How to play

## Overall Gameplay

### EssentialsX:

EssentialsX really makes everything much more enjoyable! They have spawn control (it makes it easier for us Admins!), warps, cool signs, and so much more! The main focus is on warps and the cool signs. There is only one player warp, and that is spawn (/spawn). You are unable to access any other warps, for those are for staff. However, there are Warp Signs. Warp Signs are a type of cool sign which allows you to warp to a location set by an admin by right clicking the sign. Sometimes they can be restricted to only certain players, while other times you can only pass with a cost.

Cool signs are also nice because they can be used in shops. There are buy and sell signs. There's also warp signs like mentioned above and there are others for dungeon/quest use... Mainly these signs are created by staff only. But you can use the Protection Sign to protect your chests! Try [Protection].

### Shopkeepers:

Essentially just NPC traders. They sell you goods at a price. Shopkeepers are also nice because they usually sell you stuff worth a bit less than what you pay for, so it decreases inflation. You can find shopkeepers in strange places, such as in \*spoiler alert\* volcanos.

### Votifier:

You probably know how Votifier works. Basically every server uses it. You vote, and you get a reward. We were thinking of putting a daily reward command sign at spawn but voting we thought was a better solution.

### DynMap:

DynMap is quite popular on a lot of servers, and for good reason too! Just click on the DynMap link at the Main Page to see a fully rendered map of the server including player location! Plus, its dynamic, so every five minutes or so it updates block placement, and it updates player movement immediately!

### Seasons:

In short, seasons adds different seasons that have a chance of telling the weather of the day. The weather can determine special effects given on that day. For more information, visit the page Seasons.

### Thirst and Disease:

Made by the same developer, the Thirst and Disease plugins add new realism to our server. Two custom crafting recipes (Pure water and Boiled water), come with the Thirst plugin. You lose more thirst in hot areas (deserts, jungles, etc). As for the disease plugin, you can catch thirteen diseases, but there are custom recipes for treatment. Every time you catch a disease, your immunity to the disease will go up, just like real life. For more info on diseases, check out Disease.

## Factions

Our server uses the OG FactionsUUID! Create a faction using /f create and rename using /f rename. You can also claim land using /f claim (**do not claim land within 200 blocks of spawn or else those chunks will be unclaimed or the faction will be deleted altogether**). Go to here for full documentation: https://factions.support

Every few weeks (usually a month), staff will check how factions are doing. If a faction has only one player, staff will give that faction leader a warning. If no members join within 24 hours, that faction will be deleted without notice. The only exception to this is for new factions (up to a week old).

### Other Information:

-Each Faction can have one warp other than home.

-If stuck, use /f stuck. There will be 15 seconds of warmup. If you leave a 10 block radius, command is cancelled.

-Faction maps are available

-Raidability is based on if amount of land is greater than power.

-If a player is killed by another player, 10% of lost power is given to the killing player.

## Ranks and Playtime Awards

We use PowerRanks for general staff and member ranks. However, we use a plugin called Lite Playtime Awards to give awards to players with a certain playtime. What each playtime gives you'll have to find out yourself! There are five ranks and each rank will give you a cool kit every few hours or so.

## Enchantments

Lands Of Glory uses a plugin called Advanced Enchantments. This adds many new OP enchantments to the game. You can find these enchants normally in enchanting tables, and you can get them through voting too (voting gives you crate keys to open crates!). You can check it out on the plugin website here: https://ae.advancedplugins.net

There are over 100 enchants that you can get! Some of them are pretty awesome.

## Crates

You can get Crate Keys through voting. Then, at spawn, you can use a key to open one of five crates.

1. Basic Crate - Basic items like ores, currency, diamond tools, etc.
2. OP Crate - More OP items like Totem of Undying, Elytra, Netherite, etc.
3. Enchant Crate - Custom Enchants from Advanced Enchantments plugin. Includes SIMPLE and UNIQUE ranked enchants. Small chance of getting an expired enchant.
4. OP-Enchant Crate - Custom Enchants from Advanced Enchantments plugin. Includes ELITE ranked enchants.
5. God Crate - Stacks of currency, OP items from OP Crate, and custom Enchants from Advanced Enchantments plugin. Includes LEGENDARY ranked enchants.