📅 Dates (Central Time)
- Opens: Monday, Nov 2
- Entries close: Monday, Nov 16 at 9:00 PM CT
- Winners: announced Tuesday, Nov 17 in the Discord
Build Contest · Season 2
Frostfall Winter Build Contest
Build something wintry in your own base on ESN SMP and post it in our Discord. Staff pick the top 3 and the community picks one more. Java and Bedrock players can both enter, and every prize is in game or in Discord.
❄ Theme
Frostfall winter. Ice castles, snowy villages, cozy cabins, frozen towers, a winter market, an ice dragon lair. Anything that fits Season 2's frozen world. Big or small, quality counts more than size.
📝 How to enter
- Join ESN SMP at play.esnoffical.com. Java, or Bedrock on port 19132.
- Build in your own claim or base. No special world, just survival on the normal SMP.
- Post one message in #❄️・build-contest in the ESN Systems Discord with:
- 1 to 3 screenshots of your build
- its coordinates (X Y Z) and which world it's in
- your Minecraft name (Bedrock names start with a dot, like .Steve)
- a name for your build (optional)
- That's it. You can edit your message until entries close. One entry per player.
Team builds are fine (up to 3 players): post one entry and list everyone's Minecraft name. Every builder on a winning team gets the prize.
🏆 Prizes
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 🥇 1st staff pick | 🏆 Build Champion Discord role + ❄ Everfrost Key + 3 Frostfall Keys + 3,750 Season 2 pass XP (5 tiers) |
| 🥈 2nd staff pick | ❄ Glacier Dragon Key + 2 Frostfall Keys + 2,250 pass XP (3 tiers) |
| 🥉 3rd staff pick | ❄ Deep Freeze Key + 1 Frostfall Key + 1,500 pass XP (2 tiers) |
| ❄ Community Choice most ❄️ reactions | 🏆 Build Champion Discord role + 2 Frostfall Keys + 1,500 pass XP (2 tiers) |
| Every valid entry | 750 pass XP (1 tier) for taking part |
Frostfall Keys are Realm 10 crate keys. Staff hand out prizes in game after judging, so be online when they reach out. Keys and pass XP are game items only: no money, gift cards or real-world prizes.
⚖️ Judging
- Top 3: picked by ESN staff for theme, creativity, detail and effort.
- Community Choice: the entry with the most ❄️ reactions when entries close. React ❄️ on every build you like.
- Your own reaction, reactions from alt accounts, and staff reactions don't count.
- One entry can't win twice: if the community pick also places top 3, Community Choice goes to the next entry.
📋 Rules
- Builds must be on ESN SMP and made for this contest by you (or your team).
- Survival only: no hacked clients, no copying or griefing other players' builds.
- Real, unedited screenshots from ESN SMP. Shaders are fine.
- Keep it friendly and follow the server rules.
- No reaction trading, alt accounts, or asking for votes in other servers.
- Only entries in #❄️・build-contest count. Chat about entries goes in smp-chat.
- Staff can remove entries that break the rules. Staff decisions are final.
❓ Good to know
- This is separate from the weekly in-game build event in /events. You can enter both.
- Protect your build with a land claim before you post the coordinates.
- New to ESN SMP? Start with the New Player Guide.