Socorro
 Socorro
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 View of Socorro from town light house in March, 2025. | |
| About | |
|---|---|
| Founder |  KingServal
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| Contributors |  76x  RPS_DA_BEAR  ScarClaw72  EastDakota  BuffaloBom  snakyman  jriver_15  Inspector_Foix  Ted1246
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| Category | Cities |
| Underground? | Partially |
| Fortified? | No |
| Public access? | Yes |
| Public build? | No |
| Transport | |
| Road link? | Yes (Route 69) |
| Nexus link? | Yes (Purple 3) |
| Rail link? | Yes |
| Boat link? | Yes |
| Portal? | Yes |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | X=-6037 Y=64 Z=-13296 |
| Dimension | Overworld |
| Map Link | |
Socorro is a settlement in the North Western Ocean, founded on April 5th, 2019 by KingServal, EastDakota, and snakyman. It is a plot based city focused on Western and modern architecture. One of the largest settlements in server history, it is steadily growing, especially from revitalized efforts from the town staff. The town is a great starter town for noobs due to its numerous farms and economic opportunities, and is great for more established players as it has server landmarks such as the largest casino on the server alongside being a hub for the financial and historical industries.
Town History
Beginnings (April 2019- Late-2020):
Socorro was founded on April 5, 2019 when KingServal and snakyman were building Route 69. Originally planned to be a rest stop, KingServal realized the potential of the area for there to be a great town. With EastDakota, King constructed the town's first structure, the town hall. Soon, East constructed his building in the town square (now demolished). The next day, King invited RPS_DA_BEAR and ScarClaw72. RPS built the Grapevine publishing HQ, while Scar constructed a house right across the HQ. Days later, King expanded the town and invited players. Meanwhile, EastDakota decided to step down from his role in the town to pursue other things.After this, KingServal appointed 76x as vice mayor, until he got banned on June 14, 2019 upon realization he was a 
SailBird alt. KingServal would continue town expansion, with work on the town museum and help from individuals like 
ickyacky assisting with building the Lucky 38.
Slowdown(Late-2020-March 2025):
The seat was left incumbent until KingServal appointed jriver_15 to the office in 2020. By this time, KingServal was busy with some other things on the server and real life stuff as well, with few new residents and developments in the city. This would be exacerbated when he took an almost 2 year break in mid-2023, leaving the town abandoned with very few new residents from Vice Mayor development.
Revitalization (March 2025-Present):
KingServal came back to the server in early 2025, wanting to revisit the server he had called his Minecraft Home. With that, he decided to finish what he started. He appointed BuffaloBom and 
CaptainIceman to Vice-Mayors, finished building the KJ Bank exterior, and rapidly expanded the town's Embassy District and plots,enabling dozens of new players to join. Socorro as it stands is on the path to be the largest player settlement, alongside developing dozens of new businesses and paving a shining path for the server of what a settlement should be.
Imperial History:
Socorro has had its run-ins with empire building on MCO. KingServal always had a fascination with how players could create functional empires in such an anarchic environment such as the server. When Socorro was founded he decided to pledge allegiance to the Benjamese Empire, as many server towns were in it alongside friends of his like 
Snakyman. Shortly after he decided to leave it as BenEm was on its deathbed, deciding to make his own imperial venture. With that, Socorro was the last settlement to join BenEm and it would eventually cease to exist due to inactivity and members moving on.
In December that same year, KingServal decided to take the mantle, and alongside Snakyman and 
verydairyman founded a group known as the "Freedonian Imperial Federation". This group would eventually merge with the Bedrock Empire to form the United States of Freedonia. It would become one of the largest Empire in MCO history with over 500 residents and sprawling all across the map. With this, Socorro and Verico would unite to form the Bedrocco Empire, which Socorro is still a part of today.
While the United States of Freedonia would fizzle out in ~2022 from player inactivity and individuals forming new, unaffiliated towns, the Bedrocco Empire would remain in place. Many Bedroccan institutions remain in the town such as the KJ Bank, and Socorro is technically a monarchy, leading the House of Socorro. In 2025 Socorro would also align itself with the Newport Empire.
