Hello,

I regret to announce the closure of Celerycraft. After 3 years of service, the server will close its doors on August 7, 2026. This decision was not an easy one. It was made collectively about a month and a half ago. Since then, we have done everything we can to ensure the end of the game experience is smooth and organized.

For the sake of transparency, I will now explain the reasons behind this closure. I have summarized them in three points:

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Time

For the past few months, I have had a new job. Until now, my professional life had never impacted the server. However, with my new job, I had to move, and I’ve been working long hours. As a direct result, I’ve been managing the server from a laptop. Additionally, since I only have a few days off per week and prefer to go outside to enjoy this beautiful summer, it’s clear that Celerycraft is no longer my priority.

As proof, I didn’t even have time to log into the server once in June. As a result, I no longer have enough time to regularly manage the server.

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Money

Nowadays, running a server is quite expensive. The cost of servers and electricity has increased significantly. This is likely due to the rise of artificial intelligence. However, we can’t blame anyone. Everyone prefers generating ham houses to playing Minecraft.

The fact is, I’m not rolling in money with my new job. Since I decided the server would always remain free and without any form of funding, it’s clear that the current model is difficult to sustain. Since no one has come forward to buy Celerycraft, it’s time to cut off funding.

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Current Climate

These are tough times for running an online project, especially a Minecraft server. Increasingly, regulations are making online projects more complicated. Additionally, Minecraft’s new update strategy makes everything much more difficult.

In the past, between versions like 1.14 and 1.14.1, we only had a few bug fixes that could be handled server-side. Nowadays, updates bring major changes to the game. Recently, we’ve seen the entire game rewritten, with new blocks added every season, and so on. As a result, I spend a lot of time updating the server for only a few new additions.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, you can understand how difficult it is to run a server these days. Even though I love the game, it’s hard to keep maintaining the server. I’ve always been ambitious, perhaps too ambitious, for this small server. Even though we weren’t many players, and we’ve always maintained the server with a very small team, I’ve been very happy to keep it running.

Now, we need to plan for the future. On my end, I’ve made backups of the server. I announced the backup schedule in advance. Thanks to this, I may be able to reopen the server one day if the situation improves. In the meantime, I’ve made a video featuring some of the builds I’ve grown attached to.

Additionally, on my website, I’ve written an article explaining the server’s history to preserve the good memories. I’ve also uploaded the maps to the site so you can continue exploring the server on your own.

The website should remain active for a long time. Since it depends on my other site, it should stay up as long as that site is active.

Thank you for your loyalty and for playing on Celerycraft. It has been a pleasure and a great source of joy.

We will miss the server, but we’ll think of it every time we see a celery.

We’ll meet again in the next life. See you soon.