History

This page recounts many of the major events and milestones of the server. When available, hyperlinks are included to show the origin of the information.

2014

October

16th

• Heliosanctus creates a new thread for WINGS OF FIRE MINECRAFT SERVER. The original thread is now lost. The server's address is pyrrhiacraft.duckdns.org. Its users include RimeTheIcewing, Seaviper the seawing, and ebelle. The server likely features some kind of world based on the Pyrrhia map.

2015

April

27th

• The server goes offline. It frequently crashes and has to be started manually, but there is no response from Helio.

May

3rd

• Helio announces that the server is back online, but it is still not possible to join. It turns out to not have been ported through the internet, and Helio says his dad will take care of it.

18th

• After continuous downtime, Helio announces that the computer can't support the server and that it will be offline for some time.

July

11th

• ebelle creates a wiki account on Wings of Fire Fanon Wiki.
• ebelle publishes a Minecraft world designed to be Pyrrhia and makes it available on Dropbox. It is bigger than the one on the server, but only has terrain.

October

This may have been the spawn point

Possibly also spawn

16th

• RimeTheIceWing starts NEW WoF Minecraft Server, also using a Pyrrhia world with the address rimetheicewing.ddns.net. However, it shuts down automatically and must be started manually.

18th

• Seaviper becomes an operator.
• Crowning becomes an operator.

21st

• JBdino625 becomes an operator.

2016

March

5th

• Rime is in the process of switching computers, and the server is expected to be offline for a few days.

24th

• Rime's control of the server address expires and announces that the server will be offline indefinitely without the files.

26th

• With the help of her dad, ebelle starts a whitelisted server using her Pyrrhia world.

28th

• ebelle posts the address of the server (minecraft.netmillers.com) and adds everyone on Helio's server as well as Rime and Lightstorm to the whitelist

April

A player mapping ebelle's custom world.

The full world map

The Gift of Light featuring admin Seaviper

3rd

• ebelle creates a new thread for Wings of Fire Pyrrhia - Minecraft Server. The spawn area is in progress, with contributions from sjam, Tuckatk, Doctor, jkm98, kem03, and Tree. The server also has an online map.

5th

• The list of operators at this point is ebelle, MCDoctorWho, Tuck, sjam, elibee, kem03, and jkm98.

15th

• Doctor crashes the server by spawning a giant slime named DOOM.
• ebelle makes Seaviper an operator.
• The IceWing courtyard is created, including the Gift of Light.

24th

• Doctor accidentally kills all entities on the server.

26th

• ebelle announces that she will create a larger Pyrrhia map. MCEdit will be used to transfer builds, allowing players to keep their houses too.

29th

• After several pleads from Doctor, ebelle changes plan and decides to have both the current map and larger map in the same world to copy and paste areas in-game.

May

1st

• The list of operators at this point is ebelle, Seaviper, Tuck, sjam, and Doctor.

6th

• ebelle changes plans back to the original idea of using MCEdit.

7th

• The expanded map is put into place on the server.

11th

• The IceWing palace is completed.

26th

• The teleportation hub is created.

28th

• ebelle announces a server party for June 10th at 7 PM EST including food, games, rare items, and gladiator fights.
• The Scavenger Hunt is opened.

June

The spleef arena for the server party, shown on spawn island (A.K.A. admin island).

5th

• ebelle announces that spleef will also be present at the party.

9th

• ebelle announces that the party will also include fruit hunt ("Find the most varieties of 'fruit' that will be hidden around and in the sandwing palace") and butterfly cookies ("Kill the most colorfull sparkly 'butterflys' which drop cookies, who ever has the most cookies wins").
• The server is updated from 1.9.2 to 1.10.

The party at the SandWing palace.

Gladiator battles at the server party.

Some recognizable faces at the party include ebelle, sjam, and Seaviper.

The butterfly cookies game.

10th

• The server party takes place.

July

10th

• MCDoctorWho begins working on a festival area near the Sand Palace.

August

9th

• ebelle creates a new thread for Wings of Fire - Minecraft Server.

13th

• ebelle begins a Fun Hunt for Object Game: "The Soul of King Coyote, a priceless animus touched object, has been lost!! Help Queen Scarab, (the owner) Find the lost object! Every two days or so I will post another clue to where it could be. The first clue is: The Animus Object is in the Northern  Part of Pyrrhia"

October

The Scorpion Den decorated for Halloween.

Free horses at the Scorpion Den.

There is blood and a skull on the ground in this bar in the Scorpion Den.

27th

• CopperWingz and ebelle decorate the Scorpion Den for Halloween

November

11th

• ebelle announces a Halloween party for November 18th at 7 PM EST with food and a costume contest.

