SpawnMasons

Secretive building fraternity founded by HermeticLock in early 2017. Its weekly meetings produced hundreds of temporary lodges as well as long-term bases, monuments, experiments, and collaborative builds near spawn and farther out.


Valkyria

Influential 2013-2015 faction formed from several earlier groups and bases. Valkyria combined builders, redstoners, and PvP players, led the first three Spawn Incursions, and left some of early 2b2t's most recognizable bases and symbols.


Vortex Coalition

Large faction founded by Coltsnid and AmericanOreo in 2015. VoCo operated through several phases, maintained a large community and its own economy, absorbed the Spawn Infrastructure Group, and disbanded in March 2021.


The Emperium

Long-running 2b2t faction founded by TheDark_Emperor and rootbeerguy1212 in December 2016. Although it also organized conflicts and events, the Atlas classifies it by its unusually long succession of member bases across multiple eras.


Team Veteran

Loose anti-Rusher coalition formed in June 2016 during the Rusher War. It organized established players against TheCampingRusher's influx, primarily through spawn PvP and the Fourth Incursion rather than as a conventional building group.


The Highway Patrol

Highway-focused group recorded in the Atlas for road maintenance and patrol work. Its detailed history and verified emblem have not yet been documented in the available public sources.


Highway Workers Union (HWU)

Nether infrastructure group founded in September 2020. HWU succeeded much of IIS's work and uses automated building tools to pave, extend, clear, and signpost the eight principal Nether highways.


Nether Highway Group (NHG)

Early border expedition and highway group formed in late 2016. NHG completed the eastern Nether highway to the world border, continued toward the ++ corner, and built Point Dory and numerous milestones along the route.


Spawn Infrastructure Group (SIG)

Infrastructure group founded in November 2017 that repaired Nether highways and built Overworld amenities including outposts and Southern Canal works. SIG became a VoCo subgroup and ended when VoCo disbanded in March 2021.


Independent Interstate Society (IIS)

Nether highway group active from July 2019 to November 2020. IIS popularized large-scale Baritone and Schematica-assisted road building, expanded the principal routes and ring roads, then largely merged into HWU and MEG.


-X Diggers

Short-lived expedition founded by Metrez and Bramblery in November 2017 to dig the western Nether axis highway to the Overworld world border, a goal completed the following month.


Motorway Extension Gurus (MEG)

Nether highway mining group founded in October 2019. MEG widened and extended long-distance routes, including the diagonal highways to the world border, with tunnel standards designed for fast cheat-assisted travel.


Backstreet Boys

Group founded by digandbuilder and iMems in September 2018. BSB has pursued an intentionally broad mix of social activity, PvP, base building, and high-profile griefs, and is especially known for its recorded griefing history.


DonFuer

Long-running building community founded outside 2b2t in 2013 and active on 2b2t since 2016. DonFuer promotes organized collaborative building through a numbered series of flagship bases and many smaller projects.

August 2013; on 2b2t since November 2016


Imperator's Group

Small early building group active around 2012-2015. Its principal project was Imperator's Base, whose monumental Christ the Redeemer statue became one of the best-known builds in 2b2t history.


Spawn Builders Association

Open building group founded in April 2021 and dedicated to creating and maintaining spawn bases. Rather than concentrating on one permanent headquarters, SBA directs most of its effort into successive spawn projects.


Monument Construction Group

Small building group founded in 2021 to construct monuments at major server milestones and historically significant coordinates.


+Z Digging Group

Axis-highway crew formed around late 2016 after work began on the southern Nether highway. The group completed the +Z route to the Overworld world border on June 9, 2017 and built milestones and small bases along it.


Southern Canal Association

Canal infrastructure group founded in August 2022 to extend and maintain the Southern Canal. By its dissolution in February 2023 the canal reached roughly 540,000 blocks, and most members continued the work in WaterWay Union.


WaterWay Union

Infrastructure group founded in January 2023 to expand and maintain the +Z Southern Canal, continuing work begun by the Southern Canal Association and building canal outposts and amenities along the route.


Team Rusher

Large, decentralized 2016 faction associated with TheCampingRusher's audience. It was one of the two principal sides of the Rusher War and opposed Team Veteran during the influx of new players that reshaped 2b2t.


Facepunch Republic

Early 2b2t faction formed by players from the Facepunch forum in April 2011. At its height it organized hundreds of players, fought the server's 4chan population, and established a network of bases and outposts before collapsing in 2012.


Core Builders

Building and infrastructure community founded in June 2026. Active on 2b2t and other Minecraft servers, it focuses on collaborative projects, helping players, repairing infrastructure, and sharing resources.


The Imperials

Multi-server faction whose 2b2t branch says it was established by Titus on June 1, 2016. The active branch publishes community, auxiliary, spawn, and numbered builder bases; documented projects include Caledonia, Oceania I, Ambrose I, Windhelm I, Lente II, and Aqueous VI. It is distinct from The Emperium and SpawnMasons.


