Introduction

Hello! from here on out, server patch notes will be posted here in addition to our Discord (where you can see them dating back to 2020). Our focus at the minute is on fixing some long-standing pains with the server's backend infrastructure, which we're slowly working through. Once it's in a state we're happy with, our focus will shift to delivering new content.

Either way, we hope you enjoy reading!

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where floo was not working

  • Fixed an issue where casting mayday & morsmordre would not trigger the announcement

  • Fixed an issue where ops/staff with all perms would have their house overwritten to Gryffindor on join

  • Fixed an issue where /profile stats would be empty until you closed and re-opened the menu

  • Fixed an issue where names and suffixes would appear bold for professors

  • Fixed an issue where advisors were not listed in /list properly

  • Fixed an issue where leave messages were not showing

  • Fixed an issue where sorting messages were not formatted properly on Discord

  • Fixed an issue where /housepoints give (house) (player) would fail

  • Fixed ascendio 4 having an inaccurate upgrade message

  • Changed broom dismount ground distance requirement from 2 blocks to 32 blocks

  PotterPets

  • Fixed pathfinding issues caused by plugin updates

  • Made performance and stability improvements

  Furniture

  • Created a new furniture engine to render custom furniture models without replacing vanilla blocks

  • Added colored couches for each house, currently viewable in the Ravenclaw common room

  • For players without the resource pack, furniture renders as custom item textures rather than vanilla stairs. Ongoing improvements to the pack selection system are being made to address fallback textures

  Resource Pack

  • The resource pack chosen in /packs is now persistent across sessions instead of resetting on reconnect

  • Added a label indicating the default pack in the selection menu

  • Overhauled the resource pack pipeline to serve packs based on Minecraft client version, enabling support for 1.21.4 and newer

  • Added distinct pack options accessible via /pack or /profile > settings > resource packs:

      • 32x32 Font (Default)

      • 32x32 No font (Default textures, default Minecraft font)

      • 16x16 Font (Downscaled textures, custom font)

      • 16x16 No font (Downscaled textures, default Minecraft font)

      • Models only (Custom wands, brooms, and spell icons with vanilla textures)

  House Points

  • Added the house points menu to /profile, displaying monthly and overall point contributions, lifetime points earned/lost, and recent point history

  • Migrated the house points backend to a database ledger with support for historical filtering back to January 2020

  • Automated end-of-month procedures:

      • Automated in-game announcement at 00:00 GMT

      • Automatically giving out the champions tag

      • Fireworks in the great hall

  Core Infrastructure & Backend

  • Migrated core plugin data (responsible for sorting, houses, scoreboard, profiles, and house points) from a 25,901-line flat text file to a proper, structured databases

  • Bank plugin no longer recalculates /baltop every 2 minutes and now refreshes hourly to improve performance

  • Added money transaction tracking within the bank

  • Resolved database concurrency locks during bank access and fixed a rare server crash

  • Made performance improvements to Gringotts, particularly when integrating with other plugins like Towny

  Floo Network

  • Fireplaces at origin and destination points now burn green for several seconds during Floo travel

  • Renamed warps used for floo for consistency and cleaned up internal warp references

  • Standardised colors across items in the floo menu, so it no longer resembles a skittles bag

  Spells

  • Mayday rework: Now summons a particle phoenix accompanied by an enhanced fire effect

  • Fixed an issue where training dummies and combat NPCs would not take or respond to damage

  Chat

  • Updated the chat plugin for improved performance and mute integration

  • Discord bridge messages now route into the standard general in-game channel. Players outside this channel will not see messages from Discord unless in read mode (/ch join standard read)

  • Running /ignore on a player in-game now hides their bridged messages from Discord

  • Removed ping and health from the chat hover menu

  • Fixed an issue where player heads would not display in server-chat due to an issue with the skin provider

  • Fixed an issue where in-game messages would not send to Discord server-chat

  • Fixed an issue that caused chat questions to stop working

  • Fixed an issue where server messages would not have a space between the prefix and the message

  General Fixes & Tweaks

  • Fixed an issue where /warp survival would not take you to the spawn area

  • Fixed an issue where the resort menu would not let you use your house credit to choose a house

  • Slightly reduced scoreboard refresh rate for optimization

  • Improved domain filtering rules to reduce false positives

  • Removed access to /warp rules

  • Tweaked the restart script to prevent the server from hanging on restart cycles

Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely day!

