The Tunnels

History:

The Tunnels are a secret underground base constructed by Flarebreaker, otherwise known as Flare. They were made fairly early on in the server's life, and used by Flare as his main base of operations. Flare kept his Tunnels secret for a while, but revealed their location to CookieCub and Torpfish in a brief tour. Later the Tunnels were discovered by other members of the server, when a branch of a tunnel was found connected to CookieCub's bunker. During the time of the Thief, Torpfish moved into the Tunnels in the hope of keeping his items safe. Eventually Flarebreaker moved out of the Tunnels after they were griefed by Cybyte during a government raid. Though TJ graciously offered to repair the damage, Flare began to gradually move out of his Tunnels, returning less and less often, due to worry that his privacy would continue to be invaded. The Tunnels now stand dusty and unused, with most valuable items stripped from them.

Construction:

The entrance to the Tunnels is virtually invisible, being inside a hollowed out hill near spawn. A block of dirt must be removed to access the inside, and replaced behind after entering. The inside of the hill contains a crafting table, chest, and furnace. There is also a fishing farm, and a potato farm around a small pool. If a cobblestone block at the bottom of the pool is broken, a passage opens to a series of waterfalls, trapdoors, and crawlspaces. In these crawlspaces are birch signs, asking visitors to turn back while acknowledging that said visitors are unlikely to do so. At the end of the last crawlspace a final sign reads "Welcome to the Tunnels." The main room of the Tunnels is a small space only 1 block high and with an area of maybe 40 blocks. At one point there were several furnaces and a crafting table in this area, but they have since been removed. An ender chest still remains there, embedded in the floor. Another room contains several chests, now emptied of most valuables, sunken into the ground. A third once contained brewing equipment and looms, but now stands empty. The Tunnels branch off in all four cardinal directions, serving mostly as mines. An unusually long tunnel also leads to CookieCub's base. At one point there was a secret chest containing several books with the Mending enchantment, but those were dug up.