Getting started

The server needs its resource pack: accept it when you join (it downloads by itself). Without it items look wrong.

Your first hour

1. Pick a class. You choose one the first time you join. Each has a signature ability (Sneak + F) and a passive. You can switch later with /class (there's a cooldown). See Classes.
2. Follow The Path. /guide shows your next step and tracks it on screen. It's the quickest way to learn everything.
3. Find a Wayshrine. Right-click your Wayfinder's Compass to point at the nearest one. At the shrine, right-click the lodestone to attune, take quests, travel between attuned shrines (costs Aether Shards) and seek ruins. The first player to attune a shrine gets to name it.
4. Explore ruins. Watchtowers, vaults, altars, cairns and forges hide chests with relics, armour and Aether Shards.
5. Open your Codex. Every relic you find is recorded. /journal (or Sneak + right-click the Codex) opens every menu in one place.

Getting stronger

• Levels and skills. Fighting, exploring and quests give XP. Each level gives skill points to spend in /skills.
• Crafts. Mining, Woodcutting, Farming, Fishing and Exploration level up as you play and unlock perks. See Crafts.
• Relics. Right-click to use their abilities. Armour pieces from the same set give set bonuses.
• The Salvager. Break down gear you don't need into Aether Dust, and use it to upgrade your favourite pieces.
• Bosses. /lair lets you challenge a guardian. Their drops are the best in the game. See Bosses.

When things go wrong

• You died? Your items wait in a grave. /grave points you to it. Relics are soulbound and stay with you.
• Lost? Sneak + right-click the Wayfinder's Compass to recall to your nearest attuned Wayshrine.
• Found a bug? /report bug <what happened>. Real, fixed bugs are rewarded.

Your own home

Craft a Hearthstone Ward and place it to claim the land around it. Feed it Aether Shards to keep it protected and trust your friends from its menu. See Building & claims.