Joining the Server

Connect to playtide.net using Minecraft Java Edition. Once you spawn in the hub, you'll see two NPCs - click either one to join Survival or Lifesteal.

Finding a Place to Build

Use /rtp to randomly teleport to a safe location in both Survival and Lifesteal. This is the fastest way to find unclaimed land and start building.

Setting a Home

Once you've found a spot, use /sethome to save your location. You can teleport back at any time with /home. Higher ranks unlock additional sethomes.

Returning to Spawn

Use /spawn to teleport back to the spawn area at any time.

Useful Commands

Run /info in-game for a basic command list. If you need help from staff, use /ticket followed by your message to submit a support ticket.

Visitor

The default rank given to all new players. Includes essential commands to get started on the server.

Citizen

A free starter rank claimed by joining our Discord server. Perfect for new players looking to get started with extra benefits.

Wave

Your first upgrade. Adds essential utility commands and extra homes.

Oceanic

Ride the current with cosmetic commands, the /top perk, and Phantom Thorns protection.

Tsunami

Unleash the storm with flight, weekly keys, and even more homes.

Tempest

Command the storm with maximum utility. Virtual chest access, triple weekly ocean keys, and fourteen homes.

Abyssal

Dive into the abyss. Weekly Aquatica keys, the Life Regen perk, and even more homes.

Vortex

The ultimate rank. Unmatched perks, double weekly Aquatica keys, virtual ender chest, and the most homes on the server.

Vote Key

The most common key, earned for free by voting for the server. Use /vote in-game to see the voting links. Each vote rewards you with a Vote Key that can be used at the Vote Crate at spawn.

Also available in the store and as a drop from higher-tier crates.

Ocean Key

A mid-tier key with better rewards than the Vote Crate. Ocean Keys can be found as rare drops inside the Vote Crate, earned weekly with the Tsunami rank, or purchased from the store.

Aquatica Key

The rarest and most valuable key. Aquatica Keys contain the best loot on the server. They can be found as rare drops inside the Ocean Crate, earned weekly with the Abyssal rank, or purchased from the store.

Pulling Cards

Hold a Card Key and right-click to open it. You'll pull one random card, which goes straight into your collection. Card Keys come from the crates and the store.

If you were given keys while offline or in a world where cards aren't available, run /cards claim to pick them up.

Rarities

Every card has one of eight rarity tiers. The rarer the tier, the more the card is worth.

Each card also shows a "1 in N" number - the higher it is, the rarer that exact pull, and the more it's worth within its tier. See the store's Card Key info for the exact drop rates.

Your Collection

Open it with /cards. Browse by rarity, and from there you can:

• -Sell a card for its current value, or sell a whole tier at once.
• -Withdraw a card as a physical item you can trade with other players. Right-click a physical card to put it back into your collection.

A collection can only hold one copy of each card, so you can't deposit a card you already own.

Card Values

Cards in your collection change in value a little every day - up or down. They never drift more than 20% from their original value, so nothing crashes overnight, but timing your sales matters.

Withdrawing a card locks in its value at that moment. A physical card keeps that price no matter how long you hold it, which makes it the safe way to trade.

Leaderboard

Run /cards leaderboard to see the top collectors by total collection value.

Jobs

Use /jobs to open the jobs menu. You can join multiple jobs and earn money by performing tasks related to that job - mining, farming, fishing, building, and more. The more you work a job, the higher your job level and pay rate.

Quests

Use /quests to view available quests. Complete objectives like gathering resources, killing mobs, or crafting items to earn cash rewards. Quests refresh regularly so there's always something to work towards.

AFK Zone

Head to the AFK zone at spawn to earn $20 per minute just for being online. Stand in the designated area and you'll automatically receive passive income. A great way to earn while you're away from the keyboard.

Paying Players

Use /pay <player> <amount> to send money directly to another player. Useful for trading, splitting loot, or paying for services from other players.

Auction House

Use /ah to open the auction house. You can list items for sale and browse what other players are selling. It's the main player-to-player marketplace on the server.

Server Shop

Use /shop to open the server shop GUI. Buy and sell common items at fixed prices. The shop is a reliable way to offload resources or pick up materials you need quickly.

Coinflip

Use /cf <amount> to bet money against other players. Other players can use /cf to open the coinflip menu and take someone's game. You can also use /cf stats to view your daily stats, including your win rate and net gain/loss.

How Hearts Work

Your health bar is your lives. Every player starts with 10 hearts and can grow up to a maximum of 20 hearts. You lose a heart every time you die in any Lifesteal world (Overworld, Nether, and End) - not just from player kills. When you kill another player, you steal one of their hearts (up to the 20-heart cap). If you hit 0 hearts, you permanently die and are locked out of Lifesteal until you're revived.

