The Sandlot - A Family-Friendly Minecraft Community

The time has come to say farewell to the current Normal Survival map, with a grand reopening on June 11th at 12:00 pm (noon) EDT!

We will publish a separate announcement thread with details on the new Normal server, but here is what you need to know for now.

Is the map being reset?

Yes. It will have the new Caves and Cliffs terrain and features!

Will I lose my items, claims, and balance?

Yes.

What Minecraft version will the new Normal server use?

1.18.2.

Will I be able to download the current map to play in single player?

Yes. Put all your inventory items into a chest on your claim before the reset, since player inventories will be wiped in the map download. Write down the coordinates of your base so you can find it again.

Will there be a farewell party for the current Normal server?

Yes! We will host a farewell tour on June 4 at 12:00 pm (noon) EDT.

When, exactly, will current Normal be...

Hi all!

Starting February 19th, the Sandlot will now be hosting monthly birthday parties for everyone that has a birthday that month.

This will include games, prizes, and certainly lots of partying as a way to celebrate your birthdays!

The first birthday party to kick this off will be February 19th, at 3PM EST. This party with also include January birthdays, since that is the only month that's gone by. However, the following parties will always be the second Saturday of each month. (There will be a new post or thread created that contains the date and when there's going to be a new one.)


Please do not share your actual date of birth without permission from your parent or guardian.* This is just to generally celebrate all birthdays of that certain month.

***With parental consent, you may post if...

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, I am creating a new, temporary survival world where we can party our socks off and have fun! The world is going to be mostly vanilla, but I'm going to make it very easy to get good gear, and you will not lose your inventory if you die! You will be able to blow up the world as much as you want, and you can travel as far as you want, because there is NO border!

It's really just meant to be a fun place to hang out, but we need your help! We need to have enough cake for every single member that has signed up for The Sandlot in the last 10 years who wants a slice! Each cake has 7 slices, and we have 21,404 members right now. I know some people can't eat cake or won't want any, so I am conservatively asking that everyone pitch in so that we have 2,844 cakes, which will be able to feed 19,908 people!

This server will open sometime this week, so check back here for updates often, and be ready to bake some cake!...

Greetings, everyone! Happy 10th Anniversary to The Sandlot Minecraft Server! Thank you to everyone – all members new, old, and in between, Helpers, Senior Helpers, Elders, VIP contributors, Moderators, Administrators, retired staff, retired members, our Owner, and our Founder. Every member, no matter your rank, has contributed to this server’s foundation. You ARE The Sandlot. We sincerely thank you all.

Please enjoy a highlight reel looking back at the history of our server. This will be quite a long post, but hopefully it will give older players some nostalgia, and newer players a better picture of what the server used to look like, and how far we have come. Enjoy!

2011

@cheracc is the Founder of The Sandlot Minecraft Server. He is a parent and math teacher. He wanted to find a safe place where his nephew and friends could play Minecraft together. He was dissatisfied with the family-friendly or kid-friendly server options available at the time, so...

Can you believe it?! We are 10 years old! Double digits! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. When I joined this server in 2013, I had no idea how profound of an impact it would have in my life. I am so grateful to our community. You are all so welcoming, creative, determined, and fun! As far as I'm concerned, The Sandlot is my second family.

To celebrate such a monumental occasion, we are going to have many special and fun things to do over the next month! Please continue reading to find out what's coming up, and be sure to leave a reply answering my final questions to you all at the end!

Sandlot Merchandise!

We have new merchandise available for purchase! Make sure to order soon to get your items shipped before Christmas! Hats, t-shirts, posters, and stickers, oh my!

https://merch.sandlotminecraft.com

Sandlot Fan Art

Last month, we invited everyone to submit some fan art. We got quite a...

Howdy Pardners!

The Sandlot is pleased to present our newest adventure map, the Wild West!

Your task is to serve as the new Marshal for the town of High Mesa. You will follow clues to capture four outlaws while adventuring to ranches, farms, mines, towns, and native dwellings. Along the way, you will help citizens resolve disputes and make peace with one another.

Be warned though, each outlaw is a mob boss with a sharp tongue and quick trigger!

William Vault aka "One-Eyed Bill" is a legendary bank robber.
Daniel Dispatch aka "Dapper Dan" is a notorious train bandit.
Jackson Hereford aka "Cactus Jack" is a sneaky cattle rustler.
Louis Wheeler aka "Loco Lou" is a wild stage coach thief.

When you spawn into the world, you'll appear in the Frontier Fort. Clicking a sign will give you two emeralds with which to purchase a book and a map. Then, you visit the Quartermaster to get your supplies, and use another sign to get your horse.

Once you are all outfitted, read the first book...

To celebrate The Sandlot's 10th anniversary, we have new merchandise! We have youth and adult t-shirts in 3 colors, a hat, a poster, and stickers!

We use a third party printing and distribution service that can ship anywhere in the world. If you order within the next week, you should get your shipment before the holidays.

You can get more details about each of the products and place your orders at https://merch.sandlotminecraft.com

Please get your orders in by January 17th! The Sandlot Merchandise store will be closed on January 18th. Thank you to everyone who has ordered or will order some merchandise! It is very much appreciated!

To play a specific version of Minecraft, please follow these steps to create a new installation profile in your Minecraft Launcher.

First, open the Minecraft Launcher. Make sure Minecraft: Java Edition is selected on the left side.



Click Installations at the top.



Click the New installation button.



Change the Furnace icon if you would like.

For Name, put in the version you would like to play. This can be anything you want. For this example, we will use 1.17.1.

For Version, select the version you would like to play. There are 3 main types of releases: release, snapshot, and old alpha. For The Sandlot, you will always use a release version, meaning the version starts with the word "release." For this example, we will use release 1.17.1.

You can ignore the Game Directory option.

You can change...

Hi everyone! In celebration of our 10th Anniversary soon approaching, we would like you all to join us during this exciting time! We would like to invite you all to create and submit fan art of The Sandlot for a compilation video!

It could be art of you and your friends on the server, funny or iconic moments, builds on the server, skins, etc.

Here are the guidelines:

• Entries must conform to all rules of The Sandlot.
• Do not sign your real name, or have any real life identifiable information.
• If you are under 13, a parent or guardian must submit your entry on your behalf.
• Please submit to: admin@sandlotminecraft.com
• Please make the subject line of your email "Sandlot fan art entry" and your current Minecraft username (e.g. "Sandlot fan art entry c0wg0d").
• Unlimited entries per person.
• The cutoff is November 30, 2021.
• You can make drawings, digital art, paintings, sculptures, music, or any other artform.
• You don’t have to be a...

Hello everyone!

Some of you may have noticed recently that a few players have logged in to The Sandlot with a dot at the beginning of their name. These are Sandlot staff members testing out whether or not The Sandlot can support Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.



I realize this is exciting and you probably have a bajillion questions and are thinking about a ton of new possibilities, but please do not get your hopes up yet. This is merely a test, and we are not saying that we will be supporting Minecraft: Bedrock Edition for certain yet. There are still many unknowns. Below I will try to propose and answer any questions you may have. Please read it thoroughly and if you still have more questions, the moderator team will try our best to answer them.

Please note below that JE means Java Edition and BE means Bedrock Edition.

Why do some players have a dot "." in front of their name?

Since BE and JE usernames...