Rules

Please read the rules carefully to avoid any penalties. Our rules ensure a safe and fair environment, and you are responsible for following them. Violations will result in appropriate action, and not knowing the rules is not an excuse.

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PetalCraft Chat and Discord Rules

1.1: Keep discussions respectful. Do not use hate speech, discrimination, or inappropriate content. If the staff asks you to drop a topic, you drop it.

1.2: Toxic behavior may result in mutes or bans. Avoid inappropriate, political, or sensitive topics. Mapart and written books should stay PG-13.

1.3: No Doxxing. Including do not share personal or account information.

1.4: No spamming, flooding chat, or excessive use of caps. Third-party fonts and emojis are not allowed.

1.5: No advertising third-party links, except for our website or live streams.

1.6: No external ads or links in chat, except for safe links in Discord.

1.7: Do not impersonate other players or staff.

1.8: Please use English in public chats. You may use other languages in private messages.

1.9: Treat all players and staff with respect.

1.10: Swearing is allowed, but must not be excessive or used to disrespect other players or staff. Racist, sexual, or hateful language is strictly prohibited. Misuse may result in a warning, mute, or ban depending on severity.

1.11: No spamming chat or commands.

1.12: No trolling or disruptive behavior in chat.

1.13: No drama. It will result in a permanent ban.

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General Rules

2.1: Trapping players or tricking players into your traps are prohibited and it will result in a ban. This isn’t Factions, don’t treat it as such.

2.2: TP killing/trapping or attempting to is not allowed.

2.3: You are not allowed to bypass any punishments such as bans, mutes, kicks, or jail. Finding ways to bypass it will result in a permanent ban.

2.4: You are not allowed to use VPN to join the server or find ways to bypass it.

2.5: Alt accounts are allowed to be used for AFK farming. You cannot use it to bypass punishments, exploits, or glitch. It will result in a permanent ban.

2.6: Do not beg for items or ask for ranks to be spawned by admins. Do not ask staff members to run commands that you wouldn't normally have access to.

2.7: You are allowed to use up to three alternative accounts for voting, farming, events, and claiming rewards.

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Shops, Trades, Economy, and Gambling Rules

Always take a screenshot or picture of trade agreements. If you need staff assistance with a misleading trade or scam, you must provide evidence. Without proof, we will be unable to help. You are not required to issue a refund if someone accidentally purchases from you, but you may choose to do so.

3.1: Scamming others on trades or in any form of ways are prohibited and will result in a ban.

3.2: Misleading staff to false information such as recovering stolen, refunding broken goods, or lost goods that were not stolen, bugged, or lost is not allowed.

3:3: No trading fake items (example: selling fake crate keys or any items are not allowed.)

3.4: If the trade is started it must be completed or reversed. If the trade is not completed after it has started it will be considered a scam.

3.5: Third party trades are not allowed.

3.6: You can only advertise your shop in-game and discord 3 times a day.

3.7: Gambling and casino's machines and in any form of ways are not allowed at all.

3.8: You are not allowed to resell other players items, banners, mapart, artmap works, books, or any of their original works without their permission.

3.9: Banking, investing, and interest payments aren’t allowed in-game.

3.10: Pay to enter isn’t allowed at all. Charging people to enter your mob grind, towns, markets, events, etc are not allowed.

3.11: Third party deals and trade outside of PetalCraft is not allowed.

3.12: Extorting or blackmailing others for real-life or in-game goods or services is strictly prohibited.

3.13: Lowballing is allowed.

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Farming Rules

4.1: You are not allowed to use farming exploits for the sole purpose of abusing the market. Also please be aware that public farms are for the benefits of all players, and items taken from such establishments to be sold will not be tolerated.

4.2: Afk farms are only allowed if you are loading an area. Any farm that requires auto-clicking, such as using left or right click is prohibited. This includes the use of the F3 + T to keep the player clicking.

4.3: Fish Machines are not allowed.

