The Official RetroMC Iceberg

The Official RetroMC Iceberg is an iceberg chart that categorizes the lore, mysteries, and secrets of RetroMC. It consists of 10 levels, with topics at the surface level being well-known to most players of RetroMC, while those deeper down are less familiar and more obscure. Some entries are unknown and open to player interpretation. Levels are arranged from top (sky/1) to bottom (sea depths/10).

Level 1

Server rules

In RetroMC, the server rules refer to a set of rules established by  JohnyMuffin and some of the other staff members in the server to ensure that, as a Vanilla PVE server, it will have a "fair, enjoyable, and respectful environment for all players".

Discord Server

This refers to RetroMC having its own official Discord server, "RetroMC Beta Minecraft".

Ranks

On RetroMC, there is a rank system that consists of 4 regular ranks, 4 donation ranks, and 5 staff ranks.
There are also Discord roles that have no in-game

"Oldest Beta Server"

This term refers to RetroMC being the oldest Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 server that's still running, having been created back in June 18th, 2014.
Despite this fact, it is not actually the oldest running Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 server, with that title belonging to another server.

Staff team

On RetroMC, there is a team of staff members that help assist and moderate the server in various ways.

Overviewer

Overviewer is a command-line tool and plugin that RetroMC uses for rendering a high-resolution and interactive map of its world, which can be seen on world.retromc.org.
It's also resource intensive, and because of this, there's no map for the other dimensions.

"wb"

An abbreviation for 'welcome back,' typically used as a greeting when players (who have already joined) join the server or return from being AFK (away from keyboard).

RetroMC Wiki

This very wiki, based on RetroMC that documents various facets of its namesake.

Admin Shop

A shop located on the spawn island, it is run by the server staff, albeit the money sent through there goes nowhere.
Often more expensive than player run shops, but has infinite stock and consistent prices.
/warp shop

Banned

W.I.P

Level 2

"true and real"

Originated from  Orknarok_666. This emphasizes and indicates a statement that's said is in fact true and agreeable.

J-Stats

Player statistics website; blocks broken, placed, travelled, playtime, etc., are tracked here.

"how make money"

Question asked by new players.
The answer is: Killing hostile mobs and selling stuff.

"frfr"

W.I.P.

The U.I.P.

A conglomerate of 100+ towns, 3 capitals, and 8 member states; largest populated nation and land area.

"30 whole hours???"

The disbelief (and confusion) of some players when they see the requirements for [Citizen].

Chest shops

The primary method of purchasing/selling goods – the market guide has more info.

$1,000 Towns

The default (albeit, a bit expensive) price of making a village.

/warp warehouse

Community managed shop with cheaper prices relative to the admin shop.

"Holy"

Used when information of a significant matter is revealed or to break silence. May be used ironically.

"Howdy Feller"

Means "How do you do, folks?" and is a greeting often used by  CruxyMC,  Orknarok_666,  aq2a,  thecow275 and  Noggisoggi.

"JBans"

Johny Bans, or the Integrated Legacy Minecraft Bans System prevents users who are banned on an LMBS-member server to join another LMBS-member one. The linked page has more info.

"Spawn Town"

The city and buildings outside of the spawn island.

Level 3

Fer Revolution

 Krissofer's mispelling of fr that's undergone memetic mutation.
It also caused  davzav to be summoned.

Spawn Town Mayor

The person who leads Spawn Town; elections were held for this position.

 Grassboii is the current mayor.

"Anyone looking for a job?"

W.I.P.

JohnyMuffin

RetroMC's Australian owner who owns/is owned by Scout.
He goes by Rhys B sometimes and also developed Project Poseidon.

The Grassino

The casino in Spawn Town, where Johny promoted Grass to [Developer] after the former lost a bet.

"Let's go gambling!"
[Slots go brr– [Buzzer!]]
"Aw, dang it!"

Transmutation

A piston exploit that changes a block's data ID.
Considered illegal on RetroMC.

MobArena

A minigame wherein mobs come in waves and the objective is to last as long as possible while killing off hostile monsters.

/vanish

Now you see them. Now you don't.

[Mystic]-ranked players and above can use this to hide themselves physically.

"guh"

Filler word, can be used in many different ways.

Mojang on Overviewer

Left/north of the world map, there's a Mojang logo, beyond the world border.
Perhaps Nether portals were utilized.

