Ranks & titles

The town hall, the Founders' Wall is on its forecourt.

Ranks are how Kettlewood pays its server bill. They're cosmetic: a little symbol in chat, colours, poses, sparkles and small comforts, never power, never Embers, never extra homes.

Prices include VAT. Everything that matters in Kettlewood is earned by playing; ranks only add style.

The ranks

Rank	Price	What it gives
Resident ❖	12 €, for good	the ❖ in chat (sage green), a coloured name (`/namecolor`, 12 soft colours), a nickname (`/nick`), `/hat`, three new poses (`/crawl`, `/bellyflop`, `/spin`), and the Village Bell hat
Notable ❖	30 €, for good, or 18 € from Resident	everything Resident has, the ❖ in gold, `/sparkle`, portable `/workbench` and `/anvil` (the anvil still costs XP), `/ptime` and `/pweather` (your own time of day and weather), your name over your plot or shop on the web map, and the Baker's Toque hat
Supporter	5 € a month, or 50 € a year	the sparkle of the month (`/sparkle`, a new one each month, announced before the month starts), the Bobble Hat while you support, and our thanks. Nothing shows in chat. It can go with a rank or on its own.

Moving up: from Resident to Notable you only pay the difference (18 €).
“For good” means for as long as Kettlewood runs. If it ever had to close, we'd tell you at least 90 days before, in game, on this site and on Discord, and you could ask for a copy of your own builds.
Ranks can't be earned by voting, and they can't be given or sold to another player: a rank is tied to your account.
Nothing sold is ever taken away, and anything we add to a rank later goes to everyone who already has it.
/sit, /lay and sitting on stairs stay free for everyone.

What it looks like in chat

One small symbol before your name; the same ❖ for both ranks, only the colour changes; the rank's name is never written. Staff show [Staff]. There's nothing floating over anyone's head.

Founders, a title nobody can buy

Founder is for the first residents. It goes to everyone who, in the first three months after Kettlewood opens to the public, either takes a rank or the Supporter; or simply plays 10 hours (AFK doesn't count). The clock starts the day the gates open.
It shows as Founder before your name in chat and in /profile, and it's never offered again.
The Founders' Wall, on the town hall's forecourt: /monument add carves your name there (only your Minecraft name), /monument remove takes it off at once. It's your choice; the wall is public, so is the web map.

On the web map

A Notable who owns a plot or a shop in town shows as ❖ Name over it on the web map, in a “Notables of Kettlewood” layer visitors can hide. /maptitle off takes you off the map; /maptitle on puts you back.

Nicknames

Letters, numbers and _, 3 to 16 characters; your real name shows when someone hovers over it. Names that look like staff, the server or another player are refused, if you think that's a mistake, ask a member of staff.