Pick a path. Find your adventure.
Joining for the first time, building with friends, or planning your next outing? Start with a guide that fits your goal.
Start here
Play Hearthvale
Join Hearthvale on Minecraft Java with no mods. Find the server address, required resource-pack instructions, and help getting connected.
Read the guide →Start hereThe beginner guide
Get started in Hearthvale: find your way around, use the menus, train skills, understand coins and respect, and choose your next activity.
Read the guide →Start hereNo mods required
Learn how Hearthvale delivers custom Minecraft RPG equipment, creatures, menus, and music through a required server resource pack instead of a modpack.
Read the guide →Explore Hearthvale
Build together
Player villages
Create a player village in Hearthvale’s wilderness, invite trusted residents, and progress through land, service, production, and skill upgrades.
Read the guide →Build togetherPlaying with friends
Plan your Hearthvale adventures with friends: join on Java, share a wilderness village, train complementary skills, and defend Emberwatch together.
Read the guide →Adventure together
Grow your character
Skills & progression
Explore Hearthvale’s eleven RPG skills, from Mining and Farming to Combat, Smithing, and Thieving, with mastery reaching level 99.
Read the guide →Grow your characterThieving & the Lantern Den
Learn Hearthvale lockpicking: unlock Thieving, use a Lantern Guild Lockpick, stand still during attempts, and progress through custom crate tiers.
Read the guide →Grow your characterThe quarry
Understand Hearthvale’s quarry: visiting versus mining access, respect requirements, regenerating ore, and Mining skill progression.
Read the guide →Grow your characterDoran’s blacksmith
Learn how to repair and upgrade Hearthvale equipment with Doran, understand wear and upgrade costs, and choose gear that fits your progression.
Read the guide →The field guide
Creatures & bosses
Browse Hearthvale’s custom creatures and bosses, with model portraits, encounter notes, and links to interactive statistics and drop information.
Read the guide →The field guideCustom equipment & items
Browse Hearthvale’s custom Minecraft weapons, armor, tools, and activity items. Explore portraits and open the interactive field guide for stats and sources.
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