Moss SMP Server Rules

1.1Acceptance of terms

By joining and remaining on the server, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to follow these rules, the Terms of Service, and the Anti-Harassment Policy.

1.2Mutual respect

Treat all members and staff with courtesy. Constructive discussions and debates are welcome, but personal attacks, harassment, bullying, and intentional trolling or provocation are strictly prohibited.

1.3Hate speech

Do not use language or share content that promotes discrimination, hatred, or violence against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, origin, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.

1.4Personal attacks and safety

Threatening or ridiculing others, encouraging self-harm, and sharing private real-life information without explicit consent are strictly forbidden. Private information includes photos, phone numbers, addresses, social media profiles, school or workplace locations, and IP addresses. Doxing will result in an immediate permanent ban.

1.5Impersonation

Do not pretend to be another user, staff member, or public figure in order to deceive or mislead others.

1.6NSFW content

NSFW or sexually explicit content is not permitted. This includes explicit language, non-consensual sexual images, and unwelcome sexual advances. Violations will result in an immediate permanent ban.

1.7Illegal activities and harmful links

Do not share, promote, or encourage illegal activities, including pirated content or illicit drug use. Never share links to malware, viruses, phishing sites, or disturbing or violent content.

1.8Spam and advertising

Do not repeatedly post irrelevant messages, disrupt the flow of chat, rage excessively, or publish unsolicited advertisements. Advertising other servers or services requires approval from the owner. Promote towns and nations only in designated channels.

1.9Real-money trading

Selling in-game items, currency, or services for real-world money is strictly prohibited.

1.10Malicious destruction

Traditional griefing, including carpet bombing, TNT cannons, and malicious lava or water casting, is strictly prohibited.

1.11Town rules and disputes

Damage to structures within a town or nation is governed by that town's individual rules. Staff are not responsible for resolving internal town disputes or the consequences of town residency and permissions.

1.12External raiding

Stealing from and raiding rival players, towns, or nations is permitted where allowed by server mechanics.

1.13Internal theft

Stealing from fellow town residents is strongly discouraged, but town mayors and authorities are responsible for managing internal theft. Towns are expected to use in-game commands and permissions to protect their assets.

1.14Welcoming new players

New players may not yet know the available resources, commands, and mechanics. Welcome them with guidance rather than hostility.

1.15Spawn camping

Mass-killing or repeatedly targeting new players at spawn is forbidden. Lifesteal mechanics are an exception only when the engagement takes place outside the general spawn zone.

2.1Benefiting from infractions

Players who knowingly benefit from another player's rule-breaking, exploits, glitches, or hacks will be punished as if they committed the violation themselves.

2.2Technical errors and game glitches

Do not take advantage of server bugs, technical oversights, or vanilla game glitches such as block glitching. Report any bug you find to staff immediately.

2.3Duplication

All money and resources must be acquired legitimately through mining, trading, farming, or intended server mechanics. Duplicating items or knowingly accepting duplicated items will result in an immediate wipe of all combined assets, money, and wealth, including personal balances and town and nation banks. Most cases will also result in a permanent ban.

2.4Unfair advantages and hacked clients

Using a client, mod, resource pack, shader pack, macro, or external software to gain an advantage that is unavailable in a normal, unmodified vanilla game is considered cheating. Hacked clients and gameplay-altering macros will result in a temporary or permanent ban.

2.5Allowed modifications

Modifications that only improve performance or provide cosmetic or basic HUD features are permitted. Examples include:

• OptiFine, Sodium, and other performance optimization mods
• Lunar Client and Badlion Client
• Litematica for schematics only; printer functions are banned
• Armor and effect status HUD mods
• Minimalist minimaps

Minimap features must not display more information or radar data than is already publicly available through the server's BlueMap.

2.6Intentional lag and service disruption

Do not intentionally harm Moss SMP services through DDoS attacks, chat spam, Discord raids, lag machines, or any other malicious method. Unauthorized or harmful access may be logged in detail and reported to relevant internet service providers and authorities.

2.7Liquid griefing and lava casting

Griefing with lava, water, or lava casts is strictly forbidden. This applies to griefing outside Towny borders and to intentionally spreading hazards such as fire or fluids from inside a town into unclaimed territory.

