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[[File:2026-08-06 Noobslum.png|thumb|444x444px|A picture of the Noobslum as of August 6, 2026. The main area has been destroyed with TNT and lavacasted over. Other areas have been flooded.]]
The '''Noobslum''', also '''Noob Containment Zone''', '''Villager Gulag''', '''Favela''' or just '''"Slum"''' was a densely populated urban district located in the -,+ quadrant near spawn. It consisted of densely packed, modular housing units stacked next to and on top of each other. Later expansions of the Noobslum added farms and more specialized buildings. It began construction on January 5, 2026 and was reduced to ruins by March of 2026. As of August 2026, the Noobslum is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon nuked] and flooded above sea level. Some remains of the former area are still underwater.


== Etymology ==
The name "Noobslum" is a portmanteau of the words "noob" and "slum", with the word noob being a slang term referring to a new, unskilled player, and the word slum referring to high density, low-quality urban housing, which is typically inhabited by impoverished people. The term was coined by TypicalHog early on in the construction process, as the English lexicon at the time was inadequate to describe the unprecedented project.

== History ==

=== Early Construction ===
[[File:2026-01-05 Early Noobslum.png|thumb|An image from within the Noobslum on January 5, 2026. There is only one level of housing so far, and remnants of an earlier build can be seen in the building on the left.]]
The Noobslum's construction first began on January 5, 2026 when TypicalHog (CubeGuy420), Skyzlmt, and Nonydaq were at -,+ spawn. TypicalHog was building mounds of lime wool at spawn with emeralds hidden in them for noobs to find. Skyzlmt left, and TypicalHog and Nonydaq were left trying to think of things to build. Nonydaq built a small house out of some wood, and then built more until there was a small village. TypicalHog left Nonydaq with some materials to keep building, and he continued expanding the village. He started moving nearby villagers that were left at spawn for trading into the housing.
[[File:2026-01-06 MouseGang Terrorism.png|thumb|300x300px|An image from within the Noobslum on January 6, 2026. MouseGang members Chinggis and Gende detonate an End crystal within the urban district, killing several innocent villagers and mutilating several more. Even Gende is horrified at the barbarism of this terrorist attack.]]


As time went on, construction continued, with TypicalHog primarily supplying materials, along with building, and Nonydaq primarily building. MouseGang members Chinggis and Gende also began helping in the construction of the Noobslum around this time, both of them primarily committing [[wikipedia:Terrorism|terrorist]] acts, along with doing some construction of their own.


With the Nonydaq, TypicalHog, and sometimes Chinggis building, the Noobslum soon grew to have dozens of apartments and multiple stories in height, with villagers now inhabiting the complex, using the nearby farm, and breeding. At this point, the Noobslum was even considered to be potentially recorded and used in a trailer advertising Core Journey. Soon, construction began to slow due to boredom with the project, along with the difficulty of getting the large amount of materials required to build dozens of apartments.

=== First Grief ===
TypicalHog posted about the project in the community discord server in order to potentially enlist help from other players. Soon after, the Noobslum was griefed with TNT, mostly targeting the center of the complex and leaving much of the outer areas untouched. Most likely, the post was what attracted unwanted attention from the griefer, considering the usually low activity of the server at the time. After the grief, construction was at a complete halt for roughly a week-long period.

=== Post-Grief Expansion ===
After some time, Nonydaq returned to the project, deciding to continue expanding in spite of the grief. Due to shortage of materials, primarily cobblestone, spruce wood, and dirt would be used to build the houses, as opposed to the random blocks taken from TypicalHog's storage that were used in the earlier construction of the Noobslum. Spruce wood could easily be farmed on site using large spruce trees, and cobblestone and dirt were easy to gather nearby. 


Nonydaq continued expanding the slum, with nobody else involved in the project at this point. Instead of building dense, stacked apartments like before, Nonydaq decided to build less dense, mostly one layer housing interspersed with farms. This setup would make the slum more difficult to grief, and the farms would make it easy for villagers to breed on their own and fill the new housing.


The new slum ended up growing to cover about twice as much area as the original, albeit now with far less density. Construction was mostly constricted by the coastline of a nearby pond, so after building to the east, Nonydaq continued to the north.

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File:2026-08-06 Noobslum.png|alt=A picture of the Noobslum as of August 6, 2026. The main area has been destroyed with TNT and lavacasted over. Other areas have been flooded.|The Noobslum as of August 6, 2026.
File:2026-01-05 Early Noobslum.png|alt=An image from within the Noobslum on January 5, 2026. There is only one level of housing so far, and remnants of an earlier build can be seen in the building on the left.|Within the Noobslum on January 5, 2026.
File:2026-01-06 MouseGang Terrorism.png|alt=An image from within the Noobslum on January 6, 2026. MouseGang members Chinggis and Gende detonate an End crystal within the urban district, killing several innocent villagers and mutilating several more. Even Gende is horrified at the barbarism of this terrorist attack.|MouseGang terrorist attack on January 6, 2026.
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