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# Getting Started

From the lobby to your own island – getting started with Custom Skyblock on MegaBuild.de.

## Creating your island

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#### Connect

Join the server via `megabuild.de` (Bedrock: port `19132`). On Java Edition you have to accept the resource pack.

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[Connecting to MegaBuild.de](/en/join.md)
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#### Open the Skyblock menu

You arrive in the lobby. Type `/sky` or click the Skyblock NPC and select **Create Skyblock**.
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#### Choose your starting biome

Choose the landscape your island starts in. **You can't change this choice later.** You unlock all other biomes in-game.

| Category                         | Your starting island |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Ebenen (Plains)                  | Plains               |
| Wälder (Forests)                 | Forest               |
| Schnee & Eis (Snow & Ice)        | Snowy Plains         |
| Wüste & Steppe (Desert & Steppe) | Desert               |
| Dschungel (Jungle)               | Sparse Jungle        |
| Gebirge (Mountains)              | Windswept Hills      |
| Gewässer (Water)                 | River                |
| Sumpf & Selten (Swamp & Rare)    | Swamp                |
| {% endstep %}                    |                      |

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#### Wait a moment

Your island is now started as its own server. You can see the progress above your hotbar. As soon as everything is ready, you're connected automatically.
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## Arriving by airship

On your first visit you arrive on an **airship**. On the way, guide **Moony** tells you the story of the new world. You can move around freely on deck – if you jump overboard, you land back on the ship.

Your first **Warpett** is also waiting on the ship. This is how you get from the ship to your island:

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#### Pick the dandelion

Pick the dandelion on deck.
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#### Give it to the Warpett

Hold the dandelion in your hand and **right-click** the Warpett on the ship. It eats the flower and links up with the Warpett on your starting island.
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#### Travel

Click the Warpett again – it takes you to your starting island. You can get back to the ship the same way at any time.
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[Warpetts](/en/warpetts.md)
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## The first few hours

* **Open your quests.** `/quest` shows your first tasks. They're the most reliable source of Mana.
* **Look under the island.** New main islands have a cave with an entrance from above – that's where most of the ores are.
* **Build bridges.** New islands appear around yours as you explore. The further you go, the more there is to discover.
* **Secure the edges.** Falling into the void is the most common reason for lost items in Skyblock.
* **Invite friends.** With members you progress faster.
* **Pick your first biome.** You start with 1000 Mana – a new biome in the skill tree costs from 100 Mana.

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Mana is only available in Survival mode and not for blocks you placed yourself. More on this under [Mana & Ruby](/en/economy.md).
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## Coming back later

The next time you log in, you land straight back on your island if that's where you were last. Otherwise you arrive in the lobby and join your island via `/sky` → **Join Island**.

## Next

* [Your island](/en/island.md)
* [Quests](/en/quests.md)
* [Commands](/en/commands.md)