Complex Survival
A thread on how to get started on Complex Survival.
Survival is a loving community filled with all types of players. There is no right or wrong way to play. Some may prefer to rise to the top and cement themselves among the richest and most powerful of players, and others may prefer a more true-to-survival experience, making friends along the way. With constant updates from our Developer team, Survival maintains a fresh experience tailored to all players, new and old.
Here is a guide for everything Survival to get you started on your epic journey!
Getting Started
Creating a claim and navigating the /claims GUI.
Beginning Your JourneyA thread on how to get started on Complex Survival.
Survival is a loving community filled with all types of players. There is no right or wrong way to play. Some may prefer to rise to the top and cement themselves among the richest and most powerful of players, and others may prefer a more true-to-survival experience, making friends along the way. With constant updates from our Developer team, Survival maintains a fresh experience tailored to all players, new and old.
Here is a guide for everything Survival to get you started on your epic journey!
Getting Started
Creating a claim and navigating the /claims GUI.
Before you start your journey, you’ll need to decide where to live! There are many custom generated biomes on our server, and finding the right one is easy. First thing you’ll want to do is type /rtp (randomteleport). Once you do, a GUI will pop up. On it you will see several options to choose from, as well as a filter option to select certain vanilla biomes.
There are four teleport options to choose from, the GUI will also show how much it will cost to teleport there:
- The Overworld
- The overworld is a regular Minecraft world with custom generated terrain and open to all for exploration!
- The Resource World
- The resource world is an exact replica of the overworld; without the ability to claim land. It is reset every so often, so players have a chance to find rare loot that would have otherwise been obtained long ago.
- The Nether
- The nether is generated as Vanilla Minecraft and can still be accessed through portals!
- The End
- The end is generated as Vanilla Minecraft, however can only be accessed via /rtp.
In the top left of the /rtp GUI, you will see a grass block. Clicking that will open the biome filtering menu. Selecting one of the biomes will ensure your next /rtp takes you to the biome of choice. None of the custom generated biomes like Sakura Forest, Crimson Forest, etc, are capable of being filtered into.
Creating a Claim
To create a claim, begin by typing the command /claims. Once you have done that, a GUI should pop up showing an emerald block. Clicking this will create your own claim. A confirmation message should show in chat that your claim was created.
Navigating the /claims GUI
Once you have made your own claim, you can now type /claims to open the Land GUI. When you first open the GUI, you will be shown a 9 x 5 chunk map of available and claimed chunks. From there you can either Left-Click to claim chunks on the Map GUI or Right-Click to manage your land once claimed.
In the Claims Manage Menu, you will be given the following options:
- Claims Upgrade - View / purchase claim upgrades.
- Claim Members Limit
- Claim Warps Limit
- Public Warps Limit
- Elevators Limit
- Claim Home - Teleports to your claim home.
- Claim Permissions - View / edit claim permissions.
- Claim Warps - View / create claim warps.
- Claim Settings - View / Manage claim settings.
- Claim Members - View / Manage claim members.
- Delete / Leave Claim - Warning: Deletes your claim!
Once you have set up your claimed land, you may run the command /claims list. To select the claim you want your warp to be in, simply select the ender pearl icon, which will then bring up a management GUI. Simply stand at the desired warp location, then click the barrier block to create your very own land warp. As it says once you have created your warp, right click to manage and left click to teleport to it. If you do not wish to have certain roles in the claim to have access to the warp, simply edit that in the permission sections in the claim’s home GUI.
Making your Warp a /pw (Public Warp)
Players might want to make a player shop, mob grinder, villager trading post, etc for others to visit. In that case, you’ll need to set up a public warp. You will need to have completed the previous guide in setting up a home warp. Once you are ready to turn it into a public one, simply select the warp by doing /claims list, selecting the claim, clicking the claims warp menu, and then right clicking the warp you set up previously.
Clicking the sign on the warp management menu allows you to toggle whether it is public or not, change the category of warps it is (grinder, market, etc), select the icon that warp will appear as on the /pw GUI, and more.
