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ArdaCraft
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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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We've released a video celebrating ten years of our project - check it out!

youtu.be/3Aq0KJMo4RA
Ten years of building Middle-earth in Minecraft.
YouTube video by ArdaCraft
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😘
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A country path
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Imagine starting a Minecraft project 10 years ago and then hearing an ex-Rockstar dev who worked on RDR2 say "you're using the same workflows that the mainstream game studios employ - all arrived at in relative isolation..."

🥹
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Minas Tirith looming over the countryside
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
An ex-Rockstar Games environment artist who worked on #RDR2 and #GTAV has been exploring our vision of Middle-earth 🧙‍♂️

These are fantastic videos that really capture the fact that we're trying to do environmental art just like the pros!

youtu.be/1KUQGZLrZ3Q
ArdaCraft: Bag End to Bree - Environment Artist Explores #1
YouTube video by Game World Art
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October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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AND SO IT BEGINS!!

@tearreader.bsky.social and I will be trekking through minecraft middle earth (server created by @ardacraft.bsky.social and following the steps of Frodo and Sam!! #minecraft #lotr

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS!!!

STREAM STARTS AT 11:00 AM (PST) / 2:00 PM (EST)
October 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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PPP Moot is happening this December 18th-21st! We have a full schedule – keynotes, presentations, papers, entertainments and other digressions – from Thursday evening to Sunday noon for both in-person and online attendees!
September 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
September 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I can’t even avoid idiot AI bros when I go to Oxford. My brother in Earendil ChatGPT is not the same thing as the steam engine.
September 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Gondorian countryside
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Great Gate of Minas Tirith
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Really quite disheartening and disappointing to see the Tolkien Society hosting a discussion on “AI in fantasy filmmaking” this year at Oxonmoot.

It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
August 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Some recent shots - Minas Tirith, Bree, and the Dead Marshes
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We've just released a 1hr37 music and nature ambience video set in the Gondorian countryside!

Perfect background to writing, reading, or building fields on ArdaCraft 🌱

youtu.be/49vt6MgVIBM
Gondor | Mediterranean Nature Ambience & Music | Minecraft
YouTube video by ArdaCraft
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July 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Gondor is coming along nicely.
July 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Blue Mountains - based on the landscapes of Scotland and Norway
June 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Blue Mountains getting a bit of a facelift

#Minecraft
June 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Looking eastward into the sunrise from Bree-hill, with the dim outline of Weathertop visible in the distance.
May 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Vignettes of life in rural Gondor
May 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The mountains of the north
May 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
April 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We're making upgrades.
April 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Quite chuffed to have been shortlisted in the Tolkien Society Awards this year alongside some truly excellent creators - @digitaltolkien.com @podcast.athrabeth.com @teawithtolkien.bsky.social and Jordan Rannells of 'An Unexpected Soundscape'💙

www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/vote...
April 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The works of old Gondor
April 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM