Global Server Rules

The following are a list of rules for all servers on the network and the punishments for breaking them.

Many of the punishment lengths are purposefully vague so precedent and staff discretion can be more easily used, allowing staff members to adapt punishments as time goes by, rather than being bound by arbitrary rules created with limited knowledge of the reality they intend to dictate. Words such as “short” and “long” in relation to punishment duration are extremely relative; for example, a “short” punishment for breaking one rule may be a 5 minute mute, while a “short” punishment for a different rule may be a month-long tempban.

The punishments follow the following general formula:

Offense committed: punishment for first offense -> second offense -> … -> nth offense

If you see a “«-»”, this means the punishments on either side of that symbol may be used for the same number offense (i.e. first offense, second offense, etc.) depending upon the severity of that offense.

1. Using modded clients - Optifine, Shaders, and other mods which improve game-play are allowed.

   - Speed mods (Nuker, Fast Break, Fast Mine): warning -> 1-2 month tempban

   - Fly mods (SurvivalFly): warning/kick -> 1-2 week tempban -> by 1-2 month tempban

   - Spawning invalid items: warning/kick -> short tempban -> long tempban

   - Schematica mod: warning/kick «-» short tempban «-» long tempban

   - Auto clickers: warning/kick «-» short tempban -> long tempban

   - Other malicious mods: Staff member's discretion.

2. Advertising: saying a competing server's IP address, name, discord, website and/or any affiliated services in any chat/private message. This includes things like private Discord servers.

   - Warning «-» 3-6 month tempban -> 6-12 month tempban -> permanent ban

3. Malicious use of profanity/General disrespect against or intentionally provoking others.

   - Warning «-» 5-10 minute mute «-» 30-90 minute mute -> short tempban «-» long tempban

     (Please note: profanity IS allowed to a certain extent. We are usually lenient when it comes to this, but please do not take advantage of our rules regarding profanity.)

4. DDoS threats/hacking threats/resolving/mentioning IPs/distributing personal information.

   - 3-30 day temporary ban «-» long tempban «-» permanent ban

5. Any kind of discriminative (e.g. racist, homophobic) builds or chat messages.

   - 1-3 hour mute «-» 1-2 day mute «-» short tempban «-» long tempban

6. Lag/crash machines - trying to lag, crash, or otherwise hinder the server or network's performance.

   - Long tempban «-» permanent ban.

7. Spamming in chat.

   - Kick «-» short mute -> long mute -> short tempban

8. Repeatedly begging staff or players for goods, services, or actions.

   - Warning -> short mute «-» long mute -> short tempban -> long tempban

9. Bypassing chat filters/using alternate spellings or characters to use banned words/phrases in chat.

   - Warning «-» kick «-» short or long mute -> short tempban

10. Spambots.

   - Immediate IP and username ban.

11. Nude or inappropriate skins.

   - 1-hour tempban (enough time to change it)

12. Inappropriate usernames, e.g. containing racist or homophobic words/phrases.

   - 30-day tempban (enough time to change it)

     (Please note: The applied tempban can be removed if you prove you have changed your username, such as with NameMC)

13. Minimodding/dictating rules to others/attempting to enforce the rules as if a staff member.

   - Warning -> short mute -> long mute -> possible short tempban

14. Ban evading - using alt accounts or a VPN to join the server while banned.

   - Username and IP ban.

15. Using too many alt accounts/Too many accounts joining on the same IP address/Using alt accounts to gain an advantage. This includes, but is not limited to, all direct benefits like claiming multiple vote party crates or keeping mobs spawning/crops growing.

   - Warning «-» short IP tempban «-» long IP tempban

     (Please note: Use cases that do not provide an advantage over other players, like recording videos or streaming are fine.)

16. Harassment (sexual/verbal/etc.) towards a player or players on the server.

   - Warning «-» short mute «-» long mute «-» short tempban -> permanent mute «-» long tempban -> permanent ban

17. Attempting to recruit players for a personal build team, staff team, or similar.

   - Warning «-» 3-6 month tempban -> 6-12 month tempban -> permanent ban

18. Sending pornographic or "shock" links in chat.

   - Warning «-» short or long mute «-» short tempban «-» long tempban «-» permanent ban

19. Staff Impersonation/Changing your username to resemble a staff member's/Pretending to be a staff member - if done with possible malicious intent, determined by staff.

   - Warning -> long mute «-» short tempban

     (Please note: In addition to the given punishment, the player will be nicknamed to their last known username until they change the offending username.)

20. Inappropriate builds. Ex: builds containing male or female genitalia.

   - Warning (if online) «-» 1-3 day tempban «-» 1-4 week tempban

21. Speaking any other language besides English in Global chat. 

   - Warning -> short mute -> long mute -> short tempban (should never get to this point unless the player is particularly argumentative, in which case they likely have broken other rules)

     (Please note: Any language can be spoken in private message or different channels.)

