1 Connect & arrive
One address works for every device. Java players use TCP 25565; Bedrock players use UDP 19132. The moment you land at spawn you are a full member — there is no application, no whitelist gate, no wait.
.Steve in chat, the player list, and in every command. That dot is intentional — it is how crossplay keeps Bedrock and Java names from colliding. Use it whenever someone targets you, and whenever you target another Bedrock player.
2 Read the welcome book — /guide
The fastest way to learn the server is the in-game welcome book. It is handed to you on first join, and you can re-open it any time.
/guide/aow/aow./daily/aow and /ah both do this.
3 Set a home you can always return to
Before you wander off, set a home. Homes, warps, and teleports are powered by EssentialsX — they are the backbone of getting around AoW SMP.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/sethome | Saves your current spot as your home. Set it where you plan to build. |
/home | Teleports you back to your saved home from anywhere. |
/spawn | Sends you to the server spawn — shops, signs, and the main hub. |
/back | Returns you to where you last teleported from — or where you died. |
/tpa <player> | Asks another player to let you teleport to them. They run /tpaccept to allow it. |
/home is the difference between a quick recovery and a long, dangerous walk. Setting it costs nothing.
/tpa .Steve. Same for /msg .Steve hi.
4 Claim your land before you build
AoW SMP protects your builds with GriefPrevention claims. Claiming is done with a golden shovel — no commands required to make your first claim, just two clicks.
golden shovel. This is your claiming tool — holding it shows you what is already claimed.| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/trust <player> | Lets a friend build and break inside your claim. |
/containertrust <player> | Lets them use chests and containers but not break blocks. |
/untrust <player> | Removes someone's access. |
/abandonclaim | Removes the claim you are standing in and refunds its blocks. |
/claimslist | Lists all the claims you own. |
/trust .Steve.
5 Make your first money
AoW SMP has a real economy backed by Vault. You earn money from your daily streak, from selling to other players, and from the global auction house — then spend it however you like.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/balance | Shows how much money you currently have. |
/daily | Your daily login reward — the easiest first income. |
/pay <player> <amount> | Sends money to another player. Great for buying things in chat. |
/ah | Opens the global Auction House to buy and sell with the whole server. |
The Auction House is the heart of trade — list an item once and anyone on the server can buy it, even while you are offline. Hold the item you want to sell and run:
/ah sell 100
# Lists the item in your hand for 100 coins
/ah
# Browse everything currently for saleWant a permanent storefront at your base? QuickShop-Hikari lets you turn any chest into a shop. Place a chest, then left-click it with the item you want to sell and follow the prompt to set a price. Buyers walk up and click the sign — no need for you to be online.
/trade <player> for a secure trade GUI where both sides confirm before anything changes hands — no risk of a drop-and-grab scam. Bedrock: /trade .Steve.
6 Start leveling skills
Everything you do already trains a skill. AuraSkills quietly tracks your mining, farming, fighting, fishing, and more — and rewards you with stats and abilities as you climb. You do not have to do anything special to start; just play.
/skills/enchants like Timber, Veinminer, Telekinesis, and Magnetism for serious efficiency./skills early so you know which actions feed which skill. A little intentional grinding in your first sessions pays off for the rest of your time on the server.
7 Now go on an adventure — beware the Champions
Here is what makes AoW SMP different. This is not vanilla survival. The Fractured Veil means any mob — a zombie, a chicken, a creeper — can spawn as a titled Champion: a named, color-coded, dangerous version with extra health, custom gear, signature attacks, and far better loot.
Titled mobs float a colored name above their head. The color is your warning label — it tells you, at a glance, how hard this fight is about to be. From most common to most lethal:
| Tier | Nametag color | Roughly how dangerous |
|---|---|---|
| Anomalous | Gray | The common floor — barely tougher than vanilla. |
| Fledgling | White | Slightly buffed. A fair fight. |
| Veteran | Green | Noticeably tankier and hits harder. |
| Elite | Aqua | Shows a boss bar. Come prepared. |
| Champion | Purple | A real threat — and the first tier that rolls the exciting rare loot. |
| Legend | Gold | Boss bar, very tough. A serious encounter. |
| Mythic | Dark red | Enormous and deadly. Bring friends and gear. |
| Cataclysm | Black / red | The apex. Only appears when triggered — run or rally a team. |
- Loot scales with tier. Champion and above roll the rare, epic, and relic loot tables. Lower tiers drop small but consistent goodies — no jackpots, just reliable rewards.
- Some carry a prefix. About a quarter of champions get a sub-title. An aqua Enriched one drops double loot — those are the ones worth chasing. A Blessed one drops glyph tomes.
- The world reacts to you. Survive long enough and a mob may spawn hunting you by name. Every champion you kill nudges the world's Fracture Level higher, raising the stakes for everyone.
8 Bedrock: fix the frozen sky & find your way
If you are on Bedrock, you may notice the sky seems stuck — perpetual day or night. That is a known Geyser bug (#2790): Geyser does not relay the server's time to your Bedrock client. The good news: the actual game time is correct. Mobs, Blood Moons, and beds all behave normally — only the sky visual lags.
/realtime/realweather/coords/sb (or /aowsb) to toggle the AoW scoreboard on the right of your screen — it shows live info including the true time, so you are never guessing. Bedrock players living on a frozen sky should keep this on.
/offhand swaps an item to your off-hand (Bedrock has no default key for it), /sync fixes desync if you start seeing ghost blocks, and /view sets your personal render distance.
9 When you die — don't panic
You will die eventually — to a cave, a fall, or a Champion that was tougher than it looked. AoW SMP makes recovery painless: your items do not just scatter and despawn.
Thanks to AxGraves, when you die a grave spawns where you fell, holding all your items and XP. Walk back to it and right-click to collect everything at once — no frantic scramble before things burn or despawn.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/back | Teleports you to where you died — usually right on top of your grave. |
/deaths | Shows a history of your recent deaths and where they happened. |
/backtrack | Helps you retrace your steps to recover a body you can't immediately find. |
/home | If your grave is too dangerous to reach right now, regroup at home first, gear up, then go back. |
/wp) automatically drops a waypoint where you died, so you have a marker pointing back to your grave even if /back is on cooldown.
10 Your first-hour checklist
Tick these off and you are properly set up. Then the server is yours to explore.
| # | Do this | Command |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connect and land at spawn | play.aowmc.com |
| 2 | Read the welcome book | /guide |
| 3 | Claim your daily reward | /daily |
| 4 | Find a spot and set your home | /sethome |
| 5 | Claim land with a golden shovel | right-click two corners |
| 6 | Check your money | /balance |
| 7 | Browse the auction house | /ah |
| 8 | Open your skills menu | /skills |
| 9 | Open the master menu hub | /aow |
| 10 | Bedrock: turn on the sidebar & check the real time | /sb, /realtime |
/aow for the master menu, or /guide to re-open the welcome book. You are never more than one command away from finding your way.