Old Spawn

Duing 2017 till June 30th 2024, the spawn island was more metallic-styled in nature, as seen in public screenshots showcasing it, prior to the latter date.

Diamond Citizen

A rank that was added in 2024. Requires 1000 hours of playtime, 75 trust score, and has to be manually requested via ticket.

The Wall

The large wall that surrounds the main part of the U.I.P.

Holiday Shop

/warp holiday
Only opens during holidays and offers various rare and thus, expensive items (crop blocks, spawners, water and lava blocks).

Custom Drops

Item ID 14, DOUBLE_STEP, is dropped by skeletons.
Disc 13, ID 23256 aka GOLD_RECORD, has 1/100 chance of being dropped by creepers.

LogBlock

The block edit querying tool used to undo griefs.

Colored Signs

[Hero] and above can use formatting codes in chat and signs via &x where x is a through f or 0-9.

Level 4

Redstone Sign Plugin

RetroMC's fork of ChestShop allows players to purchase activations of redstone signals.

<username>

   B 1
[Activate]

Server-Side Economy

Sugarcane and cacti were the best items to sell in the admin shop due to their relative ease of obtainment, but this caused the economy to inflate a lot, and thus, in January of 2019, those items were removed and a gradual shift to the player-based economy had begun.

Staff spawn house

Staff members have a place to relax in the spawn island.

/bank

This command allows players to store money in banks.

Josh

Holy flying squid. His presence is greatly appreciated.

Beta supremacy speech

A speech about how b1.7.3 and below are better. b1.8 and above do not count.

Balloon Shop

A mysterious shop with  aq2a acting as the middleman between players and the mysterious balloon operator.
Doesn't appear often, but has lower prices for various things.

The Bridge

W.I.P.

Wiki Scholars

 Noggisoggi,  Ade1ie,  samcraft3, and many more.
These people have contributed a lot to the wiki.

Unbreakable crops

Placing fences under farmland prevents crops from being trampled on said farmland.

ViaFabricPlus

Client-side mod which allows connecting to servers on different MC versions.
See joining on modern versions for more info.

Dead towns

Towns whose members no longer join the server and/or build in said towns.

Dirt Ocean

A project about covering the surface of the ocean between Beetopia & FlatLand with dirt.

Scout

 JohnyMuffin's pet/owner. Probably has cosmic powers.

UIP Factory

The U.I.P.'s storage of materials.

"Town has been obliterated using the power of the gods"

When a staff member throws a village's claims into oblivion via /va <village> <delete>. Sometimes reserved for egregious cases.

Level 5

Long time player -> Staff pipeline

The tendency for long-time players to become staff members. Sometimes averted.

B0atMaster

W.I.P.

ObsidianCore

 Noggisoggi's "town", where he's the only active member.
Fallen victim to soon™ and schedule slips.

Ex-Staff

Former staff members.

Broken Spawn

An AuthMe bug caused the spawn point to be temporarily changed to be somewhere in the town of Punisher.

"Fix pistons pls"

Due to transmutation and other exploits, pistons were temporarily disabled until March 17th 2023, when Johny rolled out an interim solution.
Pistons now work, but cannot push certain blocks, like wool and ores.

"I need glowstoneee"

 CruxyMC's glowstone request.
Glowstone is not exactly a cakewalk to obtain in the Nether, due to the hostile environment.

Unless there's a want to play Doom and RetroMC at the same time, then in which case, a bow, several stacks of arrows, a few stacks of swords, several stacks of food and blocks should be brought, alongside playing some fitting and awesome music.

Mushroom infection

Unused caverns and sometimes homes are infected by mushrooms, due to darkness. Water can be used to eradicate.

Scientific Hole

 ItsScientific's area where he dug a lot.

RetroMC 10th Anniversary Tournament

A tournament in honor of RMC's 10th birthday, where Parkour 1, Parkour 2 and Race had to be completed in order.

Hypixel_Mod

W.I.P.

Mob Spawner farms

Because mob spawners can be bought and changed, there are farms dedicated to farming certain mobs.

BetaLands

One of the other servers. Bought by RetroMC in 2020.

Great Iron Drought

W.I.P.

Crystallitis

A condition that showcases and alters a person's general behavior. May also have other effects.