Code of Minecraft

Always get permission before any PvP, even friendly punches.

If someone doesn’t want to role-play, or just wants to be left alone, respect their wishes, even if they were fine with it before.

Players on Alinea are emancipated — Slavery and indentured servitude are considered roleplay.

Clean up after yourself. No floating trees, 1×1 towers, blown up houses, unpatched creeper holes, or other eyesores. This rule only applies to the overworld.

Be responsible when terraforming. For example, don’t carve out a square chunk out of a cliff so you can build a house, but instead incorporate the natural features into your build, or modify the terrain in a way that looks natural. This rule only applies to the overworld.

Don’t build in the ocean without permission from the Server Administration. These builds can be seen from far away.

Keep trial chambers intact. If you do place a few blocks, make sure to remove them once you’re done.

1. Only three things can be owned: items, entities and builds.
2. To own something, simply declaring ownership is not enough. You must have a reasonable claim to ownership.
3. You have a duty to communicate ownership of your items, entities, and builds, lest they be considered abandoned.

1. Don’t touch, break, take, steal or interfere with anything that belongs to someone else, without their permission.
2. You can move other players’ items or entities, if they are in the way of a build, if you properly store them, and inform the owner of their location.

You must recover any items dropped by other players in the event of their death, if they are unable to reasonably do so themselves, and you are.

You can only own a build if it meets all of these conditions:

1. There is a sign at the entrance of the build, with your current in-game name on it.
2. The build has a design or pattern to it, it is not purely functional.
3. The build has an obvious purpose, even if this purpose is purely aesthetic.
4. The build does not primarily exist to stop other builds from being made in its place.

You’re responsible for anything you own, even after you abandon it, until someone else takes ownership.

1. You can consider anything abandoned if you have made a reasonable effort to find and notify the owner, and the owner does not restore their ownership within a reasonable time.
2. You can treat anything abandoned as if it were unowned.

You can’t take items or entities from builds that are not yours, even if they are abandoned. You must have to properly claim ownership of the build first, or remove the build entirely.

1. By default, you may enter any property on the server.
2. You can deny others entry to your property, by putting up signs explicitly stating entry is denied, or telling players directly. You must respect these signs or requests.
3. When a property is abandoned, you may enter it even if there are signs saying otherwise. However, you must leave immediately if the owner returns and asks you to leave.

You can freely use any boat left unattended. For chest boats, make sure they are empty first.

Unless the owner of a property has denied you these rights, or denied you entry, you have these rights in their property:

1. You can use any publicly accessible facilities, such as farms, grinders, or enchanting tables.
2. You can harvest any publicly accessible crops if you replant them.

You may not establish shopping districts or markets without permission from the Server Administration. One-off small-scale shops selling only a few different items are allowed.

1. If you are banned, all of your ownership is transferred to the Server Administration. This includes all of your builds, items, and any other assets you have on the server.
2. You may not transfer ownership of your assets to another player before or after being banned.
3. If ownership was shared before the ban, the other owner(s) will lose their ownership rights as well. They can appeal to the Server Administration to regain ownership rights.

1. Rulers of Provinces can establish local rules related to building codes and property ownership within their province.
2. These local rules must not conflict with the server-wide rules outlined in this Code.
3. Local rules must be clearly communicated to residents, lest they be considered unenforceable.
4. Anyone in a province must follow the local rules, even if they are not a resident of the province, as long as they do not conflict with the server-wide rules.

1. Rulers can levy property taxes on residents within their province. The nature of the tax, the rate, and the due date must be clearly communicated to residents.
2. Rulers can allow residents to pay property taxes ahead of time, for up to four weeks.
3. Structures for which taxes have been paid ahead of time cannot be evicted for the duration covered by the payment, up to a maximum of four weeks.

1. Rulers can evict structures within their province but must provide at least a seven-day notice before doing so.
2. Rulers can establish a shorter or longer notice period, as long as it is at least three days.
3. When the notice period is shortened, any current owners of structures in the province will still be entitled to the original notice period, for the length of this original notice period.

Rulers are responsible for keeping their province looking neat.

Rulers of Provinces can be held liable for violations of the server rules within their province, especially if they did not take necessary actions to prevent or correct the violation.

1. Rulers must ensure the number of villagers in their Province does not exceed the limit set for their Province by the server administration.
2. Rulers are responsible for keeping count of the number of villagers in their Province.
3. You must obtain permission from your Province’s ruler to keep villagers in their Province.

Any building in a Territory can be no taller than 32 meters.

Any structure inside a Territory is considered abandoned if the owner hasn’t logged in for 7 days or more.

You are not allowed to keep villagers in Free Territories.

Don’t exploit glitches, bugs, unintended mechanics, or design flaws within the game or server, bypass intended limitations, or perform actions not intended to be possible. This includes but is not limited to duplicating items, using x-ray texture packs, using the F3 menu to find caves, or breaking bedrock.

1. You can use modifications to automatically eat food, automatically switch items within your hotbar or inventory, or automatically click or press keys.
2. Don’t use any modifications to automate any other actions, including but not limited to aiming the crosshair, fishing or mining.

Don’t intentionally cause lag or instability on the server, or to fellow players.

You’re responsible for any lag or instability you cause, even if it was unintentional. You have to take reasonable steps to prevent it, in particular when building complex contraptions.

Don’t build Chunk Loaders, or any other device that keeps chunks loaded when no players are in the area.

A contract is formed when there’s a clear offer, an acceptance of that offer, and all sides are giving and receiving something of value.

Unless a contract is deemed unenforceable by these rules or all parties waive the obligations, you must fulfil your contractual duties.

A contract can be modified or terminated by mutual agreement of all parties.

A contract is unenforceable if any of these are true:

1. It requires a player to break the rules.
2. A player was coerced into agreeing to it.
3. The terms agreed upon are so excessively unfair or one-sided that they are unconscionable.
4. The contract is impossible to fulfil, or becomes impossible to fulfil due to circumstances beyond the control of the parties.
5. The agreement was obviously part of role-play, and not intended to be taken seriously.

1. Be fair and honest, and always act in good faith, when making and carrying out contracts.
2. Don’t try to exploit loopholes in contracts, or use them to trick others.

1. If you have a dispute about a contract, you have to try to resolve it amicably, by talking to the other party, or with the help of a mediator, before you reach out to the Server Administration.
2. If you can’t resolve the dispute, you can reach out to the Server Administration, who will try to help you resolve it.
3. When reaching out to the Server Administration, you have to provide proof you tried to resolve the dispute yourself.
4. The Server Administration may charge a fee for resolving disputes, to be paid in in-game currency. No real money is involved.