Rules

These rules apply to all ElodiaSMP community spaces, including our Minecraft servers, Discord server, voice channels, website, and any other official platform connected to ElodiaSMP.

1. Be respectful and kind.

Treat all players, staff members, and community members with respect. Harassment, bullying, discrimination, hate speech, personal attacks, threats, or intentionally offensive behavior are not allowed.

2. Keep communication appropriate.

Please keep chat, voice chat, usernames, nicknames, skins, builds, signs, item names, and other public content appropriate for the community. Avoid excessive swearing, offensive topics, sexual content, political arguments, or anything intended to provoke others.

3. No spam or disruptive behavior.

Do not spam, flood chat, repeatedly send the same message, abuse capital letters, misuse mentions, or intentionally disrupt conversations. This also includes unnecessary arguments, drama, trolling, or behavior that makes the community less enjoyable for others.

4. No malicious links or unsafe content.

Do not post malicious links, phishing attempts, scams, suspicious downloads, IP grabbers, or any content intended to harm another user’s account, device, privacy, or safety.

5. Respect privacy.

Do not share personal information about yourself or others. This includes real names, addresses, phone numbers, private messages, photos, social media accounts, or any other private information without permission.

6. Use common sense.

Not every situation can be listed in the rules. If something clearly harms the community, creates unfair advantages, or makes other players feel unsafe or unwelcome, staff may still take action. 

These rules apply to all Minecraft servers within the ElodiaSMP network. Gamemode-specific rules may add extra restrictions, but the general server rules always apply unless clearly stated otherwise.

1. No cheating, hacking, or unfair advantages.

The use of hacked clients, cheat mods, macros, autoclickers, x-ray, freecam abuse, movement hacks, combat hacks, duplication tools, or any other unfair advantage is strictly prohibited. If you are unsure whether a mod or tool is allowed, please ask staff before using it.

2. Do not exploit bugs or glitches.

Any form of bug abuse, glitch abuse, duplication, bypassing restrictions, or abusing unintended mechanics for personal gain is not allowed. If you discover a bug or exploit, report it to staff instead of using or sharing it.

3. No real-money trading with third parties.

Buying, selling, or trading in-game items, currency, accounts, services, ranks, or progress for real money outside of official ElodiaSMP platforms is not allowed. This includes third-party trades, external marketplaces, and private deals.

4. No scamming or deceptive trading.

Do not intentionally deceive, trick, mislead, or scam other players during trades, agreements, auctions, services, or any other form of player interaction. All trades should be fair and honest.

5. Do not intentionally harm server performance.

Players may not create machines, farms, redstone systems, entity setups, or builds that cause excessive lag or negatively affect server performance. This includes unnecessary redstone clocks, excessive entities, oversized farms, or systems designed to overload the server.

6. Respect protected and restricted areas.

Do not bypass claims, protections, barriers, region flags, safe zones, spawn areas, event areas, or any other protected server systems. Areas marked as safe, restricted, or staff-only must be respected at all times.

7. Do not evade punishments.

Using alternate accounts, VPNs, name changes, Discord accounts, or any other method to bypass a mute, ban, warning, restriction, or other punishment is not allowed.

8. Follow staff instructions.

Please listen to staff members when they ask you to stop an action, move away from an area, provide information, or follow a specific instruction. Arguing, ignoring instructions, or attempting to find loopholes may result in further action.

9. Keep builds and content appropriate.

Builds, signs, books, item names, skins, banners, map art, and any other visible content must be appropriate for the community. Offensive symbols, hate content, sexual content, extreme violence, or content made to insult or provoke others is not allowed.

10. Staff may remove or move harmful content.

The server administration reserves the right to remove, modify, or move structures, entities, items, farms, or other content if they are inappropriate, harmful to gameplay, causing performance issues, blocking important areas, or negatively affecting the server experience.

11. Use common sense.

Not every possible situation can be listed in the rules. If an action creates an unfair advantage, harms the server, disrupts gameplay, or negatively affects other players, staff may take action even if it is not specifically mentioned here. 

These rules apply specifically to the ElodiaSMP Survival server. They are designed to keep the SMP fair, enjoyable, and respectful for all players while still allowing creativity, trading, exploration, and community interaction.

1. Protect your land with claims.

Players are strongly encouraged to claim their bases, farms, shops, and valuable builds. Claims help prevent unwanted access and protect your progress. If you choose not to claim an area, staff may have limited ability to restore lost or changed items.

2. Do not grief or damage player builds.

Destroying, modifying, blocking, flooding, burning, covering, or otherwise damaging another player’s build or area is not allowed. This also applies to unclaimed builds. Lava casts, water flooding, TNT damage, fire spreading, and covering builds with blocks are considered griefing when used against another player’s property.

