Factions

Factions is a game wherein players can team up (or go solo!) in groups or clans called factions. The aim of the game is to claim land, construct a base, earn in-game money, and raid other factions to steal their valuables. Read this guide for an introduction to the basics of Factions!

## Getting Started

When you first join the server, you'll be faction-less. You should first decide if you want to create your own faction, or join another faction. Here are some useful commands for getting started:

* **/f create <name>** - create a new faction with your desired name (10 characters maximum)
* **/f disband** - delete your faction
* **/f invite <name>** - invite a player to your faction
* **/f uninvite <name>** - revoke an invitation
* **/f join <name>** - accept an invitation from another player and join their faction
* **/f leave** - leave your current faction
* **/f help** - view a list of all faction commands

Once you're in a faction, you're ready to get started and find a location for your base!

## Exploration

Choosing a location for your base is an important decision. There are 3 worlds to choose from and each has a unique characteristic:

* Overworld. The main world has custom terrain with enhanced biomes and tall trees. This world is 10,000 x 10,000 blocks.
* The Nether. The nether world has normal vanilla world generation, and is only 2,500 x 2,500 blocks in size.
* The End. The end world has a superflat floor which means it's typically the most-desired place to have a base. This world is also only 2,500 x 2,500 blocks.

To select a world, type **/worlds** and click on one of the three to teleport to a random coordinate in the world. Random teleportation is disabled for the first hour of a new season when there's a rush to claim the corners of the maps. During this first hour, you have to run or fly out from the spawn and use portals to access other worlds.

Once you've found a place to settle down and start a base, you'll want to claim the land. But first, you need to understand how power levels work!

## Power

Power is used to claim land, or specifically, chunks. By default, players can have a maximum of 100 power each which they contribute to their faction's power total. A faction can have a maximum of 1000 power, which means each faction can claim up to 1000 chunks of land.

When you die, you lose 20 power. Be careful, because if your faction's power level drops below the amount of land claimed, your faction becomes over-claimable. Another faction can come and claim your land until your power level recovers. Lost power recovers at a rate of 2 per minute.

To keep an eye on your power level, type **/f power**.

## Claiming Land

When you claim land, you're protecting it from other factions and it can only be raided with the few methods that are outlined further down on this page.

To claim a single chunk of land, type **/f claim**. If you want to claim land in a radius, type **/f claim <x>** where x is the radius in chunks. You can also claim land by clicking on chunks on **/f map**.

## Faction Value

Factions have a value which ranks them in the **/f top** leaderboard. Value is gained by placing and defending mob spawners. When you place a spawner, it will start accruing value for your faction over a span of 7 days until it reaches its maximum value which is equivalent to the spawner's sell price in **/shop**.

Breaking a spawner clears its value from its faction, and replacing it will start the 7 day timer again.

Factions compete to become the wealthiest faction on the server to win prizes in the form of Lemons at the end of the season.

## Raiding

There are several ways to raid an enemy faction. To initially get into a faction's base, you'll need to either build a TNT cannon, or use a Wither to explode the walls.

### Cannons

TNT cannons made from redstone are a traditional way of raiding bases on factions.

### Explosives

Once you've managed to get inside of a faction's base, you can use different explosives to cause damage and steal their spawners! Use creeper eggs with a fishing rod, or get your hands on Grenades or Semtex grenades for easier raiding.

## Rewards

At the end of every map, lemons will be distributed to the **Top 5** factions with the highest spawner value. Lemons will be given to the leader to distribute between faction members as they see fit. The amount of lemons rewarded are as follows:

* 1st Place - **200**
* 2nd Place - 1**00**
* 3rd Place - **50**