Featured Projects
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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. -
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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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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Established in October 2010 as a “Hi” sign made of stone. Spawn has evolved through several iterations to its current open-air temple structure.
🏕️ Survival Reset
Next weekend, on Saturday 13 December.
Do you have a build you care about in the survival world?
- Ask in 🤝support for it to be moved by a staff member
- Include coordinates in the survival world
- Also coordinates of where you'd like it in the main world
Staff will then consider your request. If we are unable to move your build, we will offer you a WorldEdit schematic of it.
Please chat in #⛺survival on Discord - let's see if you'd prefer to play with something like Factions.
🏆Competitions
Congrats who won our Halloween treasure hunt a few weeks ago! Malac has offered the prize to the runner-up, so please negotiate with staff for your prize!
We'll start a festive treasure hunt in the coming weeks.
Remember there's only one prize for the player who collects the most valuable items (some treasure is worth more). This prize can be something cosmetic like ability to use colours/formatting on signs, a custom prefix in chat, kittycannon... you win the right to negotiate a prize like this with staff.
Thanks all!
On NOW in 6 locations for you to explore!
Treasure will drop from the sky, so look out in the open! Some items are more common than others. Score the most points to win - there's only a prize for first place!
🏆 The winner can choose a cosmetic prize like a custom name prefix, beezooka, kittycannon, ability to use colours/formatting in chat. Please negotiate with staff if you win!
Track progress on the leaderboard
Good luck all!
Locations
Border City ⚡ Nearest warp: /warp bordercity 🚂 Nearest station: Sakura (West Shire Rail)
Spawn ⚡ /spawn 🚂 Spawn (Mainland Metro)
Kiwimango ⚡ /warp kiwimango 🚂 Kiwimango (West Shire Rail)
City-18 ⚡ /warp cityeighteen 🚂 City-18 (East Shire Transit)
Toasttown ⚡ /warp toasttown 🚂 Toasttown (Vesta line)
Shireboyle ⚡ /warp shireboyle 🚂 Shireboyle (Franco line)
Today marks 15 years since the founding of our Minecraft server.
Over the past decade and a half, we’ve shared countless adventures, built incredible cities, and most importantly, built a community that has stood the test of time. Thank you to every single player, past and present, who has shaped the Shire into what it is today.
Whether you’ve been away for a while or log in every day, we invite you to come back and revisit the world we’ve created together. Let’s celebrate where we’ve been and look forward to the future we’ll continue to build.
To mark this milestone
Shire15 Stage: Built by Blockysumo, this special anniversary stage can be visited now at /warp shire15. Don’t miss it!
Shire Museum: Built by Mech, this museum will highlight and celebrate every year of the Shire’s history. Opening soon!
Thank you so much for all of your contributions to our unique server experience, long may it continue!
A new Chicken Ball Tournament is taking place! 🐔⚽
The Second Chicken Ball Tournament. This time, we're using a revolutionary new system. Everyone who wants to play can join using the announcement on Discord, and we will carry out the matches over multiple days.
This is the first time we're doing this so there might be some slight issues along the way, so please be patient!
First matches start at the latest at 11pm UTC on 23 July.
Congratulations Theta on coming FIRST 🥇 in the Easter Egg Hunt!
Please speak to a staff member to claim your reward.
Special mention to RiceCrackers for an incredibly close second place.
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
Anuman line Good service
Cerelia Good service
Dulcia Good service
East Shire Transit No service between Orton and Hobbiton.
Empire Good service
Franco Good service between Venezia Cipriana and Mooshoo. No service south of Mooshoo.
Hafenstadt Metro Good service
Hestia Good service
Hyperloop Good service
Juris Good service
Lamia Good service
Lost Valley Loop Good service Verdant-Meridian Park
Mainland Metro Good service
Naoki Metro Good service
Norshire Good service
Nysa Good service
OmegaLoop Good service
Quintus Part-suspended New Vashon to Silex-Civis
Riverwood Intraurban Riverwood Grand Closed
Schnellzug Good service
Skira Good service
Spectral No service to stations East of Krain.
Thule Good service
Vadam No service between Vadam and Clementine Airport. All services will either start or terminate at Clementine Airport.
Venezia Metro Good service Valeria-Cipriana (outer loop). No service on other routes.
Venezia Overground Good service
Vesta Good service
West Shire Rail No service Solentse-Albast. No service Castle Argh-Fulfwotz. Passengers connecting to Fulfwotz should use Cerelia line services. No service Clementine Airport-Caffa.
Zelos Good service