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Minecraft build server recreating the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Proud users of the Conquest Reforged mod. https://linktr.ee/ardacraft
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A few recent WIP landscape shots from around Middle-earth

Hanging out with the lads in Moria

This week on the blog! Who needs siege camps? We continue our look at the hot mess that is Rings of Power's Siege of Eregion. Adar's siege works are a jumbled, useless mess that makes his army more vulnerable, not less: but what would useful siege works look like? acoup.blog/2025/02/28/c...

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Mist lies over the Marish, with Brandy Hall rising in the background.

Last year we presented our work live to @tolkiensociety.org in Oxford - and now we can make that talk available to the public! Thank you to everyone who attended live and online - it was a fantastic experience. youtu.be/oZ_PdVkonGg

"I think in his heart, Frodo is still in love with the Shire… The woods, the fields… the little rivers…"

"...a green hill thronged with mallorn-trees taller than any they had yet seen. Their height could not be guessed, but they stood up in the twilight like living towers. In their many-tiered branches amid their ever-moving leaves countless lights were gleaming, green and gold and silver..."

An interactive version of our Middle-earth biome map has just launched! This tool allows you to inspect any area of Middle-earth and get a detailed list of the plant species that would occur in each area, along with a bunch of reference pictures. www.micahvanderlugt.com/middle-earth...

We’re now able to see a few orders of magnitude further across Middle-earth than was ever previously possible - here’s how that looks:

The Othram is taking shape.