18th

• ebelle announces a Christmas party for the 28th of December at 8 PM EST.
• The Announcement Board is created and a flight system is added.

The Christmas Market.

19th

• The Christmas Market is created

28th

• The Christmas Party takes place.

2017

January

13th

• The server is updated (presumably to 1.11.2).

18th

• Articuna-Dragon requests that work be started on the Lost Continent.
• ebelle announces work on a Monster Pit, the eventual addition of nobles to the royalty hierarchy, and grants kings the same power as queens.

February

Evidence of the NightWings' infiltration of the Ice Palace.

The NightWings took all the moon globes.

The NightWings left banners where they breached the wall with a netherrack rock.

9th

• The NightWings declare war on the IceWings

14th

• ebelle announces that the war NightWing-IceWing should occur on the 25th at 3 PM EST.

The first SkyWing arena.

17th

• The scavenger hunt and halloween maze are removed.
• The SkyWing arena is completed.
• The Monster Pit is still in progress.

25th

• The NightWing-IceWing war takes place.

March

26th

• ebelle creates a new thread for Wings of Fire - Minecraft Server.
• Queen Amber of the SkyWings declares war on the SeaWings. The war will be a capture the flag game, but the date is undetermined.

28th

• The date for the SeaWing-SkyWing war is set for April 7th at 7 PM EST.

The entrance to the Monster Pit.

29th

• The Mob Pit (previously the Monster Pit) is completed.

April

3rd

• The date of the SeaWing-SkyWing war is moved to April 8th at 10 PM EST.

5th

• The Deep Palace build is scheduled for April 21st at 8 PM EST.

8th

• The war is postponed again to an undetermined date.

15th

• King Reaper of the NightWings declares war on Queen Everglade of the MudWings.

The entrance to the Endermite Den.

16th

• The Endermite Den is completed

21st

• The Deep Palace building occurs.

25th

• ebelle announces an Easter egg hunt.

May

6th

• The Flying Stars are temporarily disabled.
• Everyone is allowed to change their tribe for three days.

8th

• The Flying Stars are re-enabled.
• The Easter egg hunt is canceled.

18th

• ebelle announces a future gladiator tournament and future restriction of the use of creative mode.
• All command blocks are temporarily disabled to prevent the server from regularly crashing.

19th

• ebelle announces that the SeaWing-SkyWing war is scheduled for the 26th at 8 PM EST and that the Easter egg hunt is completed and will be released soon.

24th

• The nether is disabled.
• The Easter egg hunt is scheduled for the 27th at 4 PM EST.

The countdown for the SeaWing-SkyWing war. It was retroactively named the Horizon War.

Players in the SeaWing-SkyWing war.

26th

• The SeaWing-SkyWing war occurs. The SkyWings win.
• ebelle creates a new thread for Minecraft Server - Wings of Fire.

The Easter Egg Hunt.

Brisingr, Wojia, Flash_Heart, and CopperWingz at the Easter Egg Hunt.

Seaviper on a llama during the Easter Egg Hunt.

27th

• The Easter egg hunt takes place.

7th

• The server is updated (presumably to 1.12).

17th

• ebelle schedules the gladiator tournament for the 23rd.

21st

• ebelle creates a new thread for Wings of Fire - Minecraft Server.
• ebelle announces gladiator fights for June 23, 8 PM EST.

sjam and Seaviper in the last gladiator battle.

Gladiator fights at the SkyWing arena.

23rd

• Gladiator fights take place. Seaviper is the victor.

July

5th

• ebelle announces the start of the Black Magic Series and the update of the monster pit.

6th

• Paradise the Rainsandwing creates a Discord server.

August

4th

• ebelle announces an upcoming Jade Mountain Academy role-play on the 5th at 3 PM EST.

5th

• The JMA role-play occurs.

November

19th

• ebelle announces a Thanksgiving event for the 21st.

2018

February

3rd

• The server is updated to 1.12.2.

24th

• ebelle schedules a JMA RP for for March 27th at 8 PM EDT.

June

2nd

• ebelle creates a website for the server using Weebly.
• ebelle schedules a gladiator fight for June 8th at 8 PM EDT and the Olympics on July 14th and 15th.

The revamped SandWing arena in Possibility.

3rd

• ebelle, sjam, and Seaviper revamp the SandWing arena.
• ebelle creates a scavenger hunt.

8th

• Gladiator fight takes place.

July

6th

• ebelle creates a new thread for Wings of Fire - Minecraft Server.

12th

• ebelle decided to create Pantala.

November

19th

• Server is offline without explanation.

