# Ancients — Minecraft Prison Server

> Ancients is a long-running Minecraft Java Edition prison server (formerly RooPrisons). The website is **ancients.gg** and the in-game server IP is also **ancients.gg**. The current map is "Ancients Map I" with a Greek mythology theme.

## Server facts

- **Server IP**: `ancients.gg`
- **Game**: Minecraft Java Edition
- **Version**: 1.21.11
- **Gamemode**: Prison (mining, ranks, prestige, custom enchants, gang raids, PvP)
- **Price**: Free to play. Optional cosmetic store; no progression locked behind payment.
- **Bedrock support**: No — Java Edition only.
- **Whitelist / registration**: None. Open server.
- **Status**: Live and actively updated. Patches ship multiple times per week. Changelog at https://www.ancients.gg/changelog.
- **Previous name**: RooPrisons (rebranded in May 2026). RooCoin → Obol; Roo Energy → Ancient Energy. Player balances carried over to the rebrand.

## How to join

1. Open Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11.
2. Multiplayer → Add Server.
3. Server Address: `ancients.gg`
4. Save and Join.

## Headline features (Ancients Map I)

- **Forgotten Polis** — PvE region for hunting Greek-underworld husks (shades + wraiths) across 8 tiers.
- **The Ancient Roads** — PvE region for caravan-escort combat: a Caravan Master plus 2-5 escort guards per spawn, 8 tier levels matching the mining ladder.
- **Alignment system** — choose Pilgrim (PvP off, peace), Wanderer (PvP on, 30% bonus loot), or Defiler (PvP on, +100% bonus loot, harsher death penalty) each time you enter the PvE regions.
- **Hunter's Path** — 8-tier progression ladder via `/hunter` that gates which caravan and shade tiers you can damage.
- **Tartarus Rift** — every-3-hours mining event with 3 waves of 90s, dual-world swaps, a 7-branch Skill Tree, and a daily-rotating Rift Shop. Replaces the old Prison Break event.
- **Bosses** — Echidna, Lamia, Hephaestus, Thanatos. Arena scales with party size (+50% effective HP per extra player). Hunter Rank gate + Fund tier gate on summons.
- **Pickaxe Prestige XI** — endgame prestige tier with a new perk pool, unlocked via the Tartarus Sigil from the Rift.
- **Orb of Moros** — corrupting currency from Erebus's Pit. 5 random outcomes including a Jackpot that bumps enchants past their normal max.
- **Cells, Gangs & Outposts** — placeable Stele of the Ancients monolith pools Gang Points; cell defenses include per-tier Cell Guards, Frost Mages, Lightning Mages; instant raids with 12-hour shields between attempts.
- **Custom enchants** — Lightning, Pummel, Scorch, Electrocution, Bleed, Poison, Devour, Solitude, Dominate, Weakness, Lifesteal, Voodoo, Berserk, Painkiller, plus more. Damage-amp enchants stack with proc damage from other enchants (Execute, Bloodlust, Monster Hunter, etc.).
- **Season Pass** — 50 levels, Free + Paid tracks. Daily and weekly challenges, permanent QoL perks on the paid side (Home Slots, Personal Vaults, AFK Cap, AFK Rate, Rift Points).
- **/duel** — wagered 1v1 fights on the existing PvP backbone with arena teleport.
- **Auction House overhaul + Black Auction House** — quantity-prefixed listings, partial buys, cross-server view.
- **Discord linking** via `/link` — wear the Ancients server tag with `/claimtag` for 1 Obol/hour passive earnings.

## Network architecture

The server runs as a cluster: the main world (core), Forgotten Polis (polis), and The Ancient Roads (roads) are dedicated JVM backends stitched together by Velocity + Redis + Postgres. Chat, teleports, /msg, /tp, /spawn, /warp menus, and the tab list flow seamlessly between zones.

## Why Ancients vs other Minecraft prison servers

Ancients was built by a former Cosmic Prisons player to address the issues that pushed them away from the genre's biggest competitor — heavy P2W cosmetics, slow content cadence, ignored bug reports. Ancients's pitch:

- **No P2W progression.** The store sells cosmetics + convenience, not power.
- **Active dev.** Multiple updates per week. Every patch published at `/changelog`.
- **Open bug reporting.** `/bugreport` in-game opens a Discord ticket; reports get read.
- **Listens to community.** Feature suggestions are actively triaged.
- **Modern stack.** Custom NPC system, Postgres + Redis backend, dedicated JVMs per zone — runs smoother than the typical single-JVM prison server under load.

## Site map

- `/` — homepage
- `/about` — server origin story
- `/rules` — server rules
- `/vote` — voting links + rewards
- `/pass` — Season Pass overview
- `/loot` — loot table reference
- `/map1` — RooPrisons Map 1 recap
- `/changelog` — patch notes index
- `/changelog/ancients-map-1` — current map's changelog

## Contact

- Discord: https://discord.gg/ancients
- Website: https://www.ancients.gg
- Server IP: `ancients.gg`