The post office

The post office is in the town hall, against the north wall, between the engraver and the stairs down to the Diggings: two barrels and a red sign. Letters arrive even when the other player is offline; they'll find them next time they come by.

Reading your mail

While a letter is waiting for you, a Mail panel on the right of your screen says how many there are; it goes away once you've taken them. Only you can see it. When you log in with mail waiting, you also hear a bell and see A letter for you (it never says who from). If a letter arrives while you're playing, you get a line in chat with the sender's name and a bell.

Not sure where to go? Click [show me the way] in the message, or type /post way: it tells you how far the post office is and in which direction. It doesn't teleport you.

Click the post box to open your mailbox, then click a letter to take it (and its parcel, if there is one). Make some room in your inventory first.

Sending a letter

1. Write your letter in a book and quill and sign it. No book? Take one from the shelf next to the post boxes, it's free.
2. Hold it, stand anywhere in the town hall and type /post <name>.
3. A small window opens: that's the parcel. Put in up to 3 stacks if you want to send a gift, or leave it empty.
4. Close the window: it's posted. A stamp costs 1 ✦.

• Up to 5 letters a day per player; a mailbox holds 20 letters.
• Some things can't go by post: items the server gave you (hats, keepsakes, torn pages, things from the store or a rank), shulker boxes and bundles. They simply stay in your inventory.
• A letter nobody takes for 90 days is thrown away; a parcel goes back to its sender instead.

Privacy and pests

The staff never read your letters. If a letter is rude or worse, right-click it in your mailbox to report it: a member of staff reads that one letter, nothing else. /post block <name> stops someone's letters; /post unblock <name> undoes it. Please don't put real-life contact details in a letter. See the privacy policy.