Morl0ck's Castle
| morl0ck's Castle (unofficial), Harrenhal (official) | |
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| Name: morl0ck's Castle (unofficial), Harrenhal (official) | |
| Status: Griefed | |
| Date: Started construction Mid-2013 | |
| Abandoned: 6 January 2017 | |
| Members: morl0ck, Renf0x, EricCMiller, LetsGetTr0pical, el_andres96, LegendaryArtz, Wolfbitten, Ellitra | |
Description
The grounds of the castle spanned a 450x450 block area, with a large two-layer curtain wall surrounding it.
It was abandoned on 6 January 2017, due to fears it would not be long until it was found, due to the advent of elytra rocket flying. In November 2020 it was griefed by a team of "streamers" who used x-ray cheats to locate portals leading to it. The cheaters were later banned.
The main centerpiece of the castle was the Tower Keep, which was a 30 block diameter tower that reaches height limit. Sitting on top of the tower is a 41-block diameter sphere made of blue stained glass, which is filled with water and acted as a PVP arena. Underneath the tower is The Undercroft, the main functional area of the castle. The undercroft is mainly a series of long hallways which contains storage, automatic farms, and the like.
Harrenhal was once stated by the admin to be the largest base on the server by number of blocks, however this was several years ago and possibly no longer true, likely superseded in size by one of the more recent large-scale team city projects (see Aggersel and Ascaris).
Harrenhal was one among the longest-running projects on the server that remained un-discovered and un-griefed from the time it was first constructed to its retirement, lasting over 7 years before finally being griefed (by cheaters).
Team Members
In order of their joining, the team members of the castle were morl0ck, Renf0x, el_andres96, EricCMiller, LegendaryArtz, LetsGetTr0pical, Wolfbitten, Ellitra.
Current Farms
The Castle possessed the following noteworthy farms:
- Double Blaze
- Double Skeleton
- Guardian
- Witch
- Pigman (90 portal)
Iron Trench
Before the 1.8 update, morl0ck constructed a large iron farm named "The Iron Trench", a 32 village iron farm that produced 1300 iron ingots per hour. Unfortunately, the 1.8 update completely changed village mechanics and so this build stopped working along with the update. However, the massive structure still sits in the desert as an old relic and reminder of the good ol' days.
Retirement
Harrenhal was retired in January 2016 after the surprise 1.11.2 update, which added rocket elytra flight to the game.
Discovery
Morl0ck's Castle was discovered by the player jayaypiel on 29 January 2017. Jayaypiel, by a matter of chance, had been living fewer than 1,000 blocks from the castle grounds for at least a year. He was not hostile.
It was also discovered by the base-hunter Burger_Malone some time in mid-2020. He was not hostile.
Griefing
Harrenhal was griefed in November 2020 by a group of wannabe "streamers" who only came online to specifically find a large base to grief. They were not part of the community. The group used x-ray cheats to find portals which led to Harrenhal. The cheaters were banned for using x-ray shortly after.
Conclusion
The screenshots of it and conversations can be found here: https://simplicitypvp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1551