**Competitive mode** - Inactive players now get hidden from the leaderboard - "Inactive player" is anyone who hasn't played a match in the last 7 days, **or** anyone who played less than 5 matches in the last 14 days. - Inactive players will not be considered for tournaments (more info soon). - There is no rating decay, but your rating change will be higher once you return. - Adjusted glicko2 parameters: - Minimum RD has been raised - rating gain/loss is now ~2x larger. - Rating period has been decreased - being inactive will make your next game(s) have much higher rating gain/loss. - These changes only apply to new matches (existing matches remain the same). - Added forfeit cooldown: - First forfeit in a 12 hour period is not punished. - After the first forfeit, you will get a queue cooldown. If you keep forfeiting, this cooldown will grow. **Gameplay** - Added Bone Meal Moss spread standardization - Same Moss spread shapes are attempted - More spread moss (due to clean terrain) = more vegetation attempts - For example: 30th spread Moss block will have a Flowering Azalea for all players - Oak and Dark Oak Leaves share Apple drop rates (similar to leather and ores). - Added goals: - Obtain “It Spreads” Advancement - Obtain 12 Unique Dyes - Obtain 64 of any Flower - Obtain 3 Unique Music Discs - Obtain Bamboo Mosaic Stairs - Give a Diamond to a Fox - Mine Sea Lantern - Changed goals: - Ignite a TNT Sulfur Cube -> Obtain "Uh Oh!" Advancement - Construct a Copper Golem -> Create a Copper Golem (deoxidizing statue now works) **Settings** - Added Chat & Privacy settings: - Hide Opponent (never, in game, always) - Hide Elo (off, own, opponents, all) - Disable Chat (off, on) - advancements are still shown - Changed Tier 3 color: Gold->Brown. - 2 reasons: all other colors except Gold were Minecraft dyes; and Gold was very similar to other colors. **Lobby** - Added Bingo mode: - Complete any column, row or diagonal to win. - If bingo isn't possible anymore, Lockout rules decide the winner (majority of goals). - Drafting tries to guarantee fairness: - 1 player: drafting fills the board in order - 2 players: mirrored - 3+ players: avoids bingo lines with your drafted goals - Drafted boards now work for any amount of players, including solo drafting. - Limited to 1 player per team. - Reworked lobby related GUIs to be cleaner. - Added "Force End" option for Hosts. - Added "Co-host" role. - Co-hosts have the same permissions as the Host, except in-match controls (force end, change seed, reroll board etc.) - Added "Spectator" setting (read more below). **Spectators** - Lobbies hosted by players with Supporter Tier 3 can have Spectators. - Spectators see the game as a live replay, with a ~4s delay.

**Bug fixes** - Replay player being invisible - Brightness resetting to 100% on relaunch - Some structure-dependant goals showing up when that structure doesn't spawn

**Allowed mods** - Added Sodium - Added Lithium - Added Krypton **Bug Fixes** - Fixed "Lock Map" goal not working for Structure Maps - "World Settings" button is now available on the Pause Screen - Symbols on completed goals not scaling with Board Scale

