Getting Started

This is an in-depth guide to help brand new players get established on Vanilly. It covers mostly basic information about commands and worlds, though could be helpful for established players wanting to learn more about a particular subject.

Command Parameters

Whenever I use <  > in a command, it means you have to enter something like a username. Don't actually enter in the <  >!

• <home> or <land> - Enter the name of one of your homes/lands(or a new one if making a home/land)
• <warp> - Enter the name of someone's warp, or one of your warps (or a new one if making a warp)
• <player> - Enter the username of a player online(if they're a bedrock player, there username will have a period in front)

So, what game modes are there?

The two game modes are Survival and Lifesteal.

In Survival, you can claim land, and make shops and warps. It is a friendly world, that is never reset.

In contrast, the Lifesteal does not have land claiming, and you cannot make shops, although there is the Auction House, that you can use to sell items. In this game mode, every time you kill a player (no land claiming means everywhere, PVP is turned on), you earn one more heart. Every time you die, you lose a heart. When you finally die when you only have one heart left, you get temporarily banned from the server, the duration depending on your rank.

Wait, what are ranks?

There are two types of ranks, store ranks and vote ranks. You buy store ranks, but you get vote ranks by voting for Vanilly on websites that it is on, like MinecraftServers.org. Both game modes have different ranks. As you rank up, you earn more perks!

• Survival - Shops, warps, embs, claim chunks, and new commands, crate keys
• LifeSteal - Items in the auction house, team members, embs, hearts, crate keys

(Note: you have to vote for each server specifically to rank up in those servers. So you have to vote for the Survival server to rank up in Survival, and you have to vote for the LifeSteal server to rank up in LifeSteal)

To vote, use the /vote command (make sure you are in the game mode that you want to get perks on). Then in the chat, five links will appear. Click each of those to open the sites to vote.

Bedrock players! Make sure to put a period in front of your name so the site knows that you play bedrock!

More in the wiki in Survival Features -> Ranks and LifeSteal Features -> Ranks.

Embs?

Since Emeralds are the main currency in Vanilly, players use abbreviations. Ems stands for Emeralds, embs stands for Emerald Blocks, and cembs stands for Condensed Emerald Block(these blocks equal x64 embs! Condense them with the /condense command, unlocked at the Poppy vote rank or the Axolotl store rank for Survival, and Hunter vote rank or the Blaze store rank for LifeSteal). Another abbreviation players use is wb, which stands for Welcome Back. It is sometimes used when someone logs back on.

More in the wiki at Glossary.

And what are crate keys?

In both game modes, you can earn Vote Keys by voting, which you can redeem by using the /warp crates command and placing the key on the Vote Crate. You can earn the other keys by ranking up, buying them with real-life money, or buying them from other players for Emeralds.

More in the wiki at Survival Features -> Crates and LifeSteal Features -> Crates.

Can I set a home to teleport to?

Yes! Position yourself in the location and direction you want to teleport to, then use the /sethome <home> (can also be used to overwrite a home) command to create the home! Use the /home <home> command to teleport to it!

• /homes - See a list of all your homes
• /delhome <home> - Delete a home

You start out with one home, but you can earn more as you rank up!

More in the wiki at Survival Features -> Home and LifeSteal Features -> Home.

Any general commands I should know?

Here are some:

• /help - Extremely helpful! Opens a menu with lists of commands
• /back - Teleports you to the last place you were
• /time - Tells you the server time in the chat
• /tpa <player> - Teleports you to the specified player
• /tpahere <player> - Teleports the specified player to you
• /tpaccept - Accepts teleportation request
• /tp deny - Denys teleportation request

Survival

Claiming Land

Use the /view command to see all the claimed land around you. The land surrounded by red particles is land from other players. Yellow is land that you are trusted in. Green is your land. Go to a chunk not claimed that you want, and use the /claim command. Check the chat. A message should appear there saying you have claimed a chunk. You can edit the land using the /lands command, or you can use commands to edit your land.

• /lands edit <land> - Select the specified land for editing. All following land editing commands will be for this land
• /lands trust <player> - Give the specified player access to your land (alternatively, open your land menu and go to Players -> Trust Player)
• /lands untrust <player> - Revoke the specified player's access to your land (alternatively, open your land menu and go to Players -> Untrust Player
• /claimchunk - Deduct one claim chunk from your total, and give you a claim chunk item that will add one claim chunk to your total when placed(can be useful if you want to sell or trade claim chunks to other players)

To toggle permissions for players, open your lands menu, then click Roles -> Role you want to edit -> One of the two items in the bottom left corner.

More in the wiki at Survival Features -> Lands.

Warps

Warps are places where you can teleport that are set by players, like shops, towns, or grinders. You earn your first warp at the vote rank Fresh+ or the store rank Tadpole. To make a warp, use the /warps set <warp> to make a new warp. Make sure to stand in the position and direction you want players to teleport to.

• /warps - Warp menu
• /warps help - Helpful stuff about warps
• /warps <warp> - Warp to a warp

More in the wiki at Survival Features -> Warps.

