»[Tutorial] Ultimate Guide To Survival

FrozenFever · Jan 12, 2016

blaizor said: ↑

Nice tutorial! Maybe we should start linking to it?

A few things though...

Your comments on auctioning aren't entirely correct. You can only cancel an auction if the remaining time is more than 30 seconds. So if you /auc 1 1 50 15 rip you can't cancel

Also /trade can be done at /warp hangout and /warp pvp too neb -.-

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Thanks for the information!

Went into survival to run some test on auctions and turns out the rule goes like this.
To cancel an auction, these two criteria must be met:
1) Timer for your auction must have more than half the time remaining.
2) There must at least be more than 15 seconds of time remaining, regardless of the total duration of your auction.

In other words, if I start an auction for 20 seconds, I can cancel the auction within the first 4 seconds. Subsequently, even though 15 seconds is still more than half of my auction time, I cannot cancel it anymore as 15 seconds is the minimum threshold. I've updated it onto the Tutorial and it should come across as rather straightforward. Do tell me if there's a need for more clarification

Etro18 · Jan 13, 2016

Wow, nice and detailed tutorial! For now, this is the best Survival Tutorial in GC forums (I think). Too bad that most newbies/noobies don't even check forums at first, this will save their time much better on playing Survival

ToXiC_ · Jan 13, 2016

Helpful tutorial

pebro13 · Jan 13, 2016

I wanna play survival :O
Nice tutorial!

Houdei · Jan 15, 2016

Great tutorial for newbies :3 (like me)

TheFearlessPro · Jan 16, 2016

*claps slowly*

LouisChoulou · Jan 16, 2016

Wow! It is so long. How many hours did it take to write this all? BTW awesome tutorial!

Kaiden · Jan 16, 2016

Helpful
#2lazytofixmytoturial

PaddyWagon · Jan 16, 2016

Was just about to make this sticky to make it easier to see, apparently someone had the same idea as it was already sticky
I appreciate the effort you put into this, it seems to be very beneficial to the community.

FrozenFever · Jan 17, 2016

Thank You Still welcoming suggestions for improvements

ahmed995 · Jan 20, 2016

well done it's very helpful

uffjob · Jan 20, 2016

FrozenFever said: ↑

Hi all,

As of now, there has already been numerous survival guides going around. However, I decided to make one anyway, in hope that this guide will be able to extensively cover all there is to know in survival. This guide is in no way perfect and comments/suggestions for improvements are always welcomed. Presenting to you, the

Ultimate Guide to Survival

Contents:
1) Chapter 1: Finding Your Way
2) Chapter 2: Home Sweet Home
3) Chapter 3: Rules, Exploration & Making Friends
4) Jobs/Trading
5) Bidding/Auctioning/Sign Shops
6) Checking Online Players/Dealing with Problems
7) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

For easier reference, below is a list of what each colour represents in the tutorial:
Light Blue: Chapter Titles
Red/Italics: Emphasis
Orange: Commands/Example of Commands
Purple: Steps

Chapter 1: Finding Your Way
When you first enter the survival server, you will find yourself at a place known as spawn. If you are quick enough, you will realize that none of the blocks around you can be broken. This is the same for blocks around warps as well. The only place where you can break blocks to obtain materials is in the wild. Unfortunately, there is no /warp wild command for use. To get into the wild, one has to walk out of the spawn or warp points. There are however, many warps that one can choose from. The following is a list of available warps:

Crates

Desert

Enchant

Forest

FreeFood

HangOut

Jungle

Mesa

MobFarm

Moo

Nether

Plains

Portal

PVP

Roofed

Rules

Savanna

Shop

Snow

Swamp

Since you're looking to go into the wild, choose one of the warps above that are highlighted in RED. The command to get to your desired location is /warp <location>. As an example, we shall choose Desert. To get to Desert, simply type /warp desert. The other warps will be explained further into the tutorial.

Once you have chosen a warp to start from, the next step is getting out into the wild. Simple walk in one direction (any direction away from the spawn/warp). Spawn/warp points are usually characterized by many shops and well-decorated buildings. Once the buildings start to fade out and you can break blocks, you have already entered the wild. From there, feel free to explore the wild for a place to call your home.

