The Sunken Glades

The Sunken Glades
The Sunken Glades
Location
Coordinates	4800 3579
World	Overworld
Nether Path	nvt
Dynmap Link

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The Sunken Glades is a large terrain and nature focussed build. It has been made entirely by Thiskal. The build consists of a large circular area surrounded by tall cliffs. In the centre of this circlular area there is also a lake that flows in to a water filled sinkhole. The circular area is broken up by 2 large canyons, each providing a river stream in to the lake. The build has been inspired by several games including Ori and the blind forest, and Subnautica. The bulk of the terrain however has been inspired by the Ardèche region of france.

Initial Planning

The planning of The Sunken glades began near the end of the 1.15 server. It didn't start out as 'The Sunken glades'. Originally the build was completely different. It began as only the flooded sinkhole in the centre, with a number of large side caves filled with various biomes. However, as the surface began to be planned out, it quickly evolved in to a a layout resembling the current Sunken Glades. First the idea of having the terrain around the sinkhole lower came, followed by a canyon leading in to it together with a base nearby for convenience.

The original build idea, which later evolved in to just the central sinkhole of the Sunken Glades
Initial plan shortly before the reset

When the server reset happened, Thiskal searched the new map for a good location. A week after the server started a good place had been found. A mix of forest and plains biomes surrounded by mountains on 3/4 sides. This area was however a bit bigger than originally planned for, so some extra adjustments were made.

Construction

Construction started on 21st of February 2021, just over a week after the reset and has been ongoing for over 10 months at the time of writing. First step was creating a very rough layout of of where the outlines of