Guilds
The best way to play with your friends.
Creating a GuildThe best way to play with your friends.
To create a guild, simply run /guild create <name> in game, if you do not already have one. You can then invite other players to your guild by using /guild invite <IGN>. To join a guild you have been invited to, simply use /guild join <name>, and you’ll be all set!
Guild Features
By running /guilds whilst in one, you will see a GUI with various icons. These allow you to view the guild vault, look at guild logs, see the current members of the guild, etc. Below is a breakdown of exactly which feature does what.
- Guild Bank - Serves as a communal bank between all guild members, allowing you to store money and experience.
- Guild Vault - Allows you to store items in a place only accessible by other guild members, perfect for those who are willing to share their items out to others.
- Guild Top - View the Guild Top standings for the current week, and at a glance, view your own guild’s placements.
- Guild Upgrades - Upgrade various guild features, such as the capacity of your Guild Bank, the member limit, and available slots in the Guild Vault.
- Guild Missions - Roll random daily missions for your guild to complete for rewards!
- Guild Claims - Create and view all communal claims in your guild.
- Guild Warps - Similar to Guild Claims, you can create, view, and teleport to all communal warps set up by members of your guild.
- Guild Logs - View a variety of logs here, such as players joining and leaving, items being taken out and returned to the Guild Vault, and money deposited/withdrawn from the Guild Bank.
- Guild Settings - View and change a variety of settings, such as the guild’s representative banner, or even the guild’s name.
- Guild Permissions - Manage any and all guild permissions here. Guild ranks include Member, Mod, Admin or Owner.
- Guild Members - At a glance, view how many members are in your guild currently.
Whilst completely optional, many players like to bring a competitive element to Survival, and as such will compete in Guild Top, which resets weekly. How Guild Top works is based off of the money the guild is earning from each job offered in /jobs. Using /guild top in game will give you a breakdown of which guild is in the lead for each job, how much they have earned, and how long is left until the winner is declared. At the end of the week, the guild that has earned the most from each job will receive $200m IGM and one of the following random boosters for the week -
- 1.3x Sell Booster
- 1.3x Head Drop Booster
- 1.3x Job Payment Booster
- 1.3x mcMMO Booster
- 1.3x EXP Booster
Daily Rewards
Daily things you can do to get money easily.
VotingDaily things you can do to get money easily.
A quick and easy way to get money is by voting. If you type /vote in the game, a link will pop up in chat which will direct you to all 10 vanilla voting links when clicked on. Each of those sites will give out rewards to you when voting for the Complex Network. Once the vote comes through on the server you receive 1 Vote Key, $500, 5 Mystery Dust, and 5 Minutes of Flight Time per vote link. Voting can be done once every 24 hours, per link.
Vote Parties
Vote Parties are an easy way of getting crate keys if you aren't wanting to spend money on our /store. Every 150 votes, a vote party will begin. You will be alerted with a message in chat that a vote party will start in 1 minute. To check the status of vote parties, run the command /voteparty. When a vote party occurs, you will have a chance to get any other crate key available on Survival, with the exception of Limited Time Crates. In order to be eligible to receive rewards from a vote party, you need to have voted at least once within the past 24 hours. To check if you have voted in the past 24 hours, run the command /haveivotedtoday.
Dailies
Another way to get daily rewards is by typing /dailies in the chat. Doing this will open a GUI where you can collect your daily rewards. If you want more rewards each day, that is possible by purchasing a rank on the store (use /store to get the link for the store).
Basics
Basic stuff you can do to make money.
FarmingBasic stuff you can do to make money.