Shops

Players can create shops to sell items for emeralds or other things. To create a shop, point at the barrel you want to make into a shop and use the /shop create command. If successful, green particles should appear above the barrel, which means that it is a shop and not a normal barrel. Open the barrel, and you should find a special GUI. The first column is the items being sold, and the second is what it is being sold for. Each row is a different listing.

• Click a green dye to create a new listing. In the new GUI, put the item being sold in one of the first two slots, and what it is being sold for in one of the last two slots, then click the green dye to create.
• To delete a listing, click the TNT in that row.
• To stock your shop, click the chest, then put the items in the new GUI.
• To delete a shop, use the /shop delete command(Note: The stock will still be there, but when you open the barrel, it will be empty. Make it into a shop again to take the stock)

More in the wiki at Survival Features -> Shops.

Trading

Trading can be useful when you are looking for something specific, and you can't find a shop selling it. Use the /trade <player> command to trade with a player. Once the player accepts the trade, it will open a GUI. Put the items you want to trade on the left side. The items the other player puts in will appear on the right side. Click the clay block to turn it green, meaning that you are happy with the trade and ready to do it. Once both players are ready, a five-second countdown starts in case any player changes there mind. Once it gets to zero, the items will be traded.

LifeSteal

Teams

Work in progress!

Auction House

Work in progress!

Vanilly Terms

Commands

Teleportation Commands

Menu Commands

Gameplay Commands

Chat Commands

/msg, /whisper, /tell <playername> - Message another player directly
/r <playername> - Reply to most recent message 
[inv] - Shows inventory in chat
[item] - Shows the item the player is holding in chat
[ender] - Shows ender chest in chat

Shop Commands

/shop create - Opens shop in a barrel (you must point at the barrel)
/shop delete - Deletes specified shop (does not remove stock)
/shop deleteid <id>
/shop count <item>
/shop list
/shop list <player>
/shop shops
/shop manage <id>
/shop out
/shop out <player>
/shop sold <page/clear>
/shop stock <page>
/shop view <id>

Claiming Commands

/claim, /lands claim <name> - Claims the chunk the player is standing in for your claim/specified trusted claim
/unclaim - Unclaims the chunk the player is standing in
/trust <playername> - Allows access to your claim to the specified player (roles can be edited in player management) 
/untrust <playername> - Revokes access of your claim to the specified player
/lands, /lands menu  - General menu for land management
/lands create <name> - Creates a land with your desired name
/lands edit - Selects the land or area that you own/are trusted in for the following executed commands
/lands assign - Assigns land selection to designated land or subarea
/lands selection - Enables selection of area management

Item rename

Allay+ and Lily ranks give you the ability to rename your items using /itemname.

To get different colors when naming your items you can use BirdFlop
Here is a tutorial and an example of how to use it. When copying it do ctrl+c to copy and ctrl+v to paste, for Apple devices do command+c to copy and command+v to paste. Video Here

Shops

Commands

• /shop create - Opens shop in a barrel (you must point at the barrel)
• /shop delete - Deletes specified shop (does not remove stock)
• /shop deleteid <id>
• /shop count <item>
• /shop list <player>
• /shop shops
• /shop manage <id>
• /shop out
• /shop out <player>
• /shop sold <page/clear>
• /shop stock <page>
• /shop view <id>

Bedrock Shop Tutorial:
Here you can see a short tutorial on how to create a shop on Bedrock Edition.

Java Shop Tutorial

Here you can see a short tutorial on how to create a shop on Java Edition.

About Warps

Warps are places that you can teleport that are set by players, like shops, towns, or grinders! You earn your first warp at the vote rank Fresh+.

Warp Commands

• /warps - Warp menu
• /warps help - Helpful stuff about warps
• /warps <warp> - Warp to a warp
  
• /warps set <warp> - Create a warp (make sure to stand in the position and direction you want players to teleport to)
• /warps desc set/remove <warp> <description> - Set or remove the description for one of your warps
• /warp category <warp> <category> - Change the category of one of your warps (go to the warp menu to see categories)
• /warps list <player> <page>

Lands - How to start as a Player.

Creating your land:

1. Optional: Create a land.
   /lands create <name>
   # This will create a land with your desired name. (Example: /lands create Oakheart)
   
   
2. Claiming your land.
   Use /lands claim to claim the area
   This will claim the chunk you're standing in.
   If no land has been created before, it will automatically create a land with your name.
   HINT: If you are on Java version, you can view chunk borders by holding the F3 key and pressing G at the same time.
   
   
   
3. Editing your land.
   You can open the lands menu to manage your land by typing:
   /lands
   This is the main command you use to manage the land you are in.
   
   
   
4. To use the commands for a different land.
   Execute /lands edit <land>
   All the following commands will be executed for this land.
   Example: /lands edit YertleLand
   

Select a Land for Editing

Execute /lands edit <land>

The following commands will be executed for this land.

Trust Players

Execute /lands trust <player>

Alternatively, open your land menu and go to players and click on the 'Trust Player' button.