22. Sexual roleplaying/conversation on the server/recruiting players for sexual roleplays using the server.

   - Warning «-» 1-2 week tempban from all SK services -> Permanent ban from all SK services

*All rules are subject to change at any time.*

NOTE 1: Staff are the law of the server. If they tell you something is against the rules, stating "that wasn't listed in the rules" or similar is not a valid reason to justify your actions.

NOTE 2: Shadow Kingdom staff members are not responsible for any players unaware of changes to this list of server rules, and therefore using that as your alibi to disprove a valid punishment is not permitted. Players and staff members are expected to check the official rules regularly for changes.

Towny Server Rules

The following are a list of rules for the Towny server and the punishments for breaking them.

Many of the punishment lengths are purposefully vague so precedent and staff discretion can be more easily used, allowing staff members to adapt punishments as time goes by, rather than being bound by arbitrary rules created with limited knowledge of the reality they intend to dictate. Words such as “short” and “long” in relation to punishment duration are extremely relative; for example, a “short” punishment for breaking one rule may be a 5 minute mute, while a “short” punishment for a different rule may be a month-long tempban.

The punishments follow the following general formula:

Offense committed: punishment for first offense -> second offense -> … -> nth offense

If you see a “«-»”, this means the punishments on either side of that symbol may be used for the same number offense (i.e. first offense, second offense, etc.) depending upon the severity of that offense.

1. Claiming another player's built-on land using Towny.

   - Deletion of your town’s claim(s) in the area + warning -> deletion of your town without refund

2. Creating an automatic or "AFK" farm.

An automatic or “AFK” farm is thus defined: any grinder or farm which produces some item, such as food, items dropped by mob death, etc., that can operate without any input action from a player. This includes any machine designed to bypass the AFK timer. Allowed grinders and semi-automatic farms must have continuous activation by the player (i.e. if the player is not present to activate the machine, it will not grind mobs or farm farms); mob grinders must not fully kill mobs, but can only wound them to the point where one hit from the player, and only the player, can kill them.

   - Warning «-» (if not altered to be in compliance or removed) deletion of the farm without compensation -> tempban

3. Creating a death trap for players/teleporting players maliciously in an attempt to instantly kill them/creating an unsafe or deathtrap warp.

   - (if applicable) removal of your warp without refund «-» short tempban -> long tempban

4. Major changes to terrain or structures within 80 blocks (5 chunks) of a protected area (e.g. the spawn or player towns) you don't own/belong to.

Small changes like farming trees or similar are allowed, however, creating mountains, ravines or lava pits without consent is not. It is up to a staff member’s discretion whether an alteration to the area around a town violates this rule.

   - Warning «-» rollback of your terrain edit/build without compensation «-» short tempban -> long tempban

5. Malicious destruction or alteration of another player’s owned land within a town.

   - Warning «-» staff will advise the town mayor to remove player from town -> short tempban -> escalate to punishments under Global Rule 16: Harassment (of the community as a whole)

6. Spamming the same Auction items multiple times, too high/abusive increment prices or scam auctions.

Scams could for example be, but are not limited to selling mcMMO ability tools or renamed enchanted books in order to fool inexperienced players.

   - Warning -> kick -> short tempban «-» removal of permission to issue command “/auction start” and its variants

7. Taking from unlocked chests is allowed, including shulker boxes. However, taking from hoppers and/or potion stands without permission from their owner is not allowed.

   - Warning «-» short tempban -> escalate to punishments under Global Rule 16: Harassment (of the community as a whole)

8. PvP is allowed anywhere on the server, where it is enabled. Attempting to bypass pvp toggle by use of lava, CE enchants, or other is not.

   - Warning «-» short tempban -> long tempban

9. Town Mayors can make Town-specific rules pertaining to their Town, however, these rules may not interfere with already-existing server rules. Furthermore, the server staff is not required to enforce rules created by Town mayors.

10. Admins will not return items if you die. If you lose items to other players, they are not required to return your items either.

11. Doing /sethome at a player's house/base without permission.

   - Warning + removal of the home «-» short tempban -> long tempban

12. Spam killing players without their permission.

   - Warning «-» kick -> short tempban -> long tempban

13. Exploiting/not reporting mechanics exploits.

   - Warning «-» short tempban «-» long tempban -> permanent ban

14. Not leaving at least one block of air between a portal and a barrier, blocking it/Creating portal traps.

   - Removal of your portal without compensation -> short tempban

15. Concerning former town members’ items left within town limits:

  > If a player leaves a town of their own volition (e.g. to join a new town), the mayor is not required to return any items left behind. Repeatedly begging staff or the mayor for those items will be treated as Global Rule 8. Repeatedly begging staff or players for goods, services, or actions.

  > If a player is kicked due to the 90-day inactivity kick, the remaining chests will be unlocked by a staff member. Open a ticket to contact us. The town mayor is not obligated to return the items after 90 days of inactivity.

  > If a player is instead kicked from the town against their will (e.g. by the mayor or the inability to pay taxes), the mayor has to grant them access to their builds/chests/items.

