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ArdaCraft is the largest and most detailed recreation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth ever made, brought to life in Minecraft by an international community
Started
November 2014
Invested time
more than 200 000 hours
Community
International team
Platform
Modded Minecraft
Website
www.ardacraft.me
Scale
1:58
Dimensions
3 125 km x 2 494 km
Environment
100+ ecologically accurate biomes
Forest
10.000+, hand crafted tree models
Accuracy
Deep historical research
Atmosphere
Custom soundtracks and sounds
Contributors
400
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Every forest, mountain, and settlement tells a story. Through ArdaCraft’s worldbuilding, you can feel the history and imagination of Tolkien’s universe woven into the terrain itself.
Their adaptation is meticulously planned and true to the books... the work they have been doing is absolutely incredible.
This is absolutely breathtaking stuff... to walk through it all day was really fantastic.
Every hill, every valley, every ridge in the terrain has been hand-crafted to embody the heart and soul of Middle-earth.
In terms of scope and scale, ArdaCraft is probably the closest adaptation to Tolkien that's out there.
ArdaCraft is a fantastic Minecraft server, dedicated to the adept and quality Minecraft re-construction of Middle-earth.
They're on their very own adventure to create the most faithful version of Tolkien's world - and you've never seen Minecraft look this pretty.
Their work, which they are making as accurate as possible based on the works of Tolkien, is nothing short of stunning.
Matt (Nerd of the Rings)
Tolkien Youtuber
David O'Reilly
Environment artist (RDR2, GTA V & GTA VI)
Alan Sisto
Prancing Pony Podcast
Lowresbones
Minecraft Youtuber
Yoystan (Men of the West)
Tolkien Youtuber
Dukonred1
Minecraft Youtuber
Games Radar
Video game website
Kotaku
Video game website
The core visual identity guidelines and assets for ArdaCraft. Maintain consistency across all digital and print mediums.
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Blue Accent
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ArdaCraft is not affiliated with or managed by Mojang AB or Microsoft