3. Do not steal from other players.

Taking items, blocks, animals, villagers, crops, loot, or other resources from another player’s base, farm, shop, storage, or claimed/unclaimed property without permission is not allowed.

4. Respect player bases and land.

Do not build directly next to another player’s base, surround their claim, block entrances, claim around them, or intentionally limit their expansion without permission. Please leave reasonable space between your builds and other players’ areas.

5. Do not abuse claim systems.

Do not use claims to trap players, block public access routes, protect griefing, steal land, or interfere with another player’s build. Claiming another player’s active build or intentionally creating claim conflicts is not allowed.

6. Keep public areas clean.

Please do not leave random blocks, floating trees, pillars, holes, temporary bridges, or unfinished structures around spawn, warps, towns, shops, portals, or other commonly used areas. Clean up after yourself when gathering resources or travelling.

7. Be respectful with farms and villagers.

Large farms, villager setups, mob grinders, and animal pens should be built responsibly and should not negatively affect nearby players. Keep them contained, organized, and reasonable in size.

8. Do not misuse community resources.

Public farms, public villagers, community chests, shops, warps, and shared builds must be used fairly. Do not empty, break, block, overuse, or modify community resources unless you have permission.

9. Shops and trades must be clear.

Player shops, prices, trade terms, and services should be understandable and honest. Do not create misleading shops, unclear deals, fake prices, or setups intended to confuse players. 

10. Build with respect for the environment.

Please try to adapt your builds to the surrounding area and avoid unnecessary destruction of the natural landscape. Buildings should fit reasonably into their environment, especially near towns, roads, public areas, or other players’ builds. Instead of completely clearing forests, mountains, rivers, or terrain, we encourage players to build around nature and integrate natural features into their designs whenever possible.

11. Keep the world natural and clean.

Resource gathering is part of survival, but avoid leaving behind heavily destroyed terrain, floating trees, random block pillars, uncovered holes, or large damaged areas. If possible, use resource worlds for large-scale farming or mining, and keep the main SMP world clean and enjoyable for everyone. 

These rules apply specifically to the ElodiaSMP Skyblock server. They are designed to keep islands, the economy, competitions, and player cooperation fair and enjoyable for everyone.

1. You are responsible for your island members.

Only invite players you trust to your island. Island members may be able to build, break blocks, use containers, interact with farms, or access shared resources depending on their permissions. Staff may not always be able to restore items or progress lost due to trusted island members.

2. Do not grief islands.

Destroying, modifying, stealing from, blocking, flooding, or otherwise damaging another player’s island without permission is not allowed. This applies to both active islands and shared island projects.

3. Do not abuse island permissions.

Do not use island permissions, coop access, visitor access, or trust systems to harm another island, steal resources, bypass protections, trap players, or gain access to areas you were not meant to access.

4. No island boosting or unfair progression.

Using alternate accounts, fake island members, repeated island resets, or other methods to gain extra rewards, starter items, resources, currency, island levels, or leaderboard advantages is not allowed.

5. Do not exploit island resets or starter resources.

Island resets and starter items are meant to help players begin their Skyblock journey. They may not be abused to farm items, money, blocks, spawners, keys, rewards, or any other resources.

6. Keep farms reasonable and server-friendly.

Automated farms, mob farms, crop farms, generators, and redstone systems must be built responsibly. Farms that create excessive entities, item drops, redstone activity, or server lag may be limited, modified, or removed by staff.

7. Do not bypass island limits.

Island size limits, hopper limits, spawner limits, entity limits, redstone limits, generator limits, and other Skyblock restrictions must be respected. Trying to bypass these limits is not allowed.

8. Respect the Skyblock economy.

Do not intentionally manipulate, abuse, or break the economy through exploits, duplicated items, misleading trades, market abuse, or unintended money-making methods. If you find an economy issue, report it instead of using it.

9. Player shops and trades must be clear.

Shops, auctions, trades, and services must be honest and understandable. Do not create misleading prices, fake offers, confusing shop setups, or deals designed to trick other players.

10. Do not trap or block visitors.

Visitors must not be trapped, killed, blocked from leaving, forced into unwanted interactions, or misled by island layouts. If your island is open to visitors, make sure it is safe and accessible.

11. Build islands responsibly.

Large builds, farms, and decorative structures should be organized and should not negatively affect server performance or other players’ experience. Islands should remain accessible, functional, and appropriate for the community.

12. Island top and competitions must be fair.

Any island rankings, island value systems, seasonal competitions, or reward events must be played fairly. Using exploits, alternate accounts, fake members, or unintended mechanics to gain an advantage may lead to disqualification or further action. 

