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State of Loka

State of Loka

By Loka Minecraft

Listen to Loka Staff discuss what's up on the server! Listen in to what's going on in Loka, and what's coming for the future!
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Year of Growth

State of LokaFeb 23, 2024

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Year of Growth

Year of Growth

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and plenty of player questions throughout! Have a listen!

🟧 Server Topics

  • Year of Growth
  • Treasure Knives
  • Overall 2023 Catchup
  • Conquest Hype Vid

🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • When can we expect the waterstone to be added to Loka?
  • When will the original cove map be returning?
  • Will beachheads or something similar ever come back?
  • Will netherite armor trims ever be obtainable on gear?
  • Red tag nether/end PvP
  • When/Will any new armor trims be added to Loka?
  • Orange Trees.
  • Can we expect swords/bows to be added with special abilities? When can we expect tridents to be added?
  • Can you add an EU Loka proxy to help EU players who are playing on an average of 130+ ping
  • Will there be ranked queue options to select what region your opponent is from?
  • I liked the old coloring of kill messages better, is there any reason to think we could revert to that?
  • When will battlegrounds be fixed like VotA and Dominion Vale as well as their town leveling?
  • LokaCon 2024
Feb 23, 202401:23:22
1.20, Achievements, and Treasure Knives

1.20, Achievements, and Treasure Knives

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and a load of player questions throughout! Have a listen!

🟧 Server Topics

  • 1.20
  • Treasure Knives
  • Custom Mob Spawning
  • Achievements
  • Changes to Promotions
  • New Content

🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • What can you tell us about the planned future of mutators in conquest?
  • Is there any plan to balance tgen/inhib modules since some of them arent used at all, while others are used all the time?
  • Where are cherry and mangrove trees going to be?
  • When are the requirements for creating/maintaining a town going to be changed?
  • When is the Loka API coming out?
  • What happened to the town logs discord channels?
  • What is the use for the third party asset pack posted by Cryptite?
  • Would there come a new position to fill the void between PVE and Web & Art? A position for active maintainers of 3rd party software, like EldritchBot or Loka Conquest Watcher. At this moment there isn't a good fitted position for those people.
  • Rivina Mutator? (on continent, so it would be 2 tgen mods and a 10v10 battle)
  • Any updates on ocean content?
  • Will orange trees be added soon?
  • When can we expect town chests to be brought back?
  • Has anything new been worked on regarding town level prestige?
Jul 02, 202359:50
Loka API, Mutators, and 1.19.4

Loka API, Mutators, and 1.19.4

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and a load of player questions throughout! Have a listen!

🟧 Server Topics

  • Loka API
  • Mutators
  • 1.19.4
  • Treasure Knives

🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • Why wasnt the mutator update in conquest released as Conquest 4.0?
  • Make applications open for a developer(source code not just our current dev team) position on Loka
  • Beachheads when?
  • Increase frequency of fishing tournaments?
  • Multiple callouts for reinforcements?(30-15 minutes?)
  • Alterations to south and west RIs to make them more worthwhile? For example, make Kalros RI cave entrance closer/Ascalon RI better
  • /list type command but to see who are the oldest players currently on the server
  • How are player generations decided?
  • Will prismarine become more easily available in the near future?
  • Make it so when you are a participant in e reinforced fight, your town portal takes you to the War District in spawn
  • LokaCon 2023?
  • When will town upkeep fees be increased like previously mentioned?
  • Will Feather Client ever be allowed on Loka?
Mar 24, 202301:09:17
Town Vendors and The Year of Content

Town Vendors and The Year of Content

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and a load of player questions throughout! Have a listen!

