FIRST 20 MINUTES
Secure the basics.
Get wood, food, torches, a bed if possible, and a safe place for storage. Do not panic when familiar recipes or tiers are locked — Genesis is intentionally controlling the early-game pace.
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QUEST 01
START HERE
Your first day should create momentum.
This is the recommended route from fresh spawn to a stable Hynoe SMP character. Hynoe does not use vanilla unlock pacing: Genesis Ages open parts of the game over time and through milestones. Check things off as you understand them — the list saves in your browser.
New here? Type /help first.
You do not need to memorize the whole server. Open Minecraft chat and type /help to open the simple guide. When you need an explanation, ask a question. When you need a goal, open your next campaign stage.
/help- Learn where to start. Open the simple server guide when you first join or need a refresher.
/ask <question>- Get server guidance. Replace <question> with your own words—do not type the brackets. For example:
/ask where do I find a Farseer. Answers come from a curated guide to server systems and mob locations. Use/queststo check your personal progress. /next- Find your next goal. Open your current campaign stage to see what to work on.
/quests- Check progress and claim rewards. Review the exact stage requirements, see what is left, and use the campaign menu to check and claim.
/season- Explore the current event. Open the seasonal hub for the active phase and its objectives.
/claims- Protect your build. Open the native Claims menu for claiming, unclaiming, personal totals and settings. Read the Claims guide.
/tips off/tips on- Choose how much guidance you see. Turn optional tips off, or turn them back on when you want reminders.
A simple first-session routine: /help to get oriented → /next to pick a goal → /ask followed by your question if you get stuck → /quests to check and claim your progress.
Need more help? Assistant v1.2.3 improves question matching. Use /quests for the campaign and ask in Discord if a command or guide answer does not help.
LEARN THE LOCKS
Genesis Ages decide what your character is ready for.
Tool tiers unlock by actually wearing out the previous tier. Smelting waits for 5 in-game days of playtime. Copper armor waits for 10. Story milestones control major dimension access, including The End.
WOOD → STONE → COPPER → IRON → DIAMOND → NETHERITESee every Genesis Age →
PROGRESS WITHOUT SKIPPING
Build a recovery plan as each Age opens.
Keep spare food and unlocked tools at base so one death never erases the whole session. Follow the Genesis tool chain instead of trying to jump straight to iron or diamond, and build armor around the Age your character has actually reached.
TRAVEL FROM DAY ONE
Use RTP, TPA, and Waystones.
/rtp finds new territory. /tpa <player> requests a visit; the other player uses /tpaccept or /tpdeny. Waystones are always unlocked. Save your first base with /sethome base. Open the Homes menu with /home or /homes; /home base teleports directly. You start with one home, then unlock up to four additional campaign homes.
PROTECT WHAT MATTERS
Claim your base and check access.
Stand in the chunk you want to protect and open /claims. Check your claim limits and personal or party settings before sharing access. Agree on boundaries with neighbors and report griefing or theft to staff.
LEARN THE NETWORK
Dollars. Tokens. Jobs+.
Dollars handle normal trade. Tokens reward progression and buy curated Vault rewards. Jobs+ handles profession specialization.
Travel to the Economy District →BEGIN YOUR STORY
Choose what kind of world you want to build.
Explore structures, establish farms and storage, start an MCA settlement, specialize through Jobs+, or begin climbing the gear ladder. Hynoe SMP is designed around a long survival arc.
Protect your build from the Claims menu.
Type /claims to open the native Claims dialog. You can also use the clickable Claims button in the welcome chat. The sidebar shows the command as a reminder; type it in chat to open the menu. Keep using your current client pack—no new download is needed.
/claims- Open the Claims menu.
/claim- Claim the chunk you are standing in using the existing
/oclaims claimaction. /unclaim- Open a confirmation for the chunk where you started the action. Review it before confirming removal.
/claiminfo- See your personal claim count and limits.
/claimsettings- Open personal or party main-claim settings. Party changes require the appropriate existing role.
Choose access in settings.
Doors, Chests and Barrels offer Normal rules or Also allies. Normal rules removes the extra access for that category. Existing Full Access permissions, including party access, still apply. Raid settings offer Allow, Block or Read.
Existing claim modes, limits, required distance, dimension restrictions and role protections still apply. Check the menu's response if an action is refused.
