Survival Guide For New Players

Maybe you have played anarchy before, maybe you haven't. For the completeness of this guide the writer assumes you havem't.

Spawning into the world
To start off on the server you will teleported to a random location with 150 blocks of 0, 0 in the world. This could be at ground level (height 64 in the overworld), or at a lower elevation in a cavern below spawn.

If you spawn on ground level you should have a relatively easy time making your way to a highway which extend a distance from spawn in the overworld.

If you spawn below ground level looks for steps up of cobblestone / torches that might light the way to a cobble staircase. If all else fails use /suicide to respawn in a new location, just not you will die and lose any items you are carrying if you use this command.

The spawn areas outer limit is 500 blocks from 0, 0. You will see a large wall surrounding spawn at 500 blocks. Very quickly you can find holes in the wall where other players have made their way out into the world. What is different about the area inside the 500 wall boundary is you will find very few trees, passive mobs do not spawn (cows, sheep, chickens etc). This makes obtaining wood and food much more difficult in this space. As a new player it is advisable to head out into the world beyond 500 blocks to find resources and build a base, where these things are much easier to do.

You might want to linger in spawn to see The Cage however, a lava cast structure built at the 50 block line around 0, 0. You may even still find banners from The Sun in Splendor facton that created this monument.

Getting out of spawn
To get out of spawn you have two choices.

1) Use the overworld. Keep in mind as the world matures, fewer and fewer resources will be available close to spawn. Consider the time of day, if night is closing in you may be better off with option #2.

2) Use the Nether. Find a nether portal and teleport to The Nether. However, depending on if the portal you land into is portal trapped you may find yourself teleported back to the overworld by the Anti-Portal Trap. If that happens you can either find another portal and try again to get to a non-trapped portal or revert to option #1.

Establish a Temporary Base
If you used the overworld to get out of spawn maybe you find an abandoned base to spend a couple of nights or maybe you create something new. Just collect enough wood along the way to make be able to make tools and weapons.

It almost makes sense to travel along one of the cardinal axis' at zero so you can find a Nether portal and get onto one of The Nether highways for faster travel (8x) to a secure place in the overworld.

Establishing a semi-permanent base
From this point ideally have 10 or more pieces of obsidian along with a flint and steel in your inventory. Go back into the nether and travel to at least 2,500 blocks (20,000 blocks out in the overworld). Either use an existing portal, or make your own get back to the overworld.

As part of this journey visit a Nether Fortress and kill some blazes for Blaze rods. You will need blaze powder and an ender pearl to make an eye of ender, to make an ender chest.

Next you need to get at least 2,000 blocks away from the axis of zero, you are on. When you find your base location, place down your ender chest and DO NOT create a Nether portal! Griefers regularly use the nether as a means to discover overworld base locations. If you have no nether portal in or at your base they will have a much harder time finding you.

Establishing a permanent base
Let's say you are part of a large group or faction. Or just never want to be found. Consider the world border is 3 million. Building a base over 2 million blocks from spawn and over 50,000 - 100,000 blocks from a highway can almost guarantee the security of your base. Again, just don't open a Nether portal at your base.