New Players Portal

About Paradise Station

Space Station 13 (often abbreviated as SS13) is an engaging multiplayer roleplaying game.

As a participant, you'll assume the persona of a space station worker, doing their job while trying to survive on a space station full of terrors, paranoia and other clowns.

Among the myriad of SS13 servers, Paradise Station stands out with its unique roles and diverse gameplay opportunities. As a medium role-playing (MRP) server, Paradise Station encourages a balanced blend of in-character gameplay and narrative exploration, putting a focus on social drama alongside surviving horrors hiding in the shadows.

Paradise Station is an open source project, run by unpaid volunteers and always happy to gain more contributors.

This page contains most important resources for new players wanting to join on the fun. Remember, when if it's not enough, our friendly staff team is ready to assist with your troubles!

Guides

Where to start?

These are a selection of guides that every player should know and will assist you whilst playing. Just click on one to check it out!

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Popular and Useful Guides:

• Guide for Beginners
• Server Rules
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Job Selection and Assignment
• SS13 Maps
• Glossary
• List of All The Guides

Frequently Asked Questions

Beginner-Friendly Jobs

Not sure what to start as?

Following jobs have no vital responsibilities, while offering many learning oportunities! Click one you are interested in to learn more about them!

Assistant

The most basic of all occupations, the Assistant has no authority and, generally speaking, no responsibilities. It's an excellent opportunity to learn the game mechanics. If you are curious about various tasks on the station, or are simply lost - ask others to show you around! Most players are more than willing to help!

Cargo Technician

A basic yet practical job that is easy to pick up and will help you learn most of the game's controls. Working under the Quartermaster, you're tasked with ordering supplies and delivering them to the relevant department to ensure the station is well-equipped.

Janitor

Being the Janitor means you will be cleaning messes, replacing lightbulbs and picking up trash. It's fairly simple and menial, however it'll help you learn your way around the station and its various departments.

Librarian

As a Librarian, you are tasked with stocking library and helping those in need of knowledge! When you are done with that, you can pick up journalism, write your own book, or maybe even host a Dungeons & Dragons session! Perfect to practice roleplay in.

Bartender

The Bartender's job is primarily mixing and serving drinks to a thirsty crew. You can experiment with various kinds of coctails - both alcoholic and not. Bartending is a very social job, perfect to try roleplaying with crew around you, as well as getting to know them better!

Technical Issues

Got any problems on technical level? Check out the Technical Issues Portal!

Need Further Help?

Check out:

• Paradise Discord Server
• Paradise Station Forums

or

• Press F1 in game to send a question directly to our team of mentors, or admins if it's related to rules!