The JUICD WORLD Minecraft SMP opens Wednesday 28 October, 8PM AEDT / 7PM AEST. It's survival Minecraft with one change. The whole JUICD range is in the game as craftable, drinkable items, and crafting them is the only way to earn money. Farm the ingredients, craft the product, sell it, spend it.

Every new JUICD release will be added to the game too, so the range keeps growing alongside the real thing.

The Map

• Spawn is a lobby with a shop counter (coming soon) and the exit portal. More will be coming in future.
• The portal drops you at the town site (200x200). The town is empty on purpose, and open to guild members with the Realm Seeker rank or higher to build. Other ranks are welcome to build nearby. We encourage you all to live close together!
• /wild sends you 300 to 1500 blocks from town. 10 minute cooldown
• /spawn returns you to the lobby from anywhere
• World border is 20,000 blocks in every direction
• No mobs spawn within 200 blocks of the town site

Rules

• Be decent. No harassment, hate speech or spam, in game or in Discord
• No griefing or stealing. Leave other players' claims and builds alone
• No cheating. No hacked clients, x-ray (mods or texture packs), or anything that locates structures, biomes or ores for you
• Performance and QOL mods (Sodium, Iris, OptiFine) and minimaps (Xaero's, Journeymap) are fine. Unsure about a mod? Ask staff
• No duping items or currency, and no exploiting recipes or the shop
• Found a bug? Report it privately to staff
• No AFK or auto-click mods, or anything that moves your crosshair or reconnects you for you
• No lag machines, laggy farms or chunk loaders. Staff can remove anything hurting the server without warning
• No advertising other servers
• Staff can act on anyone who's a nuisance to the community
• Full block logging is running. Anything that slips through gets rolled back
• Use common sense. If it's not on this list but it's clearly out of line, it still counts

Zero tolerance. If it doesn't fly in Discord, it won't fly here.

Claims

• Golden shovel. Right-click one corner, then the opposite corner
• Nobody else can break, place or open anything inside
• /trust name lets a friend build. /untrust name takes it back
• 1000 claim blocks to start. More accrue while you're online, and more are for sale once the shop opens
• Claims run from a few blocks under your feet to the sky, and extend down as you dig
• Claims untouched for 60 days expire

The Opening Quest

The server launches with the economy off. There's no shop and currency buys nothing. The first player or group to craft all seven JUICD items opens the shop and economy for everyone!

• Seven items: three cans and four tubs. The bases don't count
• Hand the full set in at the lobby counter to verify
  

Hall of Fame

Winners are memorialised in the Hall of Fame in the server lobby and go into the server's history books. Every award can be won solo or as a group.

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY!

So this one is a little late. I just got back from spending the week with the team and celebrating the big 3-0, and we have few things to unpack.

Let's get into it!

Mini-Fridge Giveaway

We had an awesome Minute To Win It stream last Thursday with the team and drew the winners for the three mini-fridge giveaway.

Here are your winners:

Sherbert Twista Mini-Fridge: @jurggzz

Sour Melon Twista Mini-Fridge: @zelcon_aim

Gummy Shark Twista Mini-Fridge: @sheep.77529385

If you're one of our winners, please make a ticket in our Discord and the team will get these sent out to you.

We've had so many people reach out saying the mini-fridges look absolutely awesome. This will definitely not be the last time you see a JUICD mini-fridge up for grabs!

New JUICD HQ

We also have some exciting news. We'll be moving into a new JUICD HQ not too far from our current warehouse.

We're planning to build a dedicated streaming space there so we can make our Twitch streams a regular weekly thing!

Nutrition Warehouse Exclusive

Our beloved Blue Spark has had an upgrade.

Lemonade Icy is now available exclusively at Nutrition Warehouse stores nationwide + online.

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Getting into more retailers around Australia has been a huge goal for us. If you've got a Nutrition Warehouse near you, it would mean the world if you dropped in and showed some love. ❤️

Poll Question #1: Is there a Nutrition Warehouse near you?

• Yes
• No

Poll Question #2: Have you ever seen JUICD in a supplement store?

• Yes
• No

Comic Book

You may have noticed we've been a little quiet with comic updates lately. And that's only because..

Our comic book is FINALLY DONE!

It's in production now and we're expecting to release the first edition in November alongside a limited edition collector's pack with only 100 units.

