Minecraft – trolls, parties, wild capybaras, professions and consoles

Our biggest update yet for mc.playergency.com.

Trolls

Trolls now roam Survival.

• The green troll lives in the dark forest, in the shade of the trees at any time of day. At night it also comes out in old growth taigas and the mountains, and in caves below y 40 it is always waiting.
• The red troll is rare, stronger and immune to fire. It lives in the Nether (crimson forest, basalt deltas, nether wastes), and rarely in a dark forest at night too.
• Trolls never appear at spawn or on claims.

A troll winds up before it strikes: it roars and a red mark shows on the ground – step aside. Before the red troll slams the ground, jump and the wave passes under you. A shield blocks its blows, but the slam disables it for 5 seconds.

Shards and the Troll Hunter

A defeated troll drops troll shards: 1–2 from a green one, 4–6 from a red one (more with Looting). Only the player who really fought gets them – you must deal at least half the troll’s health and the last blow. A troll pushed into lava gives nothing.

Take the shards to the Troll Hunter (Łowca trolli) – he stands at the Survival spawn next to the parcel locker. Only he makes troll gear; a smithing table won’t take shards:

• troll sword – a diamond sword and 4 shards,
• troll axe – a diamond axe and 4 shards,
• troll hammer – a diamond pickaxe and 6 shards (it mines like a netherite pickaxe),
• troll bow and troll shield – a bow or a shield and 3 shards,
• troll chest – an ordinary chest and 8 shards; you place it like a chest and it has 27 slots.

Troll gear has netherite strength and no special powers – what counts is the look and the hunt. It can’t be bought, only made from shards. Shards stack into one pile and you can trade them with other players, but the shop neither buys nor sells them. The hunter profession (Zbych the Guard) also pays coins for a troll.

Parties: /party

Playing with friends tonight? Form a party – no need to add each other to your claims.

• /party invite <player> – an invite lasts 60 seconds, a party holds up to 6 players. /party opens the party window.
• The sidebar on the right shows your party: health, an arrow and the distance, or the name of the world they are in.
• The locator bar now shows only your party members. Other players no longer see each other on it. This is on purpose, not a bug.
• A claim owner can give the party or one member access to doors, chests (troll chests too) or tables: /party access. A party can never build or break, and every chest opening goes to the server log.
• When the leader leaves the party, the party ends. When the leader leaves the game, the party waits 60 seconds for them. A server restart ends every party.
• PvP works as always; a party doesn’t turn it off.

Wild capybaras

The capybara is no longer a VIP pet – it lives in the wild now. You meet it by the water in the daytime: in swamps, mangroves, by rivers, in jungles and on the savanna. Capybaras swim and lounge about, and they can’t be hurt, leashed or taken home. Holding a carrot or a melon slice? A capybara comes closer – click it, and it eats and lies down contentedly.

Professions

Every NPC at the Survival spawn runs a profession: Stefan the Miner, Mirek the Woodcutter, Halina the Farmer, Zbych the Guard (hunter), Witold the Fisherman, Jadwiga the Herbalist and Bogdan the Smith. Click one and join – work earns you coins and levels.

• One profession at a time, and each keeps its level – you can come back to an old one.
• The first change within an hour of joining is free, then every 24 h (or straight away for 1,000 coins).
• /job shows your levels and progress.
• Only natural blocks and fair play pay – placed blocks, mob farms and AFK earn nothing.

A Guide in /help

The /help window has a new Guide button: short topics on claims, professions, trolls and shards, coins, parties, pets and VIP, and playing on consoles.

Play on PlayStation, Xbox and Switch

Consoles can’t add a server address, so you join through a friend:

1. In Minecraft (signed in with a Microsoft account) open Friends → Add Friend.
2. Add Playergency – it accepts on its own.
3. The server shows up in your Friends tab (Joinable Worlds) – click it and play.

Tested on PS4. Step by step for every edition: how to join.

Zenon the Merchant and the shop

• Zenon the Merchant stands at the spawn – click him to open /shop.
• A new Decorations category: concrete, terracotta, wool, quartz, sea lanterns, flowers and more.
• The shop buys back up to 1,500 coins a day and no longer buys emeralds, ender pearls, cobblestone or stone, so AFK farms don’t break the economy and coins mean something.

New things to spend coins on

• A 4th home – 2,500 coins, once (VIP still has five).
• A player warp – /pwarp set <name> for 5,000 coins and 500 a week. It only works on your own claim with PvP off and on a safe spot, so nobody can turn it into a trap.
• /pay shows its 2% fee before you confirm.

Claims

• Not sure how to make a claim stone? Type /claimstone to see the recipe.
• PvP on a claim can’t be turned on while visitors stand on it, and entering a PvP claim shows a warning.

Other

• Everyone on the server sees when someone goes AFK or comes back.
• Pets climb blocks instead of walking through them.
• After /lang en the NPC and troll names are in English.

See you on the server – ask questions on our Discord.