Server Mechanics

Affinity

Affinity is a group of four elements that you can level up and master in order to give certain buff and advantages. 

A more detailed description can be found here.

Your current affinity levels can be looked at with/affinity, /skill, or /mastery.

Affinity comes in these four elements:

Air - Improve your skill in this element by traveling (Either by swimming, walking, or running but not flying). Exp from traveling is collected and added to your levels every ? seconds.

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

Fire - Improve your skill in this element by fighting creatures and enemies with a close range weapon (i.e. sword, axe, etc..)

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

Water - Improve your skill in this element by fighting creatures and enemies with a close range weapon (i.e. bow, crossbow, etc..)

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

Earth - Improve your skill in this element by mining naturally occurring blocks. Certain blocks (such as obsidian) will give more exp per block than others. Blocks placed by a player will not count towards this skill. 

Increasing your mastery of this element will grant you these things (scaled by the level you are at):

Aspect

Aspect is a more powerful form of mana that is difficult to come by.

Very few items use this resource.

There are currently no known items in the forge that use Aspect.

Auction House

The Auction House is a simple way to buy and sell things through simple commands. Players can sell up to 5 items or crates of items for either iron, diamonds, or netherite. 

Auction House command list:

 

In the /ah GUI, clicking the ender chest will show you your PURCHASED items to claim, clicking the gold will show you your items up for bid, and clicking the chest will show you your expired items to claim.

Chat Mechanics

Overview

In order to keep our community safe and friendly, as well as organized, our chat has certain restrictions 

 

 

 

Chat Prefixes

Ⓟ = Peaceful
★ = Nitro Booster
Ⓟ = Peaceful Nitro Booster

[Mod] = Moderator
[Admin] = Administrator
[Founder] = Founder

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image-1648165317697.40.06.png = Marked

 

Combat Timer

When you are attacking or being attacked by a player, You will get combat tagged, when tagged you will:

Custom Features

Here on Dragonstone we have many custom features such as 

Farm Limiter (Purge)

The Dragon Spirit scans the world every 3 minutes. If your farm has too many entities, it will purge some. This is to reduce server lag.

How to Protect the Dragon Egg

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What is the Dragon Egg?

The Dragon Egg is a very powerful and unique item, as one one can ever exist at a time in each cycle.

Protecting the egg is a massive undertaking, as it is basically a server-wide game of capture the flag.

Power of the Egg

The egg must be protected at all costs, as many players seek to lay claim to it's power.

When placed in a suitable shrine, if the Dragon Aspects are appeased, the Dragon Egg will grant you and your allies powerful buffs in a large area surrounding the shrine. It is like a more powerful version of a beacon.

Be warned however, the great power contained withing the egg may periodically emit a global pulse which can be sensed by others in the form of an auditory signal. These sound signals are directional, and those who pay close attention may be able to triangulate the location of the egg. There are ways to muffle or disrupt these signals to make them more difficult to track, however the structure requires a constant supply of mana and resources to keep the suppression field active.

Special Abilities

Rumors foretell that the egg itself possesses unique abilities.

Building a Shrine

Constructing a suitable shrine to care for the egg and appease the Dragon Aspects is no easy task. You must choose your materials and design carefully, as you will be judged by those who fly above.

Caretakers from past cycles have documented their findings, however are always new things to discover.

Shrine Tiers

When the egg is activated, the Dragon Aspects will judge your shrine and decide upon it's "power level" or "shrine tier".

Here are the benefits of building a higher tier shrine:

Here are some ways to help improve your shrine tier:

Click to view Shrine Examples!

Basic / Bare Minimum Shrine - Tier I

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Note that it may take some time (up to several days) for the egg to "activate" after being placed upon the shrine.

Materials and their Effects

The following is a list of documented materials used in shrine construction and what effects they were observed to provide.

Note that you can use multiple materials in the construction of a shrine to receive multiple buffs, however focusing on just one or two materials may make the individual buffs more powerful.

Different forms of the same material may yield better or worse results, depending on it's difficulty to obtain.
For example, let's consider gold ore blocks:

Dragon Aspects seem to prefer raw ores because it shows that actual work was put into obtaining them.

