GEARSPINNEDRULES & GUIDELINES
SERVER RULES.
Please read and understand the rules below to ensure a fun and safe community for everyone. Go in-depth, this is just a quick reference.
General Rules (Discord and Minecraft)
- Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, slurs, NSFW, racism, or offensive content.
- No spam, excessive pings, abuse of reports, impersonation, or exploiting rule loopholes.
- Stay on topic and follow Discord's Terms of Service.
- No advertising, self-promotion, suspicious links/files, or automation unless staff allows it.
- Do not share personal/private information or evade bans with alt accounts.
- Usernames, nicknames, and profile pictures must be appropriate.
Gameplay Rules
- No cheating, hacking, macros, scripts, exploits, duping, or crash attempts.
- Do not grief, steal, or take duped items; report exploits, glitches, and unclaimed bases.
- Minimize lag: no lag machines; staff may remove laggy builds.
- Do not trade in-game items for real money or external goods.
- Important structures (Strongholds, Bastions, Fortresses) may not be claimed.
- LOOTR chests/barrels may only be broken on your claim.
Claim Rules
- Claims expire after 14 days of inactivity; forceloaders unload after 7 days.
- Respect nearby claims; Have common sense with this. Try to not build within 4 blocks of another player's claim.
- Claim size: 35 chunks + 1 chunk loader per team member.
- No player shops at spawn.
- If enough alternatives exist, respect the wishes of claim owners who do not want claims nearby.
Train Rules
- Standard size: 5 wide 8 high. Tunnels should be built accordingly.
- Do not disrupt tracks without owner permission.
- Use correct tags, categories, lines, and schedules.
- Platforms of a train station should be grouped under one train station tag.
- Passenger trains must be accessible; unusable ones go on the blacklist.
- If multiple trains go on the same route, they should be put in a line.
Dragon Egg
- Only one egg exists. No duplication, destruction, or storage in containers.
- Carrying the Dragon Egg allows PvP.
- Punishments: Most violations = warning.
- Severe offenses (duping, mass griefing, slurs) = instant ban.
- Two warnings = ban.
War & Geo-politics Rules
- PvP is only allowed during war.
- When declaring war, there must be a valid reason. "Just for fun" does not count.
- There should always be a reasonable bail for any nation to end the war peacefully.
- If the defending nation does not respond within 24 hours, the war proceeds.
- No combat logging, jetpacks, prebuilding, unreachable hiding, or claims abuse.
- War ends when all players die once or after 48h (most kills wins).
- Battlefield is in a chosen inhabited area; 256-block radius (plains biome).