Player guide

Install the Vora Modpack

Vora uses Minecraft Java 1.21.1 and the Vora Modpack. Bedrock and unmodified Minecraft clients cannot join this server. Sign in with a Microsoft account that owns Minecraft Java.

1. Install the Modrinth App.
2. Download Vora 0.1.0-alpha.5-raid-preview. Import the .mrpack file as a new instance. The launcher installs the matching game, loader and mods.
3. Launch the imported Vora instance. Open Multiplayer → Add Server and enter mc.voraarena.com.

The server cannot install mods into your client when you join. Keep the pack’s versions together; updating individual mods can stop you connecting. If the game closes immediately, ask support with the launcher’s error message. Never send passwords.

Voice chat & minimap

The current pack includes proximity voice chat and a minimap. Already playing on an older Vora pack? Import the latest download as a new instance to get the matching mods.

Press V to open voice setup, choose your microphone and speakers, then assign a free push-to-talk key. Normal speech reaches up to 48 blocks; whispering reaches 24 blocks and needs its own key in Controls. Voice groups and built-in recording are disabled. Using a microphone is optional; you can still join and play without voice.

If voice setup shows a connection error, check the microphone permission on your computer and send the message to support. A successful game connection does not confirm your microphone is working.

Press M for the full world map and claim controls. Foreign claim markers are no longer sent to your map. Previously saved locations may remain visible. Claim entrance announcements are disabled. The server disables minimap player radar and cave mode. Claims still protect builds and containers; Wilderness PvP remains open to everyone.

The pack version mentions a raid preview, but base raids are not enabled.

Arriving in Skyhaven

Early access is open: no whitelist application or paid rank is needed. Join whenever it suits you. Discord is optional. The joining cards show the pack and current server status.

Use /spawn to visit Skyhaven, our protected floating island. Open /menu for travel, the market, Chronicles, your bank and cosmetics. Speak to Archivist Elowen or open /chronicles for your first quest.

/wilderness starts an expedition; /back returns to your previous expedition location when available. Your own inventory, hotbar, armour and offhand stay with you in Skyhaven. Menu icons do not replace your belongings.

Claiming land

Open the world map with M and use its claim controls to choose chunks in the Wilderness. Check the map’s boundary and ownership information before building. Vora uses map-based claims; a golden shovel does not create them.

Use /faction for faction guidance and /oparties to manage your group. Check your group’s shared claim permissions before inviting or promoting someone. Only trust people you know. Claims protect your builds and containers, but do not make you safe from PvP. A claim does not make someone else’s build yours.

Homes & teleport requests

/sethome

Save your home on safe Wilderness ground. Everyone has one home.

/home / /homes

Return to your home or check which home is saved.

/tpa PlayerName

Ask to visit another player.

/tpaccept / /tpdeny

Accept or decline an incoming request. Stand near clear, solid ground; the server checks for a safe landing spot nearby.

/tpacancel

Cancel your outstanding teleport request.

Wilderness combat & travel

The Wilderness has open PvP, including player claims. There is no PvP toggle or player opt-out. Skyhaven is the only safe zone. There are no protected resting areas in the Wilderness.

A combat hit starts or refreshes a 20-second combat lock. You cannot teleport or use a portal until it ends, including returning to Skyhaven. Fighting creatures also activates the lock. Ender pearls and chorus fruit cannot bypass it.

Travel commands such as /home, /spawn and accepted teleport requests have a 3-second warmup. Stand still; moving or taking damage cancels it. Only departures from Skyhaven skip the warmup. Do not disconnect to escape a fight.

New expeditions use one of 18 fixed arrival points, chosen at random across a wide area around the original spawn. These places have no PvP immunity. Blocked destinations are checked before arrival. Raiding and destruction of claimed builds have not been enabled.

Markets & chest shops

Open /market to browse the global player market. Return to Skyhaven to buy, sell or collect. Trade in Survival mode, out of combat, and close other inventories first.

/market sell 25.50 offers the stack in your main hand for 25.50 Vora coins. The price is for the whole stack. Use the market menu to view your own offers, withdraw unsold goods and collect purchases or returns. Leave room in your inventory; goods wait safely when they cannot fit.