4.4: Redstone machines are allowed, but they need to be kept to a reasonable size and not cause a large amount of lag for nearby players. If you’re not sure if your Redstone qualifies, ask a staff member. There are limits to certain redstone items you can use per chunk.

4.5: Any lag machines or any builds that cause large server lag will be removed by the staff team.

4.6: Entities cramming is not allowed.

4.7: Portal farms are not allowed.

4.8: Any form of chunk reloading for farming isn’t allowed at all.

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Claiming and Building Rules

5.1: Do not build within 100 blocks of a player without their permission.

5.2: Players have a right to not be forced to live near players that they don’t want to. Always check the surrounding area for other players’ builds! If asked to move your house, then you can either do so yourself or ask for staff help.

5.3: Do not use areas surrounding other players’ builds as areas for resource gathering. This falls under the ‘no griefing’ rule!

5.4: Modifying other players' builds or abandoned builds is considered griefing and results in a ban. This includes methods that either add blocks (placing blocks by hand, cobble monsters, etc.) and ones that subtract blocks (breaking blocks by hand, TNT).

5.5: Stealing other players crops or items without their consent is considered theft and results in a ban.

5.6: Breaking into another player’s property in a way that damages the build is considered griefing. Look with your eyes, not with your pickaxe!

5.7: You are not allowed to grief or steal from unclaimed builds and abandon builds.

5.8: If someone asks you to leave their claim, please do so or the staff will force you to leave. Refusing to leave will result in a punishment.

5.9: If someone asks you to build 100 blocks or move your 100 blocks away from them please do so. You need help, feel free to ask a staff member. Refusing to move your builds or ignoring staff warnings (telling you to move your build) will be forcefully removed by a staff member.

5.10: Killing players' animals and pets is not allowed.

5.11: Player traps are not allowed.

5.12: Players are not allowed to claim over other players’ builds without permission from the person who originally built it. The claim will be removed (without refunding the claim blocks), and the player in question will be given a warning. Unless you are gifted the build, the build belongs to the person who placed the blocks, not the one who owns the claim (The claim will be removed without refunding the claim blocks, and the player in question will be given a warning.)

5.13: Claiming other players belonging is not allowed.

5.14: No inappropriate builds. Symbolism of anything sexual, racist, controversial, or hateful are not allowed, and the builder will have their build removed and banned if they do not remove it.

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Hacks, Bugs, and Exploits Rules

6.1: X-Ray mods and texture packs are prohibited and it will result in a ban.

6.2: Hacked Clients are prohibited and will result in a ban.

6.3: Mods that do not affect vanilla mechanics are allowed (ex. Optifine).

6.4: The use of exploits in the vanilla game to gain an unfair advantage are banned.

6.5: Taking advantage of bugs/glitches leads to a punishment. If you spot any form of bugs or glitches, report it to a staff member asap.

6.6: We do not allow flying, speed flying, or speed walking within the spawn world.

6.7: The use of World Downloader mods or similar modifications is not allowed.

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Minecraft Account and Discord Rules

7.1: No inappropriate in-game names, skins, or capes (If caught with one, you will be asked to change it before returning onto the server. If you do not, you will be banned. Discord names and profile pictures are also subject to this rule.

7.2: When writing a ban appeal, make sure to follow the given format. Posts that don’t will be denied and must be redone if you wish to return to the server. (Ban appeals can only be done by the player that is banned. Any ban appeal that is written to another player will automatically be denied. Appeals are meant to be a plea for innocence/mercy depending on the case, which can only be shown by the player who was banned.

Disclaimer

By participating in PetalCraft, whether in-game or on our Discord server, you agree to abide by all rules. PetalCraft reserves the right to update these rules at any time. Our team enforces punishments based on clear and consistent guidelines, with no exceptions for any player. In cases of repeated, severe, or unusual violations, harsher penalties may apply, including permanent bans, particularly when player safety or well-being is at risk. While our rules outline expected conduct, they may not cover every situation. We reserve the right to address any behavior or content we deem inappropriate. You are responsible for your account and any accounts you access. If a shared account receives a punishment, you will be held accountable.