⚡ PowerCoreSMP Guide

🚀 Quick Start

 1.  Join the server          →  You receive a Charged Core automatically
 2.  Kill mobs                →  Collect Fragments for your desired core
 3.  Craft a Power Core       →  Fragments + Charged Core at a crafting table
 4.  /core-equip              →  Moves core to your offhand
 5.  Select hotbar slot       →  SHIFT + RIGHT CLICK to use abilities!

Tip: Use /core-recipe to see all crafting recipes in-game.

🔄 Core Lifecycle

┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
│  Charged     │────▶│  Power      │────▶│  Die 3x/5x  │────▶│  Fused      │
│  Core        │     │  Core       │     │  (hearts ↓)  │     │  Core       │
└─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └──────┬──────┘
       ▲                                                           │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          Receive new Charged Core

Ownership Rules

• 1 core per player
• 2 players max per standard core type
• 1 player max per dimensional core type

🎮 How to Use Abilities

While equipped in your offhand, you also passively gain effects unique to your core type.

⌨️ Keybinds

Each core comes with default ability bindings. Customize them anytime:

/core-bind <ability> <slot>    Bind an ability to hotbar slot 1-5 (1-7 dimensional)
/core-unbind <slot>            Remove a binding from a slot
/core-bindreset                Reset all bindings back to defaults
/core-actionbar                Toggle the cooldown display above your hotbar

🛡️ Standard Cores

Standard cores have 5 abilities and fuse after 3 deaths.

🔥 Fire Core

Passives: Fire Resistance · +10% melee damage · Burn attackers on hit

Fragments from: Blaze (20%)

❄️ Ice Core

Passives: Slowness immunity · Freeze nearby blocks (5-block radius) · Slow attackers on hit

Fragments from: Stray (20%) · Polar Bear (30%)

🟣 Void Core

Passives: Night Vision · Invisible when sneaking · Teleport backward when hit · -20% fall damage

Fragments from: Enderman (20%)

🌿 Nature Core

Passives: Regeneration I · +1 extra heart · Auto-heal below 50% HP

Fragments from: Chicken (20%) · Sheep (15%) · Cow (10%) · Pig (10%)

⚡ Storm Core

Passives: Speed I · Lightning counter-attack · Knockback immunity · Lightning immunity

Fragments from: Creeper (20%) · Charged Creeper (80%)

🌙 Lunar Core

Passives: Night Vision · Jump Boost II at night · +50% damage at night · Slow Falling below 30% HP

Fragments from: Phantom (70%)

🩸 Blood Core

Passives: Absorption I · Heal 2 HP on kill · 20% lifesteal · Regen below 30% HP

Fragments from: Bat (90%)

💎 Crystal Core

Passives: Absorption II · 15% damage reflection · +10% all damage

Fragments from: Amethyst Cluster (20%)

🌊 Ocean Core

Passives: Water Breathing · Dolphin’s Grace · +30% trident damage

Fragments from: Guardian (30%) · Drowned (20%)

💀 Undead Core

Passives: Poison/Hunger immunity · Night Vision · +4 HP on kill · Undead mobs won’t attack you

Fragments from: Zombie (10%) · Skeleton (10%) · Wither Skeleton (15%) · Zombie Villager (20%) · Husk (10%)

🌌 Dimensional Cores

Dimensional cores are rare, powerful, and exclusive. They have 7 abilities and fuse after 5 deaths. Only 1 player can own each type.

🐉 Dragon Core

Passives: End Presence (particles) · Void Ascendance (saved from void death) · Dragon’s Dominance (all mobs passive)

How to Obtain: Essence Shards (Ender Dragon) + Divine Catalyst (100% dragon drop)

👻 Soul Core

Passives: Nether Presence (particles) · Terror Aura (mobs flee) · Void Resistance

How to Obtain: Essence Shards (Wither) + Soul of Wither (30% wither drop)

🏛️ Ancient Core

Passives: Sculk Presence (particles) · Void Bargain (lose hearts instead of dying) · Ominous Presence (boss bar)

How to Obtain: Warden Heart (20% warden drop) + special materials

⚒️ Crafting & Fragments

How Fragments Work

Kill specific mobs to collect fragments → combine with a Charged Core to craft your Power Core.

  Mob Kill  ──▶  Fragment Drop  ──▶  Collect Enough  ──▶  Craft Power Core

Use /core-recipe in-game to see exact recipes and required materials.

Fragment Drop Sources

Boss Material Drops

Gems

Gems spawn in naturally generated loot chests throughout the world.

Gems are used for Rituals — collect all 10 colors to restore lost hearts.

🔮 Ritual System

Rituals restore your max hearts lost from deaths.

How to Perform a Ritual

  1.  Collect 10 unique gem colors (one of each)
  2.  Have enough XP levels
  3.  Run /core-ritual normal  or  /core-ritual boosted

Ritual Types

🤝 Trading

Trade your Power Core with another player.

How to Trade

  You:    /core-trade send <player>     Send a trade request
  Them:   /core-trade accept            Accept the trade
          /core-trade deny              Deny the trade

Rules

• Both players must have active Power Cores
• Cores must be different types
• Request expires after 60 seconds
• 12-hour cooldown between trades

🏛️ Altars

Altars are rare structures that spawn naturally as you explore.

Walk within 10 blocks of an altar to see its boss bar. Used for obtaining cores and performing rituals.

💀 Death & Fusing

How Death Affects Your Core

Recovering Hearts

Perform Rituals to restore lost max hearts. Each ritual restores 1 heart.

📝 Commands

Player Commands

/core-equip                     Equip your core to offhand
/core-stats                     View core info, keybinds, kill/death stats
/core-recipe                    Open crafting recipe book
/core-preview <core>            Preview a core's abilities
/core-ritual                    Open ritual GUI
/core-bind <ability> <slot>     Bind ability to hotbar slot
/core-unbind <slot>             Remove a keybind
/core-bindreset                 Reset keybinds to defaults
/core-actionbar                 Toggle cooldown display
/core-trade send <player>       Send trade request
/core-trade accept              Accept pending trade
/core-trade deny                Deny pending trade
/core-help                      Show help menu

Short Aliases

Every command works without the core- prefix too: /equip, /stats, /recipe, /preview, /ritual, /bind, /unbind, /bindreset, /actionbar, /trade, /help

💡 Tips & Tricks

Combat

• Lunar Core deals +50% damage at night with Jump Boost II — fight after dark
• Blood Core excels in sustained fights with 20% lifesteal + kill healing
• Crystal Core’s Mirror Shield reflects 100% damage — bait enemies into attacking
• Storm Core has knockback immunity — hold positions without being pushed
• Nature Core’s Life Surge instantly restores full HP — the best panic button

Exploration

• Void Core turns invisible while sneaking — perfect for stealth
• Ocean Core dominates underwater with Water Breathing + Dolphin’s Grace
• Dragon Core’s Void Wings gives 20s flight on a 2 min cooldown
• Ancient Core’s Sculk Wings provides 60s flight + 2x speed

Farming

• Farm Phantoms for Lunar fragments — 70% drop rate (highest standard)
• Farm Bats for Blood fragments — 90% drop rate (highest overall)
• Charged Creepers drop Storm fragments at 80% — use channeling trident
• Always stock up on gems for rituals to recover lost hearts

Strategic

• Undead Core minions persist even if you disconnect and rejoin
• Dimensional cores are rarer but survive 5 deaths instead of 3
• Ancient Core’s Soul Shriek permanently removes hearts — use wisely (3-day cooldown)
• End Static disables ALL abilities in 50 blocks — including yours and your team’s