NOTE TO SELF: FOCUS ON THE RULES THEMSELVES FIRST. THEN I can focus on the formatting.

ReverieMC Server Rules

⇒ All bans are IP unless otherwise specified

All Things Listed Below are Punishable Offenses​
⤗ Use of Hacks, Cheats, Glitches, Exploits, X-Ray, or Illegal Mods
⤗ Advertising / Mentioning a Server Name or IP
⤗ Excessive Spam / Caps
⤗ Be Respectful & Keep It PG-13
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⤗ Illegal Activity
⤗ Other Languages / Special Characters in Public Chat or Messages
⤗ Punishment Evading
⤗ Chargeback

⤗ Sexual Harassment
⤗ Staff Impersonation
⤗ Filter Bypassing
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⤗ Certain Traps
⤗ Griefing / Stealing
⤗ Nether Related & Certain AFK Farms in Any World
⤗ Not Using Common Sense
⤗ Lagging the Server
⤗ Excessive Claiming
⤗ Disrespectful Claiming
⤗ Real Life Transactions
⤗ Bypassing the Anti-AFK System (afking IS allowed, in certain ways)

Discord Rules
⤗ Read the rules in the #rules channel on the Discord channel.
⤗ If you haven't joined the Discord channel, click here to do so.

Note: The rules may be changed at any time.
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Use of Hacks, Cheats, Glitches, Exploits, or Illegal Mods
⤗ Using a hacked client, using mods which add hacked client features, x-ray texture packs, or the use of glitches or exploits. Any participation in these will result in the same punishment, even if you were not purposely doing it.
⤗ Use of things like automated sell scripts / bots, mcMMO level bots, and other similar offenses.​
⤗ Autoclicking is considered cheating and bannable.​ No matter whether you're using mods, putting a weight on your mouse, using the vanilla Minecraft client itself and some smart tricks, etc.
⤗ Allowed Modification(s): Turning up your gamma within the settings file. This will allow you to not see darkness.
⤗ Allowed Mods: shown here.

Advertising / Mentioning a Server Name or IP
⤗ Advertising, mentioning, or discussion of other servers or realms is not allowed. Using abbreviations or stars (such as Hypix or Hyp***l) does not make it okay either.
⤗ Discussion of Hytale (the game itself) is fine as long as no server names or IPs are mentioned.
⤗ Providing links to media containing this information is also disallowed.

Excessive Spam / Caps
⤗ Sending messages too quickly, or repeating the same message several times is not okay. Also includes spamming random characters​.
⤗ This isn't a pretty minor issue and you likely won't get in trouble for doing this unless you really go overboard- such as "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I dieeddddddd agaaaaaainnnn!!!!! AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" which is when it starts to get annoying to other people. Similarly, "HOW DID YOU FIND ME?!" is probably fine but "OH MY GOD HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT CHICKEN RIGHT THERE, I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HOURS!" is excessive caps.
⤗ Staff reserve the right to determine on a case-by-case basis what is defined as "excessive" spam/caps. In most cases staff will let you off with a warning. If you are clearly trying to troll and/or have no intention of stopping then you will be muted.

Disrespect
⤗ Do not be racist. Racism is any use of racial or ethnic slurs.
⤗ Do not participate in any form of chat or behavior that encourages suicidal tendencies in people.
⤗ Do not threaten someone's life out of game. In PvP is generally okay.
⤗ Do not troll or disrespect others.
⤗ Do not create a deal with another player and not hold up your end of the deal (also known as scamming).
⤗ Provoking of another player with intent to be a nuisance to them. Includes begging for items​.
⤗ Do not constantly ask for items or ask for people to do things for you. Sure, a few times is fine. Asking all the time just gets plain annoying to everyone.
⤗ Do not attack another player for things such as race, gender, religious beliefs, sexuality, or other severe offenses.​
⤗ Arguing with staff will not be tolerated. Nor will constant complaining.
⤗ Do not constantly complain or say self pity related things. The point of Minecraft is to have fun! Not worry about real world problems! Dragging other people into your problems is not helpful to you nor enjoyable for others. Don't do it.

Illegal Activity
⤗ Do not participate in any illegal activity on the server or with other server members.
⤗ This includes but is not limited to, threatening to or actually Doxing, DDoSing, or Swatting of a player or the server.

Other Languages / Special Characters in Public Chat and Messages
⤗ Only use English on the server. Pig Latin is occasionally allowed as long as it's not constant.
⤗ Do not use special characters or fonts.
⤗ Emoji faces or faces such as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ are okay as long as no mods, cheats, etc are used.

Punishment Evading
⤗ Any attempt to bypass an active punishment.​
⤗ Includes but is not limited to, using alternate accounts when your main account is banned, asking someone to speak for you when you are muted, and writing on signs or in books while muted.

Chargeback
⤗ Attempting to get a refund for a purchase made with the server.​

Be Respectful & Keep It PG-13
⤗ Swearing IS allowed.
⤗ Swearing at other players, however, is not.
⤗ Hate speech and racial slurs will not be tolerated.
⤗ Keep topics, usernames, skins, builds, and everything else PG-13.
⤗ Sexual jokes and topics are allowed but should be more subtle. Openly discussing porn, for example, is not okay.
⤗ Bear in mind obscene erotic remarks/advances is sexual harassment and will not be tolerated.​

Impersonating staff is not allowed.
⤗ Pretending to be a staff member.​
⤗ Changing your Minecraft username to a staff member's old name or nickname.

Filter Bypass
⤗ Do not bypass the server's swear, excessive caps, or spam filters.

Inappropriate Builds
⤗ Do not create builds that are sexual, racist, or other inappropriate things​.

