Mechanics

Voxiom.io's mechanics are easy to understand and rather basic. This page explains most in-game mechanics, like Building Mechanics, Crafting Mechanics, Explosive Mechanics and Upgrading Weapons or gear.

## Crafting mechanics

Crafting is a way of getting building blocks or protecting yourself mid-battle. Crafting can be done with almost any block or item collected. Here are some recommended items to craft.

### Recommended item 1: Reinforced iron

"*Very durable material. Perfect for defense*"

~ In-game description

   Reinforced iron is a good way to protect yourself mid-battle. It only requires 1 iron to craft 9 blocks of reinforced iron. Iron being very common, and reinforced iron being a strong block makes reinforced iron rather worth it to craft. This is one of the reasons why Reinforced Iron is a commonly used building material in both Capture The Gem and Battle Royale.

### Recommended item 2: Wood

"*Useful building material crafted from logs*"

~ In-game description

Wood is an easy-to-find, easy-to-make item. Logs can be collected from trees around the map to make wood, or obtained by tearing down structures. However, it is somewhat easy to break.

### Recommended item 3: Work Station

The Work Station is the only way to upgrade your weapons or craft chests and healing/shielding items. It requires 30 wood to craft.

### Placement and Deletion

    The possibilities of placement and deletion are constrained by a distance of 10, such that beyond that, you cannot place or delete anything, and also one cannot place a building mode that is blocked by the space occupied by the player.

### Types

There are 4 types of building modes as of Update v0.5.7

First Mode is the Block mode. If you are on block mode, you can place blocks one at a time.

Second Mode is the Wall mode. If you are on Wall mode, you can place a 1x3x3 or 3x3x1 wall that uses 9 blocks. The wall's pivot is at bottom centre.

Third Mode is the Stair mode. If you are on Stair mode, you can place a stair that uses 12 blocks. The stair's pivot is at the bottom stair-step in the centre.

As of Update v0.5.7, A forth mode has been added which is a Floor mode. If you are in Floor mode, you can place a 3x1x3 floor that uses 9 blocks. The floor seems to be the only case with variable pivot, such that usually the pivot is in the centre, but when facing a vertical face of a block the pivot becomes the centre of the side that has a face facing vis-a-vis the vertical face.

## Upgrading weapons

Upgrading weapons can be done by taking a weapon or shovel, then using gemstones like (Emerald Gems and Iron) to upgrade your weapon to any grade you like if you have enough of them. Upgrading a weapon will increase the quality and damage strength of a weapon. This can only be done using a Work Station. The grades are:

* **Common**
* **Uncommon**
* **Rare**
* **Epic**
* **Legendary**
* **Mythic** (Uncraftable)

When upgraded, both guns and shovels do more damage to targets, and for shovels only, dig faster.
The Mythic grade can only be found in Dungeons and cannot be crafted, they do more damage and a mythic shovel can break through bedrock.

you can also craft healing/shielding items like Shield Potions and First Aid Kits with the crafting table. they restore/increase your health.

## Sounds

Sounds can be useful as listening to types of gunshots can be useful and that the closer you are the louder the weapon shots. Digging or walking also makes sounds but not as loud than guns. Explosions make very loud sounds too.

Guns in the order of loudest to quietest:

1. Heavy Sniper Rifle
2. Light Sniper Rifle
3. Magnum Pistol
4. Combat Assault Rifle
5. Surge Assault Rifle
6. Burst Shotgun
7. Tactical Assault Rifle
8. Compact Submachine Gun
9. Light Submachine Gun
10. Strike Pistol

## Recoil

Recoil is the upward motion of your cross-hair when you fire a gun. It can be really annoying at times but can be overcome.
guns in the order of most recoil to least recoil:

1. Heavy Sniper Rifle
2. Light Sniper Rifle
3. Magnum Pistol
4. Burst Shotgun
5. Surge Assault Rifle
6. Combat Assault Rifle
7. Tactical Assault Rifle
8. Strike Pistol
9. Compact Submachine Gun
10. Light Submachine Gun

## Explosive Mechanics

There is currently only one explosive in the game, which is the Bomb Block.

To detonate a Bomb Block, shoot it with a gun. This will make it flinch a little and start flashing white. Then, after 4 seconds, it will explode, breaking blocks in a certain radius. On detonation, the explosion will damage players, detonate inactive Bomb Blocks, and push active ones away. When submerged in water, they do not break blocks but still do everything else listed. The damage of the Bomb Block decreases the further you are from the Bomb Block when it explodes. The knockback to active Bomb Blocks also decreases the further the active Bomb Block was from the exploding Bomb Block.