Getting Started

Video: Your start (1:35, with sound) – Mala takes you from the lobby to your first resident.

Creating your island

1. Connect

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

   Connecting to MegaBuild.deHow to connect to MegaBuild.de – whether on Java Edition, Bedrock, console or mobile.

2. Open the Skyblock menu

   You arrive in the lobby. Type /sky or click the Skyblock NPC and select Create Skyblock.

3. Choose your crystal

   The crystal decides how your island begins. You can’t change this choice later. You unlock all other biomes in-game.

   Crystal	Your starting island	What it looks like
   Plains	Plains	Wide meadows and sunflowers
   Forests	Forest	Dense broadleaf and conifer forests
   Snow & Ice	Snowy Plains	Frosty plains and glaciers
   Desert & Steppe	Desert	Sand, heat and badlands
   Jungle	Sparse Jungle	Tropical, green and full of life
   Mountains	Windswept Hills	Rugged peaks and scree
   Swamp & Rare	Swamp	Boggy and unusual biomes

   The Water crystal is already visible, but still locked – it’s coming soon.

4. Take off

   You’re sent straight to an intro server, where the intro plays. Meanwhile your island is built in the background – you don’t have to wait in the lobby.

   If a lot of players are starting at the same time, the bar above your hotbar shows “Preparing your intro” and your place in the queue.

The intro with Mala

You wake up on the deck of an airship. At the helm stands Mala, the captain. In about a minute and a half she tells you what happened to the old world – with voice and subtitles, in German or English depending on your Minecraft client’s language.

Mala's airship – Mala and the Warpett are waiting on deck

Tip

Sound on! The intro lives on Mala’s voice.

• You can move around freely on deck. If you jump overboard, you’re caught.
• On the intro server you only see your own ship – other players are hidden.
• Along the way, Mala introduces you to the Golem and the Warpett.

Taking the Warpett to your island

1. Pick the dandelion

   A dandelion grows in front of the Warpett’s house. Pick it.

2. Hold it out to the Warpett

   Take the dandelion in your hand and click the Warpett – right- or left-click. On Bedrock, sneak next to it.

3. Swallowed!

   The Warpett eats the dandelion – and you along with it. Everything goes dark for a moment, then its twin spits you out again on your starting island.

If your island isn’t quite finished at that moment, a bar called “Final touches …” shows you what’s being built right now. That takes a few minutes at most.

When you arrive, you get the achievement Touchdown and a first tip that matches your starting biome.

WarpettsWarpetts on MegaBuild.de – little creatures that eat you and spit you back out somewhere else. Flower networks, Warpett eggs and young Warpetts.

What you find on your starting island

What	Where
Island Warpett	Next to the spawn. It takes you back to the airship at any time
Airship	It’s anchored above your island. The Golem stands on board – one click opens the skill tree
Neighbouring islands	Around the starting island, all in the biome of your starting choice
Water and lava	If the starting island has neither, it gets both for a cobblestone generator

The starting island itself has no cave and no ore – you find those on the islands you explore.

The special quest: find the first resident

On a small neighbouring island, about 100 blocks away, someone has moved in. Three things show you the way – only you can see them:

• an arrow in the quest box at the top, with the distance in metres
• a beacon on the resident’s island
• an allay, a helper spirit that flies ahead of you

A vine staircase made of leaves leads across. Mala is waiting there with your first AI resident and introduces them to you – along with a shy Forestling. After that, the resident chats with you – and already sells you provisions, meaning food for Ruby.

After that, Mala is waiting for you once more: on the starting island, a few blocks from the spawn, she shows you a borrowed Furnace Golem in a second special quest, and a small shrine shows you which blocks to build your own from. The arrow in the quest box takes you there – more under Furnace Golem.

The special quests and Mala’s introduction only happen on islands you belong to: your own, islands where you’re a member with Join, and your clan’s clan island. On other islands you’re a guest – see Travel & Watching.

AI ResidentsThe AI residents on MegaBuild.de – who lives on the islands, how you talk to them, build trust and trade with them.

The first few hours

• Open your quests. /quest shows your tasks. They’re the most reliable source of Mana.

• Complete the biome quest of your starting biome. Only then can you buy the next biome of your path. Everyone on the island helps.

  Starting biome	Biome quest
  Plains	Shear 8 sheep
  Forest	Chop 48 oak logs
  Snowy Plains	Shovel 96 snow blocks
  Desert	Dig 128 sand
  Sparse Jungle	Chop 48 jungle logs
  Windswept Hills	Mine 12 ores
  Swamp	Pick 24 blue orchids

• Explore. The islands around you have caves, ores, villages and, with a bit of luck, more residents.

• Invite friends. With members you progress faster – and they get Mana for biome quests too.

• Buy your first biome. You start with 1,000 Mana. The second biome of your starting path costs 125 Mana.

Note

If you fall into the void, you keep your inventory and levels. You only lose a little Mana and wake up in your bed – or, if you don’t have one, on the deck of the airship.

Coming back later

The next time you log in, you land straight on your island if it’s running. Otherwise you arrive in the lobby and enter your island via /sky → Join Island.

Next

• Your island
• The island world
• Skill tree & biomes
• Commands