The current Spawn is located in the middle of a sprawling Badlands biome with real estate and player shops available for rent and purchase. Map resets are based on the balance of currently occupied vs. available land. If it starts getting crowded, we expand. If it fills up quicker, we start a new map.
To keep the experience balanced with our gameplay philosophy, most well-formed Villages have been protected and act as conveniently located hubs to sell goods, rent shops, and access the server's banking system
Enjoy a short video showcase of some of the beautiful locations and gameplay features on the server. The video was recorded using the latest version of Optifine and BSL shaders in both night and daytime environments. The video also showcases some of the beautiful new biomes of the Nether Update!
Our goal is to keep the map clean and somewhat orderly. To make the experience more immersive, we encourage players to set up communities and build natural looking structures and foliage for realism. Large statues that detract from the overall appearance or just seem out of place i.e. cars, pokemon, or floating platforms are highly discouraged.
To assist with maintaining our natural resources in the over-world to the best extent possible, we have a resource world, resource nether, and resource end which automatically reset every seven days. We also offer admin shops in the Stimulus Trade Center (STC for short), located near the spawn plaza at coordinates 87, -25. The STC is open the first week of every month to buy bulk material like stone, dirt, sand etc. There are also a selection of shops that rotate for other special items. As of now, there is an End Shop, an Oceanic Material Shop, and a Redstone Shop. These three shops rotate on a monthly basis, but the bulk material store is always there for all your building needs!
The following commands allow access to each resource world:
/resource tp
/resource tp nether
/resource tp end
Currently there are eight server permission groups with five achievable ranks. The system is simple and gameplay is much more inline with survival Minecraft in the beginning. You start without the ability to warp and are only given one home location. /home
and /spawn
are the only free warp commands in the game. As players progress, more home locations can be earned. Only Citizens and above have access to public warps (at a cost). Nobles are the only rank that can create their own warps.
Basic essentials commands and one home location.
In addition to all basic permissions, Drifters gain the ability to use the /condense
command to turn all applicable items into blocks. Drifters are allowed two home locations.
In addition to all Drifter permissions, members gain the ability to use the portable /ec
ender chest command to interact with their ender chest from any location. They also get a total of three home locations.
Citizens have access to /warp
commands for public warps, the /craft
command for a portable workbench, and are allowed five home locations. They can also catch mobs with chicken eggs!
Nobles have the ability to create their own public warps. Nobles also have access to 10 private home locations and access to unique server regions other players don't have access to.
PixelFish uses a minimal amount of plugins to enhance the survival experience without being too excessive. This also includes access to the beautifully rendered dynmap which can be found here. Below is a list of common commands to help you get up and running.
*[] indicates a required variable
Command | Description |
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/afk |
Will mark you AFK (All members are kicked after being AFK for 5 min) |
/back |
Will warp you back to the last location before you teleported. |
/balance or /money |
Will display your emerald bank balance |
/balancetop or /baltop |
Citizen and Above Will display the emerald bank balances ot the top players. |
/condense |
Drifter and Above All items in your inventory will be condensed into their respective block forms. |
/craft or /workbench |
Citizen and Above Will open a crafting menu without the need to carry the crafting bench with you. |
/delhome [name] |
Will delete the named home location |
/disposal or /trash |
Will open up a trash can to remove unwanted items from your inventory |
/enderchest or /ec |
Member and Above Gives you access to your Enderchest from anywhere in the world. |
/help |
Display help for a given command or list commands available to you |
/home [name] |
Will teleport you to the selected home location |
/mail |
built in mail system to send and read personal mail to and from other players. |
/mute [playername] |
Will mute a player from your chat. Good for trolls... |
/seen [playername] |
Will display the last time a certain player was online. |
/sell |
Allows you to sell any of the following for emeralds from anywhere in the world: diamonds, diamond blocks, gold ingots, gold blocks, gold nuggets, iron ingots, iron blocks and iron nuggets. |
/spawn |
Will teleport you to spawn. |
/suicide |
Exactly what it sounds like. |
/warp [name] |
Citizen and Above Allows you to warp to the public warp at a cost of 10 Emeralds. |
Players start out with 400 Claim blocks and gain 50 additional blocks per hour of gameplay. All players max out at 6000 claim blocks earned from gameplay, regardless of rank. Players can buy additional claim blocks. To claim your first area, place a chest down. The first chest you place will automatically create a 10 block x 10 block claim around it. The corners of your claim will be represented as gold blocks with glowstone showing the corner directions. Players can click their claim with a stick at anytime to see the outline of their claim.
