The castle & square
Eldric the Steward welcomes new arrivals. Find the fountain, learn the town charter and begin the four-stop welcome tour.
/townMINECRAFT JAVA 26.3 · PUBLIC SURVIVAL
A town to return to.
A world to make
your own.
Set out from a medieval castle town, find your place in the wilderness and build something worth coming home to. Familiar survival, with skills, characters and adventures along the way.
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THE CASTLE TOWN Illustrated district guide · explore in game with /town
BUILD & CLAIM LAND✦11 SURVIVAL SKILLS✦EARN YOUR RANK✦A TOWN WITH CHARACTER
YOUR SAFE HARBOUR
Meet the neighbours.
Shopkeepers, a welcoming inn and a guild with work to offer. Town characters explain the server as you explore.
The market quarter
Borin stocks ore supplies, Cora handles building goods, and Tamsin keeps travellers fed. Visit the apothecary and archive across the river.
/shopThe Copper Kettle
Maeve explains homes and your separate world inventories. Take a break by the fishing pond or look for a less obvious path.
/sethome baseThe Adventurers’ Guild
Merrow offers daily fishing, mining and night-watch contracts. Arena combat and further adventures are being tested before release.
/quests listArena expansion: testingNEW TO PICRAFT?
Your first steps,
without the guesswork.
Everyone can build in unclaimed Public Survival land. You do not need to earn a rank before starting your home.
Read the town charter →- 01
Arrive in Castle Town
Meet Eldric, Rowan, Maeve and Selene. Right-click to talk.
/town tutorialreminds you of the route. - 02
Choose your wilderness
Take the Public Survival gate or use
/warp survival./rtpfinds a random public-world location. - 03
Claim a home of your own
Use a golden shovel on opposite corners to claim land. A stick inspects claims. Save your return point with
/sethome base. - 04
Return with a story
/spawntakes you to town;/home basebrings you back. Your survival inventory and XP return when you return to that world.
PROGRESS THROUGH PLAY
Earn your place in town.
Ranks come from playing. Long idle periods do not count toward active playtime. Check your journey with /ranks.
Visitor
Yours when you join
- Public survival building and land claims
- Shops, skills and social features
- One saved home
Member
Welcome tour OR 30 active minutes
- Three saved homes
- Existing Member commands and kits
- A one-time 50 PiBits welcome-tour reward
VIP
12 tracked active hours
- Five saved homes
- Configured VIP utility commands
- Continued skills and quest progression
Private worlds remain invitation-only at every rank. Rank progression never grants server administration.
THE TOWN'S CURRENCY
Make a living in PiBits.
Start with 100 PiBits. Earn through ordinary survival and guild work, then spend on supplies and useful kits. Use /bal to check your purse.
Start with the guild
0140PiBits / day
Iron for Borin
Mine 12 iron ore and 12 deepslate iron ore.
0235PiBits / day
The Night Watch
Defeat 10 zombies and five skeletons.
0325PiBits / day
The Copper Kettle
Catch 12 fish for the inn.
Each contract has a 24-hour cooldown. All three together award 100 PiBits. The welcome-tour reward is once per player.
A sensible first loop
Complete the welcome tour, take a guild contract before setting out, gather what your base needs, and sell only the surplus. Buying items just to craft and resell them is not an intended money-making method. Report pricing exploits.
THE TOWN CHARTER
Build freely.
Respect what others build.
Public survival is open to new arrivals. Claims protect homes and belongings; the town itself is protected.
- Respect builds and claims. No griefing, theft or unwanted interference.
- Play fairly. No x-ray, cheats, duplication exploits or deliberately lagging the server.
- Choose who you trust.
/trust NAMEgrants building access;/containertrust NAMEgrants storage access;/untrust NAMErevokes it. - Keep combat consensual. Arena features are opt-in. Follow the rules shown for each arena when released.
- Private means invited. Public survival ranks do not unlock private worlds.
GOOD TO KNOW
A few useful answers.
Why is my inventory different in town?
Lobby, Public Survival and private worlds have separate inventory and XP profiles. Returning to your survival world restores that world's inventory. Money, ranks, skills and quest progress are shared.
Do I need a special modpack?
Use Minecraft Java 26.3. Most server features are plugins and do not need client mods. Your compatible graphics mods and shaders can remain. A client-side recipe viewer and optional voice chat are being prepared and tested; they are not required to join.
Is a texture pack required?
No. Resource packs remain optional. The server is exploring a medieval HUD and GUI style, but will not force an untested pack or replace your preferred textures.
Can Bedrock players join?
Bedrock networking has been configured, including NetherNet support. A real outside-network Bedrock join is still awaiting verification, so Java is the verified joining route for now.
What is still being developed?
The castle-town interaction tests, arena combat, expanded RPG encounters, optional voice, recipe viewing and medieval HUD are being developed on a separate test instance. They will be released after verification, with live-world progress preserved.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
There’s room for your story.
Java Edition 26.3 · Meet us in Castle Town