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Welcome to Blockgame!
Volume II

Vol. I of this guide was made by user superluigi83(she/her) to help you get started in BlockGame and go a bit more in depth than the tutorial. Volume II was made by cheddargt and includes mod info.

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-Table of Contents-

p1. Welcome
p2. Table of Contents
p4. Getting Started
p7. Playing Vanilla?
p11. The Realms
p16. Important Stuff
p23. Storage 101
p28. Helpful Tips
p38. Materials & Items
p50. Professions
p54. Finding Essence

-Table of Contents 2-

p58. Tool Durability
p61. Dungeons 101
p66. Making Money
p71. Trading
p74. The Atlas Inn
p84. Creating a Town
p88. Runecarving
p91. Author's Remarks

tip: use PgUp/PgDn to quickly flip pages.

-Getting Started-

Begin your quest by visiting Midgard. In the town of Origin, make sure to acquaint yourself with the locals. Tools and gear are not made the traditional way in this world and require the help of townsfolk to create them.
The craftsmen who stick to their stations around town will generally be the ones to create tools and other things. Keeping track of these recipes can be tough, but we'll get to that. When you start adventuring, you'll quickly notice a lot of "EXP Acquired" messages in chat.
For a way to remove these messages, easily keep track of recipes, and improve your experience as a whole, read the next section.

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-Playing Vanilla?-

Hey! Are you playing in Vanilla Minecraft? Tired of XP being spammed in chat? Want a better way to keep track of recipes?

I've put up a modpack containing only the essential mods for an improved Blockgame
experience. All of the mods in this package are blockgame friendly and don't provide any advantages over other players.

Blockgame Essentials
You can find this modpack by going to the Pirate Software discord and searching "cheddargt modpack".
This is the easiest way to set up the mods "Blockgame Enhanced" and "Blockgame Journal", the two most important ones.

To learn more about these, as well as all of the other mods included in this modpack, the topic on discord contains all the info you need.
These are all safe to use and once you install the modpack, you can always add/remove mods as you please! If you're in doubt on whether a mod is allowed or not, ask in the discord section "#blockgame-modders" and we will promptly clear your doubts!

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-The Realms-

There are three realms in Blockgame: Yggdrasil, Midgard and Myrkheim.

Yggdrasil
This is the 'Realm between Realms', kind of like a hub/ overworld.

Midgard
This is where towns, the bazaar, market and other 'permanent' structures are located. If you go to '/warp Yggdrasil' and walk into Midgard, you'll find yourself in Origin.

Origin is the main city of Blockgame. It's where you'll find
your personal Ender Chest, the craftsmen and everyone else responsible for Professions.
PVP is enabled in most towns aside from Origin, but it's very rare to get into a fight and will likely get you into trouble with that town's Mayor if you do.

Myrkheim
This is the wilderness. PVP is Enabled. Go to Myrkheim to explore, gather materials but don't get attached: this realm is destroyed and regenerated once a week.
You can only return from Myrkheim through a Nether Portal.
The compass in your
inventory always points to 'Myrkheim Extraction' (0,0), which contains Nether Portals that take you back to Midgard.

If you lose your compass or any other starter items, you can purchase a starter kit from Forge, a craftsmen in Origin.

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-Important Stuff-

Blockgame has a lot of mechanics that are different from base Minecraft that you should be aware of, so read carefully!

Nether Portals
When you take a Nether Portal in Myrkheim, you'll be
teleported to Origin. If you go through any Nether Portal in Midgard (except the one in Origin - inside the Town Hall), you'll be teleported back to the same portal you took in Myrkheim, unless you die. If you die, you’ll have to walk back from the start. Taking the portal in Origin will not only
take you to the start of Myrkheim, but also reset your “last portal” location, so be careful!

Hunger
Though hunger is in vanilla Minecraft, Blockgame makes eating more rewarding and punishing to keep up on. Failing to feed yourself will inevitably
result in your death so make sure to have some snacks ready!

On the flipside, being fully fed will give you a small buff, improving your EXP gain and movement speed while fully fed. However, just eating normal foods won't keep you fed for long, which is why you need to
worry about Hydration as well.