Town Plans
Socorro is primarily based on the American West, both modern and 19th century, as reflected in the buildings. Town Square, the location of city hall and other buildings, like a saloon, publishing company, and houses, is the main center of town. Major WIP builds are a museum, bank, and The Lucky 38.
Notable Builds:
Socorro Sugarcane farm
Socorro Canal System
& More!
What does Socorro offer?
Besides being an excellent Nexus hub, Socorro is a great spot to live and do fun activities. It has many farms, and also a lot of businesses. It is a great town for both beginners and experienced players alike. It is the town with the largest amount of embassies from other groups and settlements, with about two dozen all represented within the borders of Socorro, making it excellent for networking and gaining greater aspects into the MCO Community.
Districts of Socorro:
Socorro is classified into four different districts. They are: Residential, Farm, Business, and Embassy. Each district has its own parameters for zoning and build style/influences, alongside function.
Directions to Socorro
Socorro is very easy to enter. There are 4 main transportation methods and they are: Nexus, walking,railway, and boats. Below are all of the ways to enter Socorro, whichever seems nicest to you is what you should do. It should be noted that the Nexus is the fastest way in and out, though.
Nexus(Recommended):
1. At the back right of the spawn Visitor Center is the Nexus, enter that and then to the left is the Purple Nexus, go into it.
2. Take Nexus Northwest (Purple) 3 (The right-most one).
3. On the third right stall it will say Socorro!
Walking: (Closest Route)
1. Go to Forrrest using /warp Forrrest
2. Turn around,and head to the Numington Town / Route 69 tunnel.
3. When you emerge go right, to the Icekansen (Remember to bring food)
4. Keep following until you reach Route 69, then continue until you reach Socorro!
Railroad to Socorro:
Socorro has one main railway connecting it to the mainland of Freedonia, which goes through the Phoenix Isles. Socorro is one of the farthest-reaching areas in the entire railroad network.
1. At Phoenix Isles, go onto all Westbound trains until you reach the end of the city metro line. There should be a sign saying Socorro, stay on that line.
2. Enjoy the ride! It is mostly underground with parts closer to Socorro having an ocean-view bubble!
By Boat:
1. Go on a boat and steer it until you reach the shores of Socorro.
The easiest boat route is the Mosaic Boat Route Branch.
Town Population(204)
Includes people who've built a house, building, embassy, own/owned an apartment, have sethomed,contributed massively to a build, or have had ownership of a plot at one point.
It should be noted that new residents and their dates of entry prior to March 2025 are less definitive and murky in the precise dating of entry. Town residency numbers are as close as they can to being the correct order of residency, but with imprecise dating and some residents not being accounted for it's as close to accurate as possible.
Town Staff:
These individuals are composed of the Mayor and Vice-Mayors. They are ordered by when they became town residents.
1. KingServal-OWNER- April 5, 2019
2. CaptainIceman-Vice Mayor (Original #15.)
3. jriver_15-Vice Mayor (Original #49.)
4.
BlueBlaziken-Vice Mayor (Original #68.)
5. BuffaloBom- March 26, 2025-Vice Mayor (Original #117.)
Residents:
These are people included under the "Town Population" section that are not town staff. They are ordered in approximate date of residence.
6. EastDakota- April 5, 2019
7.
muskrat2
8. RPS_DA_BEAR- April 6, 2019
9. ScarClaw72- April 6, 2019
10.
Sebastianawesome- April 8, 2019
11. 76x-April 9, 2019 (Banned)
12. Ted1246
13.
skybirdthing
14.
TUEPIC1
15.
OiTrowls-April 13, 2019
16.
TC_Laffs
17.
RoseHeart11_TWS
18.
Reco201
19. EastDakota
20.
VonDoom918
21.
FlamingSapphire1
22.
MooneyX545
23. snakyman
24.
doggo_swimmer19
25.
Courier_VI
26. Inspector_Foix
27.
ReverseDmitry
28.
