About
The Divine Crusade lets you dive into a Minecraft adventure you've never experienced before. Explore the tremendous world, make new friends, settle down – and make a fortune!
History
It all began on a cool summer's eve. It was no regular day – not at all. It was New Year's Eve and we (Fabianius and the rest of our team) were all prepared for 2011. Except for the overloaded Minecraft server that worked in my garage. A couple of friends and I were still online when approaching 12 o'clock. We were all aware of the fact that something had to change. The server already ran for several days but wasn't prepared for the sudden increase of members. More and more Minecrafters joined and there was still no elaborate strategy for our server.
We started drawing a scenario for the future and it was clear to everyone that we had to make a new server with a fresh and empty map. A few hours after midnight the server was ready and the first users joined consequently. A totally new and lasting Minecraft adventure was awaiting all of us.
Timeline
Our roots can be traced way back to November 2010, when Fabianius and Sinns started playing Minecraft on their very own private server. A month later, they decided to make it public and called their server The Reign of Apaches. On New Year's Eve our current server, The Divine Crusasde, was founded and has since been the home of hundreds of Minecraft players.
Click here to see the entire timeline.
Philosophy
It is our aim not only to have a server. We want to incorporate a strong community that shows obvious signs of cohesion. Life isn't only about building and constructing. We encourage our users to participate in our economic world so that they can start a thriving business and finally generate a sizeable fortune.
Rules
We allow you to play on The Divine Crusade. You - in exchange - have to follow rules and respect them. Not doing so means getting punished appropriately (by either temporary or even indefinite actions). You can find a list of all rules and punishments here.
Current Settings
- Health is enabled
- PvP is disabled (except for some areas)
- Passive mobs are enabled
- Aggressive mobs are disabled (except for some areas)
Ranks
- Default
- Default user with building rights
- VIP
- Popular and "established" player who fits greatly into the community but most likely doesn't do administrative stuff yet
- Moderator
- Mature user who is widely known and directly helping the server by moderating it (i. e. sorting out server issued and banning griefers if necessary)
- Administrator
- The odious dictator responsible for keeping the server alive - who is always having the last word
- Silver Donator
- Financial supporter of the server
- Gold Donator
- Financial supporter of the server
Click here to read more about each rank and the commands that are available for the players in Minecraft.
Bukkit Plugins
- CommandBook
- for essential commands such as /who, /home, etc.
- PermissionsEx
- permissions plugin enabling us to have different user groups
- WorldGuard
- protecting our server against griefers
- SpamGuard
- protection against spammers
- LogBlock
- logs all changes to our world and makes it hence possible to trace griefers
- LWC
- chest protection
- MyHome
- a home for each and every player
- xWarp
- global, public and private warps
- CraftBook
- lifts, bridges, gates, etc.
- MagicCarpet
- discover the world from the sky
- Dynmap
- offering online map
- BorderGuard
- Restricting the overall map size