Littleroot Village

Pictured on October 5th, 2023

Littleroot Village is a populated settlement in the Frontierlands, and the first officially-designated municipality in SpongeCraft Frontiers. Originally discovered by DarknessDG, and later incorporated by HawkbitAlpha, it is a former NPC village located in the world's savannah biome. Due to its close proximity to the server's spawn point in the Great Hoodoos, Littleroot Village quickly became the primary population center of SCF, and within only two days of the server's launch, all active players had moved into the village, either by claiming its existing abandoned houses or building their own. As of October 5th, 2023, it is the home base of Hawkbit, DarknessDG, WhoBob, Meko1432, OWM. RDSP, Compressere, and dmandaman.

On the same day of its discovery by DG, Littleroot's original population of NPC villagers was effectively wiped out by a nighttime swarm of mobs. However, following the removal of Meko's iron maker in September 2023, another group of free-roaming NPC villagers was released into the village's perimeter. Littleroot is the largest connection hub of the Pioneer Central Railway, being linked by rail to the Great Hoodoos, as well as the villages of Centralia, New Horizonia, and Pescare Part.

Features

The Batcave

Buildings & Objects

• Littleroot Commons - A building containing a large storage basement and other public-use furnishings, used primarily for shared storage of foodstuffs and other materials. Repurposed from a former NPC building.
• The Batcave - A series of large Batman-inspired underground rooms built by Meko, and connected to the surface by an "elevator" built inside the village well, as well as a trapdoor within his house.
• The Flagpole - Littleroot Village's most recognizable symbol, a pair of queer pride flags. Originally built by Meko atop the village well, but later rebuilt on the roof of the Littleroot Commons.
• Enchantment Library - A building housing an enchantment table. Built by Hawkbit.
• The Roller Coaster - A minecart rail-based roller coaster built by Meko.
• Great Portal - An outsized Nether portal framed with wood, and surrounded by fencing due to zombie pigmen frequently traveling through it. Built by Meko.
• The Skylighter - A redstone-powered fireworks launcher, designated for use on special events such as New Years Eve. Repurposed by Hawkbit from a former NPC building.

Homes

Littleroot Village as originally generated

• HawkbitAlpha's Hamlet Habitat - A hybrid home and inn built by Hawkbit near the village's fenced perimeter, designed as an enlarged successor to the Hilltop Habitat. Currently the largest house in SCF.
• Wayne Manor (If He Was Poor) - Meko's house. Repurposed from a former NPC building.
• The Hilltop Habitat - A moderate-size house built atop the town's hill by Hawkbit, and used as his home from SCF's launch to September 2023. Now owned and occupied by WhoBob.
• DarknessDG's House - The first scratch-built home in Littleroot Village.
• RDSP & Compressere's House - Repurposed from a former NPC building.
• WhoBob's Old House - A vacant house repurposed from a former NPC building.
• OWM's Hideout - A dugout at the base of the town's hill, outside the perimeter.

Former Features

• Iron Maker - A floating structure built by Meko, designed to automatically create iron ingots. Decommissioned and removed on September 21st, 2023, due to SCF's upgrade to Minecraft 1.14 causing it to become non-functional.

Trivia

• The village was named by Hawkbit after the starting town from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, due to it being the first official settlement in SCF.