Untrust Players

Execute /lands untrust <player>

Alternatively, open your land menu and go to players and click on the 'Untrust Player' button.

Toggle Permissions for Players

Open your lands menu by executing /lands 

Click on the roles item.

Open the role settings menu.

Configure the settings to your liking.

Promote / Demote Players

Open your lands menu by executing /lands 

Click on the player's item.

Use left click to promote and right click to demote them.

Lands - How to claim and protect your land.

First of all, please make sure to read "How to start as a Player" first.

Q: I am trusted in multiple lands. How can I claim for a specific one?

A: Select your land by using /lands edit <land> or specify the land with /lands claim <land>

Q: I am trusted in multiple lands. How can I select the land I want to use for my commands that I don't have to specify it in the commands every time.

A: Select your land by using /lands edit <land>

Sub Areas

What is an Area?

Land areas are "sub areas/lands" inside a land. These areas are three dimensional, that means that they are not bound to chunks but instead to blocks. You can trust players to specific area(s) and apply flags for it, like you would do for a land.

Create a new Area

1. First open your land menu with /lands and click on the areas item.
   
2. Now click on the add area button. After this you will need to enter the area name in chat.
   
3. After that you will notice that the area will popup in the menu and give you instructions how to set the size of it.
   
4. The selection is set. It will display it to you live. You can make changes as you wish. Then just execute /lands selection assign . After that everything is setup.
   

Trust Players and set Flags

By opening the areas menu again and clicking on the area, you can trust players to this specific area and edit flags. You can do everything for this specific area, like it is a land.

About Homes

You can set various homes in different locations around the map, and then you can easily teleport to them. As you rank up, you will earn more homes, but you start with one home.

Home Commands

• /sethome <home> - Set a home or overwrite a home (make sure to be at the position and direction you want to teleport to) 
• /home <home> - Teleport to one of your homes
• /homes - See the list of all your homes
• /delhome <name> - Delete one of your homes

ArtMap Guide

Use the command /ArtMap to bring up this GUI. You can click on or hover over the items in the GUI to help yourself get started.

Getting started!

First you want to craft yourself an easel, you need 1 stick, 2 string, an armour stand, 1 item frame and 2 leather. You also need to craft a canvas, you need 4 emeralds, 4 leather and 1 empty map. After you have created the Easel and Canvas you will then need to place the Easel, click the easel with the canvas in your hand to get started.

Dyes + Tools

Below you can see all the dyes and tools, you have a range of different colours to choose from along with many tools you can use.

Artworks

You can view your artwork along with other players art, you can think of this category as a Gallery, you can view all art made by players without having to find it in-game! In this category you can edit your own art, you can make copies of your art when you have an empty map in your inventory! You can also delete and rename your art.

Do /warp crates to visit the crate area at spawn! Use crate keys to win tons of rare and valuable items! You can vote or buy for keys.

Vote Crate and Vote Party Crate


Gold Crate


Diamond Crate


Emerald Crate


We also have seasonal Crates so look out for those!

Ranks

Vote Ranks

Store Ranks

Vote Ranks

Store Ranks

Do /warp crates to visit the crate area at spawn! Use crate keys to win tons of rare and valuable items! You can vote or buy for keys.

Vote Crate and Vote Party Crate


Endermite Crate


Enderman Crate


Dragon Crate


We also do seasonal Crates so look out for those!

Use /team help to get started with creating a team, you need to rank-up to be able to increase your team member limit!

/team create <name>
/team join <name>
/team invite <player>
/team leave
/team sethome <name>
/team delhome <name>
/team home <name>

/team ban/unban <player>
/team kick <player>
/team disband
/team name <name> - This changes your teams name
/team promote/demote <player>
/team description <description>

/team ally <team>
/team allychat
/team pvp
/team neutral <team> - This removes allies and rejects ally requests
/team tag <name>

You can set various of homes in different locations around the map depending on your rank, but you will have 1 home slot regardless. To set home you need to do /sethome [name] and then to teleport to your home you can do /home [name] but you can also do /homes and click the home you want to teleport to. If you want to reset one of your homes you can just do /sethome [name] again and click the 'click to confirm overwrite'. You can also delete your homes by doing the command /delhome [name]

Become the richest on the server by selling items on the AuctionHouse!
In-game do /warp AH or /AH to bring up the Auction House GUI!

Information:
To sell items for Emeralds type (e in the price is for emeralds)
/ah sell <price>e <amount>
To sell items for Emerald Blocks type (b in the price is for emerald blocks)
/ah sell <price>b <amount>

Mob Cap

Entities are among the most demanding things for a Minecraft server to handle, especially on versions 1.13+. Survival servers with mid-to-high player counts will often deal with thousands of entities. When we have too many entities loaded at once, server lag is inevitable, and the experience is made less enjoyable for everyone. Therefore, we try to limit the number of entities loaded by each player to avoid overloading the server

Important Server Links

Below are important links that relate to Vanilly.

Discord Server
Store Page
Rules
Vote Links
Map
Staff Application

Social Media Links

Below are links to each social media platform we use.

TikTok
Instagram
YouTube
Twitter