Blqze- June 17, 2019
29.
RobTyl
30.
mk59apr
31.
xXOakTheTreeXx
32.
Kangalioo
33.
TheGolum
34.
Thebirdman567
35.
spamscam
36.
Uluse_
37.
deb5
38.
_WizardDev_-November 25, 2019
39.
trevordog21
40.
_deckard- December 1, 2019
41.
nopocky4u
42.
Alex_Boat- December 15, 2019
43.
ZENTHONX
44.
Crewop
45.
1Catnip
46.
WarDoctor42
47.
pretzel33
48.
WolfDogCJC- March 19, 2020
49.
Elytria98
50.
DaleEarnhardt
51.
Stecklyashka
52.
Hirudo6
53.
Freskooo- April 12, 2020
54.
caisworld
55.
_Synthy
56.
AJawad
57.
IconPippi
58.
GavMan2020
59.
MlkBktBoi
60.
iLiiiiz_
61.
Andreeaa025
62.
helpimdeadinside- May 20, 2020
63.
harveygee
64.
KemeathIV- May 21, 2020
65.
literally_a_bird- May 21, 2020
66.
Macho_Nacho
67.
SoupPoop
68.
bucketsofwasps
69.
Superduperblue
70.
Sardine123
71.
Wertia
72.
l1npengtul_EMT
73.
ApexVII
74.
dantopps
75.
Paladin_Heihachi
76.
3juz- August 8, 2020 (Small cave inside BlueBlaziken's mine)
77.
Flamehaze97- October 17, 2020
78.
DanThePilot02- November 27, 2020
79.
ItzEystreem- March 23, 2021
80.
Batteryacids- June 9, 2021
81.
NHC_THK- June 23, 2021
82.
xmaragd (snthy)- June 24, 2021
83.
basedukm-January 8, 2022
84.
DavidGallow
85.
JadeZG
86.
Filip0706-February 21, 2022
87.
NightEwok-March 15, 2022
88.
NedHuman-March 15, 2022
89.
Broncoskip-March 17, 2022
90.
lol1o1
91.
podd
92.
cinnamonci -May 18, 2022 (3 Plots)
93.
AndrestheMiner- May 21, 2022
94. ickyacky
95.
Luigifan100- January 23, 2023 (BANNED)
96.
4dre
97.
ElbowFungus- May 10, 2023
98.
SadieSadie- May 17, 2023 (BANNED)
99.
dawgboygaming
100.
beeiscool1234
101.
kingsky2914- December 21, 2024
103.
bloke_r (Sunset City Embassy)
104.
Ghomik- March 3, 2025
105.
ItchyLlama- March 5, 2025
106.
Psychovis- March 6, 2025
107.
Jesev- March 6, 2025
108.
Skawars- March 7, 2025 (Polgria Embassy)
109.
RealJesus_223- March 7, 2025
110.
otake_- March 7, 2025 (Lunarville Embassy)
111.
AMinecraftCow- March 14, 2025
112.
QazCetelic- March 15, 2025
113.
maurermz- March 17, 2025
114.
Bunsenbaker- March 19, 2025
115.
OutboardBag- March 19, 2025
116.
Imperial_Crise- March 20, 2025
117.
Acesrt- April 16, 2025
118.
qMixyy- April 17, 2025
119.
SterbenRage- April 25, 2025
120.
NightSteak9- April 26, 2025
121.
HenrykBrodaty- April 27, 2025
122.
BatSpawnEgg- April 27, 2025 (And Dipre Platinum Embassy)
123.
Ren- April 27, 2025
124.
____Splix____- April 27, 2025
125.
Montesz- April 28, 2025
126.
Gnawmon- April 29, 2025
127.
federalcat- April 29, 2025 (Catland Embassy)
128.
SexyThrotin- April 29, 2025 (Catland Embassy)
129.
Salty_Fish911- April 30, 2025
130.
ThatDude37- April 30, 2025
131.
CubeXP- May 1, 2025
132.
tygod100- May 1, 2025
133.
