Hyde's Tower

Government Center Station and the Spawn Wall are still under construction, so I thought I'd take today to start a series of focus articles on some of the significant constructions in our gameworld. Today we'll start with the first, and probably most famous structure in our world: Hyde's Tower.

Original Tower:

Built 22 January 2011 by Baronweasle

58 Meters Tall

Waterfall and Lavafall added 23 January

Reinforced Tower:

Built 25 January 2011 by Baronweasle

Highest Habitable Floor: 55 Meters

Highest Block: 58 Meters

Hyde's Tower was the first significant structure built on the server. When users first started logging on, it was the only obviously artificial building within sight of the spawn point, and thus most gravitated toward it and the small, squat building that stood at its base. The day after the Reinforced Tower was built, Baronweasle built the server's first Portal at the top, although the Nether was not available on SMP at the time (nor is at present, for that matter.) The lava and waterfalls on the south and west facings, respectively, provided a lighthouse and an orientation point in the early days of the server, allowing explorers within site of the Tower to determine not only where they were in relation to the tower itself, but also in roughly which direction they were from it. Today it is known primarily for the town that shares its name that has grown up around it, serving at the primary hub of all activity on the server, and the first place that most newcomers are directed to find public stores, living space, and resources to get them started.