Newcomers guide



Important

Read the Server Rules before playing here !

Hi !

Are you new to the Tunnelers' Abyss server ? Here is a guide to help you at your beginnings here.

First, let's remind that Tunnelers' Abyss (TA) is a server which run on Minetest, a free open-source game (GPL license).

On the first part, we will give you some tips if it is the first time you play Minetest. Then, we will present you the TA server, and in the last part, we will tell you how to exit Spawn and discover the entire world.

Introduction to Minetest
Minetest is a free open-source game created by celeron55 in 2012. Here we are in 2024, and you're gonna play it for the first time ;)

You have 5 tabs :
 * Singleplayer game : when you wanna play alone, test things, ...
 * Online game : when you wanna play on multiplayer servers eg. TA
 * Content : used to add mods to your singleplayer games
 * Settings : settings :p
 * About : few credits

When you enter the server TA, you have to use those basic commands :
 * Escape : show a paused menu, used to reconfigure the following keys
 * WASD : forward/left/backward/right
 * Mouse : change your direction
 * Space : jump
 * Sneak : walk slowly / go down (ladders)
 * Mouse wheel : change item
 * Right click : put item
 * Left click : dig item
 * I : access inventory
 * T : type in the chat
 * / : enter commands

Now you know basic commands, you can type T to ask more to other players !

Tunnelers' Abyss
Tunnelers' Abyss (TA) is a server created in summer 2019. It is now one of the most known Minetest servers. There are actually 8 staff members.

It contains many things, like automated trains, tunnelers, many ores, many trees, many biomes, detailled shapes, machines, electronic, atoms, ...

On TA, the most used way to move are the travelnets, purple box to teleport you to defined places.

In TA, there are also few things to know, like you can't place or dig something when an area (at the left bottom corner) is defined. When there are no areas, you don't have to grief btw. You start with few items in your inventory, it's here to help you growing in the server, don't worry you will have more resources soon.

Also on TA, the exchange money are the Abyssal Bucks (AB). You get 5 AB per 20 minutes when you dig or place a block on those 20 minutes (equivalent to an ingame-day). You have also cents.

Start your TA journey
When you spawn (type /spawn to go back there), you are in city called Spawn ;) and you can see many buildings, alongside the server rules. Spawn contains the following :
 * Train station
 * Ministries
 * World map
 * Public mine
 * Public workshop
 * Statues

When you start, we recommend you to use the travelnet box at your front (10 meters) from the server rules. It permits you to go to nice places for beginners. But, you would like to travel in a nicest way, to watch the landscape and choose the one you prefer. How to do that ? Use trains (operated by TTTL :
 * 1) Go to the train station, at your right.
 * 2) When you're on a platform, take the downstairs : there are train maps (there are actually more than 10 lines for almost 100 stations). You can choose a destination you would like to go (many stations have a page on this wiki). Note : if you go to Grapeyard, you could also travel in the GSMRL metro.
 * 3) When you have chosen your destination, and the line you would take, go to the right platform using the signs.
 * 4) Wait a train at the station.
 * 5) When the train is there, forward to it, or right click on it. You will be attached, then don't move or you will get off the train.
 * 6) When the train is running, and you find a nice spot, you can either Sneak+Right click to get off the train while it's traveling.
 * 7) When you're in station, you just have to forward a bit or right click on the train, you will get off the train.



Good luck

It's the end of this tutorial, we hope you'll liked it !