Your First Island

This page walks a player through creating an island and getting started, step by step. Every command below uses the default name /is — your server may have renamed it (see config.yml).

Step 1 — Create Your Island

/is create

This opens the island type menu — click the starter island you want and it's built instantly. If you already know the type, skip the menu by naming it:

/is create desert

The plugin builds your island and teleports you to it. The first player on the island is the owner.

Step 2 — Look Around

You're standing on your starter island. A colored border marks how far your protected area reaches. Outside the border, nothing is protected.

Open the main menu any time with:

/is

From here you reach settings, upgrades, warps, the bank, and your team.

Step 3 — Invite Your Friends

/is invite Steve

Steve runs /is accept to join. New members get the default member role. Change anyone's role with:

/is role Steve architect

See Roles & Permissions for what each role can do.

Step 4 — Start Leveling Up

Your island has a level, raised by the value of the blocks you place. Mine cobblestone, smelt ores, build with valuable blocks — every block placed adds points (breaking it removes them).

Check your progress:

/is level
/is top

What each block is worth is in block-values.yml, and how points become levels is in levels.yml.

Step 5 — Buy Upgrades

As your level rises, you unlock upgrades:

/is upgrade

Bigger team, bigger island, faster spawners, double crops, and better generators that roll ores instead of plain cobblestone. See Upgrades.

Step 6 — Open Up to Visitors

Set a public warp so people can find your island:

/is setwarp shop

Anyone can then reach it with /is warp <your-name> shop or the warp menu. Lock your island to visitors any time with /is lock.

Quick Reference

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