
    • Assassin Mask: Deal 10% more damage while hitting a player from the back. (pause)
  • NEW Setup System
    • Type /setup, follow the instructions, and get access to the Faction Bundle.
  • NEW ABILITY ITEMS
    • Fasting Mode - Hit a player 3 times to set their hunger bars to 0.
    • Freeze Gun
    • Lasso
    • Escape Plan
    • Jumping Jack
    • Health Hack
    • Hulk Ability
    • Pusher
    • Stomper
    • Flashbang
    • Tank
    • Spider Chaser
    • Reach Mode
    • Neural Theft
  • VAULTED ABILITY ITEMS
    • Igloo
    • Bat Swarm
    • Combo Ability
    • Anti-Bard
    • Detector
    • Fifty Fifty
    • Spin Bot
    • Rage Ball
    • Drunk Bottle
    • Prickly Paradise
    • Focus Mode
    • Kryptonite Gas
    • Crafting Chaos
  • Added Faller and Base Tokens to the XP Shop.
  • Added Depth Strider to the /itemshop.
  • Added back lootable Citadel chests, which reset every so often.
  • Added a DTR Display setting which can toggle off mentions/displays of DTR as almost no one goes raidable on Kits.
  • Added /killbreakdown [name] - System to track all of a player's kills, who they've killed the most, etc...
  • Increased the Mini Event Rewards.
  • Grapple Hooks are now harder to obtain.
  • Implemented a 5-second global ability item cooldown.
  • Changed limit for Factions entering Citadel to 8 mans or more instead of 5.
  • Lowered points from each kill during Citadel Anti-Clean fights to 3 points.
  • Gemflips now reset upon leaderboard resets.
  • Now, if you don't have enough money to buy something in the Shop or Block Shop and you're captain or above, it will take money from the faction balance.
  • Now, if you place cobwebs on cap instead of it just going away you will get it in /claimitem.
  • Fixed and re-added the FFA hostable event.
  • Fixed balloons from previous weeks still working.
  • Fixed Balloon Items disappearing sometimes.
  • Fixed losing a balloon if you put it onto a sword with a pre-existing balloon.
  • Fixed getting pearl blocked by a Balloon also lowered their height.
  • Fixed Kill Confirmed not counting kills for Combat Loggers or players who die in the void.
  • Fixed being able to get multiple kills from picking up the same kill tag among all your faction members.
  • Fixed the End Outpost bonus not working properly.
  • Fixed Battle Pass missions not properly resetting daily.
  • Fixed Care Packages giving Fall Keys instead of Winter Keys.
  • Fixed incorrect cooldown reductions from specific ranks.
  • Fixed Cobwebs staying forever after you use an Igloo on top of it.
  • Fixed AFK Pool having a weird enderchest.

🌎 Fasts SOTW

Map Information:

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

New Features:

