Question 1

What is Ancients?

Accepted Answer

Ancients is a long-running Minecraft Java Edition prison server (formerly RooPrisons) — a mining-and-progression gamemode with custom enchants, pickaxe prestige, gang raids on cells, boss fights, a 50-level Season Pass, and a 54-step main quest chain. Connect at ancients.gg on Minecraft 1.21.11.

Question 2

What's the server IP for Ancients?

Accepted Answer

The Minecraft server address is ancients.gg. Type that into your Minecraft Java Edition client (1.21.11) under Multiplayer > Add Server.

Question 3

Is Ancients free to play?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Joining and playing Ancients is free. The server offers optional cosmetic upgrades and convenience perks via the store, but no progression is locked behind payment.

Question 4

What Minecraft version does Ancients use?

Accepted Answer

Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11. The server supports the current Java release; Bedrock Edition is not supported.

Question 5

What kind of Minecraft server is Ancients?

Accepted Answer

Ancients is a prison-gamemode server. You start at the entry tier, mine and sell ores to rank up, unlock new mines, prestige your pickaxe, fight in PvP, raid other gangs' cells, and clear bosses. It blends classic prison-server mechanics with MMO-style PvE — two open-world regions, alignment-based PvP, party-scaling boss arenas, and a seasonal pass.

Question 6

How is Ancients different from Cosmic Prisons?

Accepted Answer

Ancients was built by a former Cosmic player to fix the issues that pushed them away — heavy P2W cosmetics, slow content, and ignored bug reports. Ancients is free-to-play with optional cosmetic store, ships content monthly, has a public bug-report system (/bugreport in-game opens a Discord ticket), and the dev actively reads suggestions.

Question 7

What features does Ancients have?

Accepted Answer

Two PvE regions (Forgotten Polis for shade/wraith hunting, The Ancient Roads for caravan escorts), the Hunter's Path 8-tier progression ladder, the Tartarus Rift mining event with a 7-branch Skill Tree, four bosses (Echidna, Lamia, Hephaestus, Thanatos) with party-scaling arenas, gang raids on cells with custom Mage defenses, an outpost capture system with Major + Minor buffs, custom enchants with damage-amp stacking, an Auction House and Black Auction House, Discord linking with /claimtag Obol rewards, and a 50-level Season Pass with daily + weekly challenges.

Question 8

How do I join Ancients?

Accepted Answer

Open Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.11, go to Multiplayer, click Add Server, enter ancients.gg as the server address, save, and join. There is no whitelist or registration required.

Question 9

Is Ancients active? When was it last updated?

Accepted Answer

Ancients ships content updates multiple times per week. Every patch is documented at https://www.ancients.gg/changelog — the live map is currently 'Ancients Map I' with the Greek mythology theme, launched in May 2026.

Question 10

What is the difference between Ancients and RooPrisons?

Accepted Answer

Ancients is the same server as RooPrisons, rebranded in May 2026. RooCoin became Obol, Roo Energy became Ancient Energy, and the world was rebuilt around a Greek mythology theme. Existing player balances carried over to the rebrand.

Patch v2.0.3.