Setting up the perfect farm can be tough as not every method works for everyone. There are benefits to automatic crop farming, but there are also deficits. Manual farming provides the benefits from your hoe’s runes and enchants which can double your harvest’s sell price, replant the crops after breaking them, automatically sell your crops after harvesting them, and much more. Automatic farming however, does not reap the benefits of this as there are no ways to fully afk using a hoe. Use /shop and browse the sell prices of crops in the Crops and Harvest section too, as Survival has a dynamic economy, meaning the price of crops rise and drop
Automatic Farming
Villager farms can be a great way to automate the process of crop farming, this allows a passive gain of potatoes or carrots which sell for a decent price in the /shop. This farm primarily uses the Villager’s breeding mechanics, catching the crops that they throw to each other, storing it in a chest system for the player to sell.
Manual Farming
Runes are very powerful when put on hoes (especially event crate hoes obtained in special events, e.g: Christmas Crate) runes like: Greedy Greens, Herbalist, Holy Cultivation and much more, make manual crop farming one of the most profitable ways to make loads of money on the Survival server. Setting up large crop fields filled with potatoes or carrots 4 blocks from water sources is the most efficient way to farm. The picture seen to the right shows the most optimal way to mass farm crops. This displayed farming layout is ‘modular’ allowing it to be repeated as many times as you want. The more crops you harvest the more money you will make.
Jobs
We offer jobs in game for those who are newer and wish to make some money. Using /jobs in game will allow you to select your job, as well as give you a breakdown of what you will be paid for (for example, logging will pay you $225 per log). This money is not automatically deposited into your balance, and instead is claimable via your paycheck, in the top right corner of the /jobs menu. Once you have selected a job, you cannot switch for another 24 hours. Players who subscribe to our Plus service will receive the ability to actively hold two jobs at once.
Efficiency
In Complex’s Survival server, there is an efficiency debuff. This implies whenever spawners are grouped in large quantities, after 500 spawners the efficiency will decrease according to the following formula: 30^-(x / 5000) + 0.25!
Efficiency can be checked by right clicking on the spawners, this will show the spawners within 5 chunks (the affected area) and will display the efficiency as a percentage. For a refresher on this information, you can run /efficiency in game.
AFK Farming
AFK farming is allowed with certain stipulations, these are:
- One alt per farm per player.
- Maximum of four alts per player.
- One farm, per spawner type per player.
- Alts must be used only to stand AFK at farms. No form of AFK action is permitted.
It is recommended that farms be created as lossless as possible, this may include using water pathways and many hoppers to successfully store the most possible items. This you will need to create on your own.
Mob Tier
Here on Survival, we have a custom mob tier system, and our own way to get mob spawners. Here’s how that works!
- Killing a naturally generated mob has a chance of dropping their head. The more mobs you kill, the higher your tier for that mob will be, and the higher a chance their head will drop.
- You must also collect 8 Spawner Frames. These can be obtained in the Dragon’s Dojo, completing Guild Missions, or through crates in spawn.
- Once you have 8 Spawner Frames and 64 of one particular mob head, you may combine them in a crafting table to craft one mob spawner for that mob. For example, if you had 64 Iron Golem heads, and 8 Spawner Frames, you can craft one Iron Golem Spawner!
- To view your mob tier per mob, or for a refresher on this information, you can use /spawners in game.
Gambling
Guide to all the gambling activities for Survival.
CoinflipsGuide to all the gambling activities for Survival.
Coinflips are a game of luck where each participating player has a 50% chance of winning both players' wager. Possible wagers can include in game money (IGM), virtual store credit (GC), or an item you own. Run /cf to view all available coinflips!
To create a coinflip for IGM or GC, first begin by typing /cf <amount>. This will open a menu, where you can confirm the currency you are wagering. To create a coinflip for an item, hold the item in your main hand and type /cf hand. This will then open a confirmation screen. Click the green glass panes on the left to confirm your wager, or click the red glass panes on the right to cancel.
PVP and PVE
All you need to know about PVP/PVE on Survival.
WarzoneAll you need to know about PVP/PVE on Survival.
Whilst PVP is enabled in the wilderness (provided both players toggle /pvp), the Warzone in Survival is a dedicated PvP area for those that wish to participate. PvP is automatically toggled and cannot be disabled, and the Warzone is based off of 1.9+ PvP, meant to discourage spam hitting and encourage timed attacks with cooldowns. You can access the Warzone through /warp pvp.
