Gameplay

## Getting Started

Head to the **Wild** to build bases, mine materials, build farms, form a nomadic tribe, build mini games, set up temporary shops, etc. Builds here should be considered “at risk” as any of the resource worlds may be reset to allow for regeneration of available resources or Minecraft updates. All players will be notified well in-advance of this occurring, and it will only occur as necessary.

## Moving to Quito

After you’ve accumulated 5 days of play time, you are eligible to bid on a plot of land in Quito. In order to bid, you must first have submitted a model of your proposed build along with a brief explanation of how you intend to use it. You can submit proposals through the **discord**. Current land-owners in Quito vote on whether to approve your proposal or not. If your design is not approved, you can submit a new one.

Once approved, you can bid on an available plot. If you win the bid, you acquire the land and begin construction of your build. You can use your build as you see fit - eg, as a base & storage, as a shop, for mini-games, or as a center of operations for an enterprise or organization

Typically, plots are under contract, which means owners need to pay a "tax" to maintain ownership. Example: A tax of $5 in-game currency per day is due on a plot. You can pay the rent up through two months in advance. With 5 days remaining, you'll be notified each time you login. If your rent expires, we'll place the property on a temporary administrative hold and attempt to contact you before sending it to auction.

All players are allowed up to 1 plot by default. Additional allowances are awarded to ranked players. Each land owner is entitled to one vote per plot of land owned when considering a new builder’s bid or weighing in on a public works project.

Government contracts may be awarded to trusted players for public-space constructions. Those players will be paid for their time and resources

Quito will never be reset or deleted. As long as we have players, we’ll keep building and expanding!

## Governance and Ranks

Upgrading your rank provides access to:

* Quality-of-life commands
* Access to more claimable land in the Wild
* Additional Quito plots allowed and voting rights
* Online banking (install a bank sign in your home, open the bank with a command)
* Right to vote on and suggest server game mechanics and adjustments

## Clans

You’re welcome to form your own groups, but we encourage you to think of them as partnerships rather than “clans.” Clans are often useless organizations that benefit just a few players while giving everyone else a place to live and a free teleport.

A partnership should be a mutually beneficial operation where responsibilities and profits are shared equitably.

**You MUST come to an equitable agreement within your partnership on this server.** Partnerships found to be exploiting the labor of players or those that become a hinderance to the server in some way will be disbanded, in the same way that a company may face anti-trust challenges and labor laws in the real world.

## Economy

Many server economies, and real-world economies for that matter, are deeply flawed because they rely on the arbitrary inflation of a fiat currency. A fiat currency is one issued by the government, wherein the cost for producing the currency is negligible and its value is self-referential, enforced simply by the threat of military or destructive economic intervention.

**Simply, a dollar is equal to one dollar because "we say it is." If you’re not skeptical of this, you should be.**

Quito relies on what we call the “Diamond Standard.” New issuance of in-game currency can only happen in exchange for diamonds (and interest payments; more on that in diamond-standard). What’s more the value of diamonds to in-game currency will adjust every day to meet supply and demand.

This means that the value of your in-game currency is “real” and that your involvement in society and time spent impacts it. This provides for a much more realistic economy experience and a host of exciting investment strategies that you might not find on other servers.

Participation in the economy is largely supported by a simple chest shop feature. Be careful when using it as chest shops are disabled when the land claim is forgotten.