A little autumn adventure around the base.
Wander through the pumpkin patch, harvest market and loaded cart. Find the scarecrow and maple display, then settle into the cozy photo spot with its bench, arch and campfire.
Open /season → Festival Guide for the introduction and player shortcuts. Use the Fall Journal for seasonal objectives and claims. New players need the required Hynoe SMP client pack; the festival needs no additional download.
Meet the festival neighbors.
Crouch near Mara at the market, Bram by the cart or Ivy at the photo spot to talk. You can also open /season → Festival Guide → Festival Quests. Each quest can be claimed once per player during the Fall season.
| Neighbor | Bring | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Mara · Market | 16 Pumpkins + 32 Wheat | $150 + Harvest Forager’s Satchel, a usable orange bundle |
| Bram · Cart | 8 Lanterns + 16 Coal | $200 + Emberkeeper 2026, flint and steel with Unbreaking III |
| Ivy · Photo spot | 16 Leaf Litter + 16 Sweet Berries + 8 Apples | $250 + Autumn Trail Brush with Unbreaking III |
Bring standard, unnamed ingredients and leave one inventory slot empty before turning them in. These quests award up to $600 in Hynoe Dollars per player and no Tokens.
Finish all three, then claim your Harvest Trailrunner Boots separately from Festival Quests: dyed leather boots with Feather Falling IV, Depth Strider II and Unbreaking III. Collect these limited 2026 keepsakes while enjoying the festival.
Complete all eight Fall tasks.
Open /season first to join, then use its objectives and Claim buttons. Breeding, biome visits and hunt credit must happen after joining. Existing progress stays saved as the phase changes. Each core reward is once per player.
After Dark opens automatically on . Homecoming opens automatically on . Both times use America/New_York. If the server is offline at midnight, activation retries during that date; check /season for the active phase.
Finish and claim all four After Dark tasks before November 7 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Homecoming closes dark hunts and dark claims, even if you already earned their requirements. The three Harvest tasks remain available through Homecoming.
| Task | What to do | Claim window | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Stock the Harvest Market | Carry 1,024 Wheat (16 stacks) and 512 Pumpkins (8 stacks) together. Both are consumed. | Harvest through Homecoming | Harvest Lantern + 2 Tokens |
| 2. A Living Homestead | Breed 64 animal pairs after joining. No item turn-in. | Harvest through Homecoming | Harvestkeeper’s Scythe + 3 Tokens |
| 3. The Autumn Trail | Visit Biomes O’ Plenty Maple Woods, Orchard and Seasonal Forest after joining. Claim tasks 1 and 2 first. | Harvest through Homecoming | Harvest 2026 Trophy + 5 Tokens |
| 4. Ashes on the Trail | Receive kill credit for 32 Wither Skeletons during After Dark. No item turn-in. | After Dark only | Cinderbone Relic + 2 Tokens |
| 5. Break the Coven | Receive kill credit for 24 Witches during After Dark. No item turn-in. | After Dark only | Duskblade 2026 + 3 Tokens |
| 6. The Night Beneath | Receive kill credit for one Void Worm during After Dark. Claim tasks 4 and 5 first. | After Dark only | After Dark 2026 Trophy + 5 Tokens |
| 7. Relics of the Long Night | Record all four relic finds: Frostglass, Murmur’s Bell, Tusklin Moonfang and Skreecher Echo. Claiming does not consume the relic items. | After Dark only | Nightfall Totem + 5 Tokens |
| 8. Homecoming Feast | Carry 32 Croptopia Candy Corn, 8 Pumpkin Spice Lattes and 8 Pecan Pies together. All are consumed. | Homecoming only | Homecoming Satchel + 4 Tokens |
The eight core claims give 29 Tokens. Completing all eight adds the Keeper of Fall collectible + 1 Token: 30 total. Warped Mosco and Farseer bonus hunts are optional. Spirit milestones give collectibles, with no extra Tokens or Dollars. Core claims, four relics and three biome visits already total 106 Spirit, enough for the 100-Spirit milestone.
Use and display your seasonal rewards.
Lanterns, trophies, relics, charms, the compass and the crown are decorative collectibles. Place an Item Frame or Glow Item Frame on a floor, wall or ceiling, then right-click it with the reward. They display in the frame and return as items when removed. Use a spot where your claim permissions allow building. Lanterns do not emit light and bells do not ring; the compass and crown are display collectibles.