Which may or may not feature a new mousepad.. or a limited edition tub.. among other things. (shhh)

This has been a completely new experience for us. If you'd told us when we first launched JUICD that we'd have our own comic book. One we created from scratch and self-published we wouldn't have believed you.

I'm so proud of the team for making this come to life. Can't wait to have you all in the JUICD world with us.

We're going to try to get the comic stocked in as many comic book and pop-culture stores around Australia as possible. If you know a local store that might stock it, send them our way in the discord.

Poll Question #3: Would you want pre-orders for the limited edition collector's pack open to Guild members so you don't miss out?

• Yes
• No

Poll Question #4: When was the last time you bought a comic book?

• Never
• Years ago
• In the last year
• Recently/regularly

Poll Question #5: Do you have somewhere near you that sells comic books?

• Yes
• No

JUICD Minecraft Server

We've been quietly building a Minecraft server for the Guild over the past two weeks.

It's survival Minecraft with one twist: an in-game economy built entirely around JUICD. You farm ingredients, craft JUICD, and sell it to the shop at spawn. That's the only way to earn money in the world and you can spend it on building materials and everything else or haud it.

• Survival, mostly vanilla (with the economy and a few quality-of-life plugins added)
• Making JUICD is your income. The shop sells you everything and buys nothing except JUICD
• Crossplay: One address, one world, whatever device you're on
• Hosted in Sydney, works on Java and Bedrock so PC, console and mobile are all in
• You join by linking your Discord account. Your Guild rank carries over and shows in game
• Not pay-to-win

For me, minecraft is super nostalgic and something I got lost in for hours when I was younger with friends. Hoping it becomes another place for you all to come together and build something cool.

On launch we'll be running a Guild quest with goals like reaching end game first, crafting every JUICD flavour, and best build. More details when we go live.

Poll Question #6: PvP on or off?

• On everywhere
• Off everywhere
• Off except opt-in areas

Poll Question #7: Should the world reset each season?

• Yes, fresh start every few months
• No, one world that lasts

Poll Question #8: What device would you play on?

• PC
• Console
• Mobile
• I don't play Minecraft

What's Coming in October

We've teased it and we were surprised no one caught it.. but there is a new tub release dropping this month.

Get ready.

The October TV Guide will be out later this week as well. See you all in the next patch notes!

Adsy
JUICD

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We know why you're here! We've kept this one short but sweet, everything you need to know for Thursday the 27th of August. Let's get into it.

Meet the NEW Line-Up

Meet our new range, the next evolution of JUICD, with a fresh look and an ingredients update across the board.

Gaming is where JUICD started, and that's never changing. It's in our DNA and always will be. But over the years we've noticed something: our community isn't just gamers grinding ranked at 2am. You're athletes, creatives, parents, night shift workers, gym rats, students cramming for exams. All of you reach for JUICD to fuel whatever you're locked into that day.

So this new look is us leaning into that. It's built to represent every passion our community brings to the table, not just one. Same JUICD energy, just a range that finally looks like all of you, not just the gamer in you.

Here's to fuelling whatever you're into. Let's get into the range.

JUICD Tubs

Seismic Cola

One of the OG flavours from our first release, it felt fitting bringing this one back. It's sold out every time we've restocked it, and this version is the best yet.

Pineapple Berry

A juicy, sweet pineapple hit rounded out with a burst of mixed berries. Think tropical and tart in perfect balance, ridiculously moreish. If you loved Paralope Crush and Slash Berry, this one's a match made in heaven.

Cherry Freeze

We've had protests in the Discord about bringing back a sour cherry flavour. Well, this one's for you. I'll be honest, I'm not usually a cherry guy (some PTSD from old school pre workouts that only ever came in "classic cherry"). But I'm a convert on this one, and it's going into my weekly rotation.

Ingredient Changes

We've built on top of the OG formula to stay competitive in today's market. The headline changes:

• Alpha GPC bumped up: 250mg to 300mg per serving.
• New addition: Alpinia Galanga Rhizome (300mg).
• Tyrosine, upgraded: swapped straight L-Tyrosine for N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, a more bioavailable form.
• Bigger serve, bigger tub: scoop size is up from 7g to 9g, and instead of pulling the usual “shrinkflation” move everyone’s sick of (looking at you, every snack brand ever), we did the opposite. The tub's grown with it, 280g up to 360g at 40 servings.

