Getting started
New to Eternal Realms? Here's everything you need for your first days on the server.
1 Join the server
You'll need Minecraft: Java Edition (version 1.21+).
- In Minecraft, go to Multiplayer → Add Server.
- Paste the address:
play.eternalrealms.io - Join, say hi in chat, and you're in!
Optional mods the server plays nice with: Xaero's Minimap / World Map (waypoints sync automatically) and Simple Voice Chat (proximity voice — talk to players near you).
2 Protect your base
Before you build anything fancy, claim your land so nothing can be broken or stolen. Craft a Protection Stone (8 stone around a coal block — see the crafting guide) and place it at your base. It protects an 11×11 area; better center blocks protect much more, up to 64×64 with an emerald block.
3 Learn the handy commands
/back | Teleport back to where you died — no more lost items panic. |
/sit | Sit down! Also works by right-clicking stairs and slabs. |
/coords | Share your current location in chat with one click. |
/hud | Toggle a coordinates + compass + clock HUD on your action bar. |
/sethome & /home | Set your home and teleport back to it. |
/tpa | Ask to teleport to a friend (they accept with /tpaccept). |
/skills | Your AuraSkills menu — level up everything you already do. |
/setwarp & /warp | Save up to 3 personal warp points and teleport to them. |
/nick | Set a nickname, colors allowed. |
/trash | Opens a disposal bin for junk you don't want. |
/phantoms | Toggle phantom spawning for yourself if you hate sleeping. |
/playtime & /playtop | See your playtime and the server leaderboard. |
/mapview | Adjust how many chunks the map reveals around you. |
/balance & /pay | Check your coins, pay friends, and climb /baltop. |
/market | The Eternal Exchange — browse player listings, or /market sell <price> to list what you're holding. |
/shop | The server shop — buy prices move with demand, sell payouts stay fixed. |
/withdraw | Turn coins into a physical banknote you can trade or stash. |
/treasury | Your town's shared funds — deposit and withdraw together. |
/bloodmoon | When does the next blood moon rise? Check before it's too late. |
/season | Current season and incoming weather. |
/bible | Open the Holy Bible or get your own copy. |
4 Get around fast
Waystones are the server's fast-travel network. Craft one (8 stone bricks around an ender pearl), place it, and name it. Click any waystone you find in the world once to discover it — after that you can teleport between all the waystones you know. Check the live map to find towns and waystones near you.
5 Join or found a town
Towns are how we build together. Use /town to found your own town, invite your
friends as citizens, and set a town spawn everyone can visit. Your town's territory shows up
on the live map, and you'll see "Entering ..." messages when players cross into town land.
6 Have fun with the extras
- Fishing derbies — timed contests with trophies and prizes. Start one with
/derby. - Backpacks — craftable portable storage for your travels.
- Vanilla+ tweaks — custom-shaped nether portals, posable armor stands, chest locks with trial keys, throwable fireballs, pet-calling goat horns, silk-touch paintings & spawners, and more little upgrades everywhere.
- Pokeballs — capture and carry mobs. Great for moving your animals.
- Ships — build a boat from blocks, add a Ship's Helm, and actually sail it. Mind the wind: run with it and you fly, point within 45° of it and your sails slack (
/ship wind). Add cannons if you're feeling spicy. Your ship can even be your home:/ship tpboards her wherever she is. - Custom music discs — craft our custom songs and play them in jukeboxes.
- Death chests — if you die, your items wait safely in a chest at the spot (and /back takes you right there).
- Mob & player heads — mobs sometimes drop their heads. Collect them all!
- Piranhas — hostile schools in rivers, swamps and jungle waters. They circle before they strike, and blood in the water starts a frenzy. Boats are safe.
- Blood moons — once a week the moon turns red: the night crawls with extra mobs, but every kill pays a coin bounty (doubled all night).
- Seasons & weather — the world follows real seasons with a living sky: fog, hail, downpours, sandstorms, auroras, meteor showers, rainbows — and yes, hurricanes. Weather-proof claims keep your base safe.
- The Holy Bible — the complete King James Bible, craftable and readable in game.
/bibleto get yours. - Skills — AuraSkills progression: mining, fighting, farming and more all level up.
/skillsto see yours. - Brewing — BreweryX lets you ferment, distill and age real drinks. Quality matters; hangovers are real.
- 28 datapacks — a reworked Nether (Incendium), a brutal End (Stellarity), revamped villages, ancient artifacts, working trains and much more. The full roster.
All the recipes are in the crafting guide.
7 Stuck? Say something!
Read the rules (they're short), and if you hit a problem or have a question, post in Help & Support on the forum — someone will help you out.