ArdaCraft Roles

Leadership Roles

Leads ArdaCraft and community‍

Responsibilities:

• Defines and ensures the smooth running of the project
• Will typically have a raft of other responsibilities not directly related to the Admin role i.e. leading regions of the map, creating terrain, etc.

Temporary deputy for the Admins

‍Responsibilities:

• Ensures the smooth running of the project in the Admins’ absence
• Helping hand for planning and management

Project Roles

Leads major regions on the server (i.e. Moria, Gondor, Rohan)‍

Responsibilities:

• Communicates and engages with all ranks
• Distribution of work and development
• Sets styles (does their own research, and establishes style guides)
• Provides building opportunities, mainly via delegation
• Works with prospective Architects, Mentors and assesses Architect applications

Requirements:‍

• Assumed when a person is established as an overall region lead
• Being actively involved in most topics on the server

Has the proven ability to lead larger projects like villages/towns and areas

‍Responsibilities/Capabilities:

• Has the knowledge and skills required to lay out projects i.e. villages, towns, and areas within a certain region
• Can provide plots and give feedback on plots
• Provides leadership assistance for the Overseers
• Solid base knowledge of server tools (Axiom, Terrasniper, Worldedit)

Requirements:

Builders who are interested in Architect and who have taken on more of a leading role in projects can submit an Architect application. It is very unlikely that they will get the rank immediately. Rather, applying is the beginning of a longer process in which the Overseers train prospective Architects to become fully ready to take on larger projects.

Mentors; Team members that guide Applicants and Apprentices through the application process

Responsibilities:

• Replies and helps Applicants and Apprentices on Discord and on the server
• Provides feedback

Capabilities:

• Fully up-to-date on region(s) and style(s) they are a Mentor for
• Active enough to reply to Applicants and Apprentices within a few days

Requirements:

• Can either approach Mentor Manager if interested or get approached by Mentor Manager

Team members that have access to Axiom and Terrasniper on the main map‍

Responsibility:‍

Reasonable use of the server tools‍

Requirements:

• Trusted by senior team members
• Having successfully led a project
• Have been trained in how to use server tools

Full team members‍

Responsibilities:

• Doing plots or taking on other tasks
• Able to apply for and lead smaller projects i.e. homesteads, villages, halls

‍Requirements:‍

Successfully passing through the application system

Not yet full team members that have earned the ability to work on the main map‍

Responsibility:

Working on plots they can claim or tasks given to them by Mentors/Leads

‍Requirements:‍

Successfully engaging in the application process. Visit How to Apply for details and join our Discord for more.

Other Roles

Leads Developers, assigns tasks, and manages the server network

Responsibilities:

• Manages the server network, infrastructure development and the ArdaCraft Modpack
• Communication and delegation of all development related and technical tasks
• Contact for all development issues, requests, or required features and updates

Requirements:

Must be experienced in server infrastructure and development, and remain actively involved in all technical processes.

Members of the Development Team

Responsibilities:

• Implementing desired features
• Updating and maintaining the existing mod pack
• Fixing bugs

Requirements:

Approach the Development Manager on our Discord.

Members of the Texture and Development Team

Responsibilities:

• Producing new models for objects or mobs
• Creating new and overhauling old textures for our resource pack

Requirements:

Approach us on our Discord.

Members of the Guide and Development Team

Responsibilities:

• Planning new player experiences and guides for the community
• Being up to date with the server standards and its regions

Requirements:

Approach us on our Discord.

Members of the Media Team

Responsibilities:

• Website development
• Producing content for ArdaCraft’s social media including Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok‍

• Developing new ideas and concepts to enhance ArdaCraft’s online presence

Requirements:

Approach the Media Team on our Discord.

Members of the Events Team

Responsibilities:

• Preparing upcoming events
• Developing new ideas and concepts for events

Requirements:

Approach the Events Team on our Discord.

Previous team members who used to have a building role

Requirements:

Being inactive on the server for a prolonged time. For the avoidance of doubt, this rank requires agreement between the two Admins.

Community members that help fill in the gaps in the lore

Responsibilities:

• Developing histories and cultures for peoples not thoroughly described in the lore
• Coming up with location names in Tolkien’s languages

Requirements:

Approach us on our Discord.

A Patron tag and exclusive access to our Build server and locked channels on our Discord

Requirements:

Support us with at least $2 a month on Patreon. Contact Foglet for more information!

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