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WHAT'S NEW

Server updates

Everything new on the server and the site, newest first.

New video styles and GIFs

1 November 2026
  • New Three new styles in the video maker
    • Showcase loop: your finished build turns all the way round and loops forever
    • Cutaway: a cut moves through your build so the rooms inside show, from the front, the side or the top
    • Exploded view: your build comes apart floor by floor (or phase by phase) and goes back together
  • New Make GIF next to Make video, so your build plays right in Discord
    • pick Small or Medium, and it tells you when a GIF is too big for Discord without Nitro
  • Changed The video maker only shows the options that work with the style you picked

The video maker

31 October 2026
  • New Turn any schematic into a build-up video for TikTok, Shorts and Reels
    • dashboard -> your schematic -> Video, made right in your browser
  • New Name the phases and pick which block goes in each one
  • New Camera moves: full circle, drone, push in, swing, follow the build
  • New Slam mode: whole layers drop hard, one by one
  • New Builds can go up top to bottom too
  • New This updates page

Portfolios

30 October 2026
  • New Your own portfolio page, in the new Portfolios tab on the Community page
    • 14 themes, a banner, and your best shots
    • choose which part of the banner shows
  • New Click a picture to see it big, swipe to the next one
  • New Discord link previews show your banner
  • New Archive a world you're not using to free its slot, and bring it back later
  • Changed One Options menu per world on the dashboard, and red trash bins to delete

Fire and plot fixes

29 October 2026
  • Fixed Lava no longer sets builds on fire, and fire doesn't spread any more
  • Changed Claiming a plot tells you how to get building if your account isn't linked yet
  • New Staff can /register players who can't use Discord

Minigames and applying

23 October 2026
  • New Races: elytra, parkour and boat races, with your best times and live races
  • New Zombies: survive waves of zombies together
  • New An Apply page with everything about applying
    • when you're approved you get the Member role on Discord too

Dashboard analytics

21 October 2026
  • New An Analytics tab on your dashboard
  • New A bigger schematic viewer, like the desktop Schematic Viewer
  • Changed Local chat (/l) no longer shows up on Discord

A new website look

18 October 2026
  • New A new layout, with the server and Discord status live at the top
  • New The world map, ready for the next Minecraft version
  • Changed You need to log in on the website and /link before you can build

Your suggestions

14 October 2026
  • New /w opens the worlds menu
  • New /back takes you to where you were before your last teleport
  • New /whattobuild: build ideas picked for you
  • New Friends and groups: /friend, /fc, /group and /gc
  • New /pos1 and /pos2 for the landform tools
  • New Axiom annotations work in NDA worlds
  • New Download a world as a heightmap picture from your dashboard
  • Changed New worlds start with the day cycle off

The guide

9 October 2026
  • New A Guide page: how worlds, plots, schematics, terrain tools, ranks and chat work

Landforms (members)

8 October 2026
  • New /skyisland: flying islands, shaped to your settings
  • New /heightmap: stamp terrain from 15 built-in heightmaps, or from your own
    • upload your heightmaps on the dashboard
  • New /river: set points and get a natural river
  • New /palette: block gradients for terrain
  • //undo works on all of them

Fixes

6 October 2026
  • Fixed /sit puts you on the seat instead of floating above it
  • Fixed NPCs show their full skins again, hats and jackets included
  • Changed The WorldEdit limit only counts falling blocks like sand and gravel now

Your requests

5 October 2026
  • New Command shortcuts, like //c for //copy
  • New World owners can /tp x y z inside their own world
  • New /rejoin after changing a world's build height puts you right back where you were
  • Fixed Visitors can't change signs, chests, item frames, armor stands or animals in worlds they can't build in

World bans and a safer login

4 October 2026
  • New /world kick, /world ban and /world unban for your own worlds
  • New An "Is logging in safe?" page: what Discord login shares and what it can't
  • New buildyard.world/discord: a short link to the Discord
  • New A new look for the server in your server list

NDA worlds

2 October 2026
  • New NDA worlds: only you and the players you trust can get in, with an optional password
    • not even staff can join without your invite
  • Changed NDA worlds are hidden from the world map
  • Changed Time spent AFK no longer counts as playtime

Bigger world uploads

1 October 2026
  • New Upload worlds up to 25 GB
  • New Uploads go up in pieces and carry on where they stopped if your connection drops