Envoys
Envoys are a unique event that occur exclusively inside the Warzone. Whilst they will regularly spawn on their own, they can also be summoned by using an Envoy Flare. Beware that this will broadcast in chat. Once an envoy is spawned, you can find it somewhere in Warzone, and the first player to claim it will gain exclusive loot, which can be viewed in game by using /envoys. Be quick though, as it’s finder’s keepers!
The Dragon’s Dojo
The Dragon’s Dojo is a dedicated PvE area in Survival. Entry is free through the NPC in spawn, which you can use /dojo to instantly teleport to. Once entering the Dojo, you will fly in similar to a battle bus mechanic, and press Shift to drop where you’d like. Once you’re in the action, you can use your gear to fight custom mobs exclusive to Complex. Mobs in the Dojo have a chance of dropping Complex-exclusive items too, such as Gold Shards and Spawner Frames! The Dojo also offers some unique features, such as exclusive bosses that will spawn every so often for players to defeat, and Samurai Stashes, which are exclusive lootboxes that can be opened with Treasure Keys for additional rewards.
Extras
Special things available to you on Survival.
Infuser/RunesSpecial things available to you on Survival.
Here on Survival, we have a rune system which is our take on custom enchants. You can acquire runes through our infuser by doing /warp infuser. This merchant will bring up a GUI showing which runes you can buy. There are 4 tiers available for you to purchase:
- Common - 5,000 XP each.
- Rare - 20,000 XP each.
- Legendary - 50,000 XP each.
- Mythical - 100,000 XP each.
Reset Vault
Here on Complex Survival, we have a Reset Vault that allows you to save your items so that you can use them after the map has been reset. Reset Vaults will be unavailable until an upcoming reset is announced for Survival. Once the Reset Vault has been unlocked, you are able to save items to it so long as you have an available slot. However, there are some rules that apply when saving items:
- Once you have saved an item to your Reset Vault, it cannot be retrieved until the map has been reset.
- Stacked Items, Shulker Boxes, Spawners, Runes, Enchant Books and Pouches. cannot be saved to the Reset Vault - 1 item per 1 slot.
- Enchanted items will lose all their enchants when added to the Reset Vault. For example, a Diamond Pickaxe with Unbreaking 1 will turn into an unenchanted Diamond Pickaxe when you claim it from your Reset Vault.
- Seasonal items will keep all their base enchants when added to the Reset Vault, but not runes.
Clue Scrolls
Scrolls are an easy way to earn rewards by completing various tasks. Tasks can vary from breaking/placing blocks, typing something in chat, crafting an item in order to solve a riddle, and more. There are 3 types of scrolls on Survival: Ronin, Daimyo, and Emperor. Rewards from scrolls vary but can include items such as Wands, Tags, Spawners, Diamond/Emerald Blocks, and much more! Scrolls can be obtained from dailies, crates, purchasing from /ah, or from /freescrolls if you have a rank.
Boosters
Boosters can be activated to increase all XP/Money by a set multiplier and for a set amount of time depending on the type of booster. Boosters can come with either a 1.5x Multiplier, a 2.0x Multiplier or a 3.0x Multiplier. They can also be 10 Minutes, 20 Minutes, 30 Minutes, or 1 Hour long. Boosters can be obtained from clue-scrolls, Crates, or by purchasing them from /store. Boosters have one use and will be consumed after drinking.
Leaderboards
Leaderboards are a great way to earn Store Credit for purchasing ranks, crate keys, boosters, tools & more! Leaderboard Points can be earned by being in the Top 10 for any /leaderboard category. At the end of the week, the Top 12 players with the most Points are rewarded with Store Credit.
Auction House
Another vital part of the game is the Auction House, in the Auction House you can buy/sell items that aren’t able to be sold or bought in the regular /shop like Tags, Runes, XP, Gold Shards, and more. Selling through the Auction House is an important way to earn extra income from rare/exclusive items players cannot get through the shop. The Auction House can be accessed by doing /ah while in game. Bought items will appear in your /ah collect.
