HOOOSK

The haunted houses were sure scary! Good work building things that made us want to cry in fear. After carefully taking stairs and falling into more than one lava pit, the entries have been judged. Congrats to the winners!



And finally, all participants who finalized their plots with /plot done will receive 100 tokens.
Thanks to everyone who took part in creating some really scary builds for this contest! (Share some of your candy with Husker!)

The haunted houses were sure scary! Good work building things that made us want to cry in fear. After carefully taking stairs and falling into more than one lava pit, the entries have been judged. Congrats to the winners!



And finally, all participants who finalized their plots with /plot done will receive 100 tokens.
Thanks to everyone who took part in creating some really scary builds for this contest! (Share some of your candy with Husker!)

Here's a fun game we're going to play



You should be happy, the game starts today



Your help is needed to find all my gold



It's tokens and coins, the legend's foretold



Read all the clues, you will see them below



Only the wisest will be in the know



Riddles will guide you to a treasure chest



Submit your screenshot to prove you're the best



If you are the first to post your success



Riches and riches upon you, I'll bless



But please go with caution, take this to heart



You can win only once...plan and be smart



The first clue I'll give will pop up today



The second tomorrow, third on it's way



Good luck to you all, please go find my loot



And while you're at it, I'm missing a boot

Treasure #1 Clues: FOUND! - More treasures coming soon

Here's a fun game we're going to play



You should be happy, the game starts today



Your help is needed to find all my gold



It's tokens and coins, the legend's foretold



Read all the clues, you will see them below



Only the wisest will be in the know



Riddles will guide you to a treasure chest



Submit your screenshot to prove you're the best



If you are the first to post your success



Riches and riches upon you, I'll bless



But please go with caution, take this to heart



You can win only once...plan and be smart



The first clue I'll give will pop up today



The second tomorrow, third on it's way



Good luck to you all, please go find my loot



And while you're at it, I'm missing a boot

Treasure #1 Clues: FOUND! - More treasures coming soon

Here's a fun game we're going to play



You should be happy, the game starts today



Your help is needed to find all my gold



It's tokens and coins, the legend's foretold



Read all the clues, you will see them below



Only the wisest will be in the know



Riddles will guide you to a treasure chest



Submit your screenshot to prove you're the best



If you are the first to post your success



Riches and riches upon you, I'll bless



But please go with caution, take this to heart



You can win only once...plan and be smart



The first clue I'll give will pop up today



The second tomorrow, third on it's way



Good luck to you all, please go find my loot



And while you're at it, I'm missing a boot

Treasure #1 Clues: FOUND! - More treasures coming soon

Here's a fun game we're going to play



You should be happy, the game starts today



Your help is needed to find all my gold



It's tokens and coins, the legend's foretold



Read all the clues, you will see them below



Only the wisest will be in the know



Riddles will guide you to a treasure chest



Submit your screenshot to prove you're the best



If you are the first to post your success



Riches and riches upon you, I'll bless



But please go with caution, take this to heart



You can win only once...plan and be smart



The first clue I'll give will pop up today



The second tomorrow, third on it's way



Good luck to you all, please go find my loot



And while you're at it, I'm missing a boot

Treasure #1 Clues: FOUND! - More treasures coming soon

Here's a fun game we're going to play



You should be happy, the game starts today



Your help is needed to find all my gold



It's tokens and coins, the legend's foretold



Read all the clues, you will see them below



Only the wisest will be in the know



Riddles will guide you to a treasure chest



Submit your screenshot to prove you're the best



If you are the first to post your success



Riches and riches upon you, I'll bless



But please go with caution, take this to heart



You can win only once...plan and be smart



The first clue I'll give will pop up today



The second tomorrow, third on it's way



Good luck to you all, please go find my loot



And while you're at it, I'm missing a boot

Treasure #1 Clues: FOUND! - More treasures coming soon

Here's a fun game we're going to play



You should be happy, the game starts today



Your help is needed to find all my gold



