Quick Start Guide

This quick start guide is intended to provide new realm members with some general knowledge related to The Old World and how it operates. If you're interested in learning more about the realm, you'll find greater detail throughout the more than 200 pages that this wiki provides. Everything you read here is community run and managed. If you'd be interested in contributing to it, reach out to WhiteLikePaste on Discord for more info on how to get involved.

## General Information

When you join The Old World for the first time you'll spawn in wherever the ongoing community build project is located. This realm operates on a 3-month cycle. This means that every 3 months the main focus of the realm becomes a specific community focused build project. Think of these expansions to the existing world that each have their own specific theme. They are intended to introduce new players to the realm as well as keep things fresh for existing members.

Although you may join the realm while a community build project is ongoing, you are not required to take part in it. In fact realm members are free to build wherever they'd like as long as they're respectful to other players creations and adhere to the rules of the realm. Although not required, it is recommend that you get involved in the current community build project while you're still getting a feel for the realm and seeing if it's a good fit for you.

As each of these new areas are established, a mayor is assigned to oversee that specific area, perform general maintenance, and assist new players as necessary.

### Currency

The Old World uses a currency system called GEMS. GEMS are essentially ore that have been assigned a monetary value to simplify trade between players. Realm members are free to assign their items whatever value they feel is fair. The breakdown of GEMS is as follows.

### The Committee

The Committee is a group of realm members that review player applications and are responsible for ensuring that all players adhere to the rules of the realm. There are five members on The Committee. They are available to answer any player questions and their names appear in blue on the Discord.

## Important Locations

These are some of the key locations that all realm members should be aware of:

### The Exchange

The Exchange is the essentially the post office for the realm. Each realm member is assigned a mailbox with their name and join date listed. It's function is to serve as a place for offline trading between players.

### Nether Hub

The portal to the central Nether Hub is located in The Exchange. The Nether Hub serves as the main conduit for fast travel in The Old World. Nearly every major location in the realm can be reached via the Nether Hub.

### Shopping District

Although there are shops located all throughout The Old World, the Shopping District serves as a dedicated location for all your shopping needs. There is no cost to establishing a shop. Players can open a shop simply by claiming a vacant plot by adding their name to it.

## Discord

It is a requirement that all realm members are also members of the Discord. This is simply to keep the lines of communication open and for everyone to be aware of any announcements or changes that could impact the future of the realm. Should a realm member leave the Discord at anytime, it will be assumed that they no longer have an interest in being a member of the realm and their access to it will be removed.

You **are not** required to be consistently active in the Discord, but it is expected that you keep an eye out for announcements. Before the start of a new 3 month cycle, an activity check will be done to determine the state of the player base. Players are given one week to respond to the activity check and those who don't respond will be removed from the realm. So it's recommended that even if you have notifications turned off, you at least keep @everyone notifications on.

After a full year of being a realm member, players are upgraded to Veteran Member status. This means that, as long as they continue to follow the rules, they are considered a permanent member of the realm and are no longer required to take part in activity checks.

If you consistently post in the Discord, you may notice that you gain XP and level up for doing so. Each month, realm members compete for the title of Discord Champion. Whoever is the most active member in the Discord for that month will receive an in-game trophy for doing so.