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Preamble[edit | edit source]

This wiki was written by an overworked, underpaid parent volunteer. If anything is missing, any instruction doesn't work, any description doesn't make sense, any question needs an answer, or anything is just generally wackadoo, email assistantcubmaster@homewoodscouting.org and said poor parent will do their scout-best to fix it.

About Scoutcraft – Minecraft for Scouts[edit | edit source]

We created Scoutcraft, a multi-player Minecraft and Discord server, to give Homewood Scouts, their friends and Summer Scout campers a safe environment to interact with each other and keep up the socialization with friends and fellow Scouts that they’ve been missing since Scouts ended in-person meetings back in March, 2020.  Even though Scouts are now back in person, Scoutcraft will continue to be maintained and used by it's members for the foreseeable future. Scoutcraft is restricted to children from Kindergarten – 5th grade only, and is monitored by Cub Scouters, which are our registered and trained Cub Scout leaders, known in Scoutcraft as "Unit Leaders," as well as select Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scout) members (6th grade – 12th grade), known in Scoutcraft as "Patrol Leaders."

The Scoutcraft Universe[edit | edit source]

Scoutcraft currently has four worlds – the Reservation (survival), the Wilderness (creative) the Nether and the End.  Everything is connected by the Scoutcraft Skylobby – a world in the sky that helps players move from place to place.  Scoutcraft is built on a Spigot (Java) platform, but allows play from both Java (original) and Bedrock (Pocket) edition clients.  Bedrock is what most IOS, Android, Xbox and Windows 10 devices use.  Bedrock users sometimes look like Steve or Alex instead of their usual character’s skin, but other than that Bedrock users function perfectly normal on our Java server.  Scoutcraft worlds are heavily altered from the "plain vanilla" Minecraft world for both safety and fun play, and we add and upgrade features often.  It’s meant to grow and get better and better over time.

Maps and status of the worlds are located in the links to the left.

Voice Chat[edit | edit source]

Scoutcraft allows all of online players to interact by voice and text chat while in game play.  It’s an important part of the socialization that children receive from Scoutcraft.  Voice chat requires a microphone and headphones or speakers for voice interaction.  Scoutcraft previously used our own private Mumble server for voice chat, but switched to Discord in July, 2021 for better and more robust features. We strongly suggest every player use Scoutcraft's Discord gameplay channel while playing. Discord also has additional channels for voice and text chat outside of gameplay, and for server updates.

Safety and Well-Being[edit | edit source]

Scoutcraft is built to provide a safe online environment to facilitate fun, camaraderie and socialization for Scouts while stuck at home during the lock-down (and beyond!). For more information about how we keep it safe, click here.

Rules of Play[edit | edit source]

To play Scoutcraft, you must agree to and abide by the Rules of Play, which include standard rules of good gameplay as well as the letter and the spirit of the Scout Law. Violations of the rules can result in suspension or even permanent ban from the server.

Joining[edit | edit source]

Ready to go?

There are currently four ways for youth to be eligible to join Scoutcraft.

Find out how to install and configure Scoutcraft.