— Survival Season 3 —
Releasing Friday May 14th
Hai humans! The wait is over - after over a year of hard work we have a date for the reset! This is the biggest update that the gamemode has received since it was released. Read on to find out what the new season has in store and how its all going to go down.
Before we get to that though, I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been a part of this current season of survival. It has been a great map, and you guys have contributed to all our plans for this next season in so many ways.
— How it’s going to work —
The reset will be a four step process across four very exciting days!
Tuesday 11th May
The current map will be saved today, so however your base looks on this date is how it will appear in the museum world. Make sure everything is pretty and perfect! There will also likely be some epic events planned to celebrate the end of the map.
Wednesday 12th May
We’ll go out with a bang and have a day of chaos! PvP will be enabled on the server, and staff will have permission to abuse as much as they like 
You are still not allowed to hack or do anything to deliberately harm or lag the server
Because the map will already have been saved, none of the changes made today will affect the version of the map that will appear in the museum world after reset - so if you want to destroy your base, go for it! It will be perfect again in the museum world.
Thursday 13th May
The server will be taken offline so we can start making the changes necessary for the reset! You won’t be able to play today, but you will be able to get very excited for tomorrow 
Friday 14th May
RELEASE DAY!
Survival Season 3 will be released in the morning (EST) as soon as everything is ready! WOOP WOOP!!!
— New Content —
Quests
We are bringing a quests feature to survival! Grinding, mining, adventuring, looting and more - so many different types of quests to choose from! Completing them will allow you to progress through different tiers of difficulty for increasingly epic prizes 
Event Center
Introducing the long awaited Survival Event Center! This wonderful addition is a whole host of different minigames and tournaments that will be hosted by Survival’s very own Event Team. More information on this will be released soon!
Clans Update
Finally Clans are getting the attention they deserve! You and your clanmates will now be able to create a new kind of claim with special perms and features! Clan leaders will also be able to purchase clan perks for everyone in their clan using in-game currency. #squadgoals
Toggleable PvP
PvP in Survival?! Everyone will now have the ability to toggle their own ability to give and receive PvP damage! Make an arena, duel a friend, test out your best weapons and armour - the possibilities are endless!
Other Changes
We have an utterly amazing brand new spawn and mall - which, in a twist of events and because its cute, have a theme this season! We will also have a completely new 7.5k x 7.5k map to explore.
Unfortunately, because it was very underused this map we won’t be releasing Season 3 with an underworld.
Quite a few other things have received updates, changes and tweaks! These include a brand new main crate full of all your favourite items from season two (given fancy new names to fit the theme) and a few much-requested permissions for claim owners
— Appreciation —
A project this size can only be done with the joint effort of a whole team of people and I wanted to take a moment to show some appreciation for those who have made invaluable contributions. Credit where credit is due, and omw is there a lot of credit to be given.
@Awperr, @DarkKnights22 and @Callahan have put hours and hours of work into this and deserve as much gratitude as humanly possible. Same goes for the entire Survival SMod team - @RossRao, @oCrypt, @DragonsMaker, @Aiadeva and @Nievaa - it is impossible to overstate how much they have done at every level of this endeavour.
The @Survival-Mod team and @BFI01 have also had a big part to play in this and have worked so, so hard, and ofc we can’t forget the Bug and Idea team members who are probably completely unaware that they contributed xD
Another huge amount of credit needs to go to the amazing team of builders - and a few non-builders - who have worked super hard on the gorgeous new Mall and Spawn. @paengi, @laptev, @DragonsMaker, @Alkemystix, @Aiadeva, @ZeePog, @SierAlex, @Blocker and @Mikeal <3
This is by no means an exhaustive list of people, and you are all amazing.
— FAQ’s —
Q: What do I get to keep?
The list of things that will be kept are:
- All of your ranks and rank perks
- Claim blocks and claims that have been directly purchased from the store
- Glow particles that have been won from competitions
- Your tokens and clans
- A small portion of your regular claimblocks from the current map (which you will be able to claim using /claimlastmap)
Q: What will be reset?
The whole survival world will be reset, making a fresh start for everyone. This means that the following things will not be kept:
- Inventories, enderchests and backpacks
- All pets, particles and disguises from crates
- All claims and claim blocks from crates
- Gold balances and MCMMO levels
- Your home locations, warp totems and mall shops
Q: What will happen to my base/build?
The entirety of the map will be moved to the museum world, which you can get to by doing /museum. This means you will still be able to visit your bases and builds, but won’t be able to interact with them in any way (no breaking blocks, opening chests, opening doors, etc). The map will be saved on the 11th May, so make sure everything is how you want it by then.
A selection of the most notable builds of the map will have special warps set at them, so people can easily find and enjoy them in the future.
Because home locations are reset, its a good idea to make a note of the co-ordinates of any places you might want to visit again. There is a great post talking about things you can do to prepare your base for the museum world here.
Q: What will happen with the 1.17 releases?
We’ve always tried to update to the newest versions as soon as we are able to, and it won’t be any different with the 1.17 releases.
We tend to deal with significant terrain changes by doing large border expansions, which is how we’ll approach this one too. Never fear, you’ll get all the new content when it becomes viable for us to add it!
Much love, and much excitement,
Ibby xx
