Voxels Guide: Getting started
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OverviewVoxels is a multiplayer survival sandbox on Roblox where you mine blocks, craft gear, build bases, and fight enemies across an open world. This guide covers how to get started, how combat and progression work, and how to use the game's bigger systems like dimensions, Realms, and Ascension.
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Getting started: your first steps
Step
When you first load in, the world around you is your resource pile. Break blocks to collect raw materials like wood and stone, then use those materials to craft tools and weapons. Quests appear on your screen and tell you exactly what to do next, so follow them when you're not sure where to go.
- Mine nearby blocks break everything around you to gather wood, stone, and other raw materials.
- Open crafting combine the materials you've collected to make basic tools and weapons.
- Check your quests read the active quest to find out what task to complete next.
- Build a base once you have enough materials, start putting up a shelter so you have a safe spot.
The Overworld and the Underworld
TableThe game has two main dimensions to explore. The Overworld is where you start and where most of your early-game work happens. Forests, caves, and oceans fill it out, and hidden structures appear across the map. The Underworld is a separate dimension reached by activating a portal.
| Overworld | the starting dimension, full of forests, caves, oceans, structures, and secrets. |
| Underworld | a separate dimension reached only by activating a portal. |
Combat basics
Tips
Hostile mobs and bosses appear throughout the world, often inside structures. You can use melee weapons and ranged weapons, and mobs drop items when you kill them, making combat a useful way to collect crafting materials.
- Craft or find both a melee weapon and a ranged weapon.
- Kill regular mobs to collect their drops, which feed into crafting.
Items and how they behave
CheckEvery object you carry exists as an item inside your inventory. When you select something in your hotbar, its name briefly appears above the HUD. Some items turn into blocks or entities when you place them — boats become an entity in the world, while beds place as a group of blocks. Dropped items float above the ground as a sprite until you walk over them to pick them up, though lava, trashcans, and explosions can destroy them.
- Most items stack to 64, but some cap at 16 and others cannot stack at all.
- Items placed in the world (beds, boats, paintings) behave differently from items kept in your inventory.
- Dropped items survive being submerged in water.
- Dropped items are destroyed by lava, trashcans, and explosions.
Realms: playing with friends in a private world
StepA Realm is your own personal server instance, separate from public servers. You control who enters using invite codes, and as the owner you can kick, ban, or shut the Realm down whenever you want.
- Share the invite code with friends you want to join.
- Manage the Realm use your owner controls to kick or ban players, or shut it down.
Ascension: the rebirth system
Warn
Once you collect enough Amethyst, you can Ascend. Your inventory wipes completely on Ascension, but your Rebirths count goes up by one and stays with you forever — it never resets.
Leaderboard and crowns
SummaryThe game ranks every player across four categories. The top three players in any category walk around in-game wearing a crown.
- Blocks mined tracks how much you've excavated.
- Blocks placed tracks how much you've built.
- Mob kills tracks enemies defeated.
- Playtime tracks total time spent in the game.
Glossary
Glossary- Overworld
- The main starting dimension, containing forests, caves, oceans, and structures to explore.
- Underworld
- A second dimension you reach by activating a portal.
- Realm
- A private server instance you create and manage, accessible only to players you invite with a code.
- Ascension
- A rebirth system that resets your inventory in exchange for permanently increasing your Rebirths count.
- Rebirths
- A permanent counter that goes up each time you Ascend, tracking how many times you've restarted.
- Crafting
- The process of combining raw materials from mining and mob drops to create tools, weapons, and building materials.
- Amethyst
- The material you must accumulate to unlock Ascension.
Common questions
FAQDo I lose everything when I Ascend?
Your inventory resets completely when you Ascend. Your Rebirths count is the one thing that survives and grows.
How do I get to the Underworld?
You need to find and activate a portal — it does not open on its own.
Can I play with friends without randoms joining?
Yes. Create a Realm and share the invite code only with the friends you want. You can kick or ban players as the Realm owner.
What happens to a dropped item?
It becomes a floating sprite on the ground and stays there until you walk over it. Lava, explosions, and trashcans will destroy it, but water does not.
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