RLCraft Survival Tips for Multiplayer (Don't Die In The First Hour)
RLCraft is famously brutal. Thirst, dehydration, dismemberment, hostile mobs on day one, dragons on day five. Multiplayer is easier than singleplayer — you have teammates — but only if everyone pulls their weight. These are the tips we give every new RLCraft player on SiriusMC so they do not die in the first hour and quit.
Spawn priorities, in order
The first 20 minutes determine whether you survive the first day. Skip any of these and the game punishes you immediately.
- Find water — you die of thirst fast. Do not drink directly from lakes (parasites), craft a wooden cup and boil water over a fire first
- Make flint tools — craft a flint knife, then a flint hatchet by combining sticks, plant fibre and flint
- Build a tiny shelter before sundown — three walls against a hillside is enough
- Make a bed roll — sleeping resets the mob spawn timer around you
- Find or craft a canteen by day two — thirst is the biggest silent killer
Drink boiled or purified water only
Drinking directly from a river or lake has about a 30% chance to give you parasites, which will slowly kill you and are hard to cure. Always boil water first: craft a wooden cup, fill it, and use it on a campfire to purify. Or find an oasis — oasis water is safe.
Sleep on a bedroll every night
Bedrolls are cheaper than beds and have a unique property: sleeping in one resets the hostile mob spawn timer in a large radius and restores stamina. Skipping sleep for two nights makes every fight much harder.
Divide roles on a multiplayer team
The biggest advantage of a multiplayer RLCraft server is specialisation. Instead of everyone doing everything badly, split roles early.
- Gatherer — collects plant fibre, wood, food, and keeps everyone fed
- Miner — handles stone, flint, iron, and smelting
- Combat — scouts, pulls mobs, handles dragons when you get there
- Builder — base, storage, farms, defensive walls
Taming a horse is more important than armour
Horses in RLCraft are fast, carry loot, and keep you out of reach of melee mobs. A level-60 horse with decent speed stats is more valuable than a full iron armour set for the first week. Tame one before you go looking for dragons.
Do not fight dragons before level 20
Dragons in RLCraft hit for 20+ damage even with armour. You need: a tamed horse or roc for escape, ranged weapons (harken scythes or dragonbone bows), dragonsteel eventually, and enough health to survive a single breath attack. Until then, if you see a dragon, run.
Useful commands on SiriusMC
Our RLCraft server has some quality-of-life commands that make multiplayer much more fun.
- /claim — claim land so other players and hostile mobs cannot break your base
- /sethome and /home — fast travel back to your base
- /tpa <player> — request a teleport to a friend
- /back — return to where you just died (one-time per death, so pick your moment)
