Prison Update - Season 8

DeadMaster · September 10, 2022

PRISON SEASON 8

Hey all!

Season 7 saw an exciting amount of gameplay and advancements by the majority of our players with last season being the longest season we've had on the prison server! We're excited to finally be able to announce a variety of significant improvements, updates and changes we've made to the prison server that we cannot wait for you to try out! There's a lot to cover, so we hope you take your time to go through everything below to stay informed on anything that has changed and how some of our new features work - be sure to cover everything below before asking questions!

NOTE: Not all changes included in the Season 8 are listed within this update post, this is a comprehensible overview of the most notable changes!

NEW: Pickaxe Abilities

To make mining more exciting, you can now unlock pickaxe abilities as you progress. They are unlocked through pickaxe prestiging.

Current pickaxe abilities:
- Sire
  - Have the power to summon a minechest instantly
  - Delay: 30 minutes
  - Pickaxe Prestige: 3
- Abnormal
  - Randomly activate one of the pickaxes' enchants for up to 15 seconds
  - Delay: 1 hour
  - Pickaxe Prestige: 20
- Accrue
  - Upgrade up to 100 keys inside of your backpack to the next tier (Example: Common --> Rare)
  - Delay: 1 hour
  - Pickaxe Prestige: 30
- Utmost
  - Increase your pickaxes' fortune to your /maxfortune for a short period
  - Delay: 1 hour
  - Pickaxe Prestige: 40

NEW: MineChests

As you are mining, there is a random chance that a minechest can spawn upon you. These minechests also include the new mine bomb items which can create a large explosion when thrown.

Rewards:

Tokens
Money
Mine Bombs (Tier 3 --> 10)

NEW: Rankup Missions

You must now complete missions before you rankup, this is it helps you make your progression easier!

Other Notable Changes

New Milestones:
- You can now get consecutive rewards and enjoy progression more
- Current milestones:
  - Arena kills
  - MineChests
  - Automine
  - Obtain books
  - Mining
  - Kill players
  - Contest wins
New Contests:
- Every hour a mining contest will begin for 5 minutes, the top 5 mined players will be awarded tokens depending on the position they won!
Plot Mine Changes
- As the server was updated to 1.19.1, plot mines will now go down to Y: 64
- Plot Mine max size is increased to 25
- The bedrock walls not generating in certain scenarios has been resolved
Arena Changes
- Added 2 more bosses:
  - Skeleton horse
  - Iron Golems
- Mobs will now deal less damage
Backpack Changes
- The backpack lore now has a better design
- It now states that you need Gold rank to shift click to open the keys
Contests:
- Every 1 hour a mining competition will begin
- The contest will have a duration of 10 minutes
- The five players who maintain their position in the top mined rankings will receive token rewards varying on their prestige
Increase success rate custom item is now exchangeable
/ce - has been re-added
Chat reaction reward changes:
- 2nd --> 1.27 Multiplier
- 3rd --> 1.25 Multiplier
Vote pickaxe now has 250 Efficiency, Fortune & Unbreaking (Before 175)
Token block can now give up to 10 seconds (Before 7)
Server was updated to 1.19.1
Enchant Changes
- Duplex now will occur less often
- Laser now awards tokens for the token blocks it mines

If you have any questions, feel free to comment below and we'll do our best to assist.
Thanks for playing at UltraNetwork, we hope you enjoy the update!