Welcome to Nox Imperialis, a brand-new Quest-based RPG server. If you're looking for a place to fight, earn money, and build a mighty empire atop the corpses of your enemies, then look no further!

Are you the kind of player who yearns to carve out a city in the savage wilderness?

What about a life of adventure, fame, and conquest?

Do you want to be a marauder, waylaying hapless travelers in the woods?

If you answered "yes" to any of these, then you definitely need to check us out! We've painstakingly developed a system that features minimal interference, maximum flexibility, and serious fun!

New Player Information

When new players first join Nox Imperialis, they are teleported to a special spawn jail filled with rules and information about how things work. It is highly recommended that you read all the signs as soon as you log in.Once you've finished reading, simply message one of our admins to be teleported out.

When you've entered the server proper, you'll find yourself in the our's central hub. The Fortress-City of Nox.

Nox has several important features that make it unique. These will be covered below.

Merchants

Nox is the only area in the server to have officially owned and operated shops. These are controlled by Merchant NPCs that sell a wide selection of goods at fixed prices:

• The Brazen Drake sells Iron swords, Iron armor, Bows, and Arrows.
  
  
• The Saddled Pig sells Cooked Pork, Cooked Fish, and Mushroom Stew.
  
  
• The Marbled Mason sells Smooth Stone, Sandstone, Mossy Cobblestone, Stone Stairs, Half Slabs, Furnaces, Brick Blocks, Obsidian.
  
  
• The Odds & Ends Store sells Iron tools, Compasses, Paper, Flint & Steel, and Torches.
  
  
• The Bark & Bite sells Wood Stairs, Doors, Signs, Ladders, Fences, Workbenches, and Chests.
  
  
• The Crystal Method sells Glass Blocks and Glowstone Blocks.
  
  
• The Upper Crust sells Cakes, Cookies, and Bread.
  
  
• The Mad Electrician sells Redstone, Repeaters, Dispensers, Redstone Torches, Record Players, and Note Blocks.
  

All Merchants only accept payment in the form of server currency (Drachs). Merchants will not buy back goods from players, so all sales are final.

Note: The 1.7 update caused a glitch with our NPC plugin. Until this is fixed, all NPCs have been contained in glass boxes to prevent floating upwards.

Quests

Nox Imperialis features NPC-based questing that doesn't require a menu of commands to use. Simply right-click the various questgivers to receive a quest proposal and type /npcq accept to embark on your quest!

To check the status of your quest, type /q info.

If you wish to drop your quest for some reason, type /q drop. Players can only drop a quest once every 15 minutes.

Current Questgivers:

• Mason
  
  
• Carpenter
  
  
• Baker
  
  
• Cook
  
  
• Blacksmith
  
  
• Glassblower
  
  
• Electrician
  

The First Bank of Nox

The Fortress-City's Bank is the place where players can buy and sell gold ingots for Drachs. It is staffed at all times by two Teller NPCs and contains a secure vault where the entire worth of the server's economy is stored. Ingots can be bought and sold for the same price.

To buy or sell gold to a Teller, simply right click them to open up the merchant interface. Double-clicking will confirm your sale or purchase.

Current Price: 1000 Drachs per ingot.

The Grand Colosseum of Nox

The Grand Colloseum of Nox is where players can fight to the death to earn money. When a player types the/pvparena command, they will be instantly teleported to one of two team lobbies. Their inventory will be saved and cleared. Once inside the lobby, they can click one of three different class signs:

• Swordsmen are armed with a Diamond Sword, Iron Armor, and a piece of Cooked Pork.
  
  
• Axemen are armed with a Diamond Axe, Iron Armor, and a piece of Cooked Pork.
  
  
• Archers are armed with a Bow, 128 Arrows, and Leather Armor.
  

The entrance fee is 500 Drachs. Once all the fighters are ready, each team must give the signal to begin by punching an iron block located in their team lobby. When the fight begins, every fighter will be brought to the fighting pit. Players who die in the pit will be teleported to the stands and given their inventory back.

When all enemy fighters are dead, the players left standing will be declared victorious and receive 1000 Drachs! Occasionally, special championship fights will be held where the Admins themselves give fantastic prizes! Check the forums for tournament announcements!

Players who wish to leave the fight before it begins can type /pvparena leave. Entry costs will not be refunded!

Note: There currently exists a glitch related to Towny where players in the same town cannot harm eachother in the arena. To solve this, one of the players must jump in the lava pit at the center. Using the /pvparena leave command will cause the Arena to glitch and never cancel the fight.

Building in the City

The Fortress-City of Nox acts as a hub for the server. In addition, it also servers as a piece of interactive eye candy. The more impressive the city looks, the more it appeals to new players. Veterans on the server who have a history of building impressive, well-designed structures can petition for a building spot in one of the city's empty spaces. The structures built can serve any purpose, but must look realistic. Proposals for pixel art, floating buildings, or structures made of materials like glass or glowstone will be ignored.

