Community Standards

StonSMP Server Rules

Our rules exist to ensure that every player enjoys an authentic, respectful, and safe multiplayer experience.

Official Draft Guidelines — Whitelist Phase

These guidelines represent our active server rules during the private whitelist phase. Community feedback submitted via Discord tickets helps refine these policies prior to full public launch.

General Conduct

Guidelines for maintaining a respectful, mature, and welcoming multiplayer atmosphere.

1. Mutual Respect

Zero Tolerance

Treat all community members with basic decency and respect. Harassment, hate speech, discrimination, toxicity, and personal attacks are strictly forbidden.

2. Follow Staff Directions

Standard Rule

Adhere to guidance and decisions made by StonSMP staff members. If you disagree with a ruling, address it civilly via a private Discord ticket.

3. Appropriate Usernames & Skins

Standard Rule

Ensure your Minecraft username, skin, and Discord display name remain family-friendly and free from offensive or provocative content.

Gameplay & Construction

Standards ensuring the shared world remains beautiful, clean, and lag-free for everyone.

1. No Unsightly Builds

Standard Rule

Do not create 1x1 pillar towers, unharvested tree stumps, or massive cobblestone eyesores. Clean up after harvesting or temporary scaffolding.

2. Lag Machine Prohibition

Strict Policy

Do not construct deliberate lag machines, infinite loop redstone clocks without shutoff levers, or unchecked mob breeding pits that degrade server performance.

3. Respect Territory Boundaries

Standard Rule

Do not build directly adjacent to another player's base without their prior explicit consent. Give neighboring builds at least 150 blocks of clearance.

PvP and Combat

Rules regarding player-versus-player combat and interactions.

1. Consensual PvP Only

Strict Policy

PvP is only permitted when both parties explicitly agree beforehand. Random killing, spawn camping, or hunting unsuspecting players is prohibited.

2. Safe Zones

Strict Policy

Community hubs, spawn towns, market districts, and designated public areas are strict non-combat safe zones.

3. Return of Gear Upon Request

Standard Rule

In consensual duels, participants must agree on loot stakes prior to battle. If casual sparring, dropped gear must be returned to the defeated party.

Griefing and Stealing

Zero-tolerance policies protecting player creations and inventory.

1. Strict No Griefing Policy

Zero Tolerance

Modifying, destroying, defacing, or detonating another player's buildings, farms, or landscape without permission results in an immediate permanent ban.

2. No Stealing or Raiding

Zero Tolerance

Taking items from unlocked chests, furnaces, item frames, or shulker boxes belonging to someone else is considered theft and is strictly prohibited.

3. CoreProtect Logging

Strict Policy

All block modifications and chest transactions are continuously logged. Any grief or theft will be rolled back and traced back to the perpetrator.

Exploits and Cheating

Preserving gameplay balance and integrity across the server.

1. Hacked Clients & X-Ray

Zero Tolerance

The use of hacked clients, X-ray texture packs, baritone bots, kill aura, fly hacks, or unapproved automation modifications will result in an instant ban.

2. Duplication Glitches

Zero Tolerance

Exploiting item or block duplication glitches (aside from standard vanilla TNT dupers for world eaters, which require prior staff confirmation) is forbidden.

3. Allowed Client Modifications

Standard Rule

Only pure client-side performance and aesthetic mods are permitted (e.g., Fabric, Sodium, Lithium, Iris Shaders, MiniHUD, JourneyMap without entity radar).

Chat and Communication

Maintaining a friendly, clean, and collaborative chat environment.

1. No Spam or Flooding

Standard Rule

Avoid repetitive messaging, excessive capitalization, command spamming, or chat flooding in in-game chat or Discord channels.

2. No External Advertising

Strict Policy

Promoting other Minecraft servers, commercial services, or external Discord links without staff approval is prohibited.

3. Language & Decorum

Standard Rule

English and Hindi are our primary server languages. Keep public chat friendly, welcoming, and safe for all community members.

Rule Enforcement & Support

All rule violations are investigated using server audit logs and CoreProtect rollbacks. If you encounter rule-breaking or wish to appeal an administrative decision, open a confidential ticket on Discord.

Open a Discord Support Ticket