**Fort Opado**

Foundation Date: Sometime. Abandonment Date: Sometime.

Location: Overworld 

Members: [[players:Rummin|Rummin]], [[players:be2ny|Clyme]], [[players:Soth|Soth]], [[players:L5_|L5_]]

**STATUS: INACTIVE**

A spawn base established by Soth and L5_, it featured a large elevated grass area surrounded a cobblestone ledge dropping off into a deep pit with pointed dripstone spikes, it had an automated lava moat all around it.

Some builds, including a house and some farms, were built on top of the elevated area

The lava could be toggled with a lever, activating the dispensers placed inside the walls all around the fort, covering the walls in lava to make it harder for intruders to get up 

There was a ladder placed on a corner made of gravel which was used to get up, and could instantly be broken by using a piston to move the gravel up and down

The base also featured a raised lookout area all around the edge, where people could patrol and look for any incoming intruders, goat horns were used to signal any unknown players that were spotted 

There was also a tall watch tower off in the distance, within the jungle biome 

Other builds were created around the fort, such as bigger crop farms, and an unfinished cross shaped castle by Clyme 

The fort was attacked multiple times by a few people, mostly new players, and a small war took place there 

The base was eventually abandoned and later griefed by an unknown player, today it lays in ruins 


**Refuge during the wither calamity:**

Fort Opado was one of the few remaining areas at spawn that was free of withers during the spawn calamity, new players took refuge here, and any withers that were spotted near the area were killed 

The base was protected by distant lava walls, which kept most of the withers out 

The lava walls were later dismantled after the great wither purge