It's tokens and coins, the legend's foretold



Read all the clues, you will see them below



Only the wisest will be in the know



Riddles will guide you to a treasure chest



Submit your screenshot to prove you're the best



If you are the first to post your success



Riches and riches upon you, I'll bless



But please go with caution, take this to heart



You can win only once...plan and be smart



The first clue I'll give will pop up today



The second tomorrow, third on it's way



Good luck to you all, please go find my loot



And while you're at it, I'm missing a boot

Treasure #1 Clues: FOUND! - More treasures coming soon

We hope you enjoyed the temporary challenges we had in June (Seamstress, BottleCollector, GoGreen). You voted and chose to resurrect the SandStorm challenge (from April) permanently. It's been slightly changed, but is now a permanent part of the Special challenges on Skyblock.
For July, we have 3 new temporary challenges:

Do you like July's challenges?
Are you happy SandStorm is back?
Have ideas for August's challenges?
Let us know in the comments.

With big video game announcements right around the corner, it's the perfect time to show



love for your favorite video games!



Build your favorite level from Mario Bros., create pixel art of your favorite character, or make a Pac-man maze.



It's your choice! Have fun!

If you stream on Twitch, you'll need...
a minimum of around 100 followers. to have streamed on PickAxis at least three times in the past. to stream on PickAxis at least twice each month. If you upload videos on YouTube, you'll need...
a minimum of around 100 subscribers. to have at least three videos showing your past adventures on PickAxis. to release at least two new videos each month letting us know what you're up to on PickAxis.  
We're flexible on these requirements if you're close to them, or if you create highly exceptional content.
 
Interested in becoming a PickAxis Ambassador?  Apply here!

We hope you enjoyed the temporary challenges we had in March (PaperMill, TheArrow, & Recycled). You voted and chose to keep TheArrow permanently. It's been slightly changed, but is now a permanent part of the Special challenges on Skyblock.
For April, we have 3 new temporary challenges:

We are also introducing something that will help you keep track of how many monthly challenges you finish. With each completion you also receive a pink wool. This item will change each month. Make a trophy room, show off your collection, brag about your pink wool, or just throw it off the edge. It's up to you.
Do you like April's challenges?
Are you happy TheArrow is here to stay?
Do you like the monthly extra item (April: pink wool) idea?
Let us know in the comments.

PWU - 2/5/15
It's Thursday! That means it's time for the next PickAxis Weekly Update. BTW, these updates will be every other week unless there is enough information to add a couple more into the month.




What's New?
Changed Voting Sites - You will see that we switched PMC to another voting site because PMC wasn't registering each time someone voted and correctly reporting it back to us. In order to get you all the tokens you deserve, we switched to Mineservers.net. (Also, congrats to Malsamatic for winning Top Voter for January!)
1.8 Updates - Creative now joins Survival and Skyblock as a fully-updated 1.8 server. Enjoy the fun, new blocks!
New Token Shop Kits (Skyblock) - On Skyblock there are 2 new 1.8 kits in /shop. Use your tokens to purchase these for 50 tokens each. One kit is the 1.8 Ground Pack & the other is the 1.8 Sea Pack. Have ideas for other Token Kits? Let us know in the comments below.
PickAxis Coins & Ranks - They are here! Check out the front page announcements or the Shop page for complete details.
Name Changes - Mojang has officially allowed us to change our Minecraft names. While doing so is compliant with most of our servers and plugins, be warned that it will not keep your Skyblock island. We are not yet sure of any other bugs it may cause, but do any updating with caution.

What's Coming?
Flash Build Contest - We will have our first Flash Build Contest starting this weekend. This means it will be up for only one week. Keep your eyes peeled for the announcement.
TF2 Event - This weekend we hope to have our first TF2 event. Join the PickAxis Steam group to be alerted to its start time. See ya there!

Uhhh...video form of PWU. We'll get better at them...promise!
Topics covered:
1.8 Update
Survival Challenges
KitPvP Update
Skyblock Shops
Coins & Ranks
Voting & Tokens

Let us know if you like this video form or if we should switch back to the text form, like this one.
Thanks!

Uhhh...video form of PWU. We'll get better at them...promise!
Topics covered:
1.8 Update
Survival Challenges
KitPvP Update
Skyblock Shops
Coins & Ranks
Voting & Tokens

Let us know if you like this video form or if we should switch back to the text form, like this one.
Thanks!

