Nearly a month into Season One

Nearly a month in, a different kind of season

When our last edition landed on 5 September, Season One was barely a week old. Hyrule led the faction story, HippeBever6 topped the kill table, and eight player shops had opened their doors. Seventeen days later, there is rather more to catch up on.

DeltaForce now leads the faction standings. The market has grown to eleven shops, with Beth and Klamar182 sharing its biggest catalogues. King of the Hill has made its first announced appearance. And TNT has damaged several areas of the world, including ground now claimed by Ashenspire on Monday evening.

This is the catch-up edition: the changes that matter when you return to your base, head out to fight, or go looking for a book you would rather buy than enchant yourself. Season One turns four weeks old this Friday, 25 September, and reaches its first calendar month on Monday the 28th. There is still plenty of season ahead. The opening-week pecking order has already changed.

A busier market, and two very different shop signs

One is called Cute lil shop :3. The other promises Exotic Books and Potions. Behind those signs, beth_x0x0 and Klamar182 have built equally large catalogues: 27 listings apiece, the most in the player market.

That gives shoppers a choice before they ever reach the other nine stores. GGECKO’s Alchemist Shop follows with 20 listings; SirDoktor1 offers Netherite Upgrades/Wool, while MomanRaccoon has ChEP BoOkS :3. Enchanted books, potions, upgrade materials and golden apples all feature among the market’s wares.

In our last edition, there were eight active shops. Now there are eleven, offering 149 listings between them. For anyone putting together a kit or finishing a build, that is a good reason to browse before heading back out to gather everything by hand.

Beth’s name also appears near the top of the voting table, just one vote behind HippeBever6. Klamar182 is only an hour behind the same player in total playtime. Neither shopkeeper is confined to the counter. Both are part of the season’s close races as well as its growing shopping street.

TNT damage returns near Ashenspire

Monday evening brought fresh TNT damage to ground now claimed by Ashenspire. Blocks were destroyed during the 19:00 and 20:00 UTC hours on 21 September, adding another date to a troubled fortnight for this part of the map.

Earlier damage in the same present-day claim area dates to the morning of 6 September and the early hours of 10 and 11 September. Elsewhere, TNT also damaged ground now held by Mexican_Bros on the evening of 6 September.

Separately, Ashenspire and HUZUNI face one another on the war board. Hyruf, lilmonki and TopFisherz also appear among the five lands at war. With four members in Ashenspire and three in HUZUNI, these are not the server’s largest rosters, but they have put smaller factions at the centre of this edition’s war news.

Ten minutes to get ready

The 14 September update made an important distinction for base owners: everyday land protection and wartime protection are not the same thing.

Outside an active war, claimed land blocks TNT, entity and piston griefing, and fire spread. A war declaration requires defenders to be online, then gives both sides ten minutes to prepare. Once the war begins, logging out does not end it.

For a faction with a small roster, those ten minutes are worth remembering. Know where your supplies are and how the rules apply before a declaration arrives—not while the preparation timer is running.

DeltaForce takes the top spot

The faction table has a new leader since our last issue. DeltaForce heads the standings with 81 UF Strength, fourteen members and 78 claims. SupremeCactusFederation follows on 70, despite a much smaller roster of four.

BeverTown has climbed one place to third. Its 65 strength points match Hyruf’s total, while Ashenspire, PublicEnemy and RatGang sit close behind on 62. lilmonki is eighth, down five places from the Week One table.

DeltaForce’s reach extends beyond its territory. .PBB3NJA is second in player kills, and joacotoche leads both mining and mcMMO power—the server’s combined skill-progress total. The faction has prominent names in the fighting and the everyday work that fills a season between battles.

A new name above HippeBever6

HippeBever6 led our Week One kill table with nineteen. That total has since grown to 167—but the lead has gone elsewhere. ObsessiveBf_ now sits first with 223 kills, ahead of .PBB3NJA on 187.

The gap between the top two is 36 kills. Behind them, BeverTown has two players in the leading four: HippeBever6 in third and Dalange1 in fourth. joacotoche and woestwashandje complete the top six.

HippeBever6 still has plenty of reasons to check the standings. First in playtime on 185 hours, first in September voting on 105, and third in kills is a busy set of results. The lead in the other two contests is much narrower: Klamar182 trails by one hour, and Beth by one vote.

Five minutes until the hill

On 7 September, the server’s KOTH announcement gave players five minutes’ notice. King of the Hill had moved from something to look forward to into an event to turn up for.

The following week brought practical improvements: clearer entry, re-entry and elimination messages, a portal fix and better equipment protection around the event. These are small details that matter when players are trying to join a fight rather than decipher a message.

If roaming PvP is not your preferred way to find opponents, keep an eye on the event announcements. KOTH gives the fighting a destination.

The player doing the digging

joacotoche has mined 176,956 blocks, putting the DeltaForce player ahead of OrangeOrca on 149,756. There is another first place alongside it: 4,975 mcMMO power, ahead of Klamar182’s 4,177.

Add fifth place in player kills and there is more here than a mining specialist. joacotoche is progressing through skills, digging at the front of the field and appearing among the leading fighters too. It is one of the season’s strongest all-round showings.

Cheaper walls, better harvest returns

The 14 September economy trial gave farmers a better return and base builders a lower bill. Wheat, beetroot, carrot and potato bundles rose from $6 to $7; melon and pumpkin blocks went from $4 to $5. Logs and Nether stems rose from $16 to $20 per sixteen.

On the buying side, ordinary obsidian fell from $54 to $45 a block. A stack at that price cost $576 less than before. Crying obsidian fell from $90 to $72, and Black Market obsidian from $36 to $30, still subject to the nine-stack daily limit.

Those changes were introduced as a seven-day trial, not a permanent price promise. Check the shop’s current prices before buying supplies. For the trial week, though, the bargain was straightforward: the same harvest brought in more money, and each defensive block cost less.

Before you open that old chest

The Nether and End storage change deserves a place on every returning player’s checklist. New long-term storage and deposits are no longer allowed there. Existing containers remain until accessed; opening one starts a five-minute window to empty it before the container and anything left inside are removed.

If you have supplies stored in either dimension, make room to carry them before opening the container. Five minutes is not the moment to begin deciding where everything should go.

One vote between first and second

HippeBever6 has 105 September votes. beth_x0x0 has 104. After more than three weeks of the season, one vote separates them.

lilcrac00n is close behind on 100 and has climbed five places since the last edition. Beth has moved up one. Voting helps new players find United Factions; this month it has also produced a much closer race than the kill table.

Small changes worth coming back for

Faction treasury payments now move required money into the faction balance automatically, reducing the risk of losing claims while funds sit in the wrong place. Fishing competitions show live standings while an event is running. The September update also brought performance work around villagers and trading cells.

Meanwhile, the store added two community upgrade options on 21 September: BoardGames Premium, for craftable chess and other small board games, and Nemesis, for anti-cheat protection. These are ways to support shared server features, not to buy an advantage in a fight.

And a nod to the regulars: SirMario1 leads the login streaks at 26 days, with HippeBever6, lilcrac00n and PBB3NJA on 25. The season is approaching a month because people keep coming back—to fight, build, trade, or simply see who is online. See you at play.unitedfactions.net.