JUICD Cans

Sour Melon

If you loved our Razer Melon flavour, you're going to love this. Bold watermelon with a sour kick, it's a must have.

Sherbert Twista

Sherbet lolly flavour in a carbonated can. Do I need to say more?

Gummy Shark

This one's the talk of the town at JUICD HQ. Do you know what Gummy Shark lollies taste like? I didn't either, until Adam sneakily slipped this into development, and it. is. awesome.

Ingredient Changes

Say hello to Cogniforce, our new focus and clarity blend built from three new additions:

• Rhodiola Rosea Extract (150mg)
• Citicoline (100mg)
• Phosphatidylserine 20% (100mg)

JUICD Variety Pack

We've gone with a sealed pack instead of picking your own single serves, so we don't run out of the popular flavours and newcomers to JUICD can sample the full range. It's a 12 serve variety pack with 2 serves of 3 flavours.

Existing Tubs

Existing tubs will be vaulted once sold out. You can expect to see existing flavours make a return, but these will be the last in the old designs. If you haven't got your hands on them yet, what's available now is your last chance to grab a piece of JUICD history.

Release Information

The new JUICD line-up will be available:

• Australia: 10am AEST Thursday
• Auckland: 12pm NZST, Thursday
• London: 1am BST, Thursday
• New York: 8pm EDT, Wednesday
• Los Angeles: 5pm PDT, Wednesday

Guild Quest

Our Guild Quest will be live upon launch and posted in Discord. All we can say is, you have to be quick to be a winner!

Instagram Winners

Thank you to everyone hyping up our teaser! Every like, comment and share means the world to us. We're going to keep randomly rewarding those supporting us, so keep the hype going for future posts.

Here are the winners, randomly selected to receive 1 x can of each flavour. Please open a ticket in Discord and the team will get this sent out to you.

Hey everyone,

Welcome back to JUICD Patch Notes.

This is a little later release than we’d planned for this patch notes and I know you all are eager to get an update on what’s been happening!

(we’ve been super busy 😅)

Lets jump into it.

Product Updates

NEW PRODUCTS DROPPING NEXT MONTH!

Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who sampled and gave us feedback. We put a lot of those responses to work and it helped us lock down the release properly. It means a lot that you took the time.

Here's what's coming.. We'll be releasing 3 tubs, 3 RTDs and a brand new variety pack next month. We'll reveal all the flavours at the start of next month, but we didn't want to leave you completely empty handed..

So here's a sneak peek at the new look and flavours of the RTD flavours dropping:

Gummy Shark

Sherbert Twista

Guild Quest

It was a lot of fun reading through the responses for the greatest villain of all time guild quest. We were initially going to put the winners up against each other, but ran out of time getting ready for next month's release.

The creativity and effort people put in was really impressive. Made it hard to pick winners!

Winners of our Guild Quest have been posted to #🔎 │ guild-quests.

You'll each receive a $50 JUICD voucher to spend on the new launch. Keep an eye out for the next quest coming soon.

Guild Program

July Promotions

Congratulations to our new Realm Seekers!

Receiving the Realm Seeker rank means you've genuinely shown up for this community and we want to recognise that. It's our way of saying we see you and we appreciate it more than you know.

Each of you will receive our new Guild-only JUICD Decal for free as a little thank you from us (available tomorrow).

How Promotions Work

Each month we go through the Discord, sales, social media and find those who are going above and beyond as a community member. Whether that is:

• Interacting with the community
• Sharing your passion and cool wins
• Helping others
• Repping the brand IRL
• Introducing new people to JUICD

If you’re putting in the energy one way or another, we’ll notice.

Before we introduce the next rank, promoted members need to hold Realm Seeker for a minimum of 2 months to be considered. We want our guild progression to mean something and are tweaking how it will all work in the back-end.

JUICD TV Guide

Introducing the JUICD TV Guide!

Every month we'll be putting out a TV Guide covering all our upcoming community events and streams so you can see exactly what's on and plan to be there.

That could be anything from:

• Twitch packing/team streams
• BTS Discord streams
• Game nights
• Watch parties and movie nights
• + more

Think of it like a programming schedule but for JUICD. We want you guys to have regular things to look forward to every month, and this is how we plan to make that happen.

We'll release the full August TV Guide at the start of next month. But to close out July, here's what's on:

Games Night | Wednesday 29th July
Community game of Meccha Chameleon. Come join us! More info will be posted in Discord next week.

