Vanilla Newsletter | December 2021

Jimmel · December 7, 2021

Hello, and welcome to our very first official Vanilla newsletter!

So, why is this a thing now, you ask? Well, we feel that we haven't been particularly transparent when it comes to keeping you up to date with the latest developments on our servers. We want that to change. To that end, we're starting up this bi-monthly (as in, once every two months) newsletter as a way of connecting with the community, sharing our work and upcoming projects, as well as truly opening up to suggestions and feedback from you.

Let's jump right in!

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Christmas decorations

Like every year, we've given our Network lobby an amazing festive makeover! Huge props to our Build Team for their awesome work on all the new designs.

Click here for the most amazing wallpaper ever (it really does put my screenshot to shame), as well as information on how to get yourself an exclusive Santa prefix.

Top Voter, with a holiday twist

A 30-day Top Voter rank with its fancy tag and cool perks is totally fine, don't get me wrong. You know what's even better though? An awesome custom prefix for you to keep.

That's right, December's Top Voter for Vanilla is getting a free name tag of their choice, courtesy of us. All you have to do is literally just keep voting, get to that first place and we'll do the rest! Trust me, looking cool in-game has never been easier (or cheaper).

Good luck to all of you!

Introducing a new rank

Conditions

This rank is exclusive to Assassin's Craft. It's monthly, just like the Top Voter one, meaning that if you wish to keep the rank, you’ll have to keep coming in at first place in our brand new AssassinS Leaderboard. Each month's Master Assassin will be announced on our Discord vanilla channel during the first couple of days.

We're rolling this out in January.
May the best assassin win!

Perks
(Updated - May 2022)

Keep XP on death.
Exempt from being AFK kicked.
/afk
/bal (others)
/feed
/hat
/invsee
/workbench
$20,000 in-game cash.
A Master Assassin Kit the first time you get the rank.
Public display at Spawn, along with your title.

Finally, a Spawn update!
Believe it or not, we actually got a new Spawn for AC! A lot of work went into setting everything up, so we hope you like it as much as we do.
^_^

Click here for more details.

Bug fixes and updates

Last month also included some stability updates and a lot of background work on squishing bugs, updating key server components and reinforcing our infrastructure to provide you with a smoother and safer experience.

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Coming up

- Additional tweaks (including some sweet player kits) for AC and PS
- New adventures on AC!
- Creative server opening
- Some updates to SkyBlock and minigames
and more..

Be sure to check our Discord for all the latest updates! (#network_vanilla / Turn on @Vanilla Updates in #role-selection)

Useful Links

Top Voters - November 2021
Make a suggestion!

From all of us on the Network Staff Team,

Happy Holidays!