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United Factions

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Learn the systems that matter.

Factions, claims, commands, raiding, economy and Season 1 rankings explained in plain English.

Read the beginner guide
  1. 01Connect
  2. 02Claim safely
  3. 03Build defense
  4. 04Learn raiding
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Use these shortcuts for the most common jobs: starting out, checking commands, planning claims, learning raids or reading the score rules.

Core mechanics

Gold, land and pressure.

Gold moves through inventories and treasuries, territory has upkeep, roles matter, and wars pressure chunks through Lands.

01 Money is physical
Minecraft market stalls for the physical gold economy.

Your personal balance is vanilla gold you carry. Faction money starts in a gold-only treasury and becomes only a small Lands buffer for claims and upkeep. `/pay` is intentionally blocked.

02 Claims are Lands
Minecraft bird view of spawn and nearby claimed land.

There is no classic power pool. You hold chunks through Lands roles, claim shape, member trust and a daily upkeep model that currently costs 9 gold per chunk.

03 Diplomacy is local
A Minecraft player at United Factions spawn near faction signs.

Allies and enemies are enabled. Nations are currently disabled for launch, so politics happen land-to-land until that system is deliberately enabled and tested.

04 Defense buys time
Minecraft castle walls used as a base defense example.

Water does not cancel TNT block damage here. Obsidian, crying obsidian and reinforced deepslate are timers for repair, counterplay and evacuation, not unraidable guarantees.

Guide library

Clear guides for live gameplay.

A Minecraft-style adventurer preparing to leave spawn and join a faction on United Factions.
01
Start here · 11 min

Factions for beginners

A plain-English introduction to factions, claims, raids, seasons, scoreboards and the first choices that matter.

Read guide
A Minecraft-style faction growing from a small camp into a fortified empire.
02
Beginner · 6 min

Faction sizes and growth levels

What Camp, Outpost, Stronghold, Province, Nation and Empire mean, where the names come from, and why size is more than raw player count.

Read guide
A bird view of claimed Minecraft land, used to explain command choices for factions and claims.
03
Reference · 8 min

Faction commands cheat sheet

United Factions command reference for /f, claims, faction invites, roles, relations, wars, power, account linking and website recruitment.

Read guide
A Minecraft bridge toward a defended United Factions base, used to explain beginner raiding and war pressure.
04
Beginner · 9 min

Raiding and wars for beginners

What raids and wars mean, why bases are not invincible, and what the website hides during active conflict.

Read guide
A bird view of United Factions territory, representing the Lands data used by UF Strength.
05
Essential · 6 min

How UF Strength works

A simple, picture-led guide to the 0–100 faction score and the four things that earn points.

Read guide
A United Factions player standing in a Minecraft spawn street near the market area.
06
Beginner · 7 min

Your first hour

Join, read the map, make friends and avoid losing your first chest room.

Read guide
A United Factions Minecraft market stall with NPC traders and shop signs.
07
Essential · 12 min

Physical economy

Gold in your inventory, gold in the faction chest, shards, and why the server avoids fake menu-money.

Read guide
A bird view Minecraft screenshot of the United Factions spawn and surrounding claimed area.
08
Essential · 14 min

Claims, upkeep and diplomacy

How Lands claims differ from classic Factions power: chunks, roles, upkeep, allies, enemies and disabled nations.

Read guide
A Minecraft TNT cannon with rows of dispensers and redstone wiring from the BlazedMC build video.
09
Advanced · 14 min

TNT cannons explained

Charge, shot, water tray, redstone delay, range control and why timing matters more than size.

Read guide
A United Factions Minecraft bridge and fortified route that can be scouted before an attack.
10
Advanced · 12 min

Raiding and attacks

Recon, raid claims, cannon roles, breach discipline and how to attack without turning rivalry into harassment.

Read guide
A stone Minecraft castle area used as a visual reference for durable base walls.
11
Essential · 9 min

Obsidian and durable blocks

What durable blocks actually do on this server, including water, obsidian, crying obsidian and reinforced deepslate.

Read guide
A United Factions Minecraft castle entrance with walls and layered defensive space.
12
Advanced · 13 min

Base defense that buys time

Layering, repair access, decoys, member roles, counters and why no honest Factions base is unraidable.

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Kept up to date

Checked against the live server.

Commands and balance values are reviewed against the game configuration before guides are published.