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
To start off on the server you will first spawn in a random location within the overworld spawn area. This could be at ground level (height 64 in the overworld), at a lower or higher elevation.

Get To The Highways
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 know you will die and lose any items you are carrying if you use this command.

Inner Spawn
Inner spawns 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 area. 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.

Outer Spawn
If you are within 2000 blocks from 0, 0 you are still considered within spawn. The difference in this area is passive mobs will now spawn, however resources such as wood will be difficult to find. Players have used bots to harvest trees and remove them from the map.

If you are new to the server it is advisable to travel beyond the 2000 block wall to setup a base and gather resources.

Using The Nether
Since December 2020 the Nether spawn has been largely destroyed. You could be lucky and find a Nether highway (Y120), or you could teleport to a Nether portal suspended in mid air and be forced back to the overworld.

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.

The Nether & Piglins (1.16 mob)
The big drawback with using The Nether with the introduction of 1.16 is Piglins. Without a player wearing a piece of gold armour they will become aggressive. Also be careful opening any kind of chest, ender chest or shulker box while they are around as this will make the aggressive as well!

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. At most you are leaving behind a trail of huts which contain not much more than a bed to respawn at, if you were to unexpectedly die from a mob attack.

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.

If you really want to be in a safe location consider over 100,000 blocks in 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.