Refusing to give kicked players access to their items can lead to:

   - Warning -> kick «-» short tempban -> long tempban -> possible deletion of the town without compensation

16. Abusing LWC protections to lock or block the property of other players.

   - Warning «-» tempban -> permanent ban.

17. Creating grinders/mob farms with more than 20 spawners. This includes technically separate grinders, that can be used at the same time due to their proximity.

   - Warning -> Removal of the excess spawners without compensation -> short tempban

*All rules are subject to change at any time.*

NOTE 1: Staff are the law of the server. If they tell you something is against the rules, stating "that wasn't listed in the rules" or similar is not a valid reason to justify your actions.

NOTE 2: Shadow Kingdom staff members are not responsible for any players unaware of changes to this list of server rules, and therefore using that as your alibi to disprove a valid punishment is not permitted. Players and staff members are expected to check the official rules regularly for changes.

Creative Server Rules

The following are a list of rules for the Creative server and the punishments for breaking them.

Many of the punishment lengths are purposefully vague so precedent and staff discretion can be more easily used, allowing staff members to adapt punishments as time goes by, rather than being bound by arbitrary rules created with limited knowledge of the reality they intend to dictate. Words such as “short” and “long” in relation to punishment duration are extremely relative; for example, a “short” punishment for breaking one rule may be a 5 minute mute, while a “short” punishment for a different rule may be a month-long tempban.

The punishments follow the following general formula:

Offense committed: punishment for first offense -> second offense -> … -> nth offense

If you see a “«-»”, this means the punishments on either side of that symbol may be used for the same number offense (i.e. first offense, second offense, etc.) depending upon the severity of that offense.

1. Griefing/altering another player's creation without permission.

   - 3-6 month tempban -> 1 year tempban -> permanent ban

2. Creating spammy or random holograms around the server using /ast.

   - Warning -> removal of permission to use /ast

3. Submitting builds which are very early on in development.

Submitted builds don't necessarily have to be 100% complete, but if a build appears to be very incomplete, the staff hold the right to determine if a build is too incomplete for submission yet, and/or disallow it to become enabled.

   - Deletion of your build submission + explanation from the staff of why this was done

4. Submitting inappropriate or phallic builds/Including inappropriate or phallic build images.

   - Deletion of your build submission «-» short tempban -> long tempban

5. Using alt accounts to add likes and/or comments to your build submission.

Multiple users living together may add engagements to each other's builds, however, the staff hold the right to remove engagements if they are thought to be abusive.

   - Removal of added likes/comments «-» short tempban «-» temp IP ban -> long tempban «-» permanent ban

6. Submitting build images with text/Submitting irrelevant submission images.

   - Deletion of your build image «-» Possible deletion of your entire build submission

7. Advertising your build in chat/Spamming your build in chat/Begging for build engagements.

We have implemented an official means of promoting your build post-submitting through the /build broadcast command. Using this command, you can even schedule advertisements to occur in the future.

   - Warning «-» 1-30 minute mute -> 1-3 hour mute -> possible short tempban

8. Build names and/or descriptions containing profanity, slurs, or NSFW language.

Although we do allow mild profanity in chat (when not directed at a player), we do not allow it in build names or descriptions.

   - Immediate deletion of your build submission + warning -> short or long tempban -> permanent ban

*All rules are subject to change at any time.*

NOTE 1: Staff are the law of the server. If they tell you something is against the rules, stating "that wasn't listed in the rules" or similar is not a valid reason to justify your actions.

NOTE 2: Shadow Kingdom staff members are not responsible for any players unaware of changes to this list of server rules, and therefore using that as your alibi to disprove a valid punishment is not permitted. Players and staff members are expected to check the official rules regularly for changes.

Build Submission Rules & Requirements

When a build is submitted on Creative Build Discovery, it must be 'approved' by a Moderator before it becomes publicly shown on the build list. The rules for build approval are intentionally vague, so all building styles can be represented equally. A good "rule of thumb" is that if you spent time on your build and put in effort, it will be approved. Below are some general rules to keep in mind:

1. No 2D pixelart.

   - Minecraft skin statues are included here.

   - 3D organics are allowed.

   - Pixelart can be included in larger builds, but must be accompanied by other building.

2. No redstone contraptions.

   - Things such as rollercoasters, lag/noise machines, or grinders are included here.

   - Redstone contraptions can be included in larger builds, but must be accompanied by other building.

3. Regarding low-quality/effort builds:

Since it's hard to define a "low-quality" or "low-effort" build, the staff team reserves the right to deny a build from becoming enabled which appears to have been thrown together quickly or intentionally created with minimal effort. Again, generally, all builds will become approved if the builder put the time and effort into them.

4. No copied builds from other users.

All builds submitted on CreativeBD must be original work. If a build is found to be a replica of a build found online or on the server by another player, the staff reserve the rights to either deny a build submission from being accepted or delete already-existing build submissions (+ potentially remove your access to submit any builds in the future).