Super Hoppers
Our upgradable hoppers allow for grinders and other farms you may set up, to become fully automated in terms of storage. By simply typing /hoppershop or /hoppers you can open a gui which will allow for quick and easy purchase. These upgradable hoppers are set apart from regular vanilla ones as they allow for an intuitive upgrades system. Please note that these hoppers cost Gold Shards to maintain and upkeep, which can be added to the claims’ shard bank through the /claims list GUI.
We have a Linking system in place to help pass items from the hopper directly into the chest system. The amount of chests that one hopper may be Linked to is determined by the amount you spend on the given configuration.
After linking the hoppers to the chests, you’re able to manage these individually. You can change the settings of each to better suit your collection system for your grinder, your farm, whatever you may be using them for. Managing these links is not necessary to making an efficient farm, however, it is very helpful when it comes to organizing.
Whitelisting
Whitelisting items allows for a strict pass-through of only the items you want to enter the chest. Doing this is simple, simply manage the chest and toggle the filter mode to whitelist.
To whitelist, simply click on the items you want added, and it will be duplicated into the hopper.
Now, with that being done, you have successfully created a great way to filter out unwanted items. Please see the Deleting Items section for the (optional) next step in creating an effective storage system.
Blacklisting
Much like the whitelisting, by selecting items you do not want to be picked up, they simply will not go into the hopper. However, it is wise not to use this to blacklist every single item out there, the quicker method would be to follow the Whitelist section.
Deleting Items
Enable the deletion of items or disable it.
- Note that each link is 1 regular, or, double chest.
- It should also be worth noting that hoppers may also be linked to barrels.
- It should be noted that your chest must be within 100 blocks of the upgradable hopper.
- Remember if you need the coordinates please refer to the Managing Links section below.
After linking the hoppers to the chests, you’re able to manage these individually. You can change the settings of each to better suit your collection system for your grinder, your farm, whatever you may be using them for. Managing these links is not necessary to making an efficient farm, however, it is very helpful when it comes to organizing.
Whitelisting
Whitelisting items allows for a strict pass-through of only the items you want to enter the chest. Doing this is simple, simply manage the chest and toggle the filter mode to whitelist.
To whitelist, simply click on the items you want added, and it will be duplicated into the hopper.
Now, with that being done, you have successfully created a great way to filter out unwanted items. Please see the Deleting Items section for the (optional) next step in creating an effective storage system.
Blacklisting
Much like the whitelisting, by selecting items you do not want to be picked up, they simply will not go into the hopper. However, it is wise not to use this to blacklist every single item out there, the quicker method would be to follow the Whitelist section.
Deleting Items
Enable the deletion of items or disable it.
Regular hoppers only have a suction radius of 1 but with the upgradable hoppers, you can increase that radius, allowing items to be picked up from further away. This allows for use of many things like farms, mob grinders, and more. Each upgrade costs a bit more than the last but increases the suction radius by one. More detailed information can be found by left clicking a Super Hopper!
The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith is an NPC located at Spawn, or /warp blacksmith, whose main purpose is to allow you to restore durability on your gear, or restore it entirely if it is shattered (out of durability). In order to use the Blacksmith, you will need a Mending Glyph to restore durability, or a Reforge Glyph to restore a shattered item completely. Beware that these glyphs are not always guaranteed to work, as they have a chance to fail, making you lose a random rune, so it is recommended to max out the percentages displayed on the glyphs as much as you can using Lucky Gems before using them!
We hope this can get you started on your journey to becoming a great Survival player! If you have any further questions make sure to ask the staff members that are online at the time, or the helpful community as they will be able to answer most of your questions!
Be sure to check out our other guides down below!
Chest Shop Guide
[Skyblock] Pharaoh's Tomb Guide
Prison Guide
Factions Guide
Survival Guide
[Global] Runes Guide
[Global] Tag Guide
Kind regards,
The entire Complex Staff Team!
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