biocraft documentation

biocraft is a browser-based, first-person, co-op voxel game. you drop into a living voxel world, mine and place blocks, fight off escalating waves of enemies, and claim plots of land that you can develop and own. it is fps meets voxel sandbox meets territory you actually own.

it is free to play and runs entirely in the browser - no download, no signup to start. play solo or together in a shared, real-time co-op world.

the core promise: claim a plot, build it up with blocks and pre-made structures, defend it through waves, and own it as a real solana nft you can keep or sell. your time and creativity become a developed, tradeable piece of the world.

02the vision

most games rent you a world. biocraft is building a persistent voxel world where players don't just play, they own and develop real territory.

a claimed plot is a genuine onchain asset - a solana nft held in your own wallet, not a database entry we can revoke. the land you build, defend, and develop is yours to keep, show off, or sell.

the world is shaped by the people in it. every structure raised, every plot claimed, every territory developed is the work of a player. the most developed land is visible to everyone, from a distance, by its glow. the long-term goal is a living, player-built, player-owned world that keeps growing as more people claim and develop it.

03getting started

jumping in takes seconds:

1. go to biocraft.bet
2. click play free
3. you are in. no wallet, no signup required to start playing.

optional: sign in to save progress

you can play entirely as a guest. if you want your progress to persist across sessions and devices, sign in with discord, google, or a solana wallet. signing in with a wallet is also what lets you mint your land onchain (see onchain land).

first steps

• pick a spawn biome - forest island (calm start), snow island (frozen peaks), desert canyon (copper dunes), or bio zone (spore towers).
• customise your character - body colour, trim and visor, helmet, and a name.
• drop in from the staging deck and start mining, building, and fighting.

04controls

biocraft plays in first person with mouse look. the full control reference:

movement

combat

building

land, templates & ui

05combat & weapons

four weapons, each unlocked by level. only unlocked weapons appear in your in-world selector (scroll or ` to switch).

a rail-sniper headshot deals double damage - enough to one-shot even a brute. its scope also pushes the haze back so the distant swarm is visible and hittable.

jetpack & aiming

• jetpack (unlocks at level 3): hold space in the air to thrust upward. fuel is limited and recharges while you are on the ground.
• aim down sights: tab toggles aiming, which zooms in. scoped weapons (heavy lance, rail sniper) get a scope vignette.

waves

enemies attack in escalating waves. each wave runs through a build phase (a telegraph banner and countdown, with arrows showing the directions the attack is coming from), a swarm phase (the fight), and a brief cleared regroup beat before the next, bigger wave. surviving a wave banks xp.

waves come from the land and from the sea - sea-borne waves arrive by enemy ships sailing across the water. enemies range from fast swarmers to heavy brutes (which can drop rare loot).

the horde mind

06missions & leveling

you gain xp two ways: per-action (repeatable, so leveling continues forever) and one-time mission bonuses for working through the objective ladder in order.

per-action xp

the mission ladder

the level curve

cumulative xp to reach each level: L2 = 150, L3 = 350, L4 = 650, L5 = 1000, then a flat +200 per level after that (L6 = 1200, L7 = 1400, and so on). early levels are quick so the first unlocks feel reachable.

the unlock tree

your plot cap is 3 until level 5, then 4 (level 5), 5 (level 10), and 6 (level 15).

07land ownership

the world is divided into a grid of square plots, each 32 × 32 blocks. owning land is the foundation of biocraft.

claiming a plot

• stand on an unclaimed plot and press C to claim it. claiming is free.
• the land readout (bottom of the screen) shows the plot you are standing on and whether it is unclaimed, yours, or someone else's.
• press shift + C to release a plot you own.

plot cap

how many plots you can hold scales with your level: 3 (levels 1-4), 4 (level 5), 5 (level 10), 6 (level 15).

what owning land means

your land is protected: only you can build or break blocks on a plot you own. other players cannot edit your land. claiming first wins, and your claims persist with your account. owned land is also what you develop (see development & tiers) and, with a connected wallet, what you can take onchain (see onchain land).