Chapter 2: Home Sweet Home
Once you have found a comfortable place in the wild for your home, type /sethome. Once you've executed this command, the spot where you are standing on can be returned to easily with the command /home. That way, you do not have to keep walking miles from a spawn/warp point to get home.

With that done, you will want to start building your house. However, before rushing into building it, it is advisable to claim the land for your house first. Claiming is important because in your claimed land, only you can break blocks and interact with the buttons/doors/levers/chests/animals etc. Should you not claim the land for your house, other players can destroy and break your house or steal items from your chests. Below is an explanation on how to claim:

Step 1: Get a Golden Shovel (Golden Shovel is needed to claim land)
Golden Shovel can be bought at spawn. Type /spawn and you will find yourself back at where you were when you first joined the survival server. Walk straight from spawn and you will soon bump into a sign selling golden shovel at $150. Right click the sign to buy it. If you have sufficient money to get it, good. If you don't, type /vote and voting links will appear. Click on these links and vote for the server. Each vote gives you $500, more than enough for a golden shovel. Alternatively, ask in chat if any other players are willing to spare you a golden shovel. There are a lot of nice players around on survival. Once you have a golden shovel type /home to get back to the location for your house.

Step 2: Knowing the limit of your claim
Claimblocks are limited, especially for new players. Type /claimlist to check how many claimblocks you have. Your claim area cannot exceed this number of claimblocks. For new players, it is advisable to only start off with a small house so that everything you build can fit into your claim area. Once you have chosen your claim area, proceed to one of the corners of your claim.

*Note: The Example below already has a completed house

With the golden shovel in hand, right click on one of the corners of your claim. A diamond block will show up as shown below:

Keep the golden shovel in your hand and proceed to the opposite corner. Right click again at this other corner of your claim area. The following is what you will see:

As you can see, the area enclosed by the two corners is your claimed land. Only you have permissions within this claimed land of yours.

In the event that you would like another player to have access to your claim as well (maybe to help you build your house), these commands below will allow them permission in your claim:

/permissiontrust <playername> - Allows the player to give permissions in your claim to others as well!
/trust <playername> - Allows the player to build/access your buttons/animals/chests in your claim!
/containertrust <playername> - Allows the player to access your buttons/animals/chests in your claim!
/accesstrust <playername> - Allows the player to access buttons/levers in your claim!

*Note: These trust commands should only be given to players you trust. If you trust someone and they decide to betray you, admins cannot help you to get your lost items/build back!

At any point of time, to check who has permissions in your claim, simply stand in your claim and type /trustlist. To remove permissions from a player, simply type /untrust <playername>. To abandon your claim, stand within in and type /abandonclaim.
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Hey can you look at my post? I need some help with the stupid registration, I think that that is the most idiotic thing i have seen. They are putting a register for people who it doesn't work for to not try their server out and potentially lose money.

FrozenFever · Jan 20, 2016

@uffjob

Hi, I am not sure what registrations issues you are having, but do check out the FAQ here to make sure you haven't done any steps wrong:

http://guildcraft.org/threads/read-before-posting-frequently-asked-questions-faq.5576/

If you still have issues after reading it, feel free to create a thread in the help related questions section but do provide more details about the problem so that the community can help you

Mond · Jan 26, 2016

Very helpful! Thank you very much!

Sam802 · Feb 22, 2016

Nicely done bro ! Keep it up !

TanzeelBRO · Feb 23, 2016

#DidntRead #ThugLyf
Lol u got a lot of free time if u can type this long tutorials xD
jk Awesome Tutorial...
It helps nebs lyk me

Abhishn09 · Feb 23, 2016

This Guide is amazing helped me a lot with survival
Thanks for the time you took to make this
And yes can you do like hmm Time it take to get 1mil in survival that would be helpful too

Kiyoti · Feb 25, 2016

This was a great guide. It helped me get my bearings when I first started off in Survival.

PizaCraft1 · Feb 25, 2016

that a waste u cant like a post on tutorial section

Cute · Feb 28, 2016

WOW
NICE WORK
@FrozenFever

Policemen007 · Mar 5, 2016

FrozenFever said: ↑

Chapter 5: Bidding/Auctioning/Sign Shops
By now, you should have noticed in chat that auctions/bids happen rather frequently. Bidding is a way to obtain items from other players who auction them. The command to bid is /bid. Do take note of the bid increment in each auction before you bid. You do not want to pay too high a price for items that are not worth that much.

