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When you start playing the server, it's a good idea to either join a town or make your own. This will protect your valuables from griefing. However, if you build in a wilderness chunk without claiming it, that can be freely accessed. Exceptions to this include public roads and community farms - griefing these is against server rules!

Joining a Town

Just ask in chat. It’s really that easy. Once a mayor has sent an invite, instructions will appear on-screen (in chat), telling you to do the following command: /accept

Once you join a town, the mayor or one of their assistants will be able to provide you a plot to build on and store whatever you need.

Making a Town

In the beginning, you start with 10,000 Yuans. This is more than enough to create a one chunk town, which costs only 200 Yuans. Here are the steps you want to follow:

  1. Find an area you want to live in. Since you can teleport to your capital city any time using /capital or /spawn, it’s a smart idea to live near a separate capital city so you have easy free access to two separate capitals and two markets. Do not be afraid to live in the dense forest - if you ask a moderator politely, they will clear the trees away within your claims. This policy is only used when dealing with forests made during the initial map generation.
  2. Make sure your town is 5 chunks or more away from another town. You cannot claim any closer to another town. In order to check this, do the following command: /towny map big. This brings up a chunk-map of the location with where you are standing in the center. Any chunks that are not a - symbol are claimed chunks.
  3. Create your town and give it a name. You can pick any name that isn’t offensive or NSFW (see rule 2.1 here). It does not have to be Avatar related. To do so perform the following command: /town new [name]. Do not include the brackets. For example, if you want a town called "Jtoxroxmysox", you would type "/town new Jtoxroxmysox". Remember to use _ for spaces. Performing this command will create a town claim in the chunk you are standing. Permissions will automatically be set so only town members can build, destroy, and access chests. This chunk will be considered your Homeblock, i.e. the spot you spawn in when you do /town spawn. You can rename your town at a later date with /town set name [name]. You can change the homeblock of your town at a later time by standing wherever you would like to spawn at and performing /town set homeblock.
  4. Now you can begin to expand your town. Doing so requires Yuans, the server currency. First, you want to deposit money from your balance (which you can check doing /balance). In order to do this, execute the following command: /town deposit [amount]. You can withdraw this money at any time. Only the mayor (you) has access to the town bank, using /town withdraw [amount]. Town assistants, VIPs, or helpers will not be able to do this.
  5. Once you have money, you can begin claiming land. It is helpful to have the chunk outlining tool in Minecraft enabled so you can see the chunk boundaries. Do this by hitting F3 + G. This may be different depending on your user settings and operating system. Claiming land will automatically set permissions in the chunk (or plot) to your default town permissions (all residents can build, destroy, access chests, people outside of your town cannot). In order to claim land, perform this command in chat: /town claim.

Final Notes

If none of your town's residents are active for 6 months, it can be deleted. It will not be automatically deleted; only if another player requests it to be removed. Assistants can request to take over a town if the mayor has been inactive for three weeks, and Residents can do the same if both Assistants and the Mayor are inactive for three months.