Mechanics and Plugins

Civ servers have many unique mechanics and plugins, which encourage nation building, cooperation, trading, player-enforced rules, and conflict.

Core Mechanics

These are mechanics which are found in every civ server, in one fashion or another. Without these mechanics, a civ server is not a civ server.

• Citadel - reinforce blocks to make them harder for others to break
• NameLayer - create groups of players to manage permissions and access to structures
• Bastion - protect areas from blocks being placed or reinforced
• Snitch - receive messages when somebody walks near a snitch block
• Exile Pearl - kill someone to exile them, heavily restricting their gameplay

Often Included Mechanics

These mechanics are included in almost all civ servers, but a server could omit some of these and still keep the spirit of a civ server. They are important, but not crucial, to the civ experience.

• Orebfuscation - hidden blocks are rendered as junk, to prevent x-raying
• HiddenOre - vanilla ore spawns are removed and replaced with random spawns as you mine
• Chat - chat can only be seen by people near you by default
• Factory - a tech tree of special multiblock structures which can greatly improve efficiency of crafting
• Enchanting - enchanted items are much harder to obtain and require large amounts of infrastructure
• Realistic Biomes - crop growth times are much longer and crops only grow in certain biomes
• Item Exchange - chests can be turned into shops, allowing for asynchronous trading
• Brewery - alcoholic drinks can be brewed, some with side effects
• Essence - daily logon reward used for factories and other recipes
• Kira - discord-minecraft relay which allows seeing some parts of what is going on in-game, without being logged in

Minor Mechanics

These mechanics are sometimes included in civ servers. A server could omit some or all of these and still be considered a civ server.

• Vanilla Tweaks - balances vanilla gameplay around civ mechanics by removing or tweaking some vanilla mechanics
• Spawning - players spawn randomly in the world, potentially at predetermined "new player friendly" locations
• NameColors - donators can change their name color
• Chunk Limits - redstone related blocks can only be placed a limited number of times per chunk
• RailSwitch - allows automated rail switching
• Arthropod Egg - mobs can drop spawn eggs when killed with a Bane of Arthropods enchanted sword
• Combat Tag - players cannot log out during combat without a penalty
• Elevator - allows for vertical travel between elevator blocks
• Miscellaneous Commands - miscellaneous commands that have a small to zero impact on gameplay