How Kettlewood works

Everything you need to know to settle in; start at the top.

Start here

• Getting startedYour first evening in Kettlewood: the rules, your kit, a home, your first Embers.
• CommandsEvery command you can use, on one page.
• Help, reporting & appealsStuck, lost something, someone is being a pain, or you disagree with a decision? Here's what to do, and how fast we answer.
• The staffWho runs Kettlewood, what the staff may and may not do, and how every decision is recorded.

The town

• Around townWhat's where: the town hall floor by floor, the square, the market, the harbour and the sights.
• Getting aroundThe balloon, /spawn, homes; how to travel.
• The mapThe live map of Kettlewood in your browser: the town, your land, the Nether, and who's online right now.
• Land & claimsProtect what you build: your first claim is free and grows as you play.
• Shops & gamesOpen your own shop or game in the market quarter; get a space, build it, sell with stalls even when you're away.
• GuildsPlay together: a guild tag, an office in the town hall, and shared land.
• The museumGive the first of every rare thing you find, music discs, sherds, armor trims, goat horns, treasures, and watch the town's collection grow.
• Town life: soup, letters and the calendarThe town soup on Sundays, the Winter Star in December, the morning post, friends in town and your season letters, and /calendar for what's coming.

Money

• EmbersKettlewood's currency: how to earn Embers, what they buy, and what they're not.
• Selling goodsThe town counter buys a short list of everyday goods, up to 150 ✦ a day.
• HomesOne home is free; unlock up to 12 by voting or with Embers.
• VotingVote for Kettlewood on three server lists; every vote counts towards your next home.
• The trades: smith, engraver, cartographerMend your gear, engrave a name, buy a map, at the back of the town hall.
• Town ordersThe town clerk asks for goods; bring them, and the town builds something new.

Supporting Kettlewood

• Server goals & supporting KettlewoodGoals the whole server works towards, and how Kettlewood pays for itself without pay-to-win.
• Ranks & titlesResident, Notable and Supporter, cosmetic ranks that help pay the server, and the Founder title, which can't be bought.
• Server bonuses & contributionsAn hour of double XP, fair weather or a festival, for everyone on the server, and how contributions light up an evening.
• HatsFifteen hats made for Kettlewood, earned by playing, three with the ranks, one in the store.

The Diggings

• The Diggings (resource world)A small world to mine freely, renewed every month, through the gate under the town hall.
• The treasure huntEvery month: hidden chests in the Diggings, clues that get clearer every week, and a great chest under a light on the first Saturday.
• The mob partyCall a mob party on the Mushroom Island: three waves and a champion, a bonus for everyone until Monday, and two hats to earn.