The Dwarven Transit Authority (DTA) manages the vast majority of inter-territory Minecart stations and Nether portals. Many roads and canals are also maintained by the DTA. The DTA offers standardized and reliable long-distance transportation between most of the homes in the world. The Dwarven Space Agency operates a constellation of satellites which is used to generate the online world maps.

The DTA uses standardized construction to help players navigate the world.

The DTA defines a number of standardized sign arrows. These arrows can unambiguously indicate any direction from the sign.

Sandstone arrow. The inbound path is towards the left.

Keep torches on your right to return to Mt. Paradox.

The DTA operates a vast network of tunnels and roadways, both in the Mundis and in the Nether. All DTA tunnels and roads have two different directions: inbound and outbound. The inbound path leads towards Mt. Paradox, and the outbound path leads away from it.

Direction is marked with the following conventions:

• Sandstone arrows: A 2×3 sandstone arrow pattern (example left) points in the inbound direction, towards Mt. Paradox.
• Torch convention: In tunnels, torches are placed only on a single wall. Keep the wall with torches on your right to head in the inbound direction (example right).
• Button convention: In the Minecart system, the launch button for the inbound direction is always indicated with lime green wool.

Red Aid to Navigation

Red right returning

The DTA recognizes three distinct classes of waterways:

• Deep Ocean Routes connect distant points over open water—i.e., when the boater cannot see land. These routes may entail lengthy voyages which may pass through difficult or hostile terrain.
• Lateral Waterways are navigable channels which connect safe harbors to deep ocean routes.
• Intracoastal Waterways run parallel to and near to shore. Their primary purpose is to connect points on the same landmass.

Deep ocean routes may be marked with pumpkins or other light sources which are affixed to the sea floor. These light sources form a virtual “highway” on the ocean. Determining direction of travel is left to the boater.

Green Aid to Navigation (economy version)

Lateral and intracoastal waterways are marked using the U.S. Aids to Navigation (ATON) standard. In this standard, the edges of navigable channels are marked with red and green buoys and/or signs. Markers always indicate the direction to the nearest safe harbor. To return from open water to safe harbor, keep the red buoys on your right. Remember: “Red right returning.” In the example on the right, the player is returning back to the harbor. Signs may be affixed to markers with additional information.

Channel markers take on a variety of shapes, sizes, and styles. The examples above are not exhaustive. The colors—lime green and rose red—are always the same always and carry the same meaning. Markers are always illuminated.

Travel by minecart, while slow compared to sprinting in the Nether, offers the advantage of simplicity—not to mention the ability to dine and send text messages while traveling. DTA minecart rails are located in tunnels at an altitude of approximately Y=24. The use of tunnels ensures that the rails do not encroach unduly on other players' territory. The low altitude was selected because it is beneath most natural features (i.e., water) and man-made structures.

To use the minecarts,

1. Remove a minecart from the chest located near the rail head.
2. Place the cart on the (inactive) powered rail at the end of the tracks. The end of the tracks is indicated by a block which protrudes from the floor.
3. Right-click on the cart to board it.
4. Press the button which corresponds to the direction in which you want to travel.
5. When you reach the next station in the line, continue to press buttons until you reach your final destination.
6. Once you reach your final destination, break down the minecart and place it in the minecart chest.

The following sections list each station in the DTA Minecart network. Stations are listed starting from central station at Mt. Paradox and moving in the outbound direction.

1. Mt. Paradox (jct. red, yellow, blue)
2. Castle Tylhandras
3. Einlund (station closed; reachable via Ft. Gears)
4. Rio Tinto
5. Trigonography (jct. magenta)
6. jct. Orange Line
7. Aransas

1. Mt. Paradox (jct. red, yellow, blue)
2. Ft. Gears
3. Shagariden (jct. Shikonneko rail, orange)
4. Lady Bengal

1. Mt. Paradox (jct. red, yellow, blue)
2. Locke's Lab (commonly listed as “Gaiden/ML”)
3. Ladintha

1. Shagariden (jct. Shikonneko rail, orange)
2. Apollo Extreme
3. jct. Red Line

1. Trigonography (jct. red)
2. jct. Gray Line

1. jct. Magenta Line
2. DSA Space Center

For ease of travel, Rigil Gearwerks drew up a map of the network.

The Nether Way is a series of tunnels in the Nether that connects the homes of the players on the server together. Like all DTA constructions, the sandstone arrows lead back to Mt. Paradox.