30th

• ebelle maintains that she will keep running the server.

2019

January

Server icon created by Grapecakes.

Despite this file being named Atlasref, this dragon is named Louie.

4th

• Grapecakes creates a new server icon and mascot reference.

March

26th

• ebelle shuts down the server to update to 1.13.

October

17th

• ebelle updates the server and turns it on.

December

2nd

• ebelle announces a Holiday Winter Party.

21st

• ebelle announces work on a Discord server and schedules the Holiday Party for January 4th.
• A new spawn area is created.

27th

• The server is updated to 1.15.

2020

January

4th

• The Holiday Winter Party takes place.

February

9th

• The tribe effects are updated by Doctor.

22nd

• Crazy Steve is added.

March

9th

• CrystallineTheDragon (Crystal) creates a new thread for Wings of Fire Minecraft Server!!.

25th

• ebelle hosts a JMA RP.

April

1st

• ebelle announces the creation of a new map.

14th

• The server is updated to 1.15.2.

24th

• A battle as part of a war is scheduled for the 25th.

25th

• The SandWing Festival occurs.
• The battle occurs.

May

5th

• Plugins are added to the server for the first time.

9th

• The Grief Prevention claim plugin is added.

28th

• The battle is nullified because of cheating.

31st

• TreeSmoothie becomes an admin.

June

2nd

• The mob pit is finished.

5th

• The battle occurs. The Titan Pact wins.

12th

• The creation of Discord invites is disabled.

20th

• The second battle occurs. The Titan Pact wins.

28th

• ebelle hosts a build competition.

July

8th

• ebelle schedules the new map for July 28th and the installation of a data pack for July 15th.

22nd

• TreeSmoothie begins a test eventline.

26th

• The data pack (Elytras of Fire by iDinoSoul) is installed.

November

22nd

• The ruler land challenge begins.

December

22nd

• Aspekt revamps the Discord server.

27th

• ebelle opens a Building Transfer Form for transferring builds to the new map.

2021

January

15th

• Server Icon contest begins.

February

12th

• Phen wins the icon competition.

May

20th

• The Discord server reaches 100 members.

22nd

• Server invite background competition begins.

23rd

• Godzilla1005 becomes an admin.

25th

• Crazy Steve returns.

June

1st

• Update Party takes place.
• iDinoSoul becomes an admin.

2nd

• The server is shut down to update the map.

7th

• The server re-opens.

9th

• The server RAM and CPU is upgraded. The server is updated to 1.16.5 and EoF is disabled. A new fishing data pack by sjam is added alongside a berries data pack by Dino.

10th

• An End Portal is added.

12th

• Seedflower hosts a Gladiator fight.

21th

• ebelle hosts a fishing contest.

July

6th

• Independence day party takes place.

26th

• Bog hosts a JMA RP.

August

21st

• Dragon Fight continues.

25th

• The Obsidian Mirror plugin is added, coded by Optimus. It acts as a chat bridge between Minecraft and Discord. The resource pack, created by Stonley, is updated, and EoF is enabled.

28th

• Dino opens the Wings of Fire Moon Rising VA Poll.

September

3rd

• The Admin-Designated Purple Heart role is added and awarded to Viper.
• Moon Rising VA roles are announced.

5th

• Moon Rising VA event begins.

6th

• The Mob Pit is created.

12th

• Second Moon Rising VA occurs.

25th

• Aspekt hosts kahoot.

26th

• The Dungeon is announced.

October

2nd

• Third Moon Rising VA session occurs.

9th

• Fourth Moon Rising VA session occurs.

17th

• The Dungeon is released.

23rd

• Capture the Flag occurs.

24th

• Day two of Capture the Flag occurs.

27th

• Bog announces waves of enemies event.

29th

• Prismarine shop opens.

November

3rd

• tetchy announces the Pantheon of Pyrrhia.

6th

• Waves of enemies opens.

10th

• Veterans Day art showcase begins.

13th

• The Pantheon of Pyrrhia competitors are chosen.

17th

• Halloween Party occurs.

19th

• The server is updated to 1.17.
• A 1.17 item shop is opened.

20th

• Elytras of Fire is disabled.
• The Pantheon of Pyrrhia occurs. The winner is WICKEDSTARS.

25th

• The Discord royalty board is added.

30th

• Moon Rising VA is put on hiatus.
• Phen hosts Skyfire Academy RP.

December

11th

• Silver hosts kahoot.

21st

• Phen hosts Jackbox games.

22nd

• The venting channel is removed; health resources channel is created.

23rd

• Snow Day opens.

25th

• Annual Tribe Change is announced.

