During this era of the server, exploration was minimal, and most players were limited to stone or iron tools. During this time, ILLEGAL_KONG discovered the land that now houses Gardner Town (also known as Griefer Town). Although the town remains relatively small in area, it currently holds the server’s largest population. Many players—including ILLEGAL_KONG, kkbananaman, swiftie198922, splurgglups, .ATrain28_12, CrazyWoof, .Iem2legit2quit, and .pikuthegreat708—built their starter homes and bases here, some of which are still standing today. A few farms including crop and animal farms, an iron farm, stone farm (destroyed), creeper farm (old), spider farm, (old), and a rail duper were built. Gardner Town is the biggest town currently in population, but not very big in terms of area/size.
This era has some small exploration, including the first Nether encounters. That same portal is still there and is the center for the nether hub built later on. Players get iron gear while some of the better players including kkbananaman, ILLEGAL_KONG, and aggthelegoman get some early diamonds. Bases are being expanded and furbished, and some hints of griefing come along, like the legendary doorway grief, no longer in Gardner Town. Andrew Town is established, with Andrew being the only resident at the time. Outskirters start appearing, famously .MasterCyzn, who built bases outside the only 2 major settlements. A few farms built up at Andrew Town, mostly crop and animal farms, with some villager trading starting to be built up in both Andrew Town and Gardner Town.
Following the Early Era, this period kicked off with the first-ever recorded grief: the "Legendary Door Spam". Masterminded by kkbananaman, doors were cheated in and spammed around Gardner Town, especially inside player's bases. A very impressive 4,000 slabs was also placed by kkbananaman. Other cheated items like Bedrock and Netherite Blocks soon followed, covering and trapping people's pets and builds. While Andrew Town remained untouched, Gardner Town was hit so hard it became known as "Griefer Town". Most of this grief has since been cleaned up and locked away in an almost impossible-to-find location and an impenetrable cage. To assist with the cleanup, ILLEGAL_KONG became an admin. However, the server then saw its biggest grief yet: the "KONG Grief War". .ATrain28_12 accidentally burned ILLEGAL_KONG's wooden base after swapping an infinite water source with lava. ILLEGAL_KONG retaliated by breaking parts of .ATrain28_12's base and burning all the chests. ILLEGAL_KONG being illegal lied and said he only burned a few empty chests while blaming it on a random unknown player. After making peace, both left GardnerTown; ILLEGAL_KONG moved to a mountain in Andrew Town, while .ATrain28_12 moved to the top of Spawn mountain. .Buym0ney also moved to Spawn, settling on the other side of that same mountain. Shortly after the move, aggthelegoman targeted .ATrain28_12 with: the "Epic Shulker Box Grief," spawning tons of shulkers that took a long time to clean out.
This era was a long era. Many farms were built at Andrew Town. ILLEGAL_KONG built the richest and arguably best base on the server at the time. kkbananaman built the best base at Gardner Town and arguably on the server. aggthelegoman built more farms and a trading hall. ILLEGAL_KONG built a full enchantment trading hall, and some redstone builds. kkbananaman and .ATrain28_12 built a trading hall at Gardner Town. .Buym0ney built a base on a sky island, and built a creeper farm. .Buym0ney also built an enderman farm in the end. Tons of exploration was done for these farms, and the Ender Dragon was defeated. Many Players switched from Bedrock to java like .ATrain28_12 (now ATrain2812) and .MasterCzyn (now MasterCzyn). Many farms were built such as: Enderman Farm, Nether Tree Farm, Sand Duper, Creeper Farm, Villager Trading Halls, Mushroom Farms, Tree Farms, Dripstone Farm, Sugar Cane Farms, Bamboo Farms, Wither Skeleton Farm, Wither Farm, Shulker Farm, Log Stripper, Stone Farm, and many more. Many more bases were being built and completed. Gardner City Island cleared and flattened by swiftie198922 and CrazyWoof. Gardner City layout built. Nether Hub Project started.
This era is our current era and longest era yet. The Nether Hub has been built out alot, and connects to many places, however it still has some work to be done. aggthelegoman and ILLEGAL_KONG worked on that and the Minecart Transportation System, that connects around a loop on the main places of the server. Museum of Everything is being worked on, and many buildings have been built in Gardner City. Many new areas have been built like MasterCyzn's Base, Atrain2812's Island, and more. The Gardnercraft TV Show was postponed and brought back and is being produced. This Era will conclude around when Gardner City is finished and will kick off the Establishment Era.