If you're new to Aardvark Minecraft, theres a few things you should know...
Everyone starts at spawn (/warp spawn). You must travel 250 blocks in any direction from spawn to build, break or open chests.
Once you find a suitable location, you may use /sethome homename and /home homename to return to that location. Everyone starts with two.
PvP is enabled only at night in Aardvark but, you are safe inside of the spawn protection and you can challenge anyone, anytime in the Nether or End.
The further you get from spawn and the deeper you delve, the more difficult the challenges become, if you die, use /back to return to your last location and recover your belongings. The monsters in Aardvark range from easy level 1 Creepers to Level 100 Giant Poisonous Spiders.
There are many towns, kingdoms, shops, landmarks and more to visit in Aardvark, type /warps to see a list of fast travel locations around the map. You can purchase warps using /iwarp create although this does have a price.
Use /kits to view available free items to help you get started. (/kit irons for some starting gear to get you through the night, /kit claim for a Golden Shovel used to claim land.
You can claim land and set the rules inside your claims, to do this, select opposing corners of the area you'd like you claim with a Golden Shovel. Once you're done, you will be able to set "flags" inside these claims that define the rules. The higher your rank, the more rules you will have access to. You can see a list of all claim flags here or a list of claim flags for your rank here.
You may buy and sell items to the Admin Shop with /market, these prices fluctuate based on the supply/demand for each item. Once you've reached the Merchant Rank, you may build Chest Shops and buy/sell directly with other players. You can also make money by fishing and selling fish to Fishmen such as the one at /warp Aardvark
Ranks can be obtained by voting or by donating. The voting ranks in Aardvark are designed for long term progression, ranging from Commoner to King/Queen. You cannot buy voting ranks or pay to win, these ranks are obtained exclusively through supporting Aardvark with your vote (/vote).
Donor Ranks can be purchased to directly support Aardvark's maintenance costs, development or to support the in-game economy. These ranks come with cosmetics, powerful tools for builders and Beta access to new content.
Global Boosts can be purchased in the shop that effect all players for a set period of time. This is a way to bolster our in-game economy while also remaining compliant with the Minecraft EULA.
The Build Shop is available to anyone on the internet, here you can purchase schematics and maps of some of our players builds and support your favorite builders. The builder of the project will receive 90% of the profit while Aardvark will retain the other 10% to cover the costs involved with this service and support further development. Anyone can submit builds here but, note that this service is only free for players on the server.