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Happy Holidays, Survivors!

The time has finally come. We’ve been hard at working baking gingerbread houses, hanging lights and layering locations in tons of snow!

The team is excited to welcome you to this year’s MineZ: Wonderland.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland
It wouldn’t be a Winter Wonderland without decorated towns filling the world. Over the last years we’ve accumulated an impressive amount of Christmas themed rebuilds. At our present count, we have over 30 we can release. Given the large amount of Christmas builds we have, we thought it might be best to try out a new system of Holiday festivities. Suggested by community members, we’ll be phasing in builds this year, instead of releasing them all at once.

This first update releasing today will feature 11 builds, with expected tourist hotspots at the far northern locations. The next wonderland update will see another batch of Christmas locations. Each phase of the rollout will see chest placement change just a bit, to incentivize moving your route towards the new Christmas locations.

A visit from a Friend:



Our good friend the Traveling snowman has returned to Valar. He brings with him a bounty of exciting, exclusive and useful items for anyone that he bumps into. This year, chest tiers will be the same on both weekends and weekdays to ensure everyone has a chance for top chests regardless of time. Remember to check times with ./drops.


Notifications:
At the scheduled start time, a server will be picked to host the traveling snowman, which will be followed by an announcement across MineZ and pinging the shotbow discord with its location and the countdown to the first chest spawn!

Keep your eyes peeled for more than yuletide carolers in the area, and head that way! These treat chests offer a large array of chests to try and claim, with close to 20 possible treat chests each drop.

Some will drop together, but more often than not, multiple chests in different areas of the supply drop will release together. There are 4 tiers to the chests this year as well, offering an assortment of regular minez loot all the way to exclusive, only found in supply drop loot.

In order to be pinged for supply drop spawns, make sure to assign yourself the 'supplydrops' role from #notifications in the official Shotbow discord! (https://discord.gg/shotbow)



The Present Headhunt

This year we are happy to bring another headhunt for those observant explorers among you. Hidden among the first Holiday rebuilds of this Wonderland update, you will find 11 red presents with yellow bows.
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Some may be more obvious than others, but you’ll need to check each location twice! Who knows how long this headhunt will be up for, so don’t wait until the last minute!

As with previous headhunts, you can always check your total with ./checkheads. Here you can see how many you’ve collected and rewards from this headhunt.


The Advent Calendar

Similar to previous years, we have designed a series of rewards for all 24 days accessible via /advent! Items can be unlocked on the respective days up to EST midnight. Slots before release will remain claimable on any day.


Closing Thoughts
With all these opportunities for merry-making, we hope to see you stop by and take a stroll through MineZ, during the most wonderful time of the year.

There are certainly more events and christmas content drops planned for the rest of the month on MineZ.
As content like the much-anticipated Christmas dungeon becomes available, this thread and the changelog will be updated.

From our families to yours, we hope you have a safe and happy Holiday season.


As always, Thanks for flying Shotbow! (Vote for Shotbow!)

Hey Shotbow,

I'm Axyy, your host for this month's "Dentril's New Moon" December edition. First and foremost, I'd like once again like to apologize for the delay in this month's update. Let's dive into the latest updates and highlights for the month.

Network Updates
Spookfest Selfie Contest Results
Last month we held a Spookfest Selfie Contest and the results are finally in!
(Please note, I did not pick these winners myself. I put all selfies up to vote and then gave the staff team the chance to vote for their favorite ones)

• 1st place - sakuraburzst - Gold Rank & 25k Shotbow XP
• 2nd place - hangorosi2718 - Shotbow+ (1 month) & 25k Shotbow XP
• 3rd place - Florephemeral - 25k Shotbow XP

Winners, please send me a private message with the username to which you would like the rewards to be given.

Black Friday at Shotbow!
Last month, Shotbow celebrated Black Friday by offering an exciting 30% discount on all packages available in the Shotbow Shop.

Team Applications
Ever wanted to join the Shotbow Staff Team? The following teams are accepting applications:

• Development Team
• Annihilation Administrative Team
• SMASH Jr. Specialist Team
• Warband and Wasted: Control Staff Team
• Localization Team

Gamemode Updates
Annihilation Updates
Exciting news is circulating about a potential upcoming tournament – I can't reveal too much, but be sure to keep a keen eye out for more details!

Additionally, Odyssey was playtested last month.

MineZ Updates
The MineZ team released patch 5.4 on 10th of November. Read all about it here.

Additionally, 2 events were hosted last month.

Statistics
SMASH Rankings
Here are the current season standings:

• 1 Cometcat13 [1175]
• 2 Daggez [1150]
• 3 _BrightDarkness_ [1133]

Closing Words
This wraps up this month's edition of Dentril's New Moon. This was your host, Axyy, guiding you through the latest updates and events. As we wrap up the year, I want to extend warm wishes for happy holidays and a joyous New Year to all our viewers. Thank you for being part of this community! See you all next year for more exciting content and adventures.

Black Friday 2023

Hello Shotbow! The holiday season is beginning. For those in the United States, we hope you're having a great Thanksgiving weekend.

Today is Black Friday. To celebrate, we're thrilled to offer a massive 30% discount on all packages in the Shotbow Shop.



Visit the Shotbow Shop using the link above to purchase now. Offer valid through November 27.

Thanks for flying Shotbow!