Note that the effects you receive are entirely decided by the Dragon Aspects themselves.
It is not guaranteed that you will receive what is on this table, as many other factors can influence the shrine.

Material Observed Effects
Amethyst
 Buffs to Mana Regen
Coal Unknown
Copper
 Buffs to Mana Capacity
Diamond
 Buffs to Damage Resistance
Dragon Shard Blocks Unknown
Emerald
 Buffs to Shrine Shield Health
Glowstone
 Buffs to Night Vision
Gold
 Buffs to Haste (Mining Speed & Attack Speed)
Iron
 Buffs to Armor Toughness
Lapis Lazuli
 Unknown
Netherite
 Buffs to Strength
Quartz
 Buffs to Movement Speed
Redstone
 Unknown
Wood / Nature Blocks
 Buffs to Health

Feeding The Egg

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Shiny Mana Value
Coal 0.01
Charcoal 0.015
Coal Block 0.0222
Raw Copper 2
Raw Copper Block 18
Copper 1.5
Copper Block 13.5
Raw Iron 3
Raw Iron Block 27
Iron 1
Iron Block 9
Raw Gold 8
Raw Gold Block 72
Gold 2.5
Gold Block 22.5
Redstone 0.02
Redstone Block 0.18
Shiny Mana Value
Lapis 1.75
Lapis Block 15.75
Quartz 5
Glowstone Dust 3
Glowstone 12
Emerald 10
Emerald Block 90
Diamond 15
Diamond Block 135
Amethyst Shard 7
Amethyst Cluster 177
Amethyst Block 17
Ancient Debris 33
Netherite Scrap 66
Netherite Ingot 666
Netherite Block 6666
Nether Star 1337

Suppression Field

You will need to construct a Suppression Field if you wish to protect the Dragon Egg for the long term. This grants you an array of tools to suppress, distract, or confuse other beings who are attempting to seek out the location of the Dragon Egg.

Some possible things a Suppression Field can do are as follows:

Egg Hatching

Once the egg has been sitting on a shrine and protected for a certain amount of time without interruption or relocation, the egg may hatch and grant you or your team a Permanent Boon.

Possible Permanent Boons to choose from are as following: (NOT FINAL)

Boon Duration Effect
Boon of Essence
 Current Cycle - Grants you and your team +3 Draconic Essence.
Boon of Power
 Current Cycle
 - Your shrine buffs become permanent with no range limit.
Boon of Reality
 Current Cycle

- Grants you one use of the Wish spell.

- Allows direct intervention from the Dragon Aspects at their discretion.

- One of the Rules of Reality may be altered for the rest of the cycle.
     
Boon of Forging
 Permanent

- Grants you and your team one Tier III or lower item from the Dragon Forge.

- Item will also be unlocked in the Spirit Forge.
Boon of Ascension
 Permanent
 - Allows you to perform a Paragon Ascension on yourself or another player.
Ritual of Summoning Unknown

- Allows you to begin performing the Ritual of Summoning.

- When complete, summons a powerful Ancient Ender Dragon boss battle.

- It is not yet known what will happen when this boss is defeated.
Ritual of Ending
 Permanent

- Allows you to begin performing the Ritual of Ending.

- See more information below.

Ritual of Ending

The Ritual of Ending is often considered the most forbidden decision that anyone can make with the Dragon Egg.

If this ritual is successfully performed over the course of 30 days, the current cycle will become The Final Cycle, thus bringing an end to Dragonstone as we know it.

Here is what will happen if the Ritual of Ending is begun:

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Inventory Sorting

By Middle clicking double clicking an empty slot, you can automatically sort a storage unit. This works in:

As of 1.18, middle clicking was broken by mojang. Now you must double click an empty slot to sort, or enable an alternative sorting method by using /sort

Mob Head Drops

Killing mobs may cause them to drop their head.

Every mob has one or more collectible heads. A head will only drop when a player kills a mob, not when they die to environmental damage.

This is a complete list of all heads available in the 1.20 cycle, including the rarity level. It can also be viewed as a spreadsheet to copy if you wish to collect them yourself! Click here for access.