Certain Traps
⤗ Killing traps are allowed IF there are clear warnings beforehand. For example, a sign before the trap saying "You may die if you continue any further".
⤗ Killing traps without clear warnings beforehand are not allowed.
⤗ Traps not built for killing and are built to intentionally trap players with no way to escape are not allowed.

Griefing / Stealing
⤗ Griefing is the act of destroying or building on someone else's land without their permission. This IS allowed outside of claims and is NOT allowed inside of claims. If you do not want to get griefed or stolen from, be sure to claim your land! Also, keep in mind that after 90 days (3 months) of inactivity, your land and chests will be unclaimed and unprotected. This allows players to claim an inactive player's land for themselves or remove ugly builds left by banned or inactive players.
⤗ Stealing is the act of taking or "borrowing" someone's items without their permission. Stealing IS allowed outside of claims and is NOT allowed inside claims.
⤗ If issues arise, please contact staff. In most cases, any griefing/claiming of an unclaimed build/area IS allowed. However, in special cases staff will have the final say.
⤗ Do NOT kill another player's animals or pets in claims unless you have permission to do so.
⤗ Do NOT kill another player's horse outside claims IF they are riding it (unless you two are in PvP).
⤗ Do NOT kill someone else's tamed wolves outside of claims UNLESS one or more of the following are true:
- They are aggressive towards you (because the owner of the dogs attacked you)
- The dog is in your land
- You are in PvP with the owner of the dogs
Nether Related & Certain AFK Farms in Any World
⤗ Do not create fully AFK block farms. Examples: cobblestone, stone, or oak logs.
⤗ Do not place skeleton spawners in the nether. Natural Wither Skeleton farms are allowed. Spawner ones are not.
⤗ Do not create AFK zombie pigmen farms. Farms that require you to manually kill the mobs ARE allowed. However, it's worth noting that portal farms and nether roof access are both disabled. So you would need to go into the nether and place slabs everywhere for it to work. Additionally, claiming large amounts of land around the mob farm to easily disable mob spawning with claim flags is NOT allowed because it would break the excessive claiming rule.
⤗ All AFKable drops were made to sell for less than items that required manual labor to obtain. It was voted in a poll by the majority of the server that players would rather be able to sell gold and iron for a higher price rather than use iron golem farms and pigmen farms to AFK those items. Thus, iron golem farms drop vines but not iron and ALL AFK pigmen farms are against the rules (ones that require manual killing are fine).
⤗ ANY form of AFKable gold farms is against the rules. This includes but is not limited to drowned farms and pigmen farms. Killing the mobs yourself IS allowed. But not using AFKable methods.
⤗ Do not try to get on top of the nether. It was voted in a poll by majority of the players on the server that the nether roof should not be accessible. Normally when you get to the top it should deny you access but in case it does not, do not try to get up there for any reason.


Not Using Common Sense
⤗ Some rules may not be stated here because they can be summed up with "Use Common Sense".
⤗ Do not house camp. In other words, if someone wants you to leave their claim, leave it.
⤗ Do not abuse rank privileges in ways they were not meant to be used. Such as gaining advantages in PvP arenas.
⤗ Do not try to find and use duplication bugs or glitches.
⤗ Do not create outrageously overpriced auctions that no one would bid on. It creates unnecessary spam and takes up time players could be using to do real auctions. For example, auctioning your Damaged Efficiency I Diamond Pickaxe for $20,000 is outrageously overpriced.
⤗ Do not encourage rule breaking of ANY form. For example, do not tell new players the answers to the new player guide. Then they won't learn any of the rules and most likely will get banned at some point for violating them (but not before causing a ton of issues that could've been avoided had they read the rules to begin with).

Lagging The Server
⤗ Do not create machines made for the sole purpose of lagging the server.
⤗ Do not have more than 150 mobs in an area at one time.
⤗ Do not have more than 200 animals in an area at one time.
⤗ Please note, if you have both mobs and animals in the same area, that does mean you are allowed to have 350 mobs and animals in the area. It means a max of 150 or 200 entities in the area, depending if you have more animals or mobs.
⤗ If you are using more than 100 hoppers in an area then put storage blocks on top of the hoppers to reduce lag. These blocks include: chests, trapped chests, furnaces, dispensers, shulker boxes, and droppers. In short it basically helps prevent a lot of lag. If you want to know the full reasoning behind this, check it out here.
Keep in mind, an insane amount of hoppers is still not allowed. However, you are allowed to have a large number if you put storage blocks on top of them.

Excessive Claiming
⤗ Do not create huge areas of claimed land if it's not being used.
⤗ You may claim land if you have builds there. However, when you only have a 20x20 building in a 500x500 claim, that's excessive claiming.
⤗ Excessive claiming makes it difficult for other players to gather resources, find places to build, and travel.
⤗ Violation of this rule may result in:
- Removal of the problem claim(s) with no refund for the cost of it
- A punishment for you
- Reducing the amount of land you, or all players, can claim.

Disrespectful Claiming
⤗ Do not claim right next to someone else's claim unless given their permission.
- Be sure to claim at least 30 blocks away from someone else's claim.
- It's annoying to that player and limits how much both of you can extend your land.
- Similarly, do not build directly outside someone else's claim. For example, building a wall around their entire claim. It's rude, annoying, and will not be tolerated.

Real Life Transactions
⤗ Real life transactions are not allowed. For example, you are not allowed to sell 32 diamond blocks for $5 USD. Similarly, you cannot trade someone in-game items or money (or similar) to buy you, or others, a rank. Players are allowed to buy other players ranks but not if there is any form of trading included.

Bypassing the Anti-AFK System
⤗ The only time AFK systems are NOT allowed is if a player is BELOW Samaritan rank and their AFK system somehow bypasses the automatic AFK kick after 15 minutes (most, if not all, should not bypass it).