Minecraft Oustomia Information

Hey there! Looks like you're interested in or already playing on our Minecraft Oustomia Server! If you're already playing, you'll probably want to skip past the installation guide coming up in a moment and go straight to the more important things, such as conversion rates for bricks, and other difficult to obtain items.

## Installation Guide

The first things you'll need are, obviously, a viable **Minecraft Account.** We play a legitimate server, and without it, you will not be able to connect. Assuming you have one of those, follow the below steps.

1. Go to the **Minecraft Forge Page** linked here. Press the 'Installer' button for '1.7.10 - 10.13.4.1614", the Latest version of 1.7.10 Minecraft Forge.
2. Once downloaded, double click the Installer and install the Client version of Minecraft Forge.
3. While it installs, we'll go ahead and do the next step, which is going to the **Lord of the Rings Mod Page.** Scroll down and find the big bolded link that says **"Download the current version: Public Beta 27.2 for Minecraft 1.7.10"** - You can't miss it! But that isn't all the mods we use! We also use **Thaumcraft** as well as **bspkrsCore** so that people can use **TreeCapitator!**
4. Assuming Forge is now installed and you're downloading the Lord of the Rings mod, open up your Minecraft Forge.
5. When Minecraft **Launcher** is open, down in the **bottom left of the Launcher** you should see a 'Profile:' with a dropdown menu. Click it, and select **Forge.**
6. After selecting Forge on your Profile, click 'Edit Profile'. To the right is what you should be looking at right now. Once you've done so, press the 'Open Game Dir' button on the bottom right.
7. Once you've opened your Game Directory, you should be seeing your entire Minecraft folder.
8. Assuming you've downloaded the Lord of the Rings Mod successfully, take the file it gave you(it should be a .jar file) and place it in the folder named 'Mods' in your root files. If it isn't there, feel free to make it!
9. Once you've done that, you may now connect to our server. Open up Minecraft, using the Forge profile, and go to Multiplayer, and click 'Add Server' - you can name it whatever you want. In the 'Server Address' section, place in the following exactly as typed: **158.69.225.190:25601** and press Done!
10. If everything has done according to plan, you will now be able to connect to our server. If you get an error, try following this guide exactly as written. If you've run mods previously on 1.7.10, they may be conflicting.

## Server Information

The Oustomia Minecraft server is, believe it or not, connected to Oustomia in many ways. While it is incredibly unlikely any characters will ever find their way into the square of which the Minecraft server is located ICly, it is there! We switched from a Minecraft Realms server due to the lag it was producing, as well as due to the fact that we wanted mods, to make the playing experience better. The sacrifice was our old map, and a downgrade to a previous version of Minecraft. This removes some of our previous features, but adds so much more!

In addition, here's the **Wiki for the Lord of the Rings Mod!** A lot of the information presented is still valid within our server.

## No-No's

This is a list of things you really just shouldn't do. However, if you lack a flag on your property, we are not responsible for damage done to your items, base or otherwise.

* Do **not, under ANY circumstance,** place a Thaumcraft item into the Unsmeltery. They are WILDLY incompatible, and will cause the server to crash every time you log in.
* Do **not, under ANY circumstance,** place LotR Armor Stands. They are not compatible with Thaumcraft.

## Currencies / Items to Buy

Normally in the Lord of the Rings mod, the primary currency is 'Silver Coins'. Typically, the way you earn silver coins is doing quests in Middle-Earth, or trading with NPCs. Unfortunately, a lot of things can't be obtained without being in Middle-Earth. So, instead, we have ways for you guys to obtain all that through trading with an admin!

That being said, we also allow players to buy some other items with their currency, or with other currencies. This list is ever-expanding, however!