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In cases where there is a spare line in the name column, it indicates there are multiples of head rarities for that mob, as shown here using llamas as an example.

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Fun Fact: The only mob with a Very Rare head is the Drowned.

Mob Health Display

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When mobs take damage from a player, their health will display above their heads along with their name.
This display lasts several seconds before fading.

Mana

Mana is a magical resource used by many Dragonforged items to cast spells or use special abilities.

All players intrinsically can store and generate a small amount of mana naturally.

Base Mana
+20 Max Mana
+0.2 Mana Regen

Mana is often used to cast magical abilities and spells, typically by using an item that was created at the Dragon Forge or found within a Dungeon.

There are many ways to improve your mana capabilities, including by wearing magical armor or equipping special artifacts in your Artifact Inventory. (Use /mmoinv to open your artifact inventory)

These are the currently known ways to modify your mana capabilities:

Pocket Mana Generator
 +0.05/s Mana Regen
Mana Generator
 +0.1/s Mana Regen
Mana Crystal
 +2 Max Mana
Aetherite Ore

-1 Max Mana
Aether Armor

+++ Max Mana

++ Mana Regen
Raven Wings

+ Max Mana

+ Mana Regen
Dovahkiin Helmet

+ Max Mana

+ Mana Regen
Nariel's Blessing

+ Max Mana

+ Mana Regen

Newbie Buff

When you first join the server, you will be equipped with the following items and buffs:

 

The following table shows information about the buffs received when first joining.

Buffs
Buff name Level Duration
Regeneraton 1 26 Minutes
Resitance 2 26 Minutes


The following table shows information about the items you will get when first joining.

Items
Item Name Amount
Stone Sword 1
Stone Axe 1
Stone pickaxe 1
Stone Shovel 1
Golden Apple 10
Red Bed 1
Ender Chest 1
Dragonstone Guide 1


You can receive these buffs and items again every week by typing /kit newbie.

Patched Exploits

List of Patched Exploits that are present in Vanilla:

Random Teleport Portal (RTP)

 

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The Random Teleport Portal(RTP) is usually one of the many things a player will see when they first join, or even when they use /spawn! It  can also be warped to with /warp rtp.

This portal is very useful for many players who are looking for adventure! Or even just looking for resources and supplies.

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Also, it's best to remember a few things,

History(added info)

The RTP (Random Teleport Portal) has been around since 1.13! That's the version Dragonstone started in! Along with it's design, the shape has kept a similar form throughout each version.

Shop Tutorial

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How to open a shop:

How to start selling in a shop:

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Sleeping (Night Speedup)

Sleeping in the overworld works differently on Dragonstone. While the night can still be skipped if the majority are sleeping, it's more common for the night to be sped up. If just one player is sleeping, the time will begin to fast forward slightly, and depending on a few factors, including overworld player count, and the amount of players sleeping, this can increase or decrease. For example, if the server has 20 players online in the overworld, and one player is sleeping, the fast forward effect will be much less than if 2 players were sleeping with only 5 players total in the overworld. You may still reset phantom insomnia by sleeping in a bed for a few seconds.

Teleportation & Warping

All forms of teleportation and warping via command have a 3 second warmup time.

During the warmup time, you must stay completely still in order for the Draconic Orbital Warp Grid to lock onto your position and perform the warp. Moving will interrupt this process, thus requiring you to repeat the command.

Teleporting is a way of being able to travel to players or have players travel to you. It is recommended to not teleport to players you do not know, especially if they are not labeled as peaceful. 

Teleport commands:

List of warps:

Tombstones

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Tombstones spawn whenever a player dies. Their items are kept locked inside, until either they or another player collect them, or until the timer runs out. The tombstones of regular players are protected for 10 seconds and remain for 1 hour before despawning and dropping the items contained within. Tombstones disappear as soon as it's emptied, or again, expire. In the 1.17 series of the server, tombstones are represented by Soul Campfires. However, previous versions, such as 1.14, for example, simply used a renamed chest, that had similar mechanics.

The tombstone will try and place the items back in the slots they were in when the death occurred if possible, however will result to filling like any other item if the corresponding slot or slots are unavailable.