**Minecraft 26.3** - Draftout has now moved to Minecraft version 26.3! - You must make a new instance and manually add the Draftout mod. - We are working on a modpack which will make updating easier in the future, but it's still being reviewed by Modrinth. - Removed ALL allowed mods, except: - 'No Chat Restrictions' - 'No Telemetry' - (macOS only) 'retiNO' - (macOS only) 'Boundless Window' - (macOS only) 'CommandQMod' - We will announce new allowed mods as they get updated. - (Video Settings) Brightness slider range has been changed to 0-500%. **Goals** - Added goals: - Obtain Bucket of Sulfur Cube - Obtain Straw Bed - Obtain 64 Nametags - Obtain Coal Block - Sit in colored Cushion - Ignite a TNT Sulfur Cube - Ride Geyser - Die to Sulfur Cube - Fill Inventory with Mushroom Stew - Put a Bundle in a Bundle - Updated goals: - Obtain every type of Mushroom -> Obtain 4 Unique Mushrooms (includes Shelf Mushroom) - Obtain 4 unique Saplings (includes Poplar Sapling) **Gameplay** - Standardized effects from food (hunger from Rotten Flesh and Chicken; poison from Poisonous Potato) - Standardized damage from Iron Golem. **Seeds** - New seed type: Abandoned Camp (every variation can appear) - Removed "Miscellaneous" seed type. - It was split into 3 seed types: Mansion, Ancient City & Pale Garden - Removed seed types: Trail Ruins, Mushroom biome, Old Growth Taiga biome - Each seed type now has it's own %: - (16.3% each) Village, Shipwreck, Abandoned Camp, Pillager Outpost - (8.2% each) Desert Temple, Jungle Temple - (6.5%) Witch Hut - (4.9%) Mansion - (3.2%) Igloo - (1.6% each) Ancient City, Pale Garden - Seedbank now contains over **200k seeds** - (Competitive) Seeds can no longer be played more than once. - Goals which require certain biomes (e.g. Warm Ocean, Jungle, Pale Garden) now also require a large surface area for these biomes (50+ chunks) near spawn. - Minimum spawn Y has been upped to 60. - This should reduce the number of cave spawns. - Lava Pools near spawn should be much more common (Lava Pool spawn locations were scouted during seedfinding). - Other surface Lava Pools are still 2x the Vanilla spawn rate. **Replays** - Replays are now recorded in all Quick Play matches. - Replays are now recorded in Lobby matches if Lobby host has Supporter Tier 1+. - Lobby host can choose to have the replay private (only downloadable by match players) in Lobby settings. - All replays are now stored for 3 days. **Settings** - Completed goals now use symbols (✔ for you and ✗ for opponents) for readability. - You can toggle between Symbols and Colors with a hotkey. - Colors have also been slightly modified. - Supporters can choose which Supporter badge they want to display in Account tab. - Added "Enable 'Preset' Slider" setting to Utility tab (can be used to disable the slider in Video Settings).

**Gameplay** - Competitive queue should now be noticeably faster. - We are working on queue speed settings for future updates. - Changed team colors to be more readable. - There is now a dark outline on completed goals, which should also help readability. - We will keep working on this to make it better. **Bug Fixes** - Fixed "Lock a Map using Cartography Table" goal not working correctly. - Fixed "Teleport through Nether Portal using Ender Pearl" being available in non-Lobby games (it might come back soon!). - Fixed Countdown setting being reset after board was rerolled. - Fixed "Player is typing" showing up from previous games sometimes. - Fixed being able to move in Quick Play during draft. - Fixed typos & crashes.

**Supporter Tiers and Store** - Visit https://draftout.paynow.store to support us and fund future events! - Some features include: - More board color options - Select teams in Lobbies - Choose seed type in Lobbies - Tiers are a **monthly subscription** and offer some cosmetics & Lobby features. - Tier 3 is priced highly because it will offer Tournament features (access to Live match API, spectator in Lobbies etc.) - It will (soon) include Lobby Spectator option and offer more tournament tools. - You can now link your Discord account from Settings -> Account. - If you buy a Supporter Tier, you will get access to a new Supporter-only channel (#supporter-chat). **Leaderboard reset & new ranks** - Reset all Competitive ratings, leaderboards and added new ranks. - Ratings now use the [Glicko 2](https://www.glicko.net/glicko/glicko2.pdf) system which rates you closer to your skill, faster. In general, elo gain/loss is way higher early on, than lower than it previously was. - Getting rated will now take more games (usually 4 or 5). - New ranks: - Silverfish (0-499) - Slime (500-999) - Vex (1000-1299) - Evoker (1300-1599) - Phantom (1600-1799) - Guardian (1800-1999) - Warden (2000+) - Matchmaking now uses an expanding Elo & Rank window, which should make matches slightly more balanced. - Queue times will be slightly longer. - We will be monitoring and adjusting the queue speed. - Existing leaderboard is still available [here](https://draftoutmc.com/leaderboard?era=1)! **Goals** - Added goals: - Obtain Colored Harness - Obtain 16 Glow Lichen - Use Cartography Table - Lock a Map using Cartography Table - Break Fishing Rod - Break Shield - Mine Obsidian - Obtain "The Power of Books" advancement - (Lobby only) Teleport through Nether Portal using Ender Pearl - Removed goals (from random goal pool): - Visit all Nether Biomes - Die to Void **Gameplay** - (Quick Play) Added "Rematch" button. - Standardized more RNG: - Leather drops from Cows/Horses/Donkeys/Mules are now shared. - Mob held items drop rates (Witch - held potion, Pillager - crossbow etc.). - Ore drops are now shared between Deepslate & Stone variants. - Seed drops from Grass/Fern blocks are now shared. - Added progress messages in chat to more goals (foods, breeds, mob kills). **Lobby** - Split mode selection into more intuitive toggles - Board: Random/Drafted/Custom - Teams: Custom/Single - Supporters can select each player's team color (and group players into teams - for example 2v2 is now possible). - Added Seed Type selection (requires Supporter Tier 2). **Replays** - You can now zoom in and out of the followed player by holding sneak/jump. - Updated replay board GUI: - shows player's dimension under the time bar - goal completions on the progress bar are now clickable - Fixed some bugs (breath meter ticking, spectator dying in void etc.).