29th

• tetchy and Bog (formerly Stonley) become admin.
• The RainWing dungeon is released.

30th

• Annual Tribe Change is opened.

31st

• New Years Fireworks Display occurs.

2022

January

2nd

• The royalty system is revised.
• The annual tribe changes ends.

4th

• Crystal retires from admin.

14th

• tetchy announces a Staff Q & A.

17th

• The Obsidian Arena is created.

19th

• The volcano is released.

The entrance to the Diamond Trial.

22nd

• Staff Q&A event takes place.
• The Diamond Trial is created.

27th

• Royalty is revamped.

28th

• The second Staff Q&A is announced for the 29th.

31st

• tetchy hosts flash trivia event.

March

14th

• The Wither Arena becomes automated.

21st

• The TP Hub is hugely revamped.

April

8th

• Phen creates a WIX website for the server.

10th

• The Nether Block Pit is added.

15th

• Kunahic and Hannabbi host an Egg Hunt Event.

May

12th

• The server is updated to 1.18.2.

14th

• Berries++ and Cakes++ are added.

15th

• Stronghold added.

30th

• Raina hosts a trivia/scavenger hunt event.

June

6th

• Server rename submissions open.
• The Bank of Pyrrhia is created.

26th

• The server is officially renamed to Wings of Fire: The New World.

September

4th

• The Coral Block Pit is added.

17th

• Server goes offline for some time.

19th

• Discord Icon Contest begins.

24th

• Bog hosts party games.

October

1st

• Staff VS Members Manhunt Continued occurs.

7th

• Humble hosts a Halloween costume art contest.

8th

• Bog hosts King of the Hill event.

15th

• Bog hosts Build Battle.

20th

• Server goes back online.

The Discord icon created by fog.

17th

• Fog's submission wins the Discord Icon Contest.

Humble's artwork used as a Discord banner.

21st

• Humble's submission becomes to server title background.

November

8th

• The server is updated to 1.19.2.

11th

• Fate wins the Halloween costume contest.

22nd

• First Ancient City Warden Fight occurs.

December

5th

• Royalty pop forum occurs to gather feedback on the royalty system.

16th

• First Frostburn battle occurs. The Firebound Alliance Wins.

17th

• Second Frostburn battle occurs. The Frozen Lotus Alliance Wins.

18th

• Final Frostburn battle occurs. The Firebound Alliance Wins

21st

• Snow Day opens.

2023

January

2nd

• Pantalan tribes are added.

9th

• Snow Day closes.

10th

• The Annual Tribe Change ends.

16th

• Dungeon is re-opened.

30th

• The Dungeon Wilds open.

February

25th

• The server host transfer and map reset is announced.

March

19th

• iHeron (formerly iDinoSoul) announces WOF GD competition.

23rd

• The Dungeon Wilds are re-opened.

April

9th

• Easter Egg hunt occurs.

June

10th

• The Build Team form is opened for building on the new map.

12th

• Bog hosts a warden event.

14th

• The build team is decided.

July

18th

• The New World IV Update Party is announced.

29th

• The first party day occurs.

30th

• The second party day occurs.
• Pantala (named Project Birdhouse) is revealed, introducing the lost continent and Pantalan royalty..

August

1st

• The Royalty Raffle is opened to decide starting royalty for the server update.

6th

• Build transfer form is closed.

9th

• The Royalty Raffle is closed and the results are decided.

24th

• The Eye of Onyx automated royalty system is announced.

The new server icon from the same author.

28th

• Spookadoodle (formerly Grapecakes) makes a new server icon featuring the same SkyWing/SandWing character named Louie.

September

1st

• The opening of the new server is announced. The old server is made available for download. The new Hub (formerly TP Hub) becomes home for the block pit, instasmelter, and staff hall. It is now a large island rather than a small valley. Sediment Canyon Trading Center is replaced by Highland Terrace Trading Post. The volcano and dungeon are not carried over. Toggle PvP is added. The chat bridge and auto-whitelist return. The claiming system is upgraded to GriefDefender. The server is on Minecraft 1.20.1 with the address woftnw.duckdns.org.

2nd

• The new server opens.
• More updates are announced. Players can now change their tribe after 60 days, rather than waiting for an annual event. An in-game roleplay system has been added. The Tribes of Pretarsi sister Discord server is announced for inter-tribe discussion.

4th

• Heron announces the re-addition of Berries++ and Cakes++.
• Bog becomes Discord owner.

10th

• RedBubble store and Patreon page are added to support server costs.

23rd

• Ender Dragon fight occurs.

30th

• The Block Pit is hugely upgraded.
• The new Mob Pit is opened.

