This is the new spawn area of Serenity, one of the top-rated servers here on Planet Minecraft. It is a complex treehouse built in a massive Yggdrasil-style tree. To see the Serenity Treehouse, connect to server.serenitymc.net!

Behind the Scenes

A few nights ago, the community of Serenity banded together to rebuild our spawn area. We demolished the old spawn building with TNT, being careful not to damage the train station directly underneath, then about 10-15 of us began terraforming the land, building a plateau of grass overtop of the underground train station, since the roof of it still stood a few blocks above the surrounding land.

The decision to rebuild spawn was somewhat spontaneous, and I was one of the only skilled builders online at the time, so I sort of reluctantly fell into the position of directing the new spawn project. The community discussed a few ideas, and I decided to go with a treehouse. I have always wanted to do a treehouse project, and I have honestly never seen a really good-looking treehouse in Minecraft.

I've done a large tree like this before (though it was much smaller and didn't contain a treehouse), so I was quite confident in directing the project. However, a treehouse doesn't have many parts that a regular builder can build without block-by-block supervision, so I had to narrow down my team. After the cylindrical trunk was built, I thanked everyone for helping and proceeded with the bulk of the work. My team consisted of myself, englishkiwi (an Architect-ranked player) and Mohawwk_Beaves (a good builder who had also built a large tree before).

The tree contains a series of platforms connected by rope bridges and ladders. There is a hanging birdhouse-like structure on one side of the tree, with a bridge going to the inside of the trunk, which contains a spiral staircase to the ground level. Though the platforms are all connected by bridges, there are a few places where players can sneak off the path and climb around the tree branches to find a few secrets.

The tree has an interesting system of lighting. All the platforms and bridges are lit with torches, many attached to nearby branches. We sneakily hid glowstone inside the foliage throughout the tree, but also decorated the tree with hanging glowstone lanterns, so the entire tree has a beautiful glow at night.

Additional Notes

Designed and built by lnferno, with englishkiwi and Mohawwk_Beaves.
No WorldEdit was used in this project.