# How To Play

### How To Join The Server

1. Create a Minecraft account (if necessary)
2. Download and install Minecraft (if necessary)
3. Launch Minecraft and select "Multiplayer" from the main menu
4. Select "Add Server" and enter the following Server Address:

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**Server Address:** `play.foundationcraft.com`
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### How To Get Started Playing

New players can get started by exploring The Wilderness, collecting resources, and selling resources at markets and shops for emeralds. Players can also earn emeralds by voting and leveling up their skills. Emeralds can then be used to rent homes, buy homes, and create settlements.

1. Explore The Wilderness to collect resources and obtain valuable items
2. Sell items to villagers or player-owned shops to earn units of currency called emeralds
3. Use emeralds to rent a home with a crop farm using the `/explore homes` command
4. Sell crops to farmers using using the `/explore markets with farmer` command
5. Sell other items to shops using using the `/explore shops buying <item>` command
6. Use emeralds to buy items, homes, and shops or claim land in The Frontier by creating settlements

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Use the `/explore` command to teleport to different locations on the server.
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