October

7th

• Silver hosts Halloween Costume Art Contest.

15th

• The Bank of Pretarsi is introduced with in-game banknotes.

16th

• Elytras of Fire is added to the new server.

November

7th

• Halloween art contest ends. The winner is Goober.

8th

• The new Diamond Trial is released.

11th

• Phen host's Maelstrom's Birthday Party RP event.

14th

• Icon contest opens.

19th

• Elytras of Fire is re-added to the server.

20th

• The WOFTNW Wiki is created.

27th

• Silver announces the Legends: Darkstalker VA event.

December

The winning icon to replace fog's.

2nd

• Cactus' icon wins the contest.

6th

• Zilla begins Farsee across Pretarsi.

16th

• Voice actors are chosen for the Darkstalker VA.

17th

• First Darkstalker VA session occurs.

22nd

• The 2023 Gift Exchange event begins.

2024

January

5th

• The second Darkstalker VA session is scheduled for the 7th.

16th

• Official trailer video is published.

19th

• Darkstalker VA session three occurs.

24th

• The automated challenge system is released.
• The automated challenge system is disabled.

25th

• The automated challenge system is re-enabled.
• The automated challenge system is re-disabled.

26th

• The automated challenge system is re-enabled (again).

February

1st

• The Festival of Favors begins.

4th

• The Tribes of Prestarsi sister Discord is deprecated.

10th

• Bob's Farm mini-game is added.

24th

• Darkstalker VA session four occurs.

25th

• Town requirements are established.

March

15th

• Elytras of Fire is re-added to the server (again).

18th

• The Labyrinth of Ptah, created by Keaggyfans, is announced for release on the 20th.

20th

• The Labyrinth is released.

19th

• The tribe change cool-down is reduced to 24 hours (from six months).

21st

• One heir and three nobles are added to each tribe on the royalty board. Moon globes are also added to the Ice Palace.

28th

• The tribe change cool-down is changed to one week.

May

8th

• woftnw.org and play.woftnw.org are added as additional server addresses.
• The wiki is back online.

24th

• The server is updated to 1.20.4.

June

1st

• The Pretarsi Mail Service mini-game is added.

8th

• The Discord economy system is transferred from MEE6 to Dreamvisitor.

The Plantspeaker.

21st

• The Plantspeaker is added for gathering plants.

July

6th

• tetchytick retires from admin.

19th

• Bog hosts Oasis Fishing Competition.

August

3rd

• The royalty stones are altered to change their use case and given a backstory.

5th

• Staff Game Night is announced.

9th

• Staff Game Night occurs.

23rd

• Staff Game Night occurs.

September

7th

• The Mud Harvest Festival occurs.

October

11th

• Members of WOFTNW at the Seattle WoF event take a photo together.

12th

• Doctor Whirligig's Spirit Eve Celebration, hosted by Buzz, is announced for the 26th.
• Silver begins a Halloween Art Contest.

26th

• Doctor Whirligig's Spirit Eve Celebration occurs.

30th

• Hollow announces a Halloween Dead by Daylight event for November 2nd.

31st

• mrfrogg wins the Halloween art contest.

November

2nd

• The Chrysalis Update is announced.
• Dead by Daylight event occurs.

3rd

• Silver becomes admin.

16th

• Chrysalis changes are implemented and a status page is created.

25th

• The Labyrinth is temporarily closed.

28th

• The Great Ice Dragon Winter Exchange is announced.

29th

• Staff Game Night occurs.

December

1st

• A live map is added.

Players at the Great Ice Dragon Winter Exchange.

8th

• The Great Ice Dragon Winter Exchange is released.

9th

• AnimatedAxo's Secret Santa Art Exchange is announced.

12th

• Clover's webfishing event is announced for the 15th and 20th.

2025

January

11th

• New Year 2025 Party takes place.

25th

• Flight Mode is added.

26th

• Founding of Starrfall takes place.

27th

• Helper applications open.

31st

• Thirteen helpers are added.

February

1st

• Festival of Favors begins.

March

8th

• Server goes offline for upgrades and migration.

14th

• tetchy announces her oversight of the staff.

17th

• The server is upgraded to Minecraft 1.21.4.

A small market at the renovated Scorpion Den.

20th

• The Scorpion Den is renovated.

The new rotary wings selector.

Players wearing Skipper's Hat.

22nd

• The Wings Hall is rebuilt with a new selection system.
• Pale Garden flora is added to the Plantspeaker.
• The Festival of Favors reward is released: Skipper's Hat.

23rd

• New town requirements are created.

24th

• Resource worlds are added.