Rules

Rules last updated

Staff enforce these at their discretion, and can apply them to the spirit rather than the letter. Appeal in Discord rather than arguing in chat.

Discord Rules

Minor Rule

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Spamming
Excessively repeating the same (or similar) phrase, characters, media or messages over a short duration.
Player Disrespect
Speaking rudely to or swearing at other players with the intention of disrespecting them.
Inappropriate Chat
Discussing topics ranging from illicit drugs to sexual or NSFW content. Also includes political topics.
Server Disrespect
Direct disrespect to the server. This excludes any factual statements or suggestions to improve the server, and only includes things that are insulting without offering any constructive criticism.
Microphone Disruption
Being a general nuisance in voice channels — most notable example being loud noises.
Inappropriate Discord Profile
Inappropriate content in your Discord about me, status, profile picture, banner, etc.
Non-English Messages
Speaking in a language other than English is not allowed, as staff are unable to moderate such content.
Feature Misuse
Misusing systems like tickets, suggestions, bug reports, or mass pinging staff members. Repeated breaking of this rule can result in removal of access to parts of the Discord.

Major Rule

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Harassment
Doing things for the sole purpose of ruining another player’s experience over an extended period of time. Initiating or participating in drama, bullying, or negative discussion about other players. Harassment must usually include some form of negative connotation, annoyance or insults to the player. This also includes misinformation spread about other players.
IRL Threats
Making any kind of real-life related threat against another player.
Toxicity
Players who are, simply, toxic or a nuisance. Includes spreading misinformation and generally bringing a negative vibe to chat through any form of toxicity.
Encouraging Harm
Encouraging any kind of harm on another player. Harm could include any violence, illness, self-harm or suicide.
Discrimination
The use of slurs, derogatory statements, or any form of chat that is intended to discriminate against a minority group.
Advertising
Giving out information about other servers with the intention of getting other players to go join it.
Nuisance Ban Pathway
An accelerated punishment pathway for repeat offenders.

In-Game Rules

Minor Chat

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Spamming
Excessively repeating the same phrase, characters, or messages over a short duration. This includes chat countdowns, private message spam, pay messages, and other forms of intentional chat disruption.
Spamming — Advertisements
You must space out any main chat advertisements by at least three minutes.
Disruptive Conduct
Intentionally misleading players, impersonating staff, exposing staff in vanish, or generally causing trouble for no reason. Includes causing drama by creating arguments out of nothing, or excessively discussing punishments.
Player Disrespect
Speaking rudely to or swearing at other players with the intention of disrespecting them.
Inappropriate Chat
Discussing topics ranging from illicit drugs to sexual or NSFW content. Also includes political topics.
Non-English Messages
Speaking in a language other than English in main chat is not allowed, as staff are unable to moderate such content. Non-English messages in private chats are allowed.

Minor Ban

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Scamming
Deliberately selling/advertising an item that isn’t what it’s being advertised as. Using someone’s build or farm to gain monetary value without explicit permission from the owner.
Harassment
Doing things for the sole purpose of ruining another player’s experience over an extended period of time. Initiating or participating in drama, bullying, or negative discussion about other players. Harassment must usually include some form of negative connotation, annoyance or insults to the player. This also includes misinformation spread about other players.
IRL Threats
Making any kind of real-life related threat against another player.
Griefing
Significantly breaking or placing eyesores within 100 blocks of someone else's claim. Claiming within 100 blocks of another. Breaking or taking from a claim in which you are trusted, without permission.
Staff may issue rollbacks, without punishment, in instances of new players being griefed due to a lack of familiarity with the claiming system.
PvP Bypass
Any form of killing (or the intent to kill) a player that does not have PVP enabled, including an attempt to trap/kill unknowing players.
Minor Bug Abuse
Bug abuse which is non-gameplay impacting for other players, the server economy, etc.
Inappropriate Display
Builds, items, or skins which relate to illicit drugs, sexual or NSFW content, or political content. They may also relate to the Disruptive Conduct or Player Disrespect rules. Any casino or gambling-related content is prohibited.
Toxicity
Players who are, simply, toxic or a nuisance over an extended period. Includes spreading misinformation and generally bringing a negative vibe to chat through any form of toxicity.
Server Disrespect
Direct disrespect to the server. This excludes any factual statements or suggestions to improve the server, and only includes things that are insulting without offering any constructive criticism.

Major Bans

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Encouraging Harm
Encouraging any kind of harm on another player. Harm could include any violence, illness, self-harm or suicide.
Discrimination
The use of slurs, derogatory statements, or any form of content that is intended to discriminate against a group.
Hacking
Using a hacked client or disallowed modifications in order to gain an unfair advantage.
Major Bug Abuse
Bug abuse which impacts the gameplay or experience of others. The use of farms to automate the creation of items in the /sell market is not allowed, and falls under this rule. This does not include spawner farms, non-abusive natural mob drop farms, and farms not created for the sole (or majorly beneficial) purpose of making money.

Extras

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Advertising
Giving out information about other servers with the intention of getting other players to go join it.
Inappropriate IGN
Joining the server with a name which violates any of our rules.
Punishment Evasion
Attempting to circumvent a punishment by any means.
IRL Transactions
Transactions involving direct real-life money to in-game things of any sort are forbidden. The only exclusion is the purchase of items in the Cherry Survival store, in exchange for services/items or similar things on the server.
Nuisance Ban/Mute Pathway
An accelerated punishment pathway for repeat offenders. This allows us to take quick preventative action against specific individuals who are causing disruption to the community.
Blacklist
A serious punishment for the most serious of offences.

Modifications

Allowed Modifications
  • VR Mods
  • Optifine
  • LabyMod
  • Lunar/Badlion client
  • Toggle Sprint
  • Minimaps and Maps (with players, mobs, caves, entities and radar disabled)
  • Schematica/Litematica (no printer)
  • Damage Indicators
  • Gamma
  • Fullbright
  • Shaders
  • Non-gameplay enhancing modifications (Tabby Chat)
Disallowed Modifications
  • Hacked clients
  • X-Ray
  • Fly or flyspeed hacks
  • Autoclickers
  • Macros (or keybinds) which provide a gameplay advantage
  • Chest Finders
  • Printer
  • Easyplace