Major_Cozmic- May 1, 2025 (Republic City Embassy)
134.
Denniz2742- May 2, 2025
135.
trashsquirrel- May 2, 2025 (Dipre Platinum Embassy)
136.
lukemaster60- May 2, 2025 (Snowdonia Embassy)
137.
IceCold2224- May 2, 2025
138.
orchunter88- May 2, 2025
139.
GavinL03- May 2, 2025 (Apartment)
140.
SmashingVases- May 2, 2025
141.
Cookiegamer500- May 2, 2025
142.
EpicBaby
143.
eljuanchiXD
144.
grxiwb- May 2, 2025
145.
aqps- May 2, 2025 (BANNED)
146.
_dogotrigger- May 3, 2025 (Holmsk Embassy)
147.
GlaserMC- May 3, 2025
148.
SirTaxi- May 3, 2025
149.
Bfferretman123- May 4, 2025
150.
CaptainSpunky- May 5, 2025
151.
RussCath- May 6, 2025 (Princland Embassy)
152.
Amirxia- May 6, 2025
153.
F40CARZ- May 6, 2025
154.
leandroogz- May 6, 2025
155.
Excommunicated- May 7, 2025
156.
skpa- May 7, 2025
157.
seasickcres- May 8, 2025 (Apartment)
158.
XMM3DChileX- May 9, 2025 (El Reino Z Embassy)
159.
Liniator_1711- May 9, 2025
160.
Pikselardo123- May 10, 2025 (Apartment)
161.
sparrowgrom- May 11, 2025
162.
pa4ipu4- May 11, 2025
163.
ADawsome- May 11, 2025
164.
slashem_- May 11, 2025 (Apartment)
165.
CDplayer11- May 11, 2025
166.
theallplayer12- May 11, 2025
167.
Kasi777- May 11, 2025
168.
sksdorlek- May 12, 2025
169. IceCold2224- May 12, 2025
170.
Iron_Eclipse- May 13, 2025
171.
AdoreKitten- May 13, 2025
172.
MilkButOnPC- May 13, 2025 (Fort Hades Embassy)
173.
PapitoGlutus- May 13, 2025
174.
Maolam10- May 14, 2025
175.
LordOfTheShadows- May 16, 2025
176.
mrProfiTroll- May 17, 2025 (Dipre Platinum ambassador)
177.
jggufgjjhhhjjjng- May 17, 2025
178.
2024vike- May 17, 2025
179.
Il_Dottore_09- May 19, 2025
180.
axletol- May 19, 2025 (Squidtopolis Embassy)
181.
devarite- May 19, 2025
182.
BlueFaygos- May 21, 2025
183.
runarlogi- May 21, 2025
184.
im_amared- May 22, 2025
185.
CodyisKing4457- May 23, 2025
186.
Durancell- May 24, 2025
187.
Creeper_Power- May 24, 2025 and (NatureLand Embassy)
188.
Beeraeka- May 24, 2025
189.
Vendox5508- May 24, 2025
190.
comradeaglarion- May 24, 2025
191.
_Brop11- May 24, 2025
192.
NAPOCONY_ADAM- May 24, 2025
193.
G5rrett- May 25, 2025
194.
Som1Better- May 25, 2025
195. 
Ghostis_- May 26, 2025
196. 
2020Ben- May 26, 2025
197. 
Shattuckite- May 26, 2025
198. 
commmonnn- May 26, 2025 (Chorus Coalition Embassy)
199. 
gigidac- May 26, 2025 (Apartment)
200. 
Hijacked_- May 26, 2025
201. 
Barkingdogtoby- May 27, 2025
202. 
JohnSquelch- May 27, 2025
203. 
EMPTYBREAD57783- May 28, 2025
204.
SinisterWolf- May 28, 2025
Gallery
The Grapevine Publishing HQ shortly after completion.
The inside of the Socorro Saloon
muskrat2's House of God
The Lighthouse
Socorro on April 17, 2019
The town hall in April, 2019
See Also
Socorro's Sister Cities:
Organizations headquartered in Socorro: