Anarchy Server Base Hunting

Base hunting is an essential part of anarchy. If you want to get geared easily, this is probably your best way.

Quality vs Quantity
There are several reasons why someone would want to hunt for bases. The first reason is for loot. Newer players won't be able to obtain end game stuff easily, so the best way is to find someone else's loot. The second reason is for the thrill of it, as one aspect of anarchy is the ability to destroy the creations of others.

If you are looking for loot, you want to find as many bases as possible, as any type of loot is good. Therefore, you want quantity, and you should search closer to spawn. If you are looking for thrill, you usually want to find large bases, so looking further would be helpful. The range you should search depend on the amount of players that play on the server and the server's age.

Nether Searching
One very effective way to find bases no matter where you are is through nether portals. Use search hack to find nether portals or obsidian in the nether when traveling around. If you find a nether portal or pieces of obsidian left, it most likely means that someone went through that portal.

In addition, look for diamond pickaxes, XP orbs, or 4 block wide holes in the ground. These indicate that someone unsuccessfully tried to remove a portal, which should give you a reason to place it back.

If you are going to the overworld on a portal that you placed, you can try to determine the age of the world by how far mobs are scattered, which will tell you if someone has been there before. Looking for foreign blocks like netherrack or ender chests will also help you find player traces. However, keep in mind that experienced players would not make such mistakes, which may indicate that there may not be anything useful there.

Either way, you should activate the "NewChunks" hack to find a trail that a player may have left. You know a trail is there if there is a line of loaded chunks sandwiched between the newchunks. How far to search depends on you.

If you are close to spawn, simply traveling around the overworld should give you a good chance of finding a base. Otherwise, nether portals are your best indicator.

Nether Tracing
Nether tracing is different from searching in that you are actually following someone's trail in the nether. You should look for chunk trails that abruptly stop, or nether highways that end in the middle of nowhere. In that case, you should build a portal and go back to the overworld. After this, check for player activity by looking for unnatural blocks, hostile mobs in the middle of the day, logged trees, or scattered mobs. Try to use NewChunks to find the overworld trail, and if you don't find anything, there's probably nothing there.

Terrain Exploits
A method used to find large bases is terrain. Since the seeds of the biggest anarchy servers are well known, showing bedrock patterns or natural terrain would allow others to trace your location. There may also be an exploit with certain kinds of blocks like tall grass, whose offsets can tell information about your coordinates. Using a texture pack and terraforming the terrain before screenshotting your base prevents this.

Unconventional Exploits
This category is for any other method of finding bases. For large bases, someone's account may have gotten hacked, allowing for the coordinates to be leaked. There may be a server wide exploit, such as a backdoor or a exploit with the server's mechanics (for example, 2b2t's queue leaked coordinates for a short time).

What Kinds of Bases get Found?
The bases that get found usually have one or more of the following flaws:


 * Too close to spawn
 * Too close to a major highway (such as the diagonal highway)
 * Too close to "interesting" coordinates
 * Has a nether portal next to it
 * Nether equivalent was poorly covered (the removed portal was built near the end of a highway, etc)
 * Trusted too many people (chances of betrayal are high)
 * Too many screenshots of the base were posted online