History: Getting started

+ # Getting started

+ Everything a newcomer needs for the first week. Short version: install the pack, pick a language, protect your first house, find your people.

+

+ ## Before you join

+

+ 1. Get access on the site and install the modpack — see the installation guide on the *How to play* page of the site.

+ 2. The pack contains two mods written for this server: **Derzhavy** (cities, nations, war) and **Trade** (chest shops). Without them the server will not let you in.

+ 3. A microphone is optional, but voice chat with distance is a big part of the world.

+

+ ## First login

+

+ - The game asks for your **language** — English or Russian. All menus, notices and treaties of our mods are shown in it. Change it any time with `/lang`.

+ - You appear in **wild land**, 10–15 chunks from the nearest city: free land to build on, with people a couple of minutes away.

+ - Wild land follows ordinary Minecraft rules: anyone can build and break there.

+

+ ## Protect your first house

+

+ For your first 30 days you are a **newcomer**, and you can protect a small base without joining anyone:

+

+ - `/camp set` — a **newcomer camp** of 1–4 chunks, protected like a city plot for 30 days.

+ - Before the camp expires, join a city (the camp becomes your plot) or found your own.

+

+ ## Find a city — or found one

+

+ - The [[recruitment|recruitment board]] lists cities that are looking for residents, with their language.

+ - In the game, `/city list` shows the same.

+ - When you join a city for the first time, you are teleported once to its Foundation Stone, so friends can gather.

+ - Prefer your own flag? Read [[cities-and-nations]]. A newcomer founds a city with a cheaper Foundation Stone: a compass, 4 iron blocks and 4 gold ingots.

+

+ ## Things worth knowing on day one

+

+ | What | How |

+ | --- | --- |

+ | Notices about you, your city and nation | `/notices` — the Book of Events |

+ | Which city tag is shown before your name | `/prefix` |

+ | Going away for a while | `/vacation` — pauses your personal timers for up to 8 weeks |

+ | Shops | Right-click a `[Shop]` sign. No currency: goods for goods. See [[trade]] |

+ | The world map | Borders, cities, shops and ports are on the live map on the site |

+

+ ## The other language

+

+ Half of the world speaks the other language. The mods translate everything mechanical for you; the rest is up to people. The [[phrasebook]] will get you through a market and a border checkpoint.

+

+ ## Where to read more

+

+ - [[cities-and-nations]] — land, upkeep, plots, nations and vassals

+ - [[war]] — how wars are declared and fought, and why your house survives them

+ - [[trade]] — chest shops and shop lots

+ - [[glossary]] — every term in one table