I'm pleased to announce the release of our scoreboard - an informative little tab that sits on the right of your screen! It aims to bring together key gameplay information in one place, and to hopefully reduce the amount of commands you're having to run to see basic information.

Scoreboard visibility is on by default, and can be toggled under the new Scoreboard section under the settings in your /profile.
At the minute, it shows the following:

• Bank Balance
• Inventory Balance
• Current status of class (if there is one)
• The town at your current location

It's still early days, and we'll be expanding it over time to provide more relevant information for your current activity. For example;

• More Towny information when in the PvP world
• Housing  
• Your currently active quest objective

As always, if you have any suggestions for this then please make them known on either our forums or Discord server.

Thank you for your continued support!

Soon™️ is finally here - I am proud to present PotterPets!

Pets are little animals that will follow you around and look cute, but are unfortunately cosmetic only and won't join you in beating your enemies to death.
Everyone will have access to the owl pet by default, and more will be unlockable in the future via quests and the donation store (and yes, you can pet them)

To get started, visit Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley, where you will be able to speak to Grenderwend the shopkeeper - however, there's a mystery you'll have to solve first. 
You must first complete our new quest "The Curious Case of the Stolen Familiars" - our most advanced yet, with window smashing mechanics and two different endings depending on the choices you make!

Once you've purchased a pet, you can access them from the /pets menu - left clicking will spawn them, right clicking will allow you to manage them (more settings coming soon).
For a full list of commands, type /pets help

In the future, pets will have certain needs (like food!), and if neglected for too long while you're online, your pet might run away or die!
I hope you all enjoy this new addition to the server, and of course, direct any suggestions or bugs to the proper channels!

I'm pleased to announce a feature that's been in the pipeline for quite a while now - Player Housing!

Housing is a small, unique plot (base dimensions 32x32x64, upgradeable to 48x48x64) on which you are free to build anything upon. There are no mobs, no resets, and you can control exactly who has access to both visit and build upon it!
You can also choose to toggle flight, pvp, and spell casting, and we hope to expand on this in the future with more advanced customization options and possibly larger plot sizes.

To gain access to your housing plot, you must first complete a short quest, Business Ventures, which can be accessed via the Tobias NPC near the steps going up to King's Cross Station.
Once unlocked, you will be able to access all of the commands through /housing, which will allow you to add other players as friends, toggle various attributes, and choose whether to display a border around the buildable area or not.

The House Elf NPC on each plot can be used to purchase size upgrades and also contains a link to the Block Shop where you can purchase blocks to use for construction. You are also free to use the PvP world to harvest for items!

In the future, we may host events like building contests where you are challenged to build something on your plot under a particular theme, which will then be judged with prizes given out to winners!

As always, if you have any feedback, issues, or suggestions, please make them known via the forums or our Discord server.

Thank you for your support!

With Halloween almost upon us, I'd like to wish all of you a Happy Halloween on behalf of PotterCraft MC and its staff team!
Enjoy your sweets and don't eat too much!

Trick or Treat
It's Hallow's Eve once again, and all across the Wizarding World, adults and children alike are putting on their costumes, placing pumpkins outside their homes, and preparing for a night of fun!
However, there is danger about...
Some of these innocent people have become cursed, and are attacking anyone who comes to their door! Some will attack you outright, others will ask you a question, your fate determined by the answer you give.
You can Trick or Treat at Godric's Hollow, Hogsmeade Village or Grimmauld Place, and there are lots of treats to be had!
Collect as many as you can, and trade them in with the Envoy who recently arrived at Hogwarts!

Quests
Wilfred Broadwell is a renowned member of the Magical Order, esteemed potioneer, and recipient of the Order of Merlin 2nd Class.
Well, he was until he was found dead earlier this week!
Supposedly murdered by the Killing Curse, esteemed Auror Colt Cassowary has been tasked with investigating this mysterious crime. However, his partner has fallen ill and therefore is in need of a detective to assist his investigation!
You can find Colt in the Leaky Cauldron, but you better be fast because his partner is due back on November 14th.

A Strange Mystery
There have also been reports of cards with strange shapes left around Hogwarts... I wonder what could be going on here?