🟧 Server Topics

  • Town Vendors 
  • Town Audit Logs 
  • 2022 in Review 
  • 2023 - The Year of Content 
  • Loka API 
  • 1.19.3 
  • Ranked Season 12 
  • 12 Year Anniversary in February

🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • Will translators get an in game reward for contributing on Loka Academy at some point
  • Add auction house at spawn for players to auction items
  • Why do we have town voting for capital policies?
  • When will the next LCR election take place?
  • Have sots on weekends instead of weekdays
  • Possibility of 4th main Continent for Conquest?
  • How is Loka going to boost player numbers?
  • KOTH game on Zyre with small rewards like conquest points? To encourage more fun natural occurences like the recent Siege of Fortload video
  • New ranked rewards, such as kill messages, and achievements?
  • Will nether and end yellow tag be switched back to red due to lack of activity there
  • Will nether be updated and will shrines be either buffed or removed because red infested tiles are better
  • EU Loka?
  • Loka Merch store when?
  • Make weekday vulns shorter by an hour
  • Can we expect any overhauls to shake up the metas of conquest?
  • End update? possibly end shrines or an area similar to the dreadfort for faster grinding
  • More world bosses like the horseman please!
  • Make deepslate instabreak with eff V  haste 2 diamond(it wasn’t Jib asking I promise)
  • Can there be one more each of yellow and red infested tiles 
Jan 23, 202301:27:30
Nether's Eve, Treasure Knives, and Why You Lag

Nether's Eve, Treasure Knives, and Why You Lag

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and a load of player questions throughout! Have a listen!

🟧 Server Topics

  • Nether's Eve
  • Routing, Connections, Lag, and You 
  • Achievements 
  • Treasure Knives 
  • Ranked Season 
  • Hex Color Lores

🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • Can we expect nether shrines to receive an update?
  • Will there ever be a Conquest 4.0?
  • When can we expect Loka to update to 1.19?
  • From my perspective a lot of people want an EU continent, is this something that may be possible?
  • Is Towns 2.0 (overhaul to town permissions, zoning, GUIs, etc) something we can expect soon?
  • Instabreak Deepslate pls
  • Will there be larger Rivi fights like 15v15 and 20v20 soon?
  • How can we tell if a ban evader trys to act like hes new to loka on a alt, and people give him loot etc without knowing its someone like dnalol or ltmatas will we get punished?
  • Could continent fights be limited to 40 v 40 or a similar cap?
  • When can we expect the Town Vendor NOC to be added?
  • When will town chests be fixed?
  • What are plans for Yuletide this year?
  • Can we expect new capital policies?
  • Please add a public API that developers can use other than just EldritchBot
  • Why is scamming at tournaments allowed?
  • Ocean content update? 
Nov 16, 202201:30:40
The Anti-Pearl, Dupes, and More!

The Anti-Pearl, Dupes, and More!

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and a load of player questions throughout! Have a listen!

🟧 Server Topics

  • 1.19
  • Anti-pearl Item
  • Bug Fixes
  • Dupe glitch fixes
  • Zyre Changes

🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • Ranked Season Rewards?
  • Will there ever be a way to fight for resources on other continents besides capital bounty fights?
  • Title or similar reward to player with high/most amount of achievement points?
  • Ability to create industries/warp beacon by just placing the chests down or just the warp button down
  • Hex colors on foes slain
  • Why can’t end be red tag?
  • Will you be adding easier ways to get titles, helms, kill messages, etc?
  • Sign/indicator near the Zyre dock at spawn telling you the player count on Zyre
  • Spawn Auction House?
  • Town perk that makes broken blocks immediately appear in your inventory(instead of dropping and potentially falling off of a tall build etc)
  • Make ender dragon fight harder
  • More quest lines like the Arrival?
  • more collectible pets? Dogs? Etc
  • Add religion chat to be visible on discord?
  • Add a way to remove the “dropped by” tag from Zyre
  • Is there any plans to add/will the deep dark and the warden be on Loka
  • Will there be any updates to Preksak’s lore?
  • Leaderbord for charges/kills/deaths in the war district at spawn?
  • how will Mojang username history API removal affect /find/loka
  • Daily quest to brew a certain alcohol for a good reward in shards, xp, etc to incentivize exploring the brewing plugin
Sep 19, 202201:05:30
Anti-Pearling and the Passive Queue

Anti-Pearling and the Passive Queue

A brief roundup of upcoming changes to the server and a load of player questions throughout! Have a listen!