Getting Hearts Back

If you run out of hearts, there are three ways to get back in:

Anything Goes

In Lifesteal, all forms of PvP, griefing, looting, raiding, and traps are fully allowed. There are no base protection rules - if someone finds your base, it's fair game. Build smart, hide well, and trust no one.

Duels

Challenge any player to a fair 1v1 fight. Duels take place in a dedicated arena and don't affect your regular inventory or lives.

PvP Arena

An open PvP zone where you fight using your own inventory. Keep inventory is enabled, so you won't lose your gear on death. Great for casual PvP practice or settling scores.

Lifesteal Server

A full PvP-enabled survival world where anything goes. PvP is always on, and all forms of griefing, raiding, looting, and traps are allowed. Kill players to steal their hearts - lose all yours and you're locked out. See the Lifesteal wiki section for full details.

How It Works

Your island begins as a single block. Every time you mine it, a new block spawns in its place. The type of block depends on your current phase - early phases give you grass, dirt, wood, and stone, while later phases bring nether materials, ocean blocks, end resources, and rare loot.

As you progress through phases, new mobs and structures become available too. Build outward from your starting block to create a proper base, farm, and storage system.

Phases

Commands

Tips

1. Be Respectful

• Treat everyone with basic respect. No harassment, bullying, hate speech, threats, or personal attacks.
• Discrimination based on race, gender, sexuality, religion, disability, or nationality is not tolerated.
• Light swearing is tolerated so long as it’s not directed at another person as an insult.

2. Fair Play and Game Conduct

• No cheating, exploiting, hacking, or duping anywhere in the server.
• Chunk loaders and lag machines are not permitted and may be removed.

3. Keep Content Appropriate

• No NSFW or explicit content including extreme violence, gore, disturbing imagery, sexualised imagery, drug use, self-harm, or illegal activity.
• Do not share personal information, yours or anyone else’s.

4. Staff Authority

• Do not argue or discuss moderation actions publicly.
• If you have an issue, contact staff politely through #contact-support or /ticket in-game.
• Staff decisions should be respected. Abusing or impersonating staff will result in serious penalties.

5. Use Common Sense

• Not every situation can be covered by a rule. If something feels harmful, disruptive, or inappropriate, it probably is.
• Staff reserve the right to act in the best interest of the community.

Commands

Miner

Grab a pickaxe and get paid for every stone and ore you mine. Perfect if you love digging deep and striking it rich underground.

You'll earn from: Stone, Cobblestone, Deepslate, Cobbled Deepslate, Andesite, Diorite, Granite, Tuff, Calcite, Basalt, Blackstone, Dripstone Block, Netherrack, End Stone, Terracotta variants, ice variants, and every kind of ore and ore block.

Excavator

Pull out a shovel and earn while you shift dirt, sand and gravel. Great for landscaping projects and big terraforming jobs.

You'll earn from: Grass Block, Dirt, Sand, Red Sand, Gravel, Soul Sand, Soul Soil, Clay, Coarse Dirt, Farmland, Dirt Path, Mud, Rooted Dirt, Snow, Podzol, Mycelium, and Suspicious Sand/Gravel.

Lumberjack

Swing an axe and get paid for every tree you chop down. The more wood you gather, the more you make.

You'll earn from: Oak, Spruce, Birch, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove and Cherry logs, Crimson and Warped stems, and all stripped log variants.

Farmer

Tend your crops and cash in at harvest time. You're paid for fully grown crops you harvest, plus any honeycomb you collect - so let things ripen before you pick them.

You'll earn from: Wheat, Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots, Nether Wart, Sugar Cane, Bamboo, Cactus, Cocoa Beans, Berry Bush, Pumpkin, Melon, Twisting Vines, Weeping Vines, Cave Vines, Glow Berries, Honeycomb, and Chorus Fruit/Flower.

Builder

Love building? Get paid for it. You earn for placing almost any block, so every project puts money in your pocket. (Planting saplings and seeds doesn't count - that's the Farmer's job.)

Slayer

Hunt down mobs for a living. You're paid for every creature you kill - other players don't count, so save those fights for the Dueler job.

Dueler

For the PvP crowd - you earn money for defeating other players in combat. The better you fight, the more you make.

Fisherman

Cast a line and relax - you get paid for everything you reel in, whether it's a fish or any other catch.