Astral Brotherhood

Private building group founded by Joey_Coconut and LordGalvatronMC in August 2021. Its long succession of main, recruit, and meteorite bases includes Menegroth, Astralia, Nautilus, Solaris, Stellaris, and many later projects.


Aven Alliance

Private building community founded by KalebLP and Tilley8 in August 2024 with an emphasis on a small, close-knit membership.


Bedrock City

Building group and numbered base series founded by usuriousberry39 in November 2022. Its projects use Bedrock Edition injections as a defining construction rule and deliberately maintain neutrality toward other groups.


Elysium

Small social and building group founded and led by Carlll_ in March 2019. It was intentionally kept close-knit and also maintained a substantial presence on 9b9t before disbanding.


Fellowship of the Diamond

One of 2b2t's earliest known groups, first active in 2011 and briefly revived in 2015. Its members generally kept to themselves while maintaining several early bases around spawn.


Guardsmen

Building group founded in May 2020 by HermeticLock, TheDark_Emperor, D_loaded, and Orsond. Its central project was the repeatedly rebuilt Homeland near spawn, alongside a series of other bases and projects.


Invictus

Base group created during the 2016 Rusher influx. After its two principal bases, many of its members went on to help form Block Game Mecca.


Judge's Group

Early group founded by Offtopia and THEJudgeHolden in 2011. It escorted new players from spawn and created Old Town before expanding into a sequence of important early bases including Ravendel and The Drain.


Midnight Council

Exclusive building group founded by HermeticLock in December 2022. Its members assemble for a short annual session to construct a shared base.


Obscension

Group founded in March 2021 that built several bases and became best known for organizing the recurring public PitFight events.


Shortbus Caliphate

Long-running social and building faction founded in November 2017, also known as SBC, FunGroup, and Gaza. Its members built or shared a succession of bases while maintaining an intentionally irreverent public identity.


Sun Knights

Building group founded by CuppyK in February 2022. It has operated through several leadership eras and a succession of collaborative bases.


Team Rainbow

Building group founded by Brayin in August 2017 after Team Aurora became inactive. It continued through several projects before its own activity declined.


The Last Templar

Exclusive building group founded in March 2018 by King_Aurelius, GenderPretender, and ForRussia. It was known for Argonath, New Argonath, and its 10k highway monuments.


The Mew Revolution

Community and building group founded by MrAllNet in December 2020 to connect players through shared bases, projects, and voice chats.


Vapepens Elite Alliance

Spawn-oriented building group founded in September 2022, commonly abbreviated VEA. It has created numerous community bases in and around spawn while maintaining a deliberately informal culture.


Wingston

Private spawn building group founded and led by Warske in November 2022. Each numbered base centered on a recognizable viewing tower before the group became inactive.


EveryoneBase

Community building project founded by Joey_Coconut to bring members of otherwise separate 2b2t groups together for a shared base.


Goodwill Trading

Neutral trading group founded in November 2016 to collect and sell books, maps, banners, and other unique items. Its broader associates community connected traders, map makers, collectors, and friends without treating every participant as a full member.


JIDF

Spawn-base group created by Joey_Coconut in 2020. It built Fort Aqua and later helped revitalize the Shortbus Caliphate before merging into it.


The Enclave

Builder and griefer group founded in May 2024. Its documented bases include GoodSprings, Port Eden, New Eden, Anthem, Montpellier, and several spawn projects.


The Legion of Shenandoah

Early building group formed by members of Shenandoah in 2013-2014. Its documented bases include Mjolnir, Sleepy's Hollow, Shenandoah, and Asgard II.


The Society Project

Research and archival group focused on documenting 2b2t players and investigating methods of hiding bases near spawn. Its documented bases include Thotsburg and Newmelon Hamlet.


United States of Hakle

Spawn building group formed during the 2024 United States election. Its documented projects include The Outpost, Hakleville, and Haklegrad.


Social group founded by Triibu and Nr1Princess in September 2019. It maintained several themed bases and projects and was described by the wiki as semi-active.


Infinity Incursion

Incursion group founded by BachiBachBach in August 2019. It organized large spawn projects including Operation Black Sky and the 2020 water cube, while its building division produced several documented bases before the group disbanded in 2021.


New Facepunch Republic

2019 revival of the early Facepunch Republic led by returning founder chezhead. It focused on building and restoration projects, including the 2k2k rebuild and Fort Aqua, before becoming inactive in 2021.


Peacekeepers

Rusher-era faction founded in July 2016 as an attempted neutral third party between Team Rusher and Team Veteran. It later aligned with Team Rusher before eventually disbanding.


The Gulag

Social and conflict-oriented group founded by c0mmie_ in late 2018. Its projects included several distinctive spawn constructions, most notably c0mmiegrad.


The Watchmen

Faction founded in October 2020 and best known for its obsidian OwO spawn project. The group also established the Aura spawn base before disbanding.