Discord Stream | Friday 31st July
We'll be drawing the EOFY competition winner, sharing a comic update and giving you a BTS look at what's coming in the next drop.

Comic Updates

As some of you know, our goal is to release our first edition comic book this year and finally bring the JUICD lore to life. I just wanted to share a little on what that process looks like with a super small team.

Storyline

Adam is the mastermind behind the JUICD storyline, with help from Mike, and has been working on this since the brand's inception 6 years ago. Originally we just wanted a cool character to go on our tubs, but very quickly it became a lot more than that. From there we've gone back and forth on what the world of JUICD looks like and what his story is.

There have been so many ideas on characters, lore, and world-building. I feel like the core vision has stayed the same as what you've seen from the world of JUICD so far, but over time certain pieces really began to fall into place and feel right.

Creating a comic has really made us take a step back and figure out the exact path we want to take and break the story up into small segments and issues. While this requires a lot of decisions, being a comic also gives us the ability to not go too deep into things we're not 100% sure of yet, while still keeping continuity.

Once we settled on the timeline of events, we built a document called The JUICD Universe. Inside we've created a wiki-style page for everything that exists in the JUICD world; all the characters, realms, items, cities, all of it.

It's an ever-evolving document, but it lets us really dive into the essence of the world and bring places and people to life with proper backstories.

Here's a look at a character I spent some time working on. I'm a huge Avatar: The Last Airbender fan and really wanted to have our own version of the Cabbage Merchant as a nod to the series and how much it meant to me growing up.

Once we were happy with the direction for the first comic, we created a basic brief for each page outlining the purpose and story that happens on it. This let us go through and make sure the story was actually enjoyable to read and had all the elements we wanted.

Draft brief

Sketching

Once the storyline was locked in, Adam would do initial sketches on an iPad based on the purpose of each page and the story it needed to tell.

This part is really really hard. There's a real balance between making something look cool, telling the story clearly, and not making it too complicated to follow.

A lot of the time, not all of the story elements is included in the brief is able to be conveyed on page, so everything you see has been added purposefully. 

And because we're not full-time comic book creators, you'll usually find Adam working on this on weekends or at night outside of our normal work hours. Which makes it feel even more special honestly.

From there, sketches go through an approval process with myself and other team members to make sure the direction is right before moving to the next stage.

Completed draft sketches

Outline & Colouring

Cesar is our longtime artist who worked on bringing the JUICD world to life 6 years ago, so it felt only right to have him be part of releasing our first comic book.

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Initial character concept drawings by Cesar from 2022.

He receives the initial sketch of each page along with a bunch of notes, and then works his magic on the outline and colouring.

Colouring/Outlining draft

Once we're happy, we finalise and repeat the whole process for the next page.

Manufacturing

We really want the final product to feel good in hand, and be something actually worth collecting.

We looked at a few different comic books we love as inspiration, and I spent a good amount of time reaching out to different manufacturers to get quotes, timelines, and sample packs.

Our first sample pack arrived earlier this month. Inside were test prints of our comic pages along with samples of different paper stocks and finishes.

The whole point of a sample pack is to test different paper weights and textures to make sure we land on exactly the right look and feel. We want the comic to feel like a traditional comic; not overly glossy, no thick book covers, nothing cheap.

We went through everything together and decided what we liked to pass back to the manufacturer as feedback.   

Adsy and Adam reviewing samples

What’s Next

We've finalised 9 pages out of the 16-20 we want for the first edition. So now it's just about getting those remaining pages done so we can get a pre-production sample approved before the full print run.

We're really hoping to have this completed and ready to purchase by the end of the year. It will be a limited print run. I'm also working on a collector's pack for a special edition which will include a few extra collector's items we think you're going to love.

We'll be self-publishing on our website, and we're also hoping to get some copies into local stores which is actually something we might get everyone's help with.

Hope this gives you a bit of insight into the process. For what we've got, I think we're making some real headway, and we can't wait to share this world with you all!

Suggestions

Last thing, we've opened up two new channels in the Discord.

Head to #📺│tvguide-suggestions to throw in ideas for events and streams you want to see, and #📮│channel-suggestions for any specific channels you’d like to see.

If you made it this far, thank you for your support and I'm looking forward to seeing you in the next patch notes!