These rules apply specifically to the ElodiaSMP PvP server. This gamemode is designed around raiding, fighting, looting, and base attacks, but all PvP should still remain fair, sportsmanlike, and enjoyable for everyone.

1. PvP and raiding are part of the gamemode.

Bases on the PvP server are not fully protected and may be attacked, raided, looted, or partially damaged by other players. Players should be aware that building on this server comes with risk.

2. Looting is allowed.

Taking items from enemy bases, chests, dropped loot, farms, or storage areas during a raid is allowed, as long as it does not involve exploits, bug abuse, or bypassing server systems.

3. Partial base damage is allowed.

Breaking walls, entrances, defenses, farms, or parts of a base during an attack or raid is allowed. Damage should be related to the raid and should not be excessive beyond the purpose of fighting or looting.

4. Complete base destruction is not allowed.

Fully destroying a base, flattening it, burning it down completely, or damaging it beyond any reasonable raid purpose is considered unsportsmanlike and may lead to staff action. The goal of raiding should be PvP and loot, not ruining another player’s entire progress.

5. Do not destroy bases with lava, water, or cobblestone structures.

Using lava casts, water flooding, cobblestone pyramids, or similar methods to cover, bury, permanently damage, or make a base unusable is not allowed.

6. No trapping.

Trapping players in unavoidable, unfair, or inescapable situations is not allowed. This includes traps designed only to prevent gameplay, force repeated deaths, or make it impossible for a player to continue fairly.

7. No spawn camping.

Do not repeatedly kill players immediately after they spawn, respawn, teleport, or enter a commonly used area. Players must have a fair chance to move, prepare, or leave.

8. Do not combat log.

Leaving the server, disconnecting, switching servers, abusing crashes, or otherwise avoiding combat while being attacked or actively fighting is not allowed.

9. Keep PvP fair.

Do not abuse unfair mechanics, unintended safe spots, protected areas, teleport delays, commands, glitches, or server systems to gain an advantage in PvP.

10. Respect safe zones and restricted areas.

If an area is marked as safe, protected, or non-PvP, it must be respected. Do not lure, trick, push, or force players out of safe zones in unfair ways.

11. Do not excessively target or harass players.

Repeatedly attacking the same player or group over and over with the goal of ruining their experience instead of normal PvP competition may be considered harassment.

12. Staff may judge extreme cases.

PvP situations can be complex, and not every scenario can be listed. Staff may take action if a raid, fight, trap, or base attack is considered unfair, abusive, or against the spirit of the gamemode. 

These rules and guidelines apply to all ElodiaSMP platforms, including our Minecraft servers, Discord server, website, and any other official community space.

1. Staff decisions are based on the situation.

Every report and rule violation is reviewed based on its context, severity, intent, impact, and the player’s history. Consequences may vary depending on the situation.

2. Possible consequences.

Breaking the rules may result in a warning, mute, kick, temporary ban, permanent ban, rollback, item removal, island/base changes, leaderboard removal, or removal from the Discord server. Serious or repeated violations may lead to stronger actions.

3. Ignorance of the rules is not an excuse.

By joining and playing on ElodiaSMP, you are expected to know and follow the rules. Not reading or understanding the rules does not excuse rule-breaking behavior.

4. Report rule violations properly.

If you witness a rule violation, please report it by opening a support ticket on our Discord or contacting us by email at info@elodiasmp.com. Include as much useful information as possible, such as player names, screenshots, videos, coordinates, dates, times, and a short explanation of what happened.

5. Do not start public arguments.

Reports should be handled through the proper support channels, not through public chat, Discord arguments, or harassment. Public accusations, drama, or retaliation may make the situation worse and can lead to further action.

6. Evidence helps us take action.

Staff can act more effectively when clear evidence is provided. Screenshots, videos, chat logs, transaction details, and exact locations help us review reports fairly and accurately.

7. False reports are not allowed.

Do not intentionally create false, misleading, edited, or exaggerated reports against other players. Reports should be made honestly and in good faith.

8. Appeals and questions.

If you believe a punishment was issued unfairly, or if you have questions about a decision, please open a support ticket or contact us by email. We are willing to review situations respectfully, but appeals must be honest and calm.

9. Staff may act to protect the community.

The ElodiaSMP staff team reserves the right to take action against behavior that harms the server, the community, or the gameplay experience, even if the exact situation is not listed word-for-word in the rules.

10. Our goal is a fair and welcoming community.

Rules are not meant to punish players unnecessarily. They exist to protect the community, keep gameplay fair, and make sure ElodiaSMP remains a place where players can feel welcome, respected, and safe.