Traveller

Get paid to explore. You earn money for every new block of ground you cover on foot (and swimming counts too!). A few things to know: you won't be paid for walking the same ground twice, flying doesn't count, and you'll need to be out of vehicles like boats and minecarts to earn.

Trader

Make deals with villagers and earn on the side. Every valid trade you complete at a villager pays you a little extra on top.

Crafter

Turn raw materials into something useful and get rewarded. You earn money for the items you craft at a crafting table.

Colour Codes

Formatting Codes

What's Protected

When you tame a pet it is automatically protected from most environmental damage and from direct player attacks.

Removing Protection

To remove protection from a pet, simply punch it - its name and protection will be removed.

Restoring Protection

To add protection back to a tamed pet after it was removed, use a nametag on it.

Getting In

Enter the Tycoon world from the hub and your plot loads automatically. Use /tycoon (or /tycoon menu) to pick a level. Levels unlock in order - you have to complete one before the next opens up. Each level tracks its own progress and balance, so switching levels saves where you were and starts you fresh on the new one.

Your hotbar is set up for you: a Tycoon Blade, the Items chest, the Tycoon Guide book, a Locator compass, and the Upgrades star. You can't break or place blocks in the Tycoon world - everything is built through the game.

Earning Cash

Stand in your collection zone to bank money every second. The hologram above it shows your current $/sec. Wander off and your earnings pool up until you come back to collect them.

Loose cash also spawns in the land between plots. Walk over it to bank it - but read the Danger section first.

Building Your Plot

Step on the lit pressure plate to buy the next section. The hologram shows the section's name and cost. Every section you unlock raises your earnings per second, and the next section costs a little more.

Hold the Locator compass for a particle trail to the next plate if you lose track of it.

Rebirth

Once every section on a level is unlocked, run /tycoon rebirth. Your plot resets, but you keep a permanent +10% earnings bonus and earn shards. The bonus stacks up to 5 rebirths per level. Laser doors and vehicles are lost on rebirth; upgrades bought with shards are not.

Shards & Upgrades

Shards are the premium currency. You earn them from rebirths, from the Shard Boss and Supply Drop events, and occasionally from other events. Spend them from the Upgrades star (or /tycoon upgrades). Upgrades are permanent and account-wide across every level, and can be toggled on or off from the menu.

The Items Menu

Right-click the Items chest to spend cash and shards on gear and tools for your current level:

• -Leather and Iron Armor - auto-equips a full set. It can break.
• -Strength II - 90 seconds of Strength II, bought with cash.
• -Laser Door - arms every laser door on your plot. Anything that walks through dies; you and your co-op members are always safe. Toggle it with the lever and buy charge refills when it runs low. One purchase per level.
• -Vehicle - unlocks a rideable mount for this level. Summon it from the saddle in your hotbar, dismount to put it away, and refuel it here when the tank runs dry. One purchase per level.
• -Force Random Event (1 shard) - starts a random event immediately, unless one is already running.
• -Sabotage (2 shards) - pick a target. Zombies swarm their plot for 5 minutes and you steal 50% of their cash. They will know it was you.

Danger Between Plots

You are safe on your own plot. Step off it and you are fair game - other players can attack you, and the cash you drop on death is theirs to pick up. The Combat Blade upgrade and armor from the Items menu exist for exactly this reason.

Random Events

Events fire periodically across the Tycoon world. Each one lasts a few minutes and shows a boss bar timer at the top of your screen. They are always time-limited, so move when one starts.

Co-op

Invite a friend to build with you. /tycoon invite <player> sends the invite and they run /tycoon accept to join your plot. Co-op members share your plot, are safe from your laser doors, and can refill them at the lever. Remove someone with /tycoon kick <player>.

Leaving & Saving

Your balance and progress are saved per level, so you can leave and come back where you left off. If you stay out of the Tycoon world for a while your plot is cleared to free the space, and it rebuilds from your saved progress the next time you enter. Use /tycoon leave to head back to the hub.

Commands

Joining a Match

From the PvP server, run /hg join to enter the queue. A match needs between 4 and 32 players to start.

If a game is already in progress you'll wait in the lobby until it ends, then the next match begins with everyone who queued.

How It Plays

Standard Hunger Games rules. You start with nothing. Scavenge chests for weapons, armor and food, and fight or avoid the other players. There are no teams and no respawns - once you're out, you're out until the next match.

The match ends when a single player is left alive. That player wins.

Tips

• -The first minute is the most dangerous. Grab what's nearest and move rather than fighting over the centre chests.
• -Food matters. Sprinting and fighting without it will leave you unable to regenerate.
• -All standard PvP server rules apply in Hunger Games. See the PvP section for the full list.