To resize your claim you will need to use a golden shovel. Using your golden shovel, click a corner and then click somewhere else to expand or reshape your claim. It's that easy! The original chest does not have to remain where you placed it to keep the claim. If, for some reason, a player decides to move, claims can be abandoned by using /abandonclaim
and all claim blocks will be added back to the player's total balance. If you want to create a non-adjacent claim, just shift click with your golden shovel to create another area. Here's a few of the top commands to know:
Command | Description |
---|---|
/abandonclaim |
Deletes the claim you're standing in. |
/buyclaimblocks [number] |
Will buy additional claim blocks at $0.75 emerald coins per block. |
/sellclaimblocks [number] |
Will sell unused claim blocks at $0.50 emerald coins per block. |
/trust [playername] |
Gives another player permission to edit in your claim. |
/untrust [playername] |
Revokes any permissions granted to a player in your claim. |
/accesstrust [playername] |
Gives a player permission to use your buttons, levers, and beds. |
/containertrust [playername] |
Gives a player permission to use your buttons, levers, beds, crafting gear, containers, and animals. |
/trustlist |
Lists the permissions for the claim you're standing in. |
/trapped |
Gets a player out of a land claim they're if they get trapped inside. |
A full list of GriefPrevention claim commands can be found here.
Claims can be only be established in the main Over-world and main Nether! Claims expire after 20 days of player inactivity. Also, if you are having trouble using basic Redstone items i.e. hoppers, pistons, etc - make sure you are building in claimed space. Global perms prevent certain actions.
LWC is a single block protection plugin that protects both the block itself and the contents of chests, furnaces, and dispensers. It can also protect any other blocks, and by default will also protect doors (wooden + iron), signs and trap doors
Command | Description |
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/lwc |
The LWC command for everything, however aliases are available to make some commands shorter. Type /lwc in-game for more detailed help. |
/chopper {on|off} |
Will allow hoppers to feed items to and from the selected container, barrel, chest etc. when on. |
/cprivate |
The alias of /lwc create private (or /lwc -c private), it creates a private protection. |
/cpassword {password} |
The alias of /lwc create password {password}, it creates a passworded protection. |
/cpublic |
The alias of /lwc create public, it creates a public protection |
/cremove |
Allows you to remove a protection you own you must click on the protection after using /cremove in order to remove it. |
/clock / lock |
Allows you to lock doors and trapped doors. They are not locked by default! |
/cunlock {password} |
Allows you to attempt to gain access to a passworded protection after LWC tells you you attempted to open a password protection. |
A full list of LWC commands can be found here
Players can see their current rank, by typing /ranks
in the chat. The requirements to rank up to the next rank can be seen by using /rankup
.
Certain areas in the world are available to rent, contract, or purchase. These areas are designated by Moderators and above. Players can setup shops or homes in these areas at a cost. There is a slight difference in how each designated region works.
Type | Description |
---|---|
Rent | These areas are rentals which must be re-rented before their expiration. A timers will begin to update on the sign to let the rentor know how long they have left on that property. |
Contracts | Contracted area work much like rentals but will autorenew as long as the player has the funds in their account. |
Buy | Bought real-estate is acquired at a flat cost and remains in the possession of the purchaser ad-infinitum. On Pixelfish, claims will be put back up for purchase if the owner has not logged in for over 90 days (No refunds!!). |
The Economy in Pixelfish revolves around the Emerald, Minecraft's default currency. Emeralds can be earned by finding them in the wild or setting up your own Villager trading spot. A player's balance is determined solely on their ingenuity, patience, and creativity. Other items in the game can be converted to and from Emeralds at any of the in-game Banks and Exchange dealers.
In addition to Exchange dealers at community banks, players can invoke the /sell
command to sell any precious metal for in-game currency. This is a quick way to transform the precious goods you find to and from Emeralds. However, keep in mind that these values will fluctuate though and can be affected by the community's market trends.
For all those explorers out there, we've hidden valuable loot throughout the map in random places. Among the already valuable loot are 1-5 Midas coins which are are worth 64 EB each! Midas Coins can only be redeemed in the main Spawn Exchange. More information can be found in the Top Notch Bookstore. Are you up to the challenge?
There are numerous communities across the Server. These communities act as hubs for players to access the server bank as well as trade with admin and player shops. Plots can be contracted in these locations to set up a shop or just build a house with easy access to the market. In order to allow these hubs to flourish and grow, dedicated players can be given region access to build and expand them in creative new ways. Players can access these communities using the provided warps at Spawn. All warp requests cost 10 emeralds.
Pixelfish is all about promoting large-scale communities. We like to think of ourselves as a friendly SMP server for everybody. There are very few limitations aside from the built in GriefPrevention, LWC protections, and Emerald economy. However, with the Shopkeepers plugin, it's easy to start your own Empire and currency on the server, or join up with your friends to make a sprawling oasis. We're looking forward to seeing all the awesome stuff you build!