Minecraft Rules

Welcome to the Alinea Minecraft rules. They exist to set expectations, promote fair play, increase the longevity of the server, and promote an enjoyable experience for our community. Remember to also follow the Code of Conduct, which also applies in our Minecraft server.

Basic Rules

  1. Ask before attacking

    We are not a PvP server. Ask first, even for playful punches, or to get someone’s attention.

  2. Respect the authority of rulers

    Before building in a province, always obtain permission from its ruler. Province rulers set the rules within their province. Learn what they can and cannot enforce in the provincial rules.

Building Rules

  1. Keep the overworld beautiful

    Don’t leave behind floating trees, creeper holes, random dirt pillars, quarried beaches, or half-demolished builds, even if they were your own.

  2. Build on land

    Don’t build in or over the ocean. Small docks and minor terraforming are fine, but don’t build artificial islands or expand landmasses.

  3. Build low outside provinces

    Don’t build anything taller than 32 meters outside a province. Higher structures must go inside a province.

Ownership Rules

  1. No ownership outside provinces

    Anything left unattended outside a province is abandoned, and may be taken or repurposed. If you die, your drops are exempt if reclaimed quickly. Build inside a province for protection.

  2. Earn your ownership

    Ownership comes from action such as building, crafting, trading, or receiving, not from words or vague claims alone.

  3. Respect others’ ownership

    Don’t steal, take, break, or mess with anything that belongs to someone else without their permission.

  4. Explore freely

    You may enter other players’ property unless they have clearly marked or told you not to.

  5. Harvest freely

    You may harvest crops from any farm you can access, unless the owner has said otherwise. Always replant what you take.

  6. Sail freely

    You may use any unattended boat left in the water.

  7. Forfeit belongings on ban

    When a player is banned, their belongings are transferred to the Administration. Co-owned property is included by default, and other co-owners must contact staff if they wish to reclaim it.

Fair-Play Rules

  1. Don’t exploit

    Don’t use glitches, bugs, or design flaws to bypass intended limitations. Don’t dupe, x-ray, break bedrock, or use the F3 menu, freecam or a minimap to find caves.

  2. Play manually

    Don’t use modifications to automate your game. Only Minecraft’s own systems (redstone, hoppers, etc.) may automate tasks. The only exceptions are modifications that rearrange your inventory or hotbar, and dumb autoclickers and keypressers that make no decisions for you. Any other automating modifications, including kill-aura, auto-fishing, or auto-mining are forbidden.

  3. Prevent lag

    You’re responsible for making sure your builds do not cause lag. Keep entities to a minimum, optimise redstone, and add off-switches to machines that don’t need to run continuously.

  4. Don’t use chunk loaders

    Chunks must unload when no players are present. Keeping them loaded is prohibited.

Miscellaneous Rules

  1. Don’t destroy trial chambers

    Leave them intact, as if you were never even there, so others can enjoy them too.

  2. Don’t create private markets

    While you are allowed to sell items anywhere in the world, you cannot create any places dedicated to the sale of items outside the Market Square.

  3. Don’t keep villagers

    Villagers are strictly regulated. Only provinces may keep villagers or zombie villagers, and to do so they must obtain the required number of “Villager Rights”. Talk to your province’s ruler if you want access to villagers.

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