2.8Livestock and passive mob claims

Mass-killing peaceful mobs such as villagers, cows, pigs, sheep, or chickens inside another player's claim is treated as an internal town dispute. If a player can kill your animals, it is a consequence of your town residency or permissions management and is not a staff issue. You may kill mobs within your own claims; secure your permissions carefully.

3.1Death chest protection

After being killed, you may return and retrieve your death chest without being harmed.

3.2Prohibited loot camping

Do not prevent a player from recovering their loot or attack them the moment they close their death chest. Players must receive a fair grace period before re-entering PvP conditions.

3.3No immunity exploitation

A dead player may not use post-death immunity to gain an advantage. Do not use the retrieval grace period to scout, block, or interfere with active combatants.

3.4No envoy-snipe exploits

Do not target envoys after death to steal envoy loot or credit under the guise of loot-retrieval immunity. You may resume fighting only after fully recovering your death chest and deliberately re-entering the battle.

3.5Account limit

Each physical player may use a maximum of one Java account and one Bedrock account.

3.6Permitted cross-play use

Your Bedrock account should primarily be used for mobile or cross-play access. Using multiple accounts to bypass AFK timers, multiply daily rewards, or hoard land claims will result in all associated accounts being banned.

3.7Main-account migration

You may permanently migrate or switch your main account between platforms, such as moving from Bedrock Edition to Java Edition.

3.8Appropriate auction naming

Custom names and lore on items listed in the Auction House must follow the community guidelines. Offensive words, slurs, and inappropriate jokes are not permitted.

3.9Legitimate auction transactions

The Auction House is for trading real items. Do not list junk items, such as a single piece of dirt, for millions of coins to transfer money between accounts or players. Do not use the Auction House to advertise services, warps, or external links.

3.10Fair trading

Price gouging is allowed, but intentionally tricking players is not.

3.11No scams or shop traps

The item displayed on a shop sign or chest menu must exactly match what the buyer receives. Misrepresenting an ordinary iron sword as a special "God Sword," for example, is a bannable offense.

Do not place hidden trapdoors, lava drops, or similar traps near a shop warp to kill customers and steal their gear.

3.12Appropriate shop naming

Shop names, warp descriptions, and advertising text in chat must remain family-friendly.

3.13Town names

Creative, historical, and entirely fictional town names are encouraged. Town names must not:

• Contain inappropriate, offensive, toxic, or derogatory language
• Be identical or highly similar to an established town name
• Intentionally confuse players or imitate another town's identity

3.14Nation names

Fictional, fantasy, historical, and geopolitical nation names are permitted. Nation names must:

• Remain family-friendly and avoid offensive, toxic, or sensitive real-world political or cultural slurs
• Be distinct and easily distinguishable from existing nations and towns to prevent diplomatic confusion

3.15No hate speech or slurs

Names containing derogatory language, racial, gender, or sexual slurs, or symbols associated with hate groups are strictly forbidden. Violations will result in immediate item confiscation and may result in a temporary or permanent ban depending on severity.

3.16Keep names appropriate

Avoid explicit, highly vulgar, or sexual references. Keep swear words to an absolute minimum and never use them to target or harass another player. A name such as "The Decapitator" is acceptable; a sexually explicit name is not.

3.17No staff or server impersonation

Do not name items in a way that falsely suggests they are official server rewards, admin tools, custom plugin items, or staff-endorsed items. Forbidden examples include [Admin Tool], [Owner Pick], [Server Event Reward], and names that use a staff member's identity to imply endorsement.

3.18No chat flooding or formatted trolling

Do not use color or formatting codes such as & or § in ways that disrupt the game interface or chat. Prohibited uses include:

• The magic or obfuscated code (&k) used to create long, unreadable, flashing text
• Extremely long names designed to stretch across the screen when held

3.19Weapon names and player-kill messages

Custom weapon names can appear in public death messages. Make sure they comply with chat-safety rules when broadcast publicly, and never use an item name to bypass chat filters.

3.20Enforcement and reporting

Staff have the final say on whether an item name crosses the line. If a staff member flags an item, comply by removing the name with a grindstone or renaming it appropriately.

If you see an inappropriate item name, take a screenshot and submit a ticket in the Moss Discord. Do not engage or argue in public chat.