Ultimate Guide to 2b2t.org

Welcome To 2b2t.org: one of the world's worst (and oldest) Minecraft servers to exist. You are reading this page for one reason: to escape spawn, work hard, and be successful on the server. This information is updated to meet the standards of April 2020.

Introduction to 2Builders2Tools
Be wary that 2b2t is not for the faint of heart. The chat is filled with the most vile and crude text that people can come up with, and people will insult you if you are active in the chat. Try your hardest to prevent your personal information from being compromised, as if you get enough attention, or just let your mouth run, someone is probably gonna try to find out who you are. Don't tell people much about yourself, and don't click on suspicious links. One primary goal is to keep your information, primarily your IP Address, a secret. An IP Address can be considered to be a possible gateway for anyone to find your personal information. If you happen to become a well known player while having your information compromised, you will most likely be harassed on the server, and in real life. Getting a Virtual Private Network is strongly suggested while browsing non-official 2b2t websites and media. Some examples of safe websites are the 2b2t subreddit (this includes r/2b2t_Uncensored), communities hosted on Discord, 2b2t.online, and this wiki which is a trusted source. Because rules are "never" Hacked Clients are allowed to be used on the server, which we strongly recommend to use rather than the simple Vanilla client. The 2b2t Wiki has an entire page dedicated towards hacked clients that are used on the server. Please be mindful about where you are downloading your clients. Make sure you are on the official web page [example: this is the official site for the Impact Client]. Avoid downloading clients from sketchy websites that has several waves of malicious advertisements that cannot be blocked (Seeing AdFly being used multiple times is a dead giveaway that you may not be on a safe website). If someone claims they have an altered version of a client that is dedicated towards anarchy server game play (generally duplication glitches), do not take the offer, as many altered or custom clients may cause a detrimental effect onto yourself. Some possibilities may include your IP Address being compromised, your co-ordinates being compromised (your location should remain private. Do NOT share your location on the server), and/or personal computer data being compromised.

Be mindful that there is a Queue, in which you may have to wait for hours to join. This often depends on what is happening on 2b2t (See: Timeline). Asking players for assistance will generally result in making yourself look unintelligent. Bored? Try to find things to do other than Minecraft. Keep in mind that disconnecting will remove yourself from the queue, and logging on with three accounts or more under the same IP Address will disconnect one of your accounts. Be wary that it is impossible to skip the queue for free, and that the only way to skip the queue is by buying a priority pass, which we have linked at the bottom of this guide. It may also be possible that you may randomly get disconnected from queue.

How to Escape Spawn
Upon joining for the first time, you will be greeted by the harsh wasteland of Spawn, a place filled with withers, Lavacasts, alongside Spawnfags, which are players that have nothing better to do in their lives but find enjoyment making your escape harder than it should be.


 * 1) When you join, do   until you end up near a Nether Portal, and at a coordinate that is reasonably far from spawn (e.g.: X 1000, Z 0). The further you are from 0,0, the higher chance of survival.
 * 2) Sometimes portals will be blocked off with obsidian on the other side, in an attempt to prevent noobs (like you!) from escaping. This is called a "portal trap". Therefore, before entering the nether portal, you should turn on the Portals module if your client has it. (under Exploits). This will make portal traps easily escapable with a , instead of being impossible to escape. (in Vanilla, you cannot open chat to type   while in a portal)
 * 3) Turn on Anti-Hunger. This will help you by slowing down the draining of hunger, so you can mine and walk further. At some points in the past, the Anti Cheat on 2b2t may try to combat anti-hunger, but this is not currently the case (as of April 2020).
 * 4) If a total stranger claims they will help you, perform the command  . Most of the time these players will not help especially so if you've noticed them killing other players in chat.If you have a prior relationship with someone who has offered to help you, accept that offer.
 * 5) If a player starts following you, you lose a lot of health/hunger, you get trapped in a portal, the portal is suspended over lava and there's no way to proceed, or anything goes wrong, simply  . No shame. Just try again!
 * 6) Get up to Y=120 in the nether and head down a highway. Walk for around 10k to 20k overworld blocks, then start trying portals periodically. When you start to see trees and grass, go through, make basic tools (e.g. an axe), and start to harvest apples for food. Make sure to replant saplings for other players that are making their journey out of spawn.
 * 7) Do not go to any "famous landmarks" that you may have heard of. Valley of Wheat? More like the Valley of Spawnfags!  (<- Viewer discretion is advised). Melon Road? Not now, not ever. If you've heard of it, griefers have too, and there will be absolutely nothing left.
 * 8) Make a fishing rod. Get the string either from finding a spider spawner dungeon and killing a few spiders, or from cobwebs in abandoned mineshafts. You can fish automatically using the Auto Fish module. You might get kicked for AFK if you do this for too long, so walk around every once in a while and do something else. Auto-fishing is the easiest way of getting Food, EXP, and Enchantments. If you have items enchanted with mending, don't wear them when Auto-Fishing unless they need to be repaired.

