Community
Join the Blackout Discord.
Every Blackout player starts here. A quick Discord onboarding shapes the world around you — how you play, what you are into, where you fit — so by the time you load in, Blackout already feels like yours.
Field guide / New player onboarding
Found Blackout.
Now get inside.
From the Discord to your first night — a guided path into the world, split by edition so you only ever read the steps you need.
Stage 01 — Before you play
Start outside
the game.
Two things happen before Minecraft is even involved. Do these first and everything after them gets easier.
The essentials
Know three things before you start.
Blackout is one persistent survival world, open to Java + Bedrock, running Minecraft 26.2. The address is play.blackoutsmp.com — Bedrock players also need port 25942. That is everything you need to memorise; the rest of this guide walks you through it.
Stage 02 — Choose your edition
One world.
Two doors.
Blackout runs both editions on Minecraft 26.2. Pick the one you will actually play on — the rest of this guide reshapes itself around your choice, so you never read instructions meant for the other edition.
Stage 03 — Setup / Your edition
Your path
appears here.
Choose Java or Bedrock above — this stage reshapes itself to your edition, with only the steps you actually need.
Stage 04 — You are in / First moves
Spawn is behind you.
The map is ahead.
The guide ends where the world begins. A few pointers for the first session — everything deeper lives on its own page.
Get your bearings.
Look around spawn, gather what you can, and put some distance between you and the centre before the night has opinions.
Find your people.
Factions hold territory across the world, and keepers keep it turning. Meet the people of Blackout and see where you fit.
The worldKnow what you joined.
Seasons, eras, and the features the world runs on. Read the record before you add to it.
What is onWatch for events.
Special chapters change the world for everyone when they run. Past events live in the archive; new ones are announced on Discord.
Stuck at any point? The FAQ covers common questions, and the Discord is the fastest place to get an answer from staff and players.