MineColonies: War 'n Nobility

Climb from outsider to emperor, one conquered rival at a time. War 'n Nobility lays a living ladder of noble rank over your MineColonies server: titles you earn, peers who swear to you, vassals you bind, and a crown you have to take.

This is the politics of rank. War 'n Nobility owns who you are and who answers to you; its companion War 'n Taxes runs the wars and the economy, and every victory there feeds your standing here.

Early alpha: this mod is still experimental and being tested in multiplayer. Back up your world before you add it.

Came here for the atlas map or the War Frame? The Antique Atlas integration left this mod in 1.1.0, and the War Frame briefing map is on its way out too, into a standalone mod of its own. Both live on in the older releases: install NeoForge 1.21.1, version 1.0.9 for the atlas map and the War Frame together, working as they were intended.

The Noble Ladder

Eight ranks, from outsider to emperor. The lower titles are granted by admins or events; the high seats are taken, not given. Every rank wears its own color on chat and the tab list, and every rank has a feminine form set per player.

Every rank, threshold, and name is editable in config, so your server can rename the whole hierarchy to fit its own lore.

Seals & Vassals

You do not climb the high ranks alone; you climb on the backs of your peers.

• Two nobles of your own rank pledge their seal to you, and you rise to the next title
• When you ascend, those sealers become your sworn vassals, forming your county, duchy, or kingdom
• The bond holds for as long as the underlying War 'n Taxes vassalization lasts

Conquer Your Peers

Rank is won on the battlefield, through War 'n Taxes.

• Beat a rival of your own rank in a War 'n Taxes war and their seal is forced to you
• Only victories against equals count toward your climb; crushing a lesser noble proves nothing
• A lesser noble cannot even declare war on a better, so the ladder is climbed, never skipped
• Take the seals you need by conquest, and the ladder opens above you

Claim the Crown

Becoming King is not a grind; it is a conquest.

• Hold two Duke seals, lead an Easy Factions faction with enough claimed land, and bear a Crown
• The Crown is forged from a Shard that only an admin or a raid-boss can place into the world, so nobody simply buys the throne
• The first King to rise is crowned Emperor; after that, the throne changes hands only by usurpation

The Chancery Table

Craft the Chancery Table, a lectern that serves as your seat of power, and right-click to hold court.

• Court: your standing, what you need to advance, and the buttons to act on it
• Settings: style your title and choose your gender form
• Special Titles: reserved for a future system of bespoke honors
• Counts and above name their own county, duchy, or realm right here

See Your Domain

Domains are painted as a political chart on the wall-mounted War Table's map.

• Counties, duchies, and kingdoms are painted in their holder's colors with name labels
• Each domain wears its own heraldic marker: a county keep, a duchy shield, a kingdom crown
• A separate layer draws every Easy Factions claim, so you can read the whole balance of power at a glance

Want to scribble on the Antique Atlas itself? That lives in its own standalone client mod, Here Be Doodles (NeoForge 1.21.1 and Forge 1.20.1), which works with or without War 'n Nobility and redraws these same domain borders on the book. The War Frame the chart above is painted on is itself moving into a mod of its own, so future War 'n Nobility releases will not carry it; version 1.0.9 on NeoForge 1.21.1 is the last one with the atlas map and the War Frame both working as intended.

Requirements

This is an integration mod; it stands on a stack of others, and all of them are required.

Built for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge, with a Forge 1.20.1 build (1.0.8) of the ladder as well: that one has no War Frame and no Antique Atlas 8 map.

Links

From outsider to emperor. Take your seat.

Part of The Warborn Realm, by barunn