- Harvestkeeper’s Scythe: use it as a netherite hoe to till soil and harvest hoe-mineable blocks.
- Duskblade: a diamond sword with Smite V for fighting undead mobs.
- Nightfall Totem: hold it in either hand for normal fatal-damage protection; it is consumed when it saves you.
- Homecoming Satchel: use it as a normal bundle. Hold it on your cursor: left-click an inventory stack to store items, then right-click an empty slot to remove them. Its capacity is the normal bundle limit, not 64 separate tools.
All 19 Fall reward icons use built-in Minecraft artwork, with no extra resource-pack download. To repair an old missing icon, carry the reward in your main inventory or offhand and reopen /season. Take items out of chests, backpacks or bundles first. Names, enchantments, item identity and claim history are preserved. Use /ask season rewards in game for these directions.
Find the four relics.
Get player kill credit while enrolled in the right phase. Frostglass and Murmur’s Bell can start in Longer Nights, if that phase is active, and continue in After Dark; Tusklin Moonfang and Skreecher Echo require After Dark. Each has an early-drop chance and a guaranteed award by the listed kill count.
- Frostglass: Froststalkers in Ice Spikes or Frozen Peaks, on suitable ground in daylight. Guaranteed by 20 credited kills.
- Murmur’s Bell: Murmurs in dark Overworld caves at Y −30 or lower, away from the Deep Dark. Guaranteed by 20 credited kills.
- Tusklin Moonfang: Tusklins in Ice Spikes or Biomes O’ Plenty Snowblossom Grove, on suitable ground in daylight. Guaranteed by 25 credited kills.
- Skreecher Echo: Skreechers in dark Deep Dark caverns with sculk beneath their spawn area. Guaranteed by 25 credited kills. Their Warden interaction remains active.
A Nature’s Compass helps find biomes; an Explorer’s Compass helps find structures. Wither Skeletons spawn in Nether Fortresses; installed Dark Temple, Nether Monsterroom and Nether Ship templates also contain their spawners. Hunt where claim settings permit it. For the Void Worm, process Crimson Mosquito Larva in a Capsid, then throw the resulting Mysterious Worm into the End void below Y −60. Summoning alone does not count as a kill. Use /ask void worm or /ask skreecher for more directions.
Prepare the Homecoming food.
The installed Croptopia recipes use: Candy Corn = 2 Sugar + Corn; Pumpkin Spice Latte = Sugar + Paprika + Milk + Pumpkin + Coffee; Pecan Pie = Pecans + Sugar + Egg + Flour + Dough + Frying Pan. Use the client recipe viewer for ingredient alternatives and supporting recipes.
Overworld starting points for biomes and hunts.
Use these server-located starting points, or search with Nature’s Compass:
- Maple Woods: X -32, Z -288.
- Orchard: X 1280, Z 1120.
- Seasonal Forest: X -96, Z -288.
- Ice Spikes: X -352, Z -4896, for daylight Froststalker and Tusklin hunts.
- Deep Dark: near X -320, Y -63, Z -672, for Skreecher exploration.
Ground height and cave terrain vary. Travel with suitable gear, explore the surrounding biome, and stay briefly for the visit check. Hostile mobs still need their normal spawning conditions; reaching a biome alone does not complete a hunt.
Bring the items. Refresh the count.
Harvest and Homecoming item counts show what is in your carried main inventory, not lifetime collection totals. Chests and backpacks do not count. Keep at least seven main-inventory slots empty before claiming, so the inventory guard and rewards have room.
For enrolled players online, counts and biome discoveries refresh about every five seconds at normal server speed. Stay briefly in each target biome. An open menu is a snapshot: use Refresh Counts or reopen it after your inventory changes. Keep using your current client pack.
Moving a normal spawner.
Normal spawner pickup is enabled and requires Silk Touch. Trial Spawners are excluded. Pickup and placement with the original mob type still await an in-game player check; report unexpected results before moving more spawners.
USEFUL FIRST COMMANDS
/help/ask <question>/next/quests/season/claims/tips off/tips on/rtp/tpa <player>/tpaccept/homes/bal/token/tbal/trigger hynoe_server_handbook