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Quality of Life (Part 1)
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Unipotatoo

Quality of Life updates have been released as soon as they were ready in order to quickly deliver essential features to players. As a result, much of this content has already been live on the server for a few weeks and may not feel entirely "new" when you see it. This thread is a compilation of posts from the Update-Log channel on Discord, gathered into one place for convenience. 


🎨 Chat Color

You asked, we delivered! Players can now fully personalize their in-game Chat Color. Here’s how it works:

  • Default name color is grey

  • πŸ”“ Unlocked With Rank:

    • Premium: Green & Dark Green

    • Patron: Blue & Dark Blue

    • Premium Patron: Purple & Dark Purple


πŸ’« Gradients

We’ve expanded gradient options — there are now 10 total gradients, with 2 suggested by Leovardo, and Recobtw!

  • πŸ”“ Unlocked With Rank:

    • Premium: Greeper

    • Patron: Waves

    • Premium Patron: Glitter

πŸ’Ž All colors and gradients can also be unlocked using 100 Gems — no rank needed!



🧭 User Interface

Your UI just got a lot more helpful and informative:

  • πŸ’° Coins & Gems Display — now always visible above your hotbar (Warning: mods may conflict with this feature)

  • πŸ—ΊοΈ Location & Time Overlay — visible at the top of your screen, showing your world + in-game time (toggleable in settings)


βš™οΈ Settings

Players now have more control over how they interact with others and the game:

Toggleable Features:

  • πŸ“© Private Messages — Allow or block messages

  • 🀝 Trade Requests — Allow or block trades

  • 🧭 Location UI — Toggle on/off location/time overlay

  • ❓ Unknown Setting — What could this be?

πŸ”’ Locked Settings (Requirements needed to unlock):

  • πŸ‘» Phantoms Toggle — Kill 100 phantoms

  • ✨ Glow Effect Toggle — Requires Patron Rank



πŸ“œ Quests – Reward Overhaul!

While bigger quest updates are coming soon, we’ve boosted rewards by +100% and added:

  • πŸ”” A brand-new sound when you finish a quest

  • πŸ“¦ Instant reward notifications right after completion


πŸ’€ Custom Death Messages

Over 100+ new death messages added for:

  • Player vs Player

  • Mob Kills

  • Suicides

πŸ’¬ Want your idea added? Drop your death message suggestions on Discord!



πŸ‚ Other Changes

  • 🧠 Playerheads are now in the Mighty Mart

  • πŸ’₯ TNT Duping has been enabled

  • πŸ’€ AFK tab message now shows a sleep icon

  • 🌐 Website upgraded (went down briefly during update)

  • πŸ›οΈ New Furniture Bed Mechanic added (not yet obtainable)

  • πŸ›‘οΈClaimPvP is Back!
    Use /claimpvpon or /claimpvpoff to toggle PvP in your claim.


πŸ› Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Here’s a rundown of key bug squashes and technical upgrades:

  • Fixed undefined drops not triggering base-items

  • Hitbox glitches when waterlogged

  • Translation models breaking under certain conditions

  • Shulker furniture issues

  • PackObfuscator issues for 1.21.4

  • Pickblock dupe fix for non-creative mode

  • Optimized furniture barrier/light packet logic

  • Various chunk refresh and model display fixes

  • Improved support for unstable items like armor stands, paintings, etc.


That’s it for Part 1 — and there’s plenty more on the way.
Thanks for all your feedback and support!

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