This month's world resets have been completed!
SkyBlock: The End and Nether have been reset.
Survival: The End, Nether, and Mining worlds have been reset.

Did you leave something behind in the one of the old worlds? Let us know here and we'll help you recover it.
Good luck on your hunt for loot!

That's right! PickAxis is finally in beta! What does that mean for you? There are some fun new features that we're excited to tell you about as part of our beta launch, and we'll have more to announce over the next few weeks.
Voting
We are listed on 5 server list websites. Please vote for PickAxis on each of them every 24 hours. When you vote, it will bring PickAxis up in the rankings and bring more players to the server. As a thank you from us, you'll be rewarded with 10 tokens each time you vote.
Tokens
Each day you can get 50 tokens for voting (10 tokens x 5 sites). On each server you can access the token shop by using the /shop command. You can buy some awesome perks with your tokens, like fly in Survival and SkyBlock, and extra plots in creative. The coolest part of tokens is that you can earn almost everything that's available in our real-money store. Stay on the lookout because we'll be hosting events and mini-games where you can earn more tokens each day.
What else?
We've been working tirelessly to add some really cool things to make the future of PickAxis epic. We've also fixed various bugs and cleaned up some things on our journey from alpha to beta. On top of that, we will be adding the ability to purchase paid packages from our store shortly, in case saving up tokens isn't your thing or if you're simply feeling generous.
It's now time to start inviting all your friends to come play with you on PickAxis! Please be welcoming and helpful to any new players you see. They will look to you for advice.
Keep an eye out for more new features coming soon! We look forward to seeing you in-game!
 

That's right! PickAxis is finally in beta! What does that mean for you? There are some fun new features that we're excited to tell you about as part of our beta launch, and we'll have more to announce over the next few weeks.
Voting
We are listed on 5 server list websites. Please vote for PickAxis on each of them every 24 hours. When you vote, it will bring PickAxis up in the rankings and bring more players to the server. As a thank you from us, you'll be rewarded with 10 tokens each time you vote.
Tokens
Each day you can get 50 tokens for voting (10 tokens x 5 sites). On each server you can access the token shop by using the /shop command. You can buy some awesome perks with your tokens, like fly in Survival and SkyBlock, and extra plots in creative. The coolest part of tokens is that you can earn almost everything that's available in our real-money store. Stay on the lookout because we'll be hosting events and mini-games where you can earn more tokens each day.
What else?
We've been working tirelessly to add some really cool things to make the future of PickAxis epic. We've also fixed various bugs and cleaned up some things on our journey from alpha to beta. On top of that, we will be adding the ability to purchase paid packages from our store shortly, in case saving up tokens isn't your thing or if you're simply feeling generous.
It's now time to start inviting all your friends to come play with you on PickAxis! Please be welcoming and helpful to any new players you see. They will look to you for advice.
Keep an eye out for more new features coming soon! We look forward to seeing you in-game!
 

That's right! PickAxis is finally in beta! What does that mean for you? There are some fun new features that we're excited to tell you about as part of our beta launch, and we'll have more to announce over the next few weeks.
Voting
We are listed on 5 server list websites. Please vote for PickAxis on each of them every 24 hours. When you vote, it will bring PickAxis up in the rankings and bring more players to the server. As a thank you from us, you'll be rewarded with 10 tokens each time you vote.
Tokens
Each day you can get 50 tokens for voting (10 tokens x 5 sites). On each server you can access the token shop by using the /shop command. You can buy some awesome perks with your tokens, like fly in Survival and SkyBlock, and extra plots in creative. The coolest part of tokens is that you can earn almost everything that's available in our real-money store. Stay on the lookout because we'll be hosting events and mini-games where you can earn more tokens each day.
What else?
We've been working tirelessly to add some really cool things to make the future of PickAxis epic. We've also fixed various bugs and cleaned up some things on our journey from alpha to beta. On top of that, we will be adding the ability to purchase paid packages from our store shortly, in case saving up tokens isn't your thing or if you're simply feeling generous.
It's now time to start inviting all your friends to come play with you on PickAxis! Please be welcoming and helpful to any new players you see. They will look to you for advice.
Keep an eye out for more new features coming soon! We look forward to seeing you in-game!
 

