What's new in Emeralds v3.0

14 new things. It's our biggest update for new players and for progression.

For new players

1. Start Here guide/guide gives you 8 quick steps. Each one pays cash and finishes itself when you do it.

2. Server menu/menu or the compass in your hotbar. One tap gets you to everything.

3. Newcomer protectionFor your first 3 hours: keep your items on 2 deaths and take half damage from mobs.

4. Help tickets/ticket <message> asks staff for help. /ticket shows your tickets and staff replies, even ones sent while you were offline. Details

Land

5. Rank claim blocksEvery rank from Member to Platinum gets more bonus claim blocks. Details

Rewards

6. Key-AllA free crate key for everyone online every 3 hours, given automatically, plus a bonus key after 4 hours in one session. /keyall shows the countdown.

7. Mailbox/mailbox holds your Black Market wins and filled buy orders.

Progression

8. Emerald Level/level: one account level that grows from everything you do and pays out at each level.

9. Contracts/contracts: 3 daily and 3 weekly jobs, plus a weekly top-3 leaderboard.

10. Mayor elections/mayor: vote every week for the server perks you want.

Economy

11. Black Market/blackmarket: a 10-minute auction for rare loot every few hours.

12. Buy orders/orders: post what you want to buy, and others fill it.

Everywhere

13. Bedrock-friendly menusOn phone and console, menus open as simple tap forms. Java gets clickable chest menus.

14. Everything countsPlaytime pay, Vault Heists, blackjack wins and mcMMO level-ups now give Level XP and contract progress. Mayor perks can boost them.