The MCLabs 2026 season will begin on Friday, May 22nd!
Founder Bundles will be available starting Tuesday, April 7th.
Lab Wars XII will start on Tuesday, April 7th.
The Raid World play-test will open on Friday, April 24th.
2026 Season
- On May 22nd we'll be entering a new season and transitioning to a new map. This means a new Spawn world and Underworlds. The Overworld will NOT be resetting entirely - all buildings and structures in the Overworld will be kept.
- All player progress on the current season will be reset (but it is still worthwhile to continue playing this season, keep reading about the Season Fund and upcoming Lab Wars below!) This means everything, including ranks, money, mcMMO skills, etc.
- Store ranks, MCLabs gold, and nicknames will be carried over to the next season. This includes temporary ranks, too.
- Consumable store items (keys, boosters, pit time, etc.) will not be carried over - use them before the new season starts!
- Store loyalty points will carry over to next season.
- The Overworld will carry over. It will close when the Purge begins (May 19th) to give us time to prepare it.
- Non-blacklist bans and other punishments will be cleared for every player.
2026 Season Info
We've got some exciting changes planned for the new season, the largest among them are:- The addition of the Raid Worldwill bring a ton of changes to companies:
- A bunch of new company upgrades that will boost your company's potential - if you can defend your Raid World base and keep your Raid Points safe.
- The full potential of the Chem Nexus Lab will be available.
- Purity mechanics will only be available to companies with an active Raid World base.
- The Purity Mines and Purity Artifacts will offer fun new ways to acquire purity ingredients.
- A new Spawn world - after a few maps of revamping previous spawns, we're bringing an entirely new spawn, designed by Hrby. I think it's our best Spawn world yet, and we hope you'll enjoy it too.
- Many other improvements and changes!
Why Do We Do New Seasons?
There are many reasons we do new seasons:
- They create a fresh start on an even playing field for all players.
- They bring back many players that left after getting tired of the server, rekindling the community.
- They lead to increased player counts that help increase server visibility and attract new members to the community.
- They offer us a chance to make substantial changes to the server that will only work on a fresh map (such as a new spawn world, new major mechanics, etc.)
Season Fund
The Season Fund is now open! It is a great way to turn your work and progress on the current season into rewards on the next season. Here's how it works:- Your Season Fund will be open until three days before the new season (May 19th).
- Your Season Fund balance is made up of:
- Money spent to /rankup and to complete Mastery tiers.
- Bonuses from events (including Lab Wars XII!)
- Cash deposits (/sf deposit)
- View your Season Fund and deposit money with /sf (you can not withdraw from the Season Fund)
- Season Fund balance does not entirely transfer into next season - you will not receive your entire Season Fund balance next season.
- The total deposits of other players is not visible, but you can see a rough idea of where you are in the leaderboard.
- Their head in the new Spawn building, displaying their rank in the Season Fund and total contributed.
- +1 chat tag transfer (excluding custom, max rank, and founder tags). Select this tag before the Season Fund closes with /sf tag <slot> <tagid>.
- Their skin on the Loyalty Dealer (periodically).
- Two 20-minute 2.0x global choice chem price boosters at the start of the new season.
- plus all rewards awarded to the top 40 players (see below)
- Access to the location of the Loyalty Dealer on the new season:
- A dealer that moves to a new location after each sale.
- Gives a selling price, prestige progress, and leaderboard score bonus.
- Anyone can sell to this dealer, but only the top 40 Season Fund players get access to the commands to see its current location and track it.
- +1 chat tag transfer (excluding custom, max rank, and founder tags).
- One 20-minute 2.0x global choice chem price booster at the start of the new season.
- One crate key of their choice at the start of the new season.
- A personalized Loyalty Gear set, containing a sword, unbreakable tools, and armour with the player's name and Season Fund contribution amount.
- An item customization bundle, including an item rename tag, item stat track tag, and three item lore tags.
- A Season Fund trophy item.
- A unique chat tag next season displaying their total contribution to their Season Fund.
- A one-time Season Starter bundle, containing:
- 5x Insta-Grow
- 1x XL Haste Potion
- 1x Consumable Stimulant Stew
The Season Fund will close on May 19th when the first stage of The Purge begins.
Founder Bundles
Each Founder Bundle comes with a unique founder number, will you get #1?
Founder Bundles are the best way to support our work and development of the new season, and earn you a ton of rewards, including your NPC in the new spawn, an exclusive Founder chat tag personalized with your Founder number, your own piece of lore in the new spawn and chat reaction mentioning you next season, as well as tons of crate keys (both now and next season), and much more! Get your Founder Bundle before May 19th and earn rewards throughout the remainder of the current season along with the rewards at the start of next season.
Lab Wars XV
Lab Wars XV will start on Tuesday, April 7th!If this will be your first Lab Wars, learn more about it here.
Lab Wars XV will feature the winners of Lab Wars XI through XIV: CQL, MSL, RGL, and OSL
There will be many rewards that apply next season, so along with your Season Fund, this Lab Wars will be a good chance to earn a bit of a head start!
Raid World Play-Test
We've been working hard on the Raid World for next season, and we want to make sure it will be balanced on launch. So starting Friday April 24th, until about a week before the new season, we'll be opening the Raid World for play testing, integrated into the current season's companies.What is the Raid World? It will be an additional world, which you can think of as an extension of the Underworld for companies. A few key points:
- Completely optional - you must opt-in to making a base there that can be raided.
- It's a superflat world where bases must be claimed - so no unclaimed base raiding or tunneling. Bases will be cheap to build and forgiving to repair, so it will be affordable for smaller companies too.
- Having a base there will get you Raid Points, which can be spent on powerful company upgrades, including the ability to use the Chem Nexus Lab to purify chems.
- Defense and raiding mechanics are entirely custom, built by us from the ground up. You'll see what these look like soon.
