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🧭 Getting Started

Getting Started

Everything a brand-new Timelord needs: what the game is, how to connect on Java or Bedrock, and how the whole progression loop fits together.

What is Timelords? #

Timelords is an incremental RPG Minecraft server, an idle/clicker game wrapped in a full RPG world. You start by generating tiny amounts of a currency, then reinvest and reset that progress to come back exponentially stronger. Over time your numbers grow from single digits into astronomically large values.

Everything happens in one seamless world. The Iron Mine, Diamond Mine, Era Chamber and the rest are areas you travel to (not separate worlds), and it all blends three loops:

🕐 Idle progression

Stand on buttons and generate Ticks, Moments and more. Layered resets turn that grind into permanent power.

Mining

Break custom ore blocks across a chain of mining areas, upgrade your pickaxe, and refine Pure Diamonds.

Combat

Fight custom mobs and a boss for rare loot, gear, and crafting materials, all PvE, always.

Timelords is PvE only. You never fight or kill other players. All combat is against custom mobs. Other players are company on your own timeline, not competition.

How to Join #

Timelords supports both Java and Bedrock Edition (crossplay). Add the server using the address for your edition:

Java Edition
play.timelordsinc.net: the recommended way to play.
Bedrock Edition
bedrock.timelordsinc.net: Windows, mobile, and console.
Minimum version
Minecraft 1.21.4 or newer. Older clients are turned away with a version notice; always playing on the latest release gives the best experience.
  1. Open Minecraft and go to Multiplayer → Add Server.
  2. Paste the address for your edition and connect.
  3. Accept the resource pack when prompted (it is required, see below).
  4. You spawn in The Origin. Follow the objective bar at the top of your screen.
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Need help connecting? Join the community on Discord at discord.timelordsinc.net.

The Resource Pack #

Timelords uses a required resource pack. It is applied automatically the moment you connect and is what makes the custom currency icons, item textures, and the on-screen HUD render correctly.

  • Custom item textures: unique models for swords, pickaxes, and menu icons.
  • Currency & stat glyphs: the little inline icons for Ticks, Coal, Gems, Diamonds and every other stat.
  • A custom HUD: the health and defense readout and the notification stack in the corner of your screen.
If you set Server Resource Packs to Disabled in your options, the game can't apply the pack and you'll be disconnected with instructions. Set it to Enabled (or Prompt) and rejoin. Declining the pack also disconnects you.

The Core Loop #

The heart of Timelords is a progression ladder. You generate currencies by clicking, then spend them to climb, and at a few key rungs you reset your lower progress in exchange for a permanent multiplier, so every reset makes the next climb faster. Only some rungs are resets; the rest are currencies you build up or a gauge that unlocks the next reset.

StepTypeWhat you doReward
Ticks Currency Stand on the Ticks button to generate them. Your very first currency.
Moments Currency Spend Ticks to buy them: it costs, it doesn't reset. Powers your early upgrades.
Seconds Reset Wipe your Ticks & Moments for Seconds. Permanently multiplies Ticks & Moments.
Chrono Dust Reset Wipe your Ticks, Moments & Seconds for Chrono Dust. A boost that sticks through the lower resets.
Temporal Power Gauge Builds passively from XP as you play. Gates your next Time Leap; resets nothing itself.
Time Leap Reset The major prestige reset, unlocked once your Temporal Power is high enough. Multiplies every resource & opens new areas.
Eras & Alignments Upgrade / Reset Tier up your Era (pure upgrade), or choose an Alignment (a full Era reset). A permanent multiplier and a whole new playstyle.

Ticks and Moments are currencies you generate, not resets. Seconds, Chrono Dust and Time Leap are the true resets. Temporal Power is a gauge that gates your Time Leap and resets nothing on its own.

As you climb, you'll unlock mining, combat, Strength and Intelligence, each a core part of progression that feeds back into the loop. The full breakdown lives in Progression.

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Resets are the game, not a setback. Every reset is designed to be triggered. You always come back stronger and reach the previous point far faster. And your gear stays with you: pickaxes, swords, armor, relics, artifacts, accessories, charms, runes and potions are never lost to any reset.

Boosts & Big Numbers #

Numbers get huge, so Timelords abbreviates them. Each suffix is 1,000× the last:

SuffixNameValueSuffixNameValue
kThousand10³SxSextillion10²¹
MMillion10⁶SpSeptillion10²⁴
BBillion10⁹OcOctillion10²⁷
TTrillion10¹²NoNonillion10³⁰
QdQuadrillion10¹⁵…then Latin prefixes (Dc, UDe, DDe…) climb forever.
QiQuintillion10¹⁸

Prefer a different style? Open Settings and change your Number Notation between Regular, Scientific, Abbreviated, and Engineer.

Reading boosts

Boosts come in four flavors, always applied in this order:

Additive +5
A flat amount added on. All additives are summed first.
Percent +10%
All percents are summed, then applied together as one multiplier.
Multiplier ×2
Each multiplies your total. These stack up quickly.
Exponential ^1.05
Raises your total to a power, by far the strongest kind.

You'll also see power boosts written like Coal^0.15. That means a stat is boosted by another to a fractional power, for example 100^0.15 ≈ ×2. Small exponents still turn massive numbers into meaningful multipliers.

Beginner Tips #

  • Follow the objective bar. The boss bar at the top of your screen always tells you your next goal, and a floating arrow points you toward it.
  • Don't fear resets, and keep your gear. Time Leap, the Intelligence Generator, Strength unlocks, and Era Alignments all reset resources on purpose, each handing back a permanent boost. Your items (pickaxes, swords, armor, relics, artifacts, accessories, charms, runes and potions) are never lost to any reset.
  • Open the wiki with /guide. The /guide command opens this very wiki in your browser, the fastest way to look up resets, boosts, gear, and more.
  • Vote daily. Voting is free and earns Vote Tokens you can spend on Gems, an accessory, and cosmetic auras.
  • Customize your HUD. Use /scoreboard to choose which stats show for each area, and /settings to tune the experience.
  • Explore with /warp. It shows every area and previews what you need to unlock the next one.
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Stuck on where to go next? The Progression page maps the entire journey from your first Tick to the endgame, in order.