  • NEW In-Game QOL Help Guides
    • Revamped /help to become a much better, up-to-date help guide.
    • Added /events with a list of all events, explanations on them, and what they get.
    • Added /f manage - Full faction management system in-game.
    • Added /cosmetics - A list of all cosmetics available on the server.
  • NEW Raid Reclaim
    • Now, if you go raidable, you get a /raidreclaim where you get HALF of your original reclaim.
    • Can only be used once per map.
    • Criteria to ensure no abuse:
      • Must have an HQ and a valid claim.
      • Must die to a non alt player.
      • Must die to a faction that not you or any of your alts have ever been a part of.
      • Must have over 2 hours of playtime.
  • NEW Autoclaim Feature
    • Type /autoclaim to get a claim automatically without having to look for one.
    • Pick whether the claim is within a Populated or Less populated area.
    • Pick the size of the claim between 10x10, 25x25, or 50x50.
    • This command does not work during SOTW Timer and can only be used during PvP Timer and in a faction with no pre-existing claims.
  • NEW Faction Set Color Command
    • Type /f setcolor [faction] to set the color of that faction's nametags and chat faction tags for your entire faction.
  • NEW CavePvP+ Subscription
  • NEW Item Filter System (/itemfilter)
    • Filter out specific items from being picked up, obtained from crates, lootboxes, airdrops, and monthly crates.
    • Exclusive to VIP and Premium Subscriptions.
  • NEW Archer Color Customizer (/archercolor) 
    • GUI where you can pick out a color to change your archer armor to.
    • Can only be used in your own base, or Spawn, and without a Spawn Tag. 30-minute cooldown.
    • Exclusive to VIP and Premium Subscriptions.
  • NEW Faction Raid Contracts
    • Works similar to Contracts excepts focuses on either factions on 1 DTR or factions on 2 DTR with 2 online.
    • Once you activate this contract, you have 30-minutes to make them raidable and you will receive 1 Mythical Chest.
  • NEW Economy Changes
    • One of the biggest issues reported is how inflated the Cave economy is.
    • This map we will attempt to reduce this by reducing the amount of items you get from Crates.
    • Reduced the number of chests at Cornucopia.
  • NEW Hostable Events
    • Run Spleef, Sumo, OITQ, Wool Shuffle, TNT Run, TNT Tag, Knockout, or MineStrike events on Fasts.
    • Winners of these events will receive rewards depending on how many people played the event.
    • Can be hosted by Cave Ranks and above using /host.
    • There is a 30-minute cooldown between these events.
  • NEW Faction Elo System
    • Elo for those that don't know is a number that calculates the relative skill level of players, here we're bringing it to factions.
    • Each faction starts at 1000 Elo.
    • Every teamfight you win, your faction will gain elo depending on your and the other faction's elo.
    • Every teamfight you lose, your faction will lose elo depending on your and the other faction's elo.
    • Top factions based on elo can be viewed in /f top elo.
    • At the moment there are no Faction Elo rewards, however we will most likely explore doing payouts for this later on.
  • NEW Realm KOTHs
    • Brand new KOTHs that are in other worlds/dimensions.
    • Replaces one KOTH per day. Each realm has its own modifier.
    • Realm A - All Diamond (no bard, archer, rogue)
    • Realm B - No enderpearls, bows, and fishing rods.
    • Realm C - No Anti-Clean
    • Can be seen in the /koth schedule.
  • NEW Dropzone Event
    • 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 Base KOTH
    • Held every day after Aggressor Event (Monday -> Friday) at 11 AM and 7 PM EST.
    • Located in the middle of Base Conquest.
    • Whoever captures this KOTH will receive 25x Aggressor Points. Can be used in the Aggressor Shop on anything.
  • NEW FFA Event
    • No teams during this event. Everyone is given the Invisibility potion effect.
    • Teleported into an Arena, bring whatever you want.
    • The border gradually shrinks as time goes on.
    • Last man standing wins 1 Ultra Mystery Box or 3 Monthly Crates.
  • NEW Custom Enchant
    • Mob Killer - Every hit on a mob instantly kills them. Useful for grinding. 
  • NEW Faction Made Raidable Assist now appears in /stats and /lb extended.
  • NEW /clear command - Clear your inventory if you're in your own base or spawn and not Spawn Tagged. Available to Signature ranks only.
  • NEW Kit Swapper Craftable Item - Right click to swap your armor with whatever set you have in your inventory.
    • Craftable using /recipes.
  • NEW Base Build Competition
    • We are running a Base Build Competiton this map!
    • The two base builds this map will receive a $50 Gift Card.
    • Rules are:
      • Base can only be on the south side of Spawn.
      • Base must have an interior.
      • Ramadan-themed build is encouraged, but not required.
  • NEW ABILITY ITEMS
    • Fasting Mode - Hit a player 3 times to set their hunger bars to 0.
    • Invisibility 2.0 - Same as the previous Invisibility effect, except it works in a way where cheaters using ESP and Name Tags can no longer see you.
    • Rich Bill - Hit a player 3 times to replace their helmet with a Gold Helmet for 8 seconds.
      • HINT: Good at temporarily disabling masks perhaps 😉
    • Paralyser Eggs - Throw this egg at a player to paralyse them for 5 seconds.
    • Signal Jammer - Place this down, and no one within 10 blocks can use any ability items. Lasts 15 seconds OR until it is broken.
      • This item has a faction cooldown.
    • Focus Mode is back.
  • REMOVED ABILITY ITEMS
    • Copy Cat
    • Neutralizer
    • Explosive Egg
    • Invisibility (Replaced with Invisibility 2.0)
    • Anti-Pearl 3.0
    • Fire Feet
  • Outpost Changes:
    • Uncapturing Road/Aggressor Outpost on an alt can now be considered DTR evading.
    • Any faction that's less than half of the faction size of the map can no longer capture/uncapture Aggressor Outpost. (If 5 mans, then anything less than 3 man can't interact with it, 4 mans anything less than 2 mans etc...)