08onchain land

this is what makes biocraft land yours for real. when you claim a plot with a connected wallet, a plot nft mints to your solana wallet.

a real solana nft

• the plot is minted as a standard solana nft on mainnet (via crossmint), held in your own wallet.
• it is verifiable onchain and fully yours - keep it, build on it, or sell it.
• each nft carries the plot id, its biome, and its world coordinates as metadata, plus the biocraft land artwork.

how to mint

1. connect a solana wallet - sign in with your wallet (phantom) in the lobby, or connect one from the onchain land panel. your wallet address is read from your session.
2. claim a plot. with a wallet connected, the free mint request is sent automatically.
3. the mint confirms onchain asynchronously - about 30 seconds. the in-world readout shows "minting onchain..." and updates to confirmed once the nft exists, with its real solana mint address.
4. you can also mint your existing offchain plots from the lobby's onchain panel.

selling & trading

because it is a normal solana nft, you can list it on any solana marketplace (such as magic eden or tensor) for any price you set. you can sell a plot you have built up and developed, or keep building.

verify it

09building & templates

free-form building

place and mine blocks one at a time: F to place, R to break. pick from a large block palette (1-9 to select, Q/E to cycle), draw straight rows with the line tool (L), fill boxes with the fill tool (B), and undo or redo with Z/Y. you can build on unclaimed land or land you own.

templates

building block-by-block is powerful but slow. templates let anyone make something impressive instantly: press H (or the templates button) to open the picker, choose a structure, and a translucent ghost shows where it will land. R rotates it 90°, a click stamps every block at once, and esc or right-click cancels.

the 12 starter structures:

• defensive: rampart wall, watchtower, fortress, gatehouse
• bases: cottage, bunker, compound
• showcase: monument, stepped pyramid, build platform
• functional: sniper tower, bridge

each is built from the game's own blocks so it matches the world's look. templates can only be stamped on land you own - the ghost turns red and placement is blocked if the footprint would fall on land you don't own. stamped structures are normal blocks: they sync in co-op, persist, and can be edited or broken afterward (the whole stamp is a single undo step).

10land development & tiers

plots level up based on how developed they are. every owned plot accrues a development score, and the score maps to a visible tier.

the score

building more raises it, variety beats spamming one block, taller builds score more, stamping a template adds a chunk, defending waves on your land counts, and simply holding a plot adds a small passive amount.

the six tiers

for reference: one stamped cottage reaches tier 2, a fortress reaches tier 3, and tier 5 is a real grind of building, variety, defense, and time.

visible signals

• border glow - a developed plot's outline glows brighter and shifts colour by tier (dim slate → teal → bright cyan → lime → gold) and grows taller. you can spot a developed plot from a distance.
• tier badge - the land readout shows "tier N: name" for any plot.
• leaderboard - press M (or the territories button) for "top territories": the most developed plots in the world, by rank, owner, tier, and score.

tiers are shared and persisted - every player sees the same tier and glow on a plot, and your land's development carries with it.

11the flywheel

biocraft is a loop. each step feeds the next:

why it matters: your time and creativity translate into a real, owned, tradeable asset. you are not grinding for points - you are developing territory that is genuinely yours, visible to everyone, and the world itself is built and developed by its players.

12accounts & saving

sign-in options

• guest - play immediately, no signup.
• discord or google - link your progress to an account.
• solana wallet - sign in with your wallet (this is also what enables onchain land).

what persists

when you are signed in, biocraft saves your character (name, colours, helmet), your xp and level, your mission progress, your land claims, and your land's development. these carry across sessions and devices.

land claims tie to your identity, so the plots you own follow your account. a guest's progress can carry over to a wallet when you sign in, so you do not lose what you built before connecting one.

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