Ethereal SMP: Season of the Veil

Welcome to the player guide for SMPCore, the custom progression behind Ethereal SMP Season V.

New here? Open /menu in game, then follow the Getting Started checklist. You do not need to memorize every system.

Pick what you need

I want to...	Start here
Learn the server in a few minutes	Getting Started
Know what to work toward next	Progression Guide
Find an NPC or quest	NPC Directory
Earn or spend Essence	Essence, Economy, and Rewards
Upgrade an item safely	Gear Upgrades and Stations
Fight the next boss	Boss Dungeon
Manage familiars or gathering bonuses	Familiars and Gathering
Look up a command	Commands
Recover from an inventory problem	Inventory Safety and Recovery
Play from Bedrock	Bedrock and Geyser

The short version

• /menu is the main hub.
• /reliquary contains the current custom items, recipes, and crafting buttons.
• Essence is earned by normal play and spent on progression, quests, bosses, shops, and games.
• Malakar runs the shared Boss Dungeon. Bosses cannot be summoned in player bases.
• Orin explains reforges, orbs, the Runic Loom, awakening, corruption, and the safest upgrade order.
• /familiar manages every unlocked familiar. Only one may be active at a time.
• /settings controls important-item Drop Safety, spawn music, and boss music.
• /wiki always returns to this guide.

Main progression loop

Explore and gather
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Earn Essence and finish spawn quests
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Defeat the next Boss Dungeon tier
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Craft seasonal PvE gear from its materials
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Enchant → Reforge → Orbs → Runic Loom
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Choose Awakening OR Corruption as the final path

Legendary and Mythic relics are mainly the long-term PvP chase. Boss-forged seasonal gear is tuned primarily for PvE and boss progression.

Story without spoilers

Veilward was built above the Oath Engine, a machine that stabilized the world by consuming Soul Imprints. The ten bosses each guard a suppressed part of its history. Your class is a Veilmark: part of a missing Eleventh Oath.

Use /veil to open the lore journal. Story choices change dialogue, journal entries, cosmetics, and persistent story flags rather than granting exclusive combat power. Read the The Eleventh Oath page for the spoiler-light overview.

In-game sources of truth

Recipes and balance can change during the season. These menus always use the current server data:

• /reliquary for item recipes and sources.
• /bossrituals for boss entry costs and drop previews.
• /enchants for custom enchant rules.
• /powerinfo for your class.
• /menu → Profile → Custom Stats for live multipliers.
• Orin, Malakar, and the relevant quest NPC for system-specific help.