Minefable Documentation
The complete player guide — how to play, gather, trade and earn in Minefable.
Introduction
Minefable is a cozy, Minecraft-style isometric world that runs on Solana. It is two things at once: a build sandbox where the world is shaped block by block, and a real on-chain economy where the resources you gather have value.
The golden rule of Minefable: the server is the source of truth. Your position, your inventory, your balances and every trade are owned and verified by the server. The game client only draws what the server allows. This is what makes the economy fair — no script, macro or edited file can fake your way to riches.
Getting started
- Connect a Solana wallet. Minefable reads your wallet address to track what you own and earn.
- Hold $MFAB. You need the minimum balance of $MFAB in your wallet to play, gather and craft. Without it you can still roam as a guest, but you can't earn.
- Open the game at minefablegames.fun/play.
- Create your character — pick skin, hair, and outfit. You can change it any time from the profile panel.
Controls
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Move | Click a tile — your character walks the grid in 8 directions |
| Gather | Click a log, stone/ore or water tile to gather it |
| Sit | Click a bench (an arrow appears when you're near one) |
| Rotate camera | ← / →, or the on-screen turn buttons |
| Open panels | The icon bar on the right edge — Profile, Inventory, Bank, Quests, Chat |
| Inventory | E |
| Chat | Enter |
The interface
- Right icon bar — opens Profile, Inventory, Bank, Quests and Chat.
- Hotbar (bottom) — your live resource counts, straight from the server.
- White marker — flashes where you clicked. A faint white tile follows your cursor to show where a click will land.
Gathering
Walk up to a resource block and click it. Your character walks over and gathers it. Every gather is an intent sent to the server, which checks:
- The block is real — it must actually be a log, ore or water tile on the live map.
- You're close enough — checked against your server-tracked position (not the client's).
- The node has regrown — each cell has a cooldown before it can be gathered again.
Only if all three pass does the server credit the resource. Your inventory then updates from the server's count.
Resources & cooldowns
| Resource | Gather from | Action | Regrow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | Log blocks (trees) | Woodcutting | ~45s / log |
| Ore | Stone / ore / gravel | Mining | ~30s / block |
| Fish | Water tiles | Cast a line | ~8s / cast |
| Crops | Wheat & farm blocks | Farming | ~60s / cell |
Movement & reach
You move tile-by-tile on a grid. You can climb a single block step (like stairs) but not leap walls, and you can't walk on water or through solid blocks. The server clamps your movement speed, so you can't teleport across the map to sweep nodes — reach is checked from where the server believes you are.
Economy overview
Minefable has a simple, honest loop. Resources flow up into real on-chain value:
- Gather resources (wood, ore, fish, crops).
- Master-craft GOLD BARS from all four resources at the merchant.
- Trade gold bars for $MFAB on the exchange.
Gold bars
Gold bars are the premium in-game currency. You forge them by master-crafting — combining fish + crops + wood + ore at the merchant into bars (the recipe and bars-per-craft are shown live in the Bank). Bars are what you trade for $MFAB.
$MFAB (the token)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Solana |
| Ticker | $MFAB |
| Utility | hold to play, gather & craft |
| Earned via | trading gold bars on the exchange |
| Contract | coming soon |
Hold the minimum $MFAB to unlock earning. Gold bars you forge in-game can be sold for $MFAB on the in-game exchange and taken on-chain.
The Bank
Open the Bank from the icon bar. It has three tabs:
Vault
- Your gold-bar balance.
- Forge gold bars from your resources — shows each material's icon with your have / need count.
Market
The Market is player-to-player trade for resources priced in gold bars. List a stack of fish / crops / wood / ore at a bar price, buy someone else's listing, or cancel your own. Trades settle instantly through the server ledger.
Exchange
The Exchange is the gold-bar order book. List your bars at a price and trade them for $MFAB. The live $MFAB price and the current order book are shown in the panel.
FAQ
Do I need $MFAB to play?
To earn (gather, craft, trade) you must hold the minimum $MFAB. To just walk around and look, no.
Why does my inventory show 0?
It shows your server resources. Connect a wallet holding $MFAB and gather in-world to fill it.
How do I cash out?
Trade your gold bars for $MFAB on the in-game exchange, then take the token on-chain.
I gathered but nothing happened.
The server rejected the intent — usually you're too far, the node is on cooldown, or you don't hold enough $MFAB. A short message tells you which.
Glossary
- Gold bar — premium currency, master-crafted from resources.
- $MFAB — the Solana token; hold to play, earn by trading bars.
- Master-craft — combining all four resources into gold bars at the merchant.
- Node — a gatherable block (log/ore/water/crop) with its own cooldown.
- Intent — a request you send the server (gather, trade…) that it validates before acting.