Hydration
Hydration is basically a second hunger bar on top of your normal hunger bar. Thirst will deplete before hunger, allowing you to keep your fully fed buff longer. To drink water in Blockgame, you need to fill an
empty glass bottle with water from a cauldron. This is so important that I (cheddar) made a tutorial on youtube showing a quick way to do this on-the-go - 'How to drink water in Blockgame'. Yes, really.

Towns
You can visit public towns by typing
"/t spawn town_name".
In order to get a town, you can either create
your own or join an existing town. I highly suggest you get a room at The Atlas Inn. It has rooms for rental and it is very newbie friendly! You can read more about it in the "The Atlas Inn" section in p74.
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-Storage 101-
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In the beginning of your journey, storage is very limited. Keeping items on yourself is dangerous as some items are cursed with Butterfingers, meaning they drop upon death. You can avoid this by storing these items
in Satchels or in your Backpack (read below).

Ender Chest
This is your own personal storage located outside the Town Hall in Origin. You can store items safely, knowing no one else can access them.

Satchels
Satchels can hold up to 64 of anything. Stuff stored inside satchels will not drop upon death, so having one or two to store your loot/essences as you explore is very useful.

Bank
You can store money on-the-go by using
the /deposit command. Use this to avoid losing your money due to unpredictable deaths.

Backpack
The Backpack can be automatically acquired by reaching the [Peasant] rank. It's a personal, extra inventory area that can be accessed
anywhere by using the /backpack command. Stuff stored inside your Backpack will also not drop upon death.

Use /ranks to buy ranks in order to get your Backpack as fast as you can!

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-Helpful Tips-

Focus on Mining
Mining is probably the single most important way of getting things in Blockgame. Leveling up your Mining tools as fast as possible will allow you to get more materials than any other skill.
Right off the start, focus on getting a Brass Pickaxe so you can mine Iron.

Don't use Coal
Coal is an important resource for crafting gear. Use Dried Kelp Blocks instead. Can be crafted by placing 9 Kelp in a crafting bench.

Survive in Myrkheim
One strategy I've found to be great for surviving Myrkheim is to go as far away as you can, >>saving your coordinates<<, digging a hole straight down, covering the entrance with dirt so no one suspects a thing and building a small little settlement for yourself.
This includes a few chests to keep low value items (materials, dirt, cobblestone etc), a water cauldron to stay hydrated and a Nether Portal so you can quickly sell stuff, store valuables in your Ender Chest, etc.

Spec into Magic as soon as possible.
Magic skills are very
powerful and having a ranged attack is important. If you'd like some advice, the Atlas Inn is a great place for a sip of water ;)

Use Community Farms
The farms in Origin are for everyone to use! They're useful for getting food easily. Take whatever you need, but make
sure to replant! The 'Shopping Cart Theory' states that an "individual's moral character can be determined by whether they choose to return a shopping cart to its designated spot after use, or whether they simply leave it wherever it suits them". Replanting after
harvesting is
BlockGame's equivalent of that theory.

Craft items/armor
Armors and offhand items improve the stats and exp gain of the profession that they're for. The higher your profession skill, the higher the odds are of obtaining rare drops,
including Essences!

Get a bucket!
You can only leave Myrkheim through nether portals! Therefore having a
way to make a portal as fast as possible is important. You can make a Nether portal by using a bucket,
water and lava. Simply use the lava to shape your portal and place them next to lava. If you find any lava pools lying around in Myrk, you can make yourself a quick portal to go to Origin and back, but be careful: leaving portals out in the open makes them prone to getting broken or lava trapped.

Buy stuff
You can buy materials and items in various ways. More about it in the Trading section.

Talk to others.
Blockgame is a Social Sandbox MMO, so one of the most important parts is being social! Don't be afraid to ask for help in whatever way you need.
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-Materials & Items-
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While looking at the crafting recipes from the townspeople of Origin, you may have noticed that they need some materials that aren't in vanilla Minecraft. But where do you get these?

Allow us to explain...

Pristine Stone
Can be gathered by mining stone-like objects and looting chests. It's used for a lot of stuff!

Pristine Wood
Can be acquired by chopping down trees and looting chests. Also used for a lot of stuff!

Pristine H...