Offers last seven days with no listing fee. Sellers can be offline when someone buys. Specially tagged items and containers are restricted. If a trade is held for a staff check, leave it alone and contact support; do not send a second payment.

/balance shows your Vora coins. /pay PlayerName amount sends coins directly and does not protect an item exchange. Vora coins and Discord Vora Points are separate. In Skyhaven, /bank opens your existing 27-slot ender chest, with the same capacity for every rank.

Local chest shops are also available in the Wilderness. Stock a single vanilla chest in your own claim, then use /chestshop create 25.50. The first occupied slot supplies one complete stack, sold as one offer at that price for up to seven days. This is not an automatically restocking shop. Buyers right-click the chest to open its shop; they do not need access to the chest itself. Use /chestshop collect to collect purchases or returned stock, with room in your inventory. Buy orders and a secure direct-trade window remain planned.

Vote rewards

Use /vote or our voting page to vote on Planet Minecraft. Enter your current Minecraft Java username to receive 25 Vora coins once per Java account per UTC calendar day.

You can vote while offline; the reward waits until you join. Check /balance when it arrives. These are in-game coins, separate from Discord points and the planned Vora Shards.

Quests & professions

Speak to Archivist Elowen in Skyhaven or open /chronicles. The journal shows your objective and the guide to visit. Dain, Mira and Rowan have more work as you progress through gathering, crafting and the Wilderness.

Collect rewards in Survival mode. If your inventory cannot hold the whole reward, make room and speak to the guide again. Nothing is dropped on the ground. Follow Rowan’s directions for the Thornbound Stalker and Briarheart personal trials.

Open /skills or /professions to see your eleven professions: Mining, Foraging, Excavation, Farming, Fishing, Fighting, Archery, Defense, Agility, Alchemy and Enchanting. Train them through Survival activities towards level 99. Press K for skill trees. /skills history keeps your original training archive; completed earlier levels carry forward without reducing higher current progress. Progression stays separate from supporter cosmetics. The pack also adds machinery and new crafting paths. See the roadmap for the wider world we are building.

Factions & shared access

Use /oparties to manage your faction and M to work with shared territory. Your faction roles control shared claim access. Check permissions carefully before accepting members.

Factions do not automatically share inventory, coins or quest credit. Group quest rewards and wider guild adventures remain planned; current story boss trials are personal encounters.

Companions

Open /pets or choose Companions in the menu. Finish Chapter I to unlock the Forest Fox through play. Existing Scout ranks also unlock it; Ranger and Warden can choose the snowy appearance.

Use /pets name YourName to name your companion, /pets hide to put it away, /pets own to toggle your own companion visibility, or /pets visibility to toggle other companions. Your choice is saved between visits.

Companions appear on clear ground in Skyhaven and disappear when you leave, enter combat or lose their unlock. They are cosmetic: no combat, storage, collecting, breeding or resource rewards. Use /pets models in Skyhaven to preview our woodland fox, moon owl and ember drake. Each preview lasts ten seconds, with a thirty-second pause before the next. Only you can see it, and your own visibility setting applies. A preview does not unlock a companion; these custom appearances are not for sale.

Wardrobe & saved looks

Open /wardrobe from the menu. Everyone has three free slots for saved particle effects and styles. Use /wardrobe save 1, /wardrobe load 1 or /wardrobe delete 1, with slot numbers 1–3.

Loading a look checks the cosmetics you currently have unlocked. It does not grant ranks, items or new appearances. Locked saved looks are kept so you can use them again if their unlock returns. Your equipment, pet name and companion choice are separate from the wardrobe.

Use the wardrobe’s visibility controls to show or hide your own effects and other players’ effects independently. Previews are private and temporary.

Getting help

Leave affected blocks and containers as they are. Open a private support ticket on Discord with your Minecraft name, coordinates, approximate time and a short description. For launch or connection errors, include the message and your Vora pack version.

When Minecraft account linking is available, /link gives you a private, single-use code. Enter it with /link in Vora Discord. Never post that code publicly. Account linking will never ask for your Microsoft password.