Featured Projects
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Laurelian is home to the Shire Alpha Reserve, which protects the gold of most nations within the Shire Dollar Zone and backs the currency’s value, rendering the city crucially important to the economic stability of the world.
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A major shipping hub with the largest port in northwestern Shire, divided into territories belonging to the various nobles within the city.
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Belthil Tower is a 173-block tall skyscraper southwest of the Shire Mainland; at the time of its completion in early 2011, it was the tallest building in the world.
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Imagine yourself on a bustling planet, far into the future, seeking a getaway from the typical piousness of the main city. Visit a relaxing island for you and your friends that's perfectly self-sustaining, with all the amenities you need! -
A multi-tiered city and unique melting pot of several Shire cultures, interconnected by the Hyperloop rail line. -
Established in October 2010 as a “Hi” sign made of stone. Spawn has evolved through several iterations to its current open-air temple structure.
The theme is Shire Main World Winter-fest!
You will decorate a warp that currently belongs to you in the MAIN WORLD. That's right, folks. You'll be building in the Main world! (if you do not already have a warp, then we will make one for you at your current WIP).
This competition is open to everyone, including Tyrules who will use their Tyrule plots (at /warp Tyrule) for their entries. Gaijin may compete with performance art at Spawn.
You may use the powers of your current rank. To keep things fair and not compare a hand-built project with one where the entrant had WorldEdit access, there will be a winner for each rank group as set out below:
- Tyro
- Yeoman / Duke
- Maven / Viceroy / Artisan / Archduke
- Architect / Engineer
- Staff
Any competitors getting help from higher ranks will be disqualified. The ONLY exception will be Mavens/Viceroys getting help with /fixwater or /superpick as Artisans/Archdukes have those powers. This help can ONLY come from a staff member.
There is no limit to how much you decorate your warp/area. The more we get to explore your builds when judging, the better! Sky's the limit! Looking at YOU, Architects!
👉️ To enter, please let a staff member know which of your warps you will be decorating so we can make note. 📝
Begins Sunday, December 1st at 5pm UTC.
Ends TBC (Mid-late December)
Today, we’re celebrating 14 incredible years of The Shire!
Since October 15th, 2010, the server has grown into a close-knit community with layers of history and amazing builds—without a single reset of our immersive main world.
To mark the occasion, we’re launching a new Build Competition!
🌀 Theme: Mazes 📅 Starts: Sat, 19th Oct @ 6pm UTC ⏳ Ends: Mon, 28th Oct @ 11pm UTC
From twisting corridors to mind-bending designs, we want to see your most creative maze builds! Get inspired by watching the Maze Build Competition Announcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7zQ1-c7YE0
Let’s see who can a-maze us most! 🌿🌀
Depending on your time zone... it might be TODAY!
Please join us on Wednesday 19th at 1930 UTC (That's 8.30pm in the UK, 2.30pm US East).
What's New?
- Trial Chambers
- New mobs
- A new weapon with its own enchantments
- Auto crafter
- New Copper and Tuff blocks
- 3 new music discs to find
- More paintings And much more...
What To Expect
- A Vanilla-like experience (no annoying plugins asking you to vote and level up!)
- Online leaderboards to track advancements and skills (How else will we be able to say who slayed the most zombies?)
- Yeoman+ rank required to play on survival
- Free-building; build anywhere but the spawn!
- The only area with spawned in items is the server spawn, and that can't be modified once the server has opened.
- No cheaty permissions, even for staff members.
We're currently preparing the server before it opens - thanks for your patience!
You'll be able to connect directly to survival.shirecraft.us to skip connecting via the main server!
Happy Surviving!
We're holding the first official Chicken Ball Tournament in the Autch Stadium, located in invism's city, Autch (2094, -5580).
The event starts on 11. May, 2024, at 6:00 PM UTC. Players will play in teams of 2, the winner gets the glory of being the first ever Chicken Ball Champion!
If you would like to take part in the event, join the event on the discord, or comment on this post. Be sure to take a teammate with you!
🍫🌼 Easter Egg Hunt 🐣🐰
The egg hunt is back! As usual, the Easter Bunny has been a bit clumsy. This time it's around Spawn, FridayFunLand, Kiwimango, Applewoods and Paarsdam. 🏆
The winner can claim a cosmetic perk such as a custom prefix or the legendary BEEZOOKA! See who's winning on the leaderboard 📊
Good luck & Happy (almost) Easter everyone !
🏗️ Building Competition 🛠️
It’s April Fools… so the theme is “Cringe”!
Show us your finest noob towers, dirt mansions and diamond blocks. Put some extra effort into making things overly boxy and you might just win a PRIZE!
Prizes will be in-game functionality like custom prefixes, voxelsniper or worldedit commands. Winners can negotiate their prize with staff.
Starts 1730 UTC March 31st. Ends 2230 UTC April 2nd.
We want to see the most elaborate build that will make the staff team cringe. 🫣
Welcome
Our main world was created on 15 October 2010, and has never been reset. Since then, we've received thousands of unique visitors, with many contributing to our immersive world.
We feature a wide variety of building styles, some with their own lore, and encourage anybody regardless of their skill level to build with us.
To play, connect to play.shirecraft.us.
If you have any questions or would like a tour, then feel free to ask!
Support The Shire
Donations keep the server running. You don’t need to pay to enjoy The Shire, but we’d appreciate your support if you are able to donate.
Railway Status
Cerelia Riverwood Grand Station Closed; Disembark at Ampitheatre
Dulcia Good service
East Shire Transit Good service.
Empire Part-suspended. Good service Sunspear-Venice, and good service Emerald City-Prontera. No other services are operational.
Franco Good service Venezia Cipriana - Lythia University. No service Lythia-Epsilon.
Hafenstadt Metro Good service
Hestia Good service
Hyperloop Good service
Juris Good service
Lamia Good service
Mainland Metro Good service
Norshire Full Service Vespinae - Riverwood Grand. Part Service Ski Resort - Orton. No service Orton-Laurelian International Hope
Nysa Nuovo Firenze station is closed. Otherwise, good service.
OmegaLoop Good service
Phobean Subway Good service
Quintus Part-suspended New Vashon to Silex-Civis
Riverwood Intraurban Riverwood Grand Closed
Schnellzug Good service
Skira Good service
Spectral Good service
Thule Good service
Vadam Good service
Venezia Metro Good service Valeria-Cipriana (outer loop). No service on other routes.
Venezia Overground Good service
West Shire Rail Good service Caffa-Solentse, UoC West-Thothum, and Zege-Groenevelden.
Zelos Good service