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Welcome Book & Beginners Guide

The Welcome Book is a book that all players receive upon first joining the server. It contains many helpful tips for getting the most out of your experience on MCAU.

Welcome to MCAU

MCAU is a survival server. You can ask for help in game using the chat function by pressing t in game, or you can run the /help command.

PVP is disabled by default on the server, however there are some places where PVP is allowed (such as the PVP Arena).

For Minigames, including PVP Minigames, type /event and you'll be taken to the Event Server.

You can head to the website www.mcau.org which has links to our community chat rooms (both on IRC and Discord), along with our Forums. Discord is the best method of contacting Staff should you have any problems.

Ranks

MCAU has several different ranks that players can attain through their building prowess. You can find a complete list of the Ranks by checking out our Ranks page.

Useful Commands

Below are some useful commands you can use.



Mod requests

If you are griefed, find a bug, or otherwise have an issue that needs staff attention, use /modreq <details>. Please provide as much information as you can to make it easiest to assist you. “I've been griefed pls halp” is nowhere near as useful as “I've had my farms raided by BadPLayer225”. Also make sure when using the command that you are at the location required of the request, as staff can teleport to the request to assist.

Note that this is a survival server, we do not replace items lost due to death.

Promotions

Players can achieve ranks by building nice structures. Check out /standard for what is required to achieve a [1]. A [2] or a [3] are a lot larger and more complex, and need to be very impressive to attain. A list of players who attained a [2] or [3] last map is available at /warp showcase, if you ask nicely they might show you their build on the /event server.

Food

There is a public chicken farm located at /docks, allowing you to pick up eggs and start your own farm. Farm crops as soon as you can, as animals can become rare in many areas. The donation chest, or /dchest, may also have some from other players. There is also many player shops that sell some, using /shop to teleport to them.

Money

We do have an economy on MCAU! You can start making money by selling cobble and other items at /warp shop, or selling items at other player's shops. Once you attain rank [1], you can also set up your own shop to start selling items. Check out /shop help for a list of commands to assist.

You can check your balance using /bal, and pay other players using /pay <player> <$>.

MCAU Map

Want to see what the map looks like? Check out the map at http://maps.mcau.org

Warps

Aside from the commands above, there are also a bunch of useful warps that players can use.


Protections

Chests/Hoppers/Furnaces, etc.

In addition to the region protections, items such as Chests, Hoppers & Furnaces auto-lock to the player who placed them. In other words, only the person who placed the item can access it. In order to allow others to access your chests and other items, you'll need to do the following:
* First, add the person/s to your region using the /rg addmember command. You can find that a little further up this page.
* Once you have added them to the region, type /cmodify PlayerName where PlayerName is the person you want to access the chest, etc.
* Punch the chest/furnace/hopper/item that you wish to grant permission to.

If you are having a hopper feed into a chest, or taking items from one, use /chopper on to make the hopper work as intended.

If you have multiple items you want to grant the same permission to, simply type /cpersist before you use the /cmodify command above, then punch the items. This will allow your commands to persist until you type /cpersist again. If you don't use this command, you will need to enter the commands for each item you want to grant permissions for.

Doors & Gates

In order to lock your doors and gates, which may or may not lock automatically in regions, you can type /lock and punch the door or gate to lock it.

Regions

Each player has a number of regions they can use to protect their builds. Each of these regions can exceed no more than 200, 000 blocks. If the region for your build/area exceeds this amount, then you'll need to use multiple regions to protect it. If you are having trouble, check out /rhelp, or if you are really stuck, you can ask people in game for assistance with Regioning if you are unsure of anything.

Mob Grinders and Farms

Simply put, if it's more complex than a dark room where mobs can spawn, it is probably illegal. There is to be no farms set up using redstone, water, gravity, or other means that take mobs outside of natural spawning areas, or moves them onto a single spot.

As for farms, we have an xp mod call MCMMO. Therefore (and not limited to), any AFK fish farms, 1×1 chicken farms, auto-crop growers, or any complex redstone clock devices are illegal.

Donating

Donations of $5 a month support the costs of server upkeep (all staff are volunteer players). As a thank you and appreciation for your support, we give a few perks to our donors, including extra regions, god mode, compass teleporting, and a bunch of other fun commands. It also gives you access to the Creative lobby based in /event. For more information, check out our Donations page.

However, please be warned: Donating does not stop you from being banned. If you’re already banned, we’ll happily say thank you for the donation, but you won’t be unbanned. If you break a rule while you’re a donor, you’ll be banned. You will not get a refund, or have your ban length shortened. Please keep in mind that you are not buying anything – you are just donating.