About

With over 14 years of being online, SoftSlayer’s history is almost impossible to summarize in a few short paragraphs, but here goes:

In its inception in 2011, SoftSlayer emerged as a hardcore PvP server with strict rules against griefing but allowed stealing. This era, fondly remembered by the oldies as the Golden PvP years, saw dominant PvP clans like NoD, OJs, TOA, COMP, FBI and Defem reigning supreme. Only the very brave or very foolish would ever attempt to make a base aboveground. The map would reset with every major update. The basement floor of the Library, the Archive, contains a lot of books written during that era.

Following Minecraft’s controversial 1.9 Combat update, interest in PvP and raiding began to dwindle. SoftSlayer entered an experimental phase, integrating regular survival worlds with creative worlds and modpacks like Terrafirmacraft, RLCraft, Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons, and Pixelmon. (And a short Unturned experiment, which we do not talk about.)

Around the release of 1.16 in 2020, we decided to fully embrace the no PvP/raiding playstyle, disabling PvP and adding the no stealing rule, as well as lockable chests. The whitelist was enabled to enhance player vetting and encourage the formation of towns near Spawn, marking the beginning of the Builder era. The addition of the ClassPvP arena catered to the last remnants of hardcore PvPers.

However, the yearly map resets were affecting player motivation for large projects. With the release of 1.20, the following pivotal changes were made on SoftSlayer: a final map reset on June 7th, 2023, marked the end of map resets forever. Keep-inventory was enabled in the overworld, and PvP was made toggleable to accommodate both playstyles. The PvP arena Death Valley was created, with no keep-inventory and always-on PvP, for those who enjoy living life on the edge.

As we step into this new era of SoftSlayer, you’re invited to join us by connecting to our server!