New Player Guide
Because this server is 100% custom coded many things on the server aren't straight forward. This guide will tell you about allot useful information for the early game.
SPOILERS AHEAD This also contains strategies, if you don't want to spoil "the best way to play" and find your own way here's your warning.
Crates
Dank Prisons uses a unique style of crates, there are currently 21 Regular crates. each crate is better then the previous one, it contains more tokens, a better pickaxe, armor and weapons. Some crates also contain rare items like Artifacts, Dragon Eggs and Lucky Pet blocks(+). You can see what you can get from each crate using the command /cw. Each 4 crates can be crafted into 1 crate a tier higher.
By opening a crate that is at least one tier higher then the one you have already opened, you will gain fortune (if your fortune isn't higher then the fortune from the crate).
Crates can be gotten by Mining, Fishing and AutoMining, It's possible to mine crates up to TheMostDankest meaning that Insomnia, GodFather, Resilient and Eternal can only be achieved by crafting previous tier crates into them. You can get more crates by upgrading Spiral, each 9 levels in spiral gives a chance to mine a crate. Eventually you can get Pets, Perks, Empowerments, Artifacts and more to get a higher chance to mine crates and to mine more crates at a time.
What crates should you open? That depends, but at the start I suggest starting with one UltraRare or Legendary and then opening one of each of every tier that follows until MasterOG. After you have opened MasterOG I suggest you open one TheDankest and then TheMostDankest (This one is a must because it's the only crate that gives access to Frenzy 4 and Rampage 4).
Keys
Keys just like crates can be upgraded. Each type of key (ex.: Vote Key, Mining Key, Master Key) has 3 variants: Regular, + and ++. Each 4 Regular keys craft into 1 + key of the same type, each 4 + keys craft into 1 ++ key. It's suggested you upgrade all keys above and including Master to their ++ variants to get more tokens. Anything 'worse' then Master keys should be opened just the way you got them, you need to open crates for Achievents and Monthly Tier
Enchants
Some enchants are better then others but as a new player it's difficult to know what enchant to get next so I would suggest you follow this Enchant Guide. Once you have completed that guide you will probably be Master rank. At that point you want to go for the CrateLuck enchant, CrateLuck chooses a random high tier crate (MasterOG, Immortal, TheDankest, The2ndDankest or TheMostDankest). CrateLuck provides a .001% bonus per block broken until crate has been found.
Once you have enough tokens to get RandomMoney 100.000 (5.2B tokens) you should disenchant most expensive enchants like Prestigious and CrateLuck and put all those tokens into 100.000 levels of RandomMoney and the tokens you have left should go into Spiral. You'll make enough money to get to Champion in a couple hours now.
Gangs
Gangs give boosts to crates, keys, money and other things. The higher level your gang the better the boosts. You can join an open gang using /g openings or find a gang in the Discord channel #Gang-Recruitment.
AutoMiner, OverDrive and AutoFishing
Autominer does what it says, it mines automaticly. It's slower then regular mining and can be used by going to /warp am and doing /am start. It's very slow but it enables you to stay online while being afk for Achievements.
OverDrive gives tokens and Rare Rewards like Relics, DragonEggs and more. It can also be started at /warp am but using the command /od start.
Pets
There are 2 types of pets, Regular pets and Exclusive pets. Pets can be gotten from Lucky Pet Blocks or from /pex and /epex. Some good pets to start with are LuckyKeys, CrateDoubler, CrateFinder, Artifact, KeyDoubler and KeyFinder. For a more in depth guide you can use this Pet Guide.
Artifacts
Artifacts can be gotten from Mining, Fishing, OverDrive and Achievements. They can be using in Davids shop at spawn (/warp david) after being salvaged or be applied to your pickaxe. It's suggested to apply all Token artifacts but salvaging the others and using them in davids shop to get CrateDoubler artifacts for your pickaxe (goes up to 100%). Once you have CrateDoubler maxed at 100%, start applying Sell artifacts and go for Depth 1 (Champion enchant) after you get Depth 1 you can apply up to 110% Token and 125% Sell. Now you can apply all Artifacts you get to at least 100% to get the ChampionKeyUnlock (Champion Enchant).