🟧 Server Topics

  • ️Recent Zyre Changes
  • ️1.19
  • ️/help (Intro work)
  • ️General Server Stability
  • ️The Alliance Town Cap (how it's going)
  • ️Passive Queue
  • ️Anti-Pearl Item


🟦 Player Submitted Topics/Questions

  • ️RI Timer(So players can see how long until particular Resource Isles reset for them)
  • ️Monthly/All Time conquest stats leaderboard in War District/Aladra
  • ️Better rewards for 2nd and 3rd in Fishing tourneys to encourage participation
  • ️Possible 15v15 or 20v20 conquest? Where would it be/What would it look like?
  • ️How can the server tackle the issue of 100 v 100 player fights not being fun for people fighting? More objectives in conquest?
  • ️Has the server's machine/host been changed recently?
  • ️Please change the server to be EU, most of the players are EU and I have 1mb download speed in my country and 400klb upload its a bit hard to play on 200 ping and 0.5 tps
  • ️Aladra and Zyre maps on the website pls
  • ️When is the next ranked season going to start?
  • ️Add pages for escrow chest?
  • ️Towns 2.0?
  • ️A mail of all of our conquest warp stats? Or an npc that gives Zyre/conquest stats by month?
  • ️A button to send all Zyre/Rivi refunds to town VS instead of having to manually click
  • ️Removing signatures from items
  • ️Either revert kill messages to the old colors or make them not as red?(maybe a profile setting?)
  • ️Zyre compass on other continents when partied
Jul 21, 202201:21:15
New Player Experience and Zyre Changes

New Player Experience and Zyre Changes

Many changes are coming to Loka to help new player retention. Hear about our current and upcoming changes to the New Player Experience as well as changes to Zyre that have been long requested by the players! Have a listen!

Jun 15, 202201:14:07
The Release of Zyre

The Release of Zyre

Our long-awaited Gank Isle (Zyre) was released at the end of this episode. We break down the specifics of how the whole isle works as well as address a handful of player comments and feedback. It's a shorter episode but as always, a great one! Enjoy!

May 13, 202255:22
Item Signing, Gank Isle and Achievement Updates

Item Signing, Gank Isle and Achievement Updates

We discussed post 1.18.2 update issues, fixes, and polish. Item Signing is coming very soon, and hear the juicy details about the upcoming Gank Isle. Of course, we chewed through a ton of player questions! Enjoy!

Apr 14, 202201:10:28
Sharding Complete and the Coming of Achievements

Sharding Complete and the Coming of Achievements

The Great Sharding of Loka has completed! We also discuss some priority shifts for development and the coming of Achievements and Treasure Knives to the server as well as answer player questions along the way. Come listen!

Mar 09, 202201:05:41
Shields and Sharding

Shields and Sharding

We discuss our planned changes to the hotly debated subject of Shields. Sharding is nearing completion, and updates on the near future of Loka!

Feb 09, 202201:12:45
Infested Territories

Infested Territories

Mobs now swarm Infested Territories across Loka, granting players far more access to loot! Plus updates on 1.18, Gank Isle, and other ridiculous player questions answered in this first SOTS of 2022.

Jan 12, 202201:01:30
The Great Grind

The Great Grind

The Great Debates around Grinding on Loka, plans for the upcoming 1.18 update, and previews of the Gank Isle and Infested Tiles. Tons of other player questions were also answered, it was a Jolly Festive SOTS!


Go Forth and Listen in!

Dec 15, 202102:13:50
SOTS - September 29th 2021

SOTS - September 29th 2021

We discussed the state of affairs on Loka! It's an older episode so you'll have to listen to see what we discussed.

Sep 29, 202101:40:27
SOTS - April 22nd, 2018

SOTS - April 22nd, 2018

We discussed the state of affairs on Loka! It's an older episode so you'll have to listen to see what we discussed.

Apr 22, 201801:50:56
SOTS - February 21st, 2018

SOTS - February 21st, 2018

We discussed the state of affairs on Loka! It's an older episode so you'll have to listen to see what we discussed.

Feb 21, 201801:52:14
SOTS - December 31st, 2017

SOTS - December 31st, 2017

We discussed the state of affairs on Loka! It's an older episode so you'll have to listen to see what we discussed.

Dec 31, 201701:40:09
SOTS - July 30th, 2017

SOTS - July 30th, 2017

We discussed the state of affairs on Loka! It's an older episode so you'll have to listen to see what we discussed.

Jul 30, 201701:13:06