Gameplay - Disabled mob spawning in Jungle Temples. - Profiling (using F3+L) in now disabled in matches. Settings - Added world clearing options to Utility tab (enabled by default, keeps 20 latest worlds). Bug fixes - "Craft X Unique Items" playing the sound on non-unique crafts. - (Lobby) Some goal completion messages showing the wrong player. - Replay button not being clickable on some GUI scales. - Getting stuck on loading screen when opening a replay while in a world. - (Replays) Pumpkin overlay showing when spectated player was wearing it.

Replays - You can now view match replays using the Replay system. - Download replays from profile -> match screen. - Downloaded replays are saved locally (in the "Replays" tab). - Replay controls are located on the Board Screen. - Most controls also have hotkeys. - Limitations: - Replays are only available in Competitive mode. - Replays are stored on the server for 24 hours. Downloaded replays can be stored locally and shared as files. Goals - Reduced size of icon text (e.g. 50, 64, 100, 400) to fit within the cell. - Updated some goal icons & names to be more consistent. - Added goals: - Duplicate Allay - Duplicate any Armor Trim - Obtain 2 Unique Armor Trims - Mine 3 types of Ice - Wear Full Armor with different materials - Removed goals: - Spy on Enderman - Wear Full Leather Armor Allowed Mods - Allowed "Retino" mod. - Allowed "No Chat Restrictions" mod. - Allowed "No Telemetry" mod. Bug fixes - (API) Drafted goals data getting out of sync sometimes (all existing matches have also been fixed). - (Vanilla bug) 'blockEntities' piechart keeping block entities when changing render distance.

Gameplay: - Pillager captain spawns are standardized by spawn # - Example: 2nd and 15th pillager spawn will be captain for both players - Added "Toggle Board" hotkey to hide/show the board (unbound by default) - Resets every match (you always start with the board visible) Lobbies: - Added "Commands" setting - Allows up to 10 commands. - Commands can be ran when players join the world, or once the match starts. Goals: - Added goals: - Hang a Hanging Sign - Kill Husk - Removed goals: - Kill Parched - "Kill Witch" now requires either Witch Hut, or Pillager Outpost+Village near spawn. Bug fixes: - Tab rarely not showing any players. - Being able to open containers before match start. - (Lobby) Not being able to use "Ride Horse" goal on Custom boards. - (Lobby) Seed change not resetting "Reroll Board" button

**Settings** - You can now change the primary/secondary color which is used in matches. - If both players have the same primary color, one of them will use their secondary color. **Lobby** - Worlds with a set seed can not be seed changed. - Matches with a custom board can not be rerolled. **Goals** - Updated "Kill Colored Sheep" goal icons - "Light a Candle" now works with projectiles on fire. **Bugfixes** - Wrong text on post-match screen when playing differently sized boards. - (Lobby) Seed changing in lobby with a custom board resetting said board. - (Lobby) Completing custom boards with multiple goals with same id (e.g. "Kill Colored Sheep") not finishing the game. - (Lobby) Losing lobby owner status after a finished match.