How to become successful on the server
'''This guide is for players that have already escaped spawn. This guide will not be in use if you have not escaped spawn.'''

After a while of walking in the nether, it's time to create a temp base for yourself. A temp base is good for new players that need to collect resources and other materials.


 * 1) Build your temp base around 100,000 to 200,000 blocks away from spawn, and 5000 to 10000 blocks away from the Highway. Make sure to be in 1.7+ chunks or above (ex: biomes aren't messed up).
 * 2) Make a bed. This is so you will re spawn at your base, and not at spawn when you die.
 * 3) Create Protection 4 Armor and decent tools. This set of armor is a standard on the server, as it will make it harder for griefers/pvpers to kill you if you are on a highway.
 * 4) Create an Ender Chest. Put things like food, tools, and wood into your Ender Chest. If you have shulkers, you can carry more items at once.
 * 5) From time to time, a Duplication Glitch is found on 2b2t, and is used to duplicate items. Find out how to perform the duplication method to duplicate your current items. (NOTE: NEVER INSTALL CLIENTS THAT ARE MADE FOR ITEM DUPLICATION ON 2B2T. These clients are made to collect your location, and are shared across platforms such as Reddit and Discord). If you aren't rich, but have rich friends, you can ask them to help you get rich.
 * 6) If you have a lot of money on you, spend money on kits and tools. Vendors tend to supply things such as shulkers of totems, golden apples, and much more. WARNING: If a seller does not use paypal, do not buy from the seller, as other platforms do not allow you to refund/chargeback the seller if you didn't receive what you get.
 * 7) Prioritize what you want to duplicate/buy. Start with the essentials first (enchants, totems), and slowly move to buying blocks.

After a while, you will collect enough resources to leave your tempbase and travel farther on 2b2t.

How to build a permanent base
While considering where you want to stop, be aware that no matter where you build, there will always be a chance your base will get griefed. There are ways however, to make your base safer from being griefed.


 * 1) Always build away from the nether highway. If you are in Pre-1.4 chunks, you are not safe. No matter how far you are from spawn, portals are dotted throughout all highways. Many players tend to stop at these portals to obtain resources such as wood and food. By being closer to the highway, you put yourself at the risk of having your base found by wandering players.
 * 2) Cover your tracks. Make sure that if you are digging a straight pathway through the nether, fill your pathway back up with netherrack. If you mine into a quartz deposit, mine all the quartz and replace it with netherrack. Digging a straight hole through a deposit will allow people with x-ray to see that the deposit has been altered.
 * 3) Upon reaching the overworld, set a bed and destroy your portal. The safest bases have remaining tracks. Set your bed spawn in the over world and put everything into a chest, except any diamond pickaxe. Destroy the portal, then destroy your pickaxe (jumping into lava is best). Be considerate on how much EXP you have. If you have around 30 levels, enchant random items before doing this procedure.
 * 4) The less members, the better. Solo bases generally will last the longest, considering that you won't have to worry about your base being compromised. Bases with more members pose a much larger risk, especially organized ones. (Compare bases to stars: smaller stars tend to last longer compared to larger stars). Exceptionally large bases are primary targets for greifers, considering larger bases are much more well-known among the 2b2t community. (For further reading on well-known larger bases that have been greifed, check out the following pages: NFE, Asgard II, Boedecken, Builders Haven, and Valerian).

Following these steps will reduce the chance of your base being griefed.

Facts and Questions
Q. What is the IP to 2b2t?

A. 2b2t.org

Q. How do I get invited to a base?

A. '''By gaining reputation on the server. DO NOT ASK PLAYERS ON REDDIT IF YOU CAN BASE WITH THEM. This will lower your reputation.'''

Q. Should I create a group?

A. No

Q. Should I create a group base?

A. Not yet, unless you have trusted friends to help.

Q. Which highway should I go on?

A. '''Any highway. However X+ seems to be more common for newer players to travel down on.'''

Q. Queue is too long! Is there any way to avoid it?

A. '''Of course! Buy priority queue! Its official and "cheap": https://donate.2b2t.org/ '''

Q. When will 2b2t Update to 1.13/1.14/1.15/1.16?

A. '''While Hausemaster has made several claims about updating the server, the server will most likely not be updated any time soon because of technical reasons. To explain this, the development of Minecraft took a different path by focusing on more content rather than game play. Versions starting with 1.13 are not properly optimized for game play, which ends up causing serious FPS and TPS drops.'''