*Note: Unlike auctions, bidding cannot be cancelled so bid wisely.

The command to auction is /auc. However, if you are a new member without any ranks, you will not be able to start an auction. Auctions can only be done by those with rank Donator and Above. For those with the permission to auction, the full command for auction is /auc <quantity> <starting price> <bid increment> <duration> <buy now price> The <buy now price> is optional and can be omitted. As an example, if I intend to auction 1 Villager Egg at a price of $5000 with a minimum increment of $100 for 60 seconds, my command would look like this: /auc 1 5000 100 60. Auctions can be cancelled with the command /auc cancel before the timer passes half the auction time with at least more than 15 seconds of time remaining. Once half the auction time has passed or the remaining time drops below 15 seconds, auctions cannot be cancelled.

Making a sign shop is another way to sell items to other players. Below are the steps to making a sign shop:

Step 1: Make a Chest and fill them with the item you want to sell (Only 1 type of item per chest)
Sign shops work with both single chest and double chest. Fill the chest with the item that you wish to sell.

Step 2: Place a Sign on the chest and type in the details
There are 4 lines that players can type in one the sign. These are the details required in each line for the sign shop to work:
1st line: <Your Playername> Example: FrozenFever
2nd line: <Quantity of the items you are selling each time> Example: 1
3rd line: <Price for the quantity of items stated above> Example: B 6000
4th line: <Itemid of the item you are selling> Example: 383:120

*Note: Itemid of the item can be obtained by holding the item in hand and typing /iteminfo.

Refer to the picture below for an example:

If the sign shop was done correctly, the sign would stay on the chest as shown below:

Players can now right click on the sign to purchase villager eggs from you at a price of $6000 for 1.

Creating a sell shop for players to sell items to you is done in a similar way. The only difference lies in the third line. Refer to the two pictures below for an example:

Chapter 6: Checking Online Players/Dealing with Problems
To check the list of online players, type /list. The ranks of each players are also shown in alphabetical order in /list.

There are several problems one can encounter on survival. Some of these problems include private message spamming, griefing, scamming etc. In the case where a player is spamming you, simply use the command /ignore <playername>. You will no longer receive his/her messages/spams. In a case of griefing/scamming, contact admins using the command /helpop <message>. Make sure not to abuse this command for minor issues as admins can be busy checking logs etc. Players are however, allowed to use /helpop to ask admins to help with unclaims.

In serious cases which require admins to help but none are online, feel free to look for admins on the forums or in teamspeak 3 (TS3).

*Note: GuildCraft Address on TS3: ts.guildcraft.org

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1) What are vote coins used for?
Vote coins are obtained from voting. They can be used in /voteshop. To check how many vote coins you have, type /voteshop balance.
2) How to obtain vote crate keys and what are they used for?
While in-game, do /vp and you will see a figure appear in chat. When that figure drops to 0, a vote party starts and all players who voted in the day and are online at the moment will receive a vote crate key. This key can be used at /warp crates. To use it, right click the vote crate with the vote crate key in your hand. Left click the vote crate to see what are the prizes that can be won.
3) How do I message offline players?
You can mail offline players using the command /mail send <playername> <message>. They will receive it when they come online. To read messages, type /mail read. To clear message box, type /mail clear.
4) If wither/squid are disabled, how do I get nether stars/beacons/ink sacs etc?
These items can be found either in /warp shop or bought from other players.
5) Is PVP enabled in the server?
PVP is enabled only at /warp pvp. New players are advised not to enter PVP due to the lack of good items for fighting.
6) Is griefing/scamming allowed?
No, check the rules.
7) Is there party or group chat?
Yes, type /party in chat and some instructions/help will appear. Read and follow the instructions. They come rather instinctively. To turn on/off party chat, the command is /p chat. To send just an instant message in party, use /p <message>
8) How do I send/pay money to other players?
Outside of trade-screen, money can also be sent to other players through the command /pay <playername> <amount>. For example, to pay me $5000, one would type /pay frozenfever 5000.
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Wow cool

Policemen007 · Mar 5, 2016

Its one of the best best tutorials that I found

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