Getting Started Guide

This page is a work in progress.

Existing guides:


 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LzYYy8xjeUFNYKRBfzu9oLh6asoJqscSM2LzxKF7wyQ/edit
 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceYNmfp_8VaTEKLbAOVO5O0nKGu2gfAAqN-luM9urGg/edit
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6hpxld/psa_security_tips_for_new_friends/
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6p2xpq/lordofmarzipans_centre_for_children_who_cant/

Discovering Civ-style Minecraft
TODO Short general overview of the mechanics, playerbase, and play styles

This is not vanilla and you're in for a long learning curve.

Main subreddit r/CivClassics

Server rules

Starting off
Start your journey in an existing nation because:
 * You can find people to teach you the civ mechanics
 * You get to use all the expensive infrastructure
 * Making contacts is very important, not just politically
 * It's more fun to play with like-minded people
 * List of Nations taking in new players

Join the global chat group:

To get around, use boat or rail. here's a map to find boat routes: Web map

Respect existing nations: don't grief/raid them, they will get you back since they know the mechanics and their transport, production, and military infrastructures are more advanced than you might expect

Install basic mods
 * Minimap: set waypoints for your hidden things and other people's places, find travel routes
 * Gammabright: see in the dark
 * Civradar: see not just mobs and players but also items, minecarts, boats, and hear a sound when someone comes nearby

Spend your time mining diamonds and buy the stuff you need, it's cheaper this way since established players can produce things way cheaper than you on your own

Building up
Install advanced mods:
 * Skynet: know when someone logs on/off
 * ReplayMod: keep always running to have undeniable proof for surprises, or just go back in time/space
 * SnitchMaster: visualize Snitches' detection fields, manage large Snitch groups
 * Macromod: hotkeys, automation, botting

Set up your own exp production: build farms (Biome growth sheet)

Learn building secure structures, build an Obsidian farm

Oldfriend coming back

 * Install the mods
 * Use the new GUIs:
 * to open a graphical overview of all factories and recipes
 * to open a graphical overview of your Namelayer groups (used for chat and reinforcements)
 * while standing inside the field of a Snitch to take a quick look through the logs of that snitch
 * to see the available reinforcements and their strengths
 * Get updated on the game mechanics