    • 2x Outpost Speed no longer applies to Aggressor Outpost.
    • Due to these changes, we have shortened the Aggressor Outpost cooldown slightly.
  • Treasure Hunt Changes
    • You can now win Masks, All Orbs, All Exotic Items and Samurais from this.
    • You can now view the loot table using /treasurehunt.
    • The Treasure Hunt block is now randomized (not a chest), but it's going to be a block that will stand out to stop Xraying/Radar.
    • Treasure Hunt block will now only appear if a player is within 15 blocks of it, to stop Xraying/Radar.
  • Faction Mission Changes
    • Added several new missions to the rotation.
    • Now, if you complete all missions, the leader will receive 2 Mythical Chests.
  • Treasure Cove Changes:
    • People were complaining that Treasure Cove is useless. We have buffed it and added Owner Items (Close Calls and Paralyser Eggs)
  • Added Faction Roster option to rotate out members regardless of role. This will make it so that if a rostered regular Member joins a faction, it will rotate out any offline member up to the Co-Leader for that member.
  • Added Faction Roster leader option to the GUI.
  • Added new Rogue-related missions to Battle Pass and Faction Missions.
  • All new Spawn, Road, KOTHs, End, Chapel, Citadel, Nether, Terrain builds.
    • Back to a Vanilla terrain however with flat bedrock, better claiming areas, flatter road areas and more.
  • You can now pick the depth of your Fall Trap Token. Type 'bedrock' for it to go all the way to bedrock.
  • Samurai Ability no longer applies Anti-Pearl to classes (Bard, Archer, or Rogue).
  • Purge Event has been moved to Thursday at 3 PM EST.
  • Custom Ranks now have access to /realname.
  • The OG Ability Event has been shortened to 2 hours.
  • Buffed several ranks reclaims.
  • Buffed Perk Keys - Added 7d Signature to it.
  • Made Time Stones rarer.
  • Increased chances to win KOTH Sharpnesses; however, they also break slightly faster.
  • You can no longer join any faction if any of your past factions are on DTR freeze. This applies to all of your alts aswell. This is to stop DTR evading.
  • Made it so all projectile damage including Enderpearls count towards Ninja Stars and Samurais which means you can teleport to whoever threw/shot it.
  • Added several items for Mage Class in the /shop such as Coal and Rotten Flesh.
  • Outpost boosts are now disabled during Base Conquest and Gladiator Event.
  • You can now obtain Base and Faller Tokens in Winter Keys.
  • Buffed Faction Contracts reward to 3 OP Lootboxes.
  • Slightly modified Starter Kit.
  • Made changes to the Trapper vKit.
  • Lowered the price of Potion Tracker Upgrade to 40 Gems.
  • Endermen no longer spawn in End while an End KOTH is ongoing.
  • If you don't like a Faction Upgrade, you can now Shift-Right-Click it to remove it and get a 75% refund.
  • You can no longer spawn mobs using Spawn Eggs during Anti-Clean.
  • Clicking effects as an Archer no longer apply Spawn Tag if you have a PvP Timer.
  • Enderman spawn rates have been increased.
  • Cobblestone settings now show up in /settings.
  • Ultimate Miner kit now has Depth Strider II.
  • Modified the Skybridge Event build.
  • Increased fall damage, again...
  • Buffed loot from /redeem and /media.
  • Increased Bard Energy costs to 50 energy for Regeneration III.
  • Removed Hot Potato from the Aggressor Shop.
  • Pigs no longer spawn, and Pork is banned from use.
  • Now, to get a Raidable Point, the faction you make raidable must have a combined playtime of over 2 hours.
  • Now, if you have all Outposts, every hour your faction will receive 10 points instead of 5.
  • Now, when you complete an Anti-Clean fight, the statistics will show how many potions your team and the other team had left.
  • Now, you can combine two Grapple Hooks in a crafting table to get a fully repaired one.
  • Now, if you don't have enough money to buy something in the Shop or Block Shop and you're captain or above, it will take money from the faction balance.
  • Reduced FPS around bases by culling hoppers (disguising them as something else when you're not looking at them, don't worry, they work perfectly fine).
  • Fixed Road Outpost overriding Frenzy Event.
  • Fixed all issues with the Copy Cat ability item.
  • Fixed losing out on items when having a full inventory when redeeming items in Battle Pass.
  • Fixed false Treasure Cove voucher announcements.
  • Fixed not getting Fight Night points automatically.
  • Fixed being able to damage bosses whilst in Spawn.
  • Fixed losing an entire stack of Depth Strider books if you try applying them.
  • Fixed several Purge Missions not working properly.
  • Fixed all issues with Kill Confirmed.
  • Fixed MiniKOTHs stopping regular KOTHs from starting.
  • Fixed having Spawn Tag sometimes after dying during the Skybridge Event.
  • Fixed all issues with Clickable Kits.
  • Fixed Fire Feet being able to break bedrock.
  • Fixed being able to spam Enderpearls at Base Conquest to knock people back.
  • Fixed all issues with the Use Ability Items purge missions.
  • Fixed Reinforce Lootbox display when shift-right-clicking it.
  • Fixed all /marry gift exploits.
  • Fixed Battle Pass missions not properly resetting daily.
  • Fixed Combat Loggers ruining the Gladiator Event -- now if you combat log, you will automatically be disqualified from the event.
  • Potentially fixed issues where Glass Bottles go into hoppers/chests from the Fancy Brewer.
  • QOL:
    • Added and changed several new tips.
    • Added /help, /events, /cosmetics, and /f manage as described above.
    • Exotic Items and Orbs now are more clear on how to get them.
    • Area-based scoreboards:
      • Spawn, Treasure Cove, and Cornucopia now have helpful information on your scoreboard when you're inside their claims.
    • Reformatted the Ability Item Lore to include cooldown time.

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