Banknotes

A banknote is a paper item with a coin amount printed on it. It's worth exactly what its face value says. Right-click to deposit it back into your balance.

Banknotes turn intangible coins into a physical object that can be stored in chests, gifted by drop, traded in the trade window, or stashed in a vault.

Why use banknotes

• Offline gifts — drop a banknote in a friend's chest, they redeem it whenever they next log in
• Bulk trades — putting a 1,000-coin banknote in a trade window is cleaner than typing 1000 in the coins field
• Physical stash — keep a "war chest" of banknotes in a vault for big purchases
• Untraceable transfers — once a banknote leaves your hand, the link to you is gone (no /pay record)

How to make one

Run:

/withdraw <amount>

For example, /withdraw 500 deducts 500 coins from your balance and gives you a paper banknote worth 500 coins.

The note appears in your inventory as a paper item with your username, the date issued, and the face value visible in the item description.

How to redeem one

Right-click the banknote (or hold-and-tap on Bedrock). The face value is added back to your balance and the paper item is consumed.

You can redeem any banknote you hold — even one issued by someone else. Banknotes are bearer notes; whoever holds them owns the value.

Storing banknotes

• Stack with other banknotes (within reasonable item-stack limits)
• Store in any chest, vault, or your backpack
• Survive death normally — they're regular items, so they drop with the rest of your inventory unless something is protecting them
• Do not auto-redeem on pickup — you can hold a banknote indefinitely

A note on safety

Because anyone holding a banknote can redeem it, don't store all your wealth as banknotes in an unlocked chest. A locked chest at your base is fine. A vault is great. Your backpack is fine for what you're carrying.

If you put a banknote in a public chest by mistake, it's effectively gone — anyone can pick it up and cash it.

Common patterns

Splitting a big purchase

A buyer wants to pay 10,000 coins for a build commission. They /withdraw 10000 and hand over the banknote in trade. Cleaner than typing 10000 in the coins field, and the seller has a record (the note has the issuer's name on it).

Tipping or rewarding

You want to thank someone who helped you. /withdraw 100, drop in their hopper or hand it to them in person. Friendlier than a /pay.

Building a savings stash

Some players keep their long-term savings as banknotes in a vault — both as a "don't spend the principal" psychological barrier and as something to grab in an emergency.

Cross-edition trade

Banknotes work the same on Java and Bedrock. A Bedrock player can hand a Java player a banknote (via trade window or drop) and the Java player can redeem it instantly.

When banknotes matter most

Whenever the act of handing over money matters more than the value transfer itself. Banknotes turn an abstract balance into a physical thing you can give, drop, or display.

See also

• How it pays — earning the coins to convert
• Trading — using banknotes in the trade window
• Shops — most shop transactions don't need banknotes
• Storage → Vaults — secure storage for banknote stashes