Beginners Guide

## Introduction

**Naval Battlezone** (abbreviated **NBZ**) is a post World War II combat vehicle gaming network with multiple worlds (current 2 combat), where players can build and use large vehicles in combat against one other. Our special spigot called Navycraft, allows for large constructed vehicles to move. There are currently 5 major vehicle types, Ships, Submarines, Helicopters, Tanks, and Aircraft.

This article is intended as a Self-Help method to give you a quick start on how get playing on the server.
There are more detailed articles on this wiki for Naval Battlezone to allow you get full understanding on how to play. The following information is part of the quick start method. With little details except essential stuff.

## Navigating the Servers

When you login you will be in our Network Hub, which resembles a Airport. There are portals leading to the respective servers or you can do /server (name)

We have currently *Three Servers*, Main, Arcade, and Shipyard.
The following has information on these servers.

### Main Server

Primary the Faction & Naval Combat Server, this is where you win, you gain points and money for winning fights. You can also form or join Factions in campaigns/fights dominance in the War World. By winning battles you will earn Rank points, so you can level up to gain bigger plots (in the Shipyard server) and earn more daily money.

* Sea & Air Combat from the Docks - When teleported to the Main server, you will be given options to fight. Using ships or fly plane or helicopter. You usually load these ships form the Shipyard server if you own a plot, however there are public ships we offer (/warp publicships) and public airplane. See how use them go see below mentioned links. /Warp docks to get to place launch your ship or /warp airfield fly a plane off.

* Faction Warfare - You can join or even form your own Faction. Publically asking if someone would take you in would help. See /faction help for more info or read Guide to: Faction Warfare to get started.

### Shipyard

The Shipyard is the building server/world. This where thought combat you gain rank points and earn spots to build. You start out with 1 Ship1 (smallest ship size) 1 Hangar1 plot, and 1 Tank1 plot. See the info below for more details.

# Steps to Get Started

While links aren’t always something people want to do, the steps playing are linked here.

## What Do I need know?

* How To: Use the Spawners
* How To: Drive
* How to use: Vehicle Weapons
* How to build: Vehicles, (Example: Ships)
* Read the Rules of the Server
* How To: Use the Shipyard
* Rank Point System - Players all have military ranks, by winning fights you get better rank and make more money and be able claim larger plots. See Rank article for more details.
* How To: General Combat
* Spawning vehicles requires money.

## How do I play?

Once you read the linked articles above, you will be able to do enjoy the server little better.

* **Get a Vehicle** – There are premade ships/tanks/airplanes available or use your own if you already built one. Public vehicles can be found in the Main World's Spawn or in arcade's Tankspawn. **You can also can be Crew**, This is when you team up with other players by asking if anyone needs Crew. Crew is what players are called on ships who work for the owner. You share rewards of winning equally.
* **Get to the spawners**– You need spawn your vehicle you chosen to do battle with. You /warp docks if your using a Ship or /warp Airfield to use a flying vehicle like Helicopter or Aircraft and choose a dock you wish to use. You should make sure that players there are out and about or you’re wasting your time sailing unless you have other things to do, such as making base. If you want keep your feet firmly on the ground, do /warp tankspawn, where massive city awaits you to drive tank around.
* **Spawn the vehicle** – Find the Spawners are, you then Click the Top sign that says \*Spawn\* with name of the plot. Example a Ship1 spawner will spawn a vehicle in a Ship1. If spawn something you don’t want to use and hasn’t been turned on, click the lower \*Clear\* sign.
* **Drive out of Safedocks** – No matter if the vehicle is a ship, tank, or a aircraft. All players must drive their choose vehicle out of the protected area known as Safedocks. Special protects prevents players from turning it, so just get your vehicle into gear, drive out.

## How do I get around?

When you first login, you will be placed in the Network Hub World, style like a Airport Terminal. There will be signs and portals leading to your desired location. Which currently is the Main (Factions/Ships/Aircraft), Arcade (Tanks/Aircraft, No points for fighting), and Shipyard (build your own stuff.). Aside from using Portals found in the Hub, you can do /server (name). Here is the following commands for server movement.

* /Server list - This will list possible places to go
* /Server Main - This is the Main world for the server and you will be placed on Spawn island, where airfield and docks are found to launch ships. Warps from there include /warp publicships /warp docks and /warp airfield. Server store can be also found here.
* /server Shipyard - You will be teleported to the construction world for vehicles.

## How do I build a vehicle?

All vehicles made on the server require a player to build them in the shipyard world. They are made in special plots, which allows a player to use limited World edit. Make sure you read the rules, which includes rules about building vehicles. There are restrictions that aren't encoded.

You should read the Use the Shipyard wiki page, but to get started in getting a plot, all you need to do: To get a ship plot, type /shipyard open ship1 or if you want to get a plot to build plane or helicopter, do /shipyard open hangar1

The following is steps of actually getting a plot. However, read the articles on How to Build a Ship, How to Build a Helicopter, How to build a Aircraft, and How to build a Submarine if you want further details than listed below.

* Step 0 Newly Joined Players
(Newly Joined Players Only) If your new, do /rank to prove you have finished your training/reading

* Step 1 - See What Plots you can Get
/shipyard - This command will list what plots you can choose. As you rank up, you will get more. These are your starter plots you can claim.

* Step 2 - Get the Plot
/shipyard Open (plot type) example /shipyard open Ship1 - You will be teleported to nearest open plot of the type of plot you want.

* Step 3 - Claim it
Click on the "\*Claim\*" sign, will make it yours.

* Step 4 - Build
Check out our articles on how to build, however, this point you can do what you like to in the plot as long as it's vehicle and does not break our guide lines.

* Step 5 - How i get back?
All plots claimed, you can teleport back to. Do /shipyard list this will show you what plots you own. Then you do /shipyard tp (plot number), example /shipyard tp 0 - Which will bring you to plot 0.

## I need help!

Staff are in limited numbers, but be we will be there for you. You simply need to do type /helpop (text question) if we are online. Alternatively, you can use the server’s discord page to use the help channel there. Staff can help you work out issues that the wiki or other players haven’t been able to help you with.

## I've Played Before, but everything Different!

If you are a old player whom has returned or person who has been on previous or you've been on other navycraft servers, such as the original Naval Battlezone (NBZ1). We have page written an article that describes what has changes that have been done from what you may have known.
Click on this link, Change Log, which will show you what has changed.

## Common Problems

* Renamed Your Mojang Nickname
If you rename your login name. You plots will not be accessible fully. It is difficult to correct this once your done. You can try go back to your original name, which would correct the issue. Manually fixing plots for players is difficult using the current shipyard system.
* Warps don't work!
Warps have are different in a Bungee Network style Minecraft server. Like normal ones, the warps will only work within the World it's in. If you try go to the airfield from the shipyard, you will not be teleported, you must use /server main then do /warp airfield.
* I was banned!
Did you look at the rules did you do anything? Players are responsible for their behavior and conduct while on the server regardless if they read the rules or not. It's common sense. We do give warnings to players who breech rules. Unless their sever, such as trying hack/exploit glitches/grief the server. Then you banned for good. We don't burn someone house down and expect you come back to visit after we rebuilt it? Right?
Stuck in the Hub
Generally if players are unable to go beyond the Hub/Airport Terminal, it means the server they were going to is down. Report it on the Discord. Discord is our main source communicating with one another.