The Gehenna Wastelands

Occasionally while digging deep underground, players may stumble across hidden portals that lead to a blazing desert full of shifting sands and decayed, crumbling ruins...

This is the land of Gehenna, the cursed land of blight and ruin. A cursory examination would reveal signs that a vast, ancient civilization once ruled this land, but were wiped out by some terrible cataclysm that has forever scarred the land and rendered it uninhabitable for eons to come.

All that remains of them are dozens of vast, scattered labyrinths buried deep underground, waiting to be explored by brave (or foolhardy) adventurers. Rumors hint at fantastic treasures hidden within their depths: Treasures protected by fiendish traps, slavering monsters, and twisting tunnels...

Are you brave enough to venture inside, knowing you may not return?

Starting a Town

In Nox Imperialis, players can create towns using the Towny plugin. Towns effectively carve out a safe zone in the wilderness, protecting their buildings... for a price. Here is a list of basic town information.

• Towns are created via the /town new command. This will claim a single 16x16 chunk as your "home block" When creating your town, you need to choose a single-word name. Example: /town new Ironvale
  
  
• To expand your town, you need to use the /town claim command on an adjacent unclaimed chunk. All claimed chunks expand a full 128 vertical blocks (bedrock to skytop).
  
  
• To add/remove residents to your town, use the /town add and /town remove command. Only mayors or assistants can add/remove residents. Be sure to include the player's name when adding/removing. Example: /town add Dudeguy
  
  
• To add/remove assistants to your town, use the /town assistant add and /town assistant remove commands. Assistants act as deputy mayors when the mayor is unavailable. Example: /town assistant add Dudeguy
  
  
• To view a map of the surrounding chunks, type /towny map.
  

For a full list of commands, check out the /towny menu in-game.

For more information on towns including tutorial links, war info, and Nations, click here.

General Rules

• No client hacks or mods. If it enables cheating, we don't allow it. This includes the following: Flymods, Speedhacks, Wallhacks, Item spoofs, Airbuilding, and Xrays. Nox Imperialis uses plugins like NoCheat that expose and prevent cheating wherever possible. If one of our admins catches players using any of these, they will be banned without notice. And trust us, we will catch you. We're always watching, that's a guarantee.
  
  
• Don't be an idiot. That's pretty self explanatory, but in case you're confused, being an idiot is defined as: Whining, demanding special favors, causing drama, and being a troll. If you're here to cause trouble or ask for the world on a silver platter, you're better off going somewhere else. We don't cater to overly-sensitive people, but that doesn't mean we'll put up with total morons either.
  
  
• Don't play dumb. Our staff are always on the lookout for people who cheat or break the rules. When you're confronted with either, you can rest assured that we know it was you. Denying things only makes it worse for you.What might have been a quick sentence to the spawnjail may instead turn into a permanent ban. Don't even try it.
  
  
• Read everything. The reason new players end up in the spawn jail is to ensure they know as much as possible before entering the server proper. By the time they've exited, they should be able to spend as much time playing as possible. More time playing means less time spent asking questions, and more time our staff have to devote to things like catching cheaters and ensuring fair play.
  
  
• Respect the staff. Unlike a lot of other servers, we don't promote people to moderator positions lightly. They're held to a much higher standard, and Admins even more so. They've been given privileges that require a sense of maturity and patience, and if they ever stray from those expectations, then they'll be demoted without hesitation. When our staff ask you to comply with their wishes, you are expected to at all times... unless those wishes are extremely inconvenient or unfair. If you think any of our staff are acting unfairly or abusing their position, please report them immediately. The situation will be promptly investigated and taken care of. That's a promise.
  

Combat Rules

When in the Wilderness:

• Griefing is allowed.
  
  
• Theft is allowed.
  
  
• Open combat is encouraged.
  

When inside a Town:

• Griefing is NOT allowed.
  
  
• Theft from locked chests is NOT allowed.
  
  
• Raids are allowed, but camping will be punished.
  

When inside the Fortress-City

• Griefing is NOT allowed.
  
  
• Theft is NOT allowed.
  
  
• Combat is NOT allowed outside the Colosseum. Camping at the gates or following players to kill them outside the city will be punished.
  

For in-depth information on Combat Rules, click here.

Whitelisting

Due to the massive amount of players joining and not reading the signs and info, we have begun whitelisting. In order to log in to our server, you need to post in this thread with your in-game name.

Once you have logged in to the server, you will end up in the spawn jail. Please read all the information provided there. Asking questions that have already been answered in either this thread or the spawn area will result in a jail sentence.


Connection Details

IP: mc.noximperialis.com

Forum: www.noximperialis.com

Ventrilo Server: noximperialis.maxfrag.net (Port 3882)

Additional Notes

Nox Imperialis is a PvP server that features seamless integration of many RPG elements. If you're looking for a PvP experience that isn't all about senseless destruction, then we're the place for you!