Techniques

Mining, farming and fighting have been made considerably more dangerous by the The Plague mod. Here are some tips to help you survive and prevent ragequitting.

Fighting
Fighting is a necessity, it's inevitable. Here are some tips to give you the 'edge' you'll need: There are structures, called 'Killpits' which can be used to trap large numbers of mobs in a pacified state. I will not describe how to make them, as their use is generally frowned upon by others as a exploitive method of levelling up their Swords skill and gaining valuable items. Server Staff have been known to 'screw with' these devices, thus punishing those who created them.
 * Height - all mobs (except for skeletons) can't attack vertically, so positioning yourself above them is a good idea, although they can still hurt you if they jump, or if they are hit into the air high enough.
 * Barriers - Try to make a window you can hit mobs through, doors work great for this. If a mob can't get to you, they're basically harmless,you better be careful though, since the Mobs in The Plague can break several types of blocks,be sure to secure your base well with the materials they can't manage to break. You may as well leave them be. But those loot drops are just too attractive...
 * Infighting - Skeletons are the easiest mobs to kill when there are many of them. Circle strafing the 'herd' of Skeletons will cause them to hit each other in the cross-fire, and they will lose focus on you until the skeltons have killed each other. this works with Skeletons hitting Zombies, Bandits, Wolves and Pigmen.

Mining
This is another thing that is a Must do,you can't avoid it, you will get to it eventually, for it this are some of the things you've to be aware of :
 * Zombie Spawning - Remember, the more you mine, the more you'll increase your chance of being attacked by zombies, the chance of getting attacked by a zombie by mining is pretty high, so you better keep mining carefuly and always carrying a weapon with you, you never know what could attack you
 * Taking breaks - Rest for mining for certain amount of time, your chances of a zombie spawning are just increasing as you mine, be aware of this as you mine.
 * Teamworking - Try teamworking while mining, one of you mines and the other gets your back, just remember that each time you kill a zombie, the spawn rate of the zombies will just increase, better think if you want to fight a zombie, sometimes is better to run.