Question 1

What is Ancients?

Accepted Answer

Ancients is a Minecraft prison server (formerly RooPrisons) with raid bosses, rifts, KOTH, shade hunts, pickaxe prestige, gang raids on cells and a season pass. Seasons reset like leagues. Connect at ancients.gg on Java 1.21.11 or Bedrock.

Question 2

What's the server IP for Ancients?

Accepted Answer

The Minecraft server address is ancients.gg. Type that into your Minecraft Java Edition client (1.21.11) under Multiplayer > Add Server.

Question 3

Is Ancients free to play?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Joining and playing Ancients is free. The store at buy.ancients.gg sells ranks, crates and cosmetics.

Question 4

What Minecraft version does Ancients use?

Accepted Answer

Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11. Bedrock Edition players can join too, through Geyser, at the same address.

Question 5

What kind of Minecraft server is Ancients?

Accepted Answer

Ancients is a prison-gamemode server. You mine and sell ores to rank up, unlock new mines, prestige your pickaxe, fight in PvP, raid other gangs' cells and take on raid bosses. It mixes classic prison mechanics with MMO-style PvE: open-world regions, boss arenas and a seasonal pass.

Question 6

How is Ancients different from Cosmic Prisons?

Accepted Answer

Ancients was built by a former Cosmic player. It ships patches several times a week, publishes every change at ancients.gg/changelog, and has an in-game /bugreport command that opens a Discord ticket.

Question 7

What features does Ancients have?

Accepted Answer

Four raid bosses (Echidna, Lamia, Hephaestus and Thanatos), timed mining Rifts with a Rift skill tree, KOTH, shade hunts in the open world, gang raids on cells, outpost captures, custom enchants, an Auction House, Discord account linking, and a season pass with daily and weekly challenges.

Question 8

How do I join Ancients?

Accepted Answer

Open Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11 (or Bedrock), go to Multiplayer, click Add Server, enter ancients.gg as the server address, save, and join. There is no whitelist or registration.

Question 9

Is Ancients active? When was it last updated?

Accepted Answer

Ancients ships updates several times a week, and every patch is listed at https://www.ancients.gg/changelog. Seasons reset like leagues: each map is a fresh start for everyone.

Question 10

What is the difference between Ancients and RooPrisons?

Accepted Answer

Ancients is the same server as RooPrisons, rebranded in May 2026. RooCoin became Obol and Roo Energy became Ancient Energy.

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