That's right! PickAxis is finally in beta! What does that mean for you? There are some fun new features that we're excited to tell you about as part of our beta launch, and we'll have more to announce over the next few weeks.
Voting
We are listed on 5 server list websites. Please vote for PickAxis on each of them every 24 hours. When you vote, it will bring PickAxis up in the rankings and bring more players to the server. As a thank you from us, you'll be rewarded with 10 tokens each time you vote.
Tokens
Each day you can get 50 tokens for voting (10 tokens x 5 sites). On each server you can access the token shop by using the /shop command. You can buy some awesome perks with your tokens, like fly in Survival and SkyBlock, and extra plots in creative. The coolest part of tokens is that you can earn almost everything that's available in our real-money store. Stay on the lookout because we'll be hosting events and mini-games where you can earn more tokens each day.
What else?
We've been working tirelessly to add some really cool things to make the future of PickAxis epic. We've also fixed various bugs and cleaned up some things on our journey from alpha to beta. On top of that, we will be adding the ability to purchase paid packages from our store shortly, in case saving up tokens isn't your thing or if you're simply feeling generous.
It's now time to start inviting all your friends to come play with you on PickAxis! Please be welcoming and helpful to any new players you see. They will look to you for advice.
Keep an eye out for more new features coming soon! We look forward to seeing you in-game!
 

That's right! PickAxis is finally in beta! What does that mean for you? There are some fun new features that we're excited to tell you about as part of our beta launch, and we'll have more to announce over the next few weeks.
Voting
We are listed on 5 server list websites. Please vote for PickAxis on each of them every 24 hours. When you vote, it will bring PickAxis up in the rankings and bring more players to the server. As a thank you from us, you'll be rewarded with 10 tokens each time you vote.
Tokens
Each day you can get 50 tokens for voting (10 tokens x 5 sites). On each server you can access the token shop by using the /shop command. You can buy some awesome perks with your tokens, like fly in Survival and SkyBlock, and extra plots in creative. The coolest part of tokens is that you can earn almost everything that's available in our real-money store. Stay on the lookout because we'll be hosting events and mini-games where you can earn more tokens each day.
What else?
We've been working tirelessly to add some really cool things to make the future of PickAxis epic. We've also fixed various bugs and cleaned up some things on our journey from alpha to beta. On top of that, we will be adding the ability to purchase paid packages from our store shortly, in case saving up tokens isn't your thing or if you're simply feeling generous.
It's now time to start inviting all your friends to come play with you on PickAxis! Please be welcoming and helpful to any new players you see. They will look to you for advice.
Keep an eye out for more new features coming soon! We look forward to seeing you in-game!
 

Well, it would seem that the ghouls and goblins of the nether have gone back to their dark places. Left in their wake were some otherworldly builds.
A now, the results of the first PickAxis build contest!
First Place
$50 store credit & 500 tokens
UltimateStuff & ninjabou
/warp firstplace
Second Place
$30 store credit & 450 tokens
OrangeyApples
/warp secondplace
Third Place
$20 store credit & 400 tokens
nick_godoy
/warp thirdplace
While we were only able to award 1st through 3rd places, there were some entries that are worth an honorable mention. Each will receive 350 tokens!
Honorable Mention
skarzs
/warp honor1
Honorable Mention
NEKOMENACE2
/warp honor2
Honorable Mention
lnpejc
/warp honor3
Honorable Mention
Xx_Gonder_xX
/warp honor4
And finally, all entrants that finalized their plots with /plot done will receive 100 tokens!
The PickAxis store will soon be online and the winners' prizes will be credited to their accounts.
Thank you to all the entrants. They were all great builds and we really enjoyed exploring and discovering the secrets you built into them. Stay tuned for the next contest!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
The time for entering your build for the Halloween Build Contest has now expired. If you have a build that you forgot to mark with /plot done please contact us immediately to let us know.
We will go through all the delicious entries today and will announce our winners tomorrow.
Stay tuned tonight for another special announcement!