Getting Started

The First Five Minutes

When you spawn into Imperium you land in Rome, the central hub. Don't wander — follow these five steps in order and you'll be mining and earning within sixty seconds.

That's it. After step 4 you are inside Mine I with a pickaxe in your hand. Start breaking blocks — every block you mine goes into your Sarcina (backpack) and is worth Denarius when sold.

Your First Pickaxe

Every player gets a soulbound prison pickaxe — a personal pickaxe that levels up with you and can never be permanently lost. If you ever lose it (drop it, die with it, accidentally clear your inventory), open /pickaxe and click the Reclaim button. It comes right back, levels and enchants intact.

The pickaxe panel (/pickaxe) shows everything about your tool:

• Level & XP — the pickaxe levels up as you mine, unlocking new enchant slots.
• Enchant slots — how many enchants you can have active at once. Higher pickaxe level = more slots.
• Mining stats — efficiency, fortune, token find rate, and other rolled stats.
• Durability — the pickaxe is soulbound so it never breaks permanently, but you can repair it here.
• Active abilities — Super Breaker, Mass Detonate, Token Storm. Big cooldowns, huge payouts.

Right-clicking your pickaxe in-game opens the enchant menu directly — no command needed. See the Pickaxe Guide for the full panel breakdown.

Mining Your First Blocks

Mining is the heart of Imperium. You break blocks, the blocks fill your Sarcina (mining backpack, opened with /backpack), and the Sarcina auto-sells when you type /sellall. Every block has a Denarius value — early mines pay pennies per block, but the numbers compound fast as you rank up.

The basic loop, repeated forever:

1. Mine blocks until your Sarcina is full (/backpack to check).
2. Type /sellall to convert everything to Denarius.
3. Check /rank — if you can afford the next rank, type /rankup.
4. Repeat. The mines refill on a timer, so you never run out.

You can also toggle auto-sell by typing /sellall while sneaking (or via the menu) — mined blocks then convert to Denarius instantly without the command. Donor tiers unlock partial or full auto-sell permanently.

Your First Enchants

Enchants are how a $0.50 block becomes a $50 block. Open the enchant menu by right-clicking your pickaxe (or /enchant) and spend Auctoritas tokens — the second currency, earned passively while mining. Early on, focus on these five:

There are 252 enchants across 22 categories — see the Enchants article for the full catalogue. The short version: stack Denarius Boost + Fortune early, then branch into active abilities (Super Breaker, Mass Detonate, Token Storm) for big burst-mining moments.

Ranking Up — The Cursus Honorum

Your goal in Imperium is to climb the cursus honorum — the Roman course of offices — from Proletarius (Rank 1) all the way to Summus Deus (Rank 100, Prestige 25). Each rank-up costs Denarius, and every rank unlocks a richer mine, a higher currency boost, and new systems.

Ranking up is dead simple:

1. Type /rank to see your current rank, next rank, and the Denarius cost.
2. When you can afford it, type /rankup. Done.
3. Donors with the perk can type /maxrankup (alias /mr) to skip as many ranks as you can afford in one click.

At Rank 100 you can prestige — reset back to Rank 1 in exchange for a permanent +5% currency boost, a prestige title, and milestone rewards. There are 25 prestige levels, so the long game is 100 ranks × 25 prestiges = 2,500 rank-ups total. See Ranks & Prestige for the full ladder and Prestige for the prestige system.

The Four Currencies

Imperium has four currencies, each earned differently and spent differently:

• Denarius ($) — money. Earned by mining and selling. Spent on rank-ups, the shop, and trades. The main currency.
• Auctoritas (⛁) — tokens. Earned passively while mining. Spent on enchants, abilities, and the enchant-point shop.
• Civitas (⌖) — beacons. Earned through legions, festivals, and events. Spent on legion upgrades and the legion vault.
• Aureus (🪙) — premium. Earned through voting, vote-top, and events (or bought). Spent on rank skips (/rankskip), the premium shop, and donor tiers.

Type /balance (alias /bal) any time to see all four. See Economy for the full breakdown of how each currency flows.

Where to Go From Here

Once you're comfortably mining, ranking up, and have a few enchants, you have the core loop down. Here are the systems worth exploring next, roughly in order of value:

Crates, Voting & Free Stuff

The fastest free progress in Imperium comes from voting and crates. Every day, type /vote and click through the vote sites — each vote pays Denarius, Auctoritas, crate keys, and Vote Shards. Stack up vote keys and open them at the crate pavilion at spawn with /crate open vote. Monthly vote-top players earn Aureus, the premium currency, for free.

Crates come in seven tiers from Common to Godly, with a 50-open pity system that guarantees a rare reward if you go dry. See Voting and Crates for the full reward tables and odds.

Ten Tips for New Citizens

• Type /next constantly. It's the smartest guide on the server — it knows your money, rank, and prestige and tells you exactly what to do.
• Reclaim a lost pickaxe for free. Drop it, die with it, clear your inventory — /pickaxe → Reclaim brings it back instantly.
• Buy Denarius Boost first. It's the cheapest force-multiplier in the game and pays for itself within minutes.
• Toggle auto-sell early. Sneak + /sellall turns it on; never type /sellall again. Donor tiers unlock permanent partial or full auto-sell.
• Vote every day. It's free Denarius, tokens, keys, and Aureus. The single best free progression in the game.
• Join a Legion. Passive Civitas income, a shared vault, and weekly Aureus payouts — all for free.
• Don't sit on Denarius. Rank up the moment you can afford it. Idle money earns nothing.
• Claim your daily reward. /daily every day, plus /weekly and /monthly. Streaks escalate the payout.
• Set homes everywhere. /sethome mine, /sethome spawn, /sethome cell — fast travel saves hours.
• Read the chat tips. Imperium broadcasts rotating tips; /tips lets you browse them all and the wiki lives at /wiki.

That's the foundation. The rest of the wiki covers every system in depth — pick a topic from the sidebar, or type /next in-game and let Imperium guide you. Welcome to the empire.