Before You Join

What to know before starting PirateCraft?

Please start by reading the Rules.

Expect to be killed. This is a PvP Survival server and you will be killed at some point if you play long enough. Nobody is here to help you get started, we want to see what you are made of first.

Staff members (shown in red, orange, and blue) are available to ensure players are following the rules; however, they will not return lost items, settle disputes, or provide other assistance. Do not cheat or run any client mods. Do not discuss or advertise another server or service. These actions will get you banned permanently.

How to get started

First visit our live map and get familiar with the world. Locate the various warps (cove, north, south, east, west) and find a place you want to call home.

Start minecraft, Click Multiplayer and click Add Server; Server Name: PirateCraft, Server Address: mc.piratemc.com. After joining for the first time use /warp cove and look around, get familiar with this area as it’s the only area that does not allow PvP. Once you are ready to set out on your own use one of the /warp [direction] locations to get started.

If you need food, type /kits to see what kits (kits contain tools etc) you have, every rank you get promoted to, you get a new kit. If you have money left or wood to sell you can buy food, see Money & Economy for details. Do not beg for food or other items/services from players, you will only wind up being muted.

How do I make a base?

Once you have arrived where you want to build place your chest to claim that area. Then use the /sethome command so you will respawn there after dying. Be sure to put a non-siegeable block (like stone bricks) on top of your chest to prevent other players from stealing it’s contents. You can find out what blocks can be broken (aka “Soft blocks”) in a siege by using /info siege. You will need a gold shovel to expand your claim so get to digging and read claims and siege for more information.

Crews, Ships, and Cannons

Start by surviving a few nights and making friends on the server. It usually takes a little while to get invited to a crew. Optionally you and your friends can create a new crew, see the Crews page for details.

For information on building ships use /info ships or you can /warp ships to see some existing examples. Help on building and using cannons can be found by using /info cannons or /warp cannons to see some examples. You may also read about Ships and Cannons right here.

In most cases these features require you to rank up. You can read about the various Ranks for more information. You can also check your stats online but don’t worry if they are a little out of date. Keep playing and you will rank up. If you would prefer you can /donate to skip some rank requirements.

Who can be trusted?

I would advise newcomers to avoid other players until they have gathered sufficient resources to survive. As Piratecraft is a PvP server, there will always be someone out to get you unless you're playing with a trusted friend. Avoid accepting teleport requests from people you do not trust.

What do we Expect

We expect you to be polite and considerate of other players and staff. Harassment will not be tolerated nor will trolling or use of profanity. Depending on the severity you will likely be muted, jailed, or temporarily banned.

Staff members expect you to be quiet and serve your time if you are punished for something. Profess your innocence if you must, but once and only ONCE. If you can prove your innocence, ask the op politely if they would like to see it. If they say "No", then just drop it. Arguing will earn you a more severe punishment 100% of the time.