GBMC Server Add-On Guide

Our server uses several add-ons and custom tools to make survival safer, easier, and more fun. This guide shows players what each addon does and how to use it.

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GBMC Utilities Basic Waypoints Land Claims Locked Chests Item Shops Gravestones Friends Forever

🛠️ GBMC Utilities

GBMC Utilities is our custom server helper that adds simple commands for travel, help menus, and support tools. It makes it easy for players to move between servers, return to spawn, and get help when needed.

Command Quick Reference

/gb:spawn Return to spawn
/gb:creative Go to Creative server
/gb:survival Return to Survival server
/gb:menu Open server menu
/gb:help Show help menu
/gb:support Request admin help

/gb:menu

Opens the GBMC Menu where players can quickly access the most useful server features.

  • Quickly access server travel options
  • Easy way to reach the most common commands
  • Helpful for new players learning the server

/gb:help

Shows the GBMC Help Menu which explains the available commands and features on the server.

  • Great for new players
  • Shows what commands are available
  • Helps you learn the server tools

/gb:spawn

Returns you safely to the main spawn area of the world you are currently in.

  • Use if you get lost while exploring
  • Use if you get stuck somewhere
  • Quick way to return to the community hub
  • Acts as the main “return to safety” command

/gb:creative

Transfers you to the GBMC Creative Server.

  • Build without survival limits
  • Experiment with designs
  • Practice builds before making them in survival

/gb:survival

Transfers you back to the GBMC Survival Server.

  • Return to regular survival gameplay
  • Continue adventures and gathering resources
  • Reconnect with the main survival community

/gb:support

Use this command if you need help from a server admin.

  • Reports problems or bugs
  • Lets admins know you need assistance
  • Useful if something seems broken or unfair
Quick Tip: Most players only need to remember three commands: /gb:spawn to go somewhere safe, /gb:creative to build freely, and /gb:survival to come back to survival play.

🧭 Basic Waypoints

Basic Waypoints lets you save important places and teleport back to them later. It is great for marking your home, mines, villages, favorite builds, and other places you want to revisit quickly.

How to Open the Waypoint Menu

  1. Carry a Compass.
  2. Crouch / sneak.
  3. While crouching, use the compass.
  4. The waypoint menu should open.

How to Create a Waypoint

  1. Stand exactly where you want to save the location.
  2. Open the waypoint menu with your compass.
  3. Select the option to create a new waypoint.
  4. Give it a short clear name, like Home, Mine, Village, or Portal.
  5. Save it.

How to Teleport Back

  1. Open the waypoint menu again with the compass.
  2. Select one of your saved waypoints.
  3. Confirm the teleport.
Tip: Your first waypoint should almost always be Home. It saves a lot of trouble after long exploring trips.

🏡 Land Claims

Land Claims protects your base area from griefing. A claimed area prevents other players from breaking blocks, placing blocks, interacting with blocks they should not use, and even stops explosions inside the protected area.

What a Claim Protects

  • Your main base and builds
  • Storage areas
  • Farms and animal pens
  • Villager halls and redstone rooms

How to Make a Claim

  1. Hold the Land Claimer item.
  2. Crouch + use it to enter claim mode.
  3. Select one corner of the land you want to protect.
  4. Select the opposite corner.
  5. Confirm the claim so the area becomes protected.

Best Ways to Use It

  • Claim your base as soon as you decide where to live.
  • Leave extra room for future expansion.
  • Do not make the claim too tight around your walls.
  • Protect outdoor areas too, not just your house.
Tip: A smart claim includes your house, storage, animal pens, and crop area with a little extra buffer room.

🔒 Locked Chests

Locked Chests gives you secure storage. You can either keep a container private to yourself or use the key system to let trusted players open it.

How to Protect a Chest

  1. Place the chest or supported storage block.
  2. Open it.
  3. Find and interact with the chest security area.
  4. Choose the protection method you want.

Protection Options

  • Owner Protection: only you can open the chest.
  • Key System: you create keys and give them to trusted players.
Tip: If it is rare, expensive, or hard to replace, keep it in owner-protected storage.

🏪 Item Shops

Item Shops lets players create buy-and-sell shops for server trading. Shop owners can set the shop name, item amount, currency, and price.

How to Set Up a Shop

  1. Place your shop block.
  2. Interact with it to begin setup.
  3. Choose the item you want to sell.
  4. Set how many items the customer gets.
  5. Choose the currency.
  6. Set the price.
  7. Rename the shop if you want.
  8. Save the shop setup.
Tip: Simple shops with clear prices usually do better than complicated ones.

🪦 Gravestones

Gravestones makes death less frustrating by creating a grave where you died and giving you the coordinates so you can return to recover your items.

What Happens When You Die

  • A grave is created at your death location.
  • Your death coordinates are shown to you.
  • Your items are stored for recovery instead of being scattered everywhere.
Tip: Before a big adventure, set a waypoint or be ready to write down your coords.

🐾 Friends Forever

Friends Forever adds a craftable wand that can grant immortality to supported pets, helping keep your favorite companions safe.

How to Use It

  1. Craft the addon’s wand.
  2. Bring it near the pet you want to protect.
  3. Use the wand on the supported pet.
Tip: This is perfect for wolves and other pets you do not want to lose.
Best starter plan: use /spawn when needed, set a Home waypoint, create a land claim, and lock your best storage.