Players will be given a message in chat telling them the exact co-ordinates of the tombstone.

You can right click a tombstone to auto-loot it and the items will be returned to your inventory in exactly the inventory slots they were in when you died. You can also shift-right-click a tombstone to view its contents and take individual items or experience points. If you do not have enough inventory space for all the items in your tombstone, some items will remain in the tombstone until there are inventory slots available for them.

Tombstones retain 50% of your experience points.

You may use /tombstone to view your active tombstones.

Unlocking a tombstone allows it to be opened by other players.

 

Legacy Information - Removed in 1.19

- The tombstones of peaceful players are protected indefinitely and remain for 2 hours.

- Peaceful player tombstones will retain 75% of the player's experience points.

Void Curse

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Void Curse is the penalty for dragon saving you from falling into the void at the last possible moment. You are warped to the spawn point with your items intact, but at what cost...?

Debuffs

You are afflicted with Void Curse for 30 minutes. The duration of this debuff can stack if you fall multiple times.

When it could Fail

This can fail if you are combat tagged however and as such you will have to rescue your items. (This will be fixed in 1.19)

The Void Consumes... The Dragon Protects.            

Voting

You can vote to help support Dragonstone by doing /vote or /voteall

Player are rewarded with

Your first ever vote also grants you an additional 5 Shard Dust.

Wards

Dragon Ward

Magic Defense System

It remains from old Dragonstone slowly trickling in somewhere in most versions. Can be crafted in the Dragon Forge. 

Cost

How it Defends

Dungeon Wards

Strength Ward

Buffs dungeon mobs with strength

Armor Ward

Buffs dungeon mobs with resistance

Speed Ward

Buffs dungeon mobs with speed

World Potions

World potions are activated by donators, that affect every player on the server, in an effort to eliminate P2W. These effects can be the same as potions, or effects from a beacon, conduit, and dolphins. Some effects are beyond what is normally achievable. For example, Haste III is a common effect to see granted, which is normally impossible in normal Minecraft.

Click here to view the Dragonstone Store!

The full list of effects include:

World Potions
Haste 2 45 minutes 0.50 USD
Haste 3 1 Hour 1.00 USD
Haste 3 6 hours 5.00 USD
Speed 1 20 minutes 0.75 USD
Speed 2 30 minutes 1.25 USD
Regen 1 20 minutes 0.75 USD
Regen 2 30 minutes 1.25 USD
Fire Resist 30 minutes 0.75 USD
Fire Resist 1 hour 1.25 USD
Dolphin's Grace 15 minutes 0.75 USD
Dolphin's Grace 30 minutes 1.25 USD
Conduit Power 30 minutes 0.75 USD
Conduit Power 1 hour 1.25 USD
Resistance 1 30 minutes 1.25 USD
Resistance 2 45 minutes 1.75 USD
Unbreaking X 45 minutes (limit 1/day) 2 USD

(Removed) Peaceful Players

This section contains content that was removed in The Seventh Cycle (1.19).

In Dragonstone, a large majority of players in the community have become "Peaceful".

The role of being "Peaceful" gives the player the ability to,

(There are requirements listed to become Peaceful in the application along with the attached link at the bottom.)

Description of Peaceful Player Perks

To Protect Items: 

You must place a sign on a chest by right-clicking to add the protection to nearby containers connected to the container you placed the sign on. This protection makes connected containers invincible to mob damage, player interaction(unless that player's name is added on the sign) and finally it makes it completely inaccessible by players other than Staff.

(Images below are in order from top to bottom for instructions listed above.)

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How to toggle PVP(with rules)

Use the command "/pvp" while in-game to toggle your PVP. (Note that you cannot kill other players unless consent is given from the player you wish to fight. Exceptions to this are designated arena zones such as /warp arena)

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Why this role shows other players that you can be trusted (with rules)

Being a Peaceful Player shows that you are willing to give up the ability to

Though this may not seem like a huge sacrifice for some people, taking on the responsibility of this role can really show others how committed you, a player, are in sake of keeping you, and other safe, along with the people of Dragonstone as a whole. (which can build trust among groups and bases, so make sure to not give info out! It is very looked down upon.)