Voxmaxa Help Guide

Summary

Voxmaxa is a multiplayer voxel world with many game modes. To play, pick a game mode on the splash screen. If applicable and desired, adjust the region, server, character, or weaponry. Then press Play.

Play with friends

There are 3 ways to play with friends:

• Accept an invitation from your friends and play on the server it connects you to.
• Invite friends to play with you on a public server.
• Create a party server and invite friends to play on it.

Default Key Bindings

The following default key bindings are useful in many or all game modes.

• WASD or arrows to move
• LMB (left click) or Z to attack (with bow, club, laser rifle, or sword, depending upon character)
• RMB (right click) or X to place blocks, block with sword, or aim with laser rifle
• Space to jump
• Shift to sprint
• C to toggle crouch (move slowly and cannot fall off side of block)
• R to reload weapon ammo
• 1-9 to switch items in hotbar
• V to cycle perspective (first-person, third-person back, third-person front)
• E to open inventory (e.g. in Survival mode)
• Q to drop item (e.g. in Survival mode)
• F to fly (e.g. in Creative mode)

Chat Bindings

Press a single key to send a fixed phrase as a speech bubble above your character, with no typing (hotkey chat), or press T to open menu chat, a wheel with the full set of phrases. See Chat for the complete list of keys and phrases (and for typed chat). All keys can be rebound in the Controls settings.

Characters

Many game modes allow you to choose which character best fits your play-style. See the Wiki for the full roster and lore.

• The Aelfar is a skill-based ranged attacker, with the ability to one-shot all but the Hammerborn.
• The Drake is a well-rounded melee attacker, with fast movement and the ability to block.
• The Sonari is a well-rounded ranged attacker, with a zoomable scope.
• The Hammerborn is a heavy melee attacker, with higher damage and the ability to one-shot all but itself.

The Wiki covers these and the rest of the cast (the Miremoth, the Revenant, and more).

Powerups

Many game modes support power ups. The way that you obtain power ups varies depending upon the game mode, and is discussed later in this document.

• Speed boost (move faster)
• Jump boost (jump higher)
• Damage boost (do more damage)
• Regen boost (regen faster)
• Haste boost (mine/attack faster)
• Reach boost (hit/place things further away)

Chat

Voxmaxa has three kinds of chat — hotkey chat, menu chat, and typed sanitized chat. See Chat for how they differ.

If sanitized (typed) chat is enabled on your server, then press Enter to focus the chat, type your message, and press Enter again to send. Remember to never share personal information in chat!

Inventory and Building

Many game modes support building.

Press a number key 1-9 to choose a slot in the hotbar. Tab or shift Tab to choose the next or previous slot. Right click to add a block. Left click to destroy a block.

Press E to open inventory for game modes which enable inventory. Inventory is the blocks that are available for building.

The blocks that you have available for building, the extent to which you can modify your environment, and the duration that the modifications last, all depend upon the game mode, and whether you are in a nest.

For example:

• On the public Survival servers, players mine blocks to accumulate inventory, then place blocks anywhere to build (except that in a Survival nest, only the player that owns the nest has the ability to place blocks there).

• On the public KitPvP servers, players may right-click to place wool blocks for defensive fortifications or to pillar up. Players may also destroy wool blocks. The color of the wool block depends upon the player.

Flying

Some game modes allow flying. For example, the public Creative servers and the party server.

In this case, press F to toggle flying mode. When flying, press space to ascend or press shift to descend.

Nests

Some game modes include a nest for each player. A nest is an area where a player can build without concern that other players will modify what they have built. Other players can visit a nest, but they cannot modify it. Nests are accessible from the splash screen by clicking the nest icon at the top right of the game mode, and in the game via portals.

Commands

Some game modes allow chat commands — most of them for every player on a party server. See Commands for the full list, with syntax and examples.