CHAT-01
Harassment
Major
Harassment of any kind is prohibited, including abusive language or jokes about inappropriate subjects.
In shortDo not harass other players, jokes included.
MineSea Rules
The Code of the Sea
Play fair. Keep the island fun.
Just because a rule isn't explicitly stated doesn't mean the action is permitted. Failure to report a loophole in the rules can result in punishment.
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Chat Abuse
Harassment, spam and toxicity in chat.
CHAT-02
Chat Flooding
Minor
Do not flood chat with repetitive or similar short messages, non-English characters, ALL CAPS, or gibberish.
In shortKeep chat readable, no spam, caps or gibberish.
CHAT-03
Toxicity
Moderate
Extreme toxicity and disrespect are not allowed. Friendly trash-talk is fine, but it can be viewed as toxic and lead to discipline.
In shortTrash-talk is fine, extreme toxicity is not.
Unfair Advantages
Clients, mods, exploits and gameplay advantages.
FAIR-01Important
Cheats And Forbidden Mods
Severe
Hacks, macros, X-Ray packs, auto clickers, inventory checkers, bug abuse, exploiting, duping and forbidden mods are banned.
In shortNothing that gives you an unfair gameplay advantage.
FAIR-02
Punishment Evasion
Severe
Bypassing punishments with different IGNs, usernames or other means is prohibited.
In shortDo not evade a punishment with alts or name changes.
FAIR-03
Anti-AFK Bypass
Major
Any attempt to bypass ANTI-AFK detection results in a 24-hour ban.
In shortDo not defeat the AFK detection.
FAIR-04Important
Bug Reporting
Major
Failing to report a bug immediately results in a rollback and a 48-hour ban for anyone exploiting it. Reporting promptly earns a reward scaled to severity.
In shortReport bugs immediately, do not farm them.
Inappropriate Content
Obscene names, skins, builds and cosmetics.
CONTENT-01
Obscene Subjects
Major
Obscene subjects - sexual, drug-related, extremely political or hateful - are inappropriate for this server.
In shortKeep subject matter server-appropriate.
CONTENT-02
Team Names And Structures
Moderate
Inappropriate team names or structures are not permitted.
In shortTeam names and builds must stay appropriate.
CONTENT-03
Offensive Identities And Cosmetics
Moderate
Offensive usernames, skins, capes, item names, signs, pet names, builds or cosmetics are against the rules.
In shortNothing offensive on your account or your stuff.
Discrimination
Hate and discrimination of any kind.
DISC-01Important
Protected Characteristics
Severe
Discrimination based on age, disability, gender, race, religion or sexual orientation is prohibited.
In shortDiscrimination of any kind is banned.
DISC-02Important
Zero Tolerance
Severe
Sexism, racism, homophobia and any other form of discrimination will not be tolerated.
In shortZero tolerance, no exceptions.
Advertisement
Promoting other servers, goods and services.
AD-01
Promoting Other Services
Moderate
Discussing or promoting goods, services, or other Minecraft/Discord servers is not permitted.
In shortDo not promote other servers, goods or services.
AD-02
In-Game Trade Requests
Minor
Asking players to buy or trade items in-game or in the MineSea Discord channel is fine; other advertising is not.
In shortTrade requests are fine, outside advertising is not.
AD-03
Content Creator Links
Minor
Content creation is encouraged, but YouTube and stream links must relate to MineSea and may only be posted once per hour.
In shortMineSea content only, once per hour.
Reroll Inventory Policy
When lost inventories are and are not restored.
REROLL-01
Natural Deaths Are Not Rerolled
Minor
Deaths from natural causes are not rerolled, even at 20 TPS.
In shortNormal deaths stay dead.
REROLL-02
Reroll Requests
Minor
In-game reroll requests sent to Discord are reviewed solely by the owner, who approves or denies after investigating the death.
In shortOnly the owner approves rerolls.
REROLL-03Important
Reroll Abuse
Severe
If staff determine with reasonable certainty that a duplicate occurrence resulted from exploiting the reroll policy, the responsible player receives an immediate, non-negotiable two-week suspension.
In shortAbusing rerolls is a two-week suspension.
Trading & Scamming
What can be traded and what counts as a scam.
TRADE-01Important
Scamming For Store Or Unavailable Items
Major
Scamming players for materials not available on this server, or for items sold in the store, is prohibited.
In shortNever scam for store items or off-server materials.
TRADE-02
Real World Trading
Major
Trading in-game goods, services or accounts for real money, real-world items or other servers is prohibited.
In shortNo real money trading.
TRADE-03
Scamming For Regular Items
Minor
Scamming players for regular in-game Minecraft items is permitted - be careful who you trust!
In shortScamming for vanilla items is allowed. Trade carefully.
Threats
Doxing, DDOSing, blackmail and harmful links.
THREAT-01Important
Real World Threats
Severe
Doxing, DDOSing, harassment, blackmail, SWATTING, IP grabbing and harmful links are strictly prohibited.
In shortReal world threats are an instant, serious matter.
THREAT-02
Personal Information
Severe
Leaking or sharing another person's personal information is unacceptable, accurate or not.
In shortNever share someone else's personal information.
THREAT-03
Jokes About Threats
Severe
"Jokes" about these offenses, some of which are illegal, will not be tolerated.
In shortJoking about it counts.
Boosting
Inflating stats with alts or friends.
BOOST-01
Stat Boosting
Major
Using a friend's account or an alt to inflate stats such as kills on MineSea is forbidden.
In shortDo not farm stats with alts or friends.
Griefing
Spawn griefing, lag machines and land claims.
GRIEF-01
Spawn Griefing
Major
Griefing spawn is prohibited (lava casting, boat filling, animal filling, item filling, powder snow glitching, water cubes, random block placement, etc.).
In shortLeave spawn alone.
GRIEF-02Important
Lag Machines
Major
Lag machines - giant Redstone contraptions, chunk ban machines, mass entities and other exploit-based lag methods - result in a 5-day ban.
In shortLag machines are a 5-day ban.
GRIEF-03
Raiding And Claims
Moderate
You may raid, destroy or harm another player's construction, but not near a land claim. Stake your claim.
In shortRaiding is allowed, but not near claims.
GRIEF-04
Environmental Griefing
Major
Large-scale environmental griefing (massive lava casts, large water cubes, clearing huge chunks, random block spam) is not permitted. Clearing chunks is allowed inside your claim, but not within 50 blocks of another player's claim.
In shortNo large-scale terrain destruction outside your claim.
GRIEF-05
Trapping And Bedrock
Severe
Bedrock breaking, portal trapping and teleport trapping are forbidden.
In shortNo bedrock breaking or trapping.
PVP Rules
Combat, traps, teleports and claims.
PVP-01
PVP Toggle
Minor
PVP is enabled, but players may disable it if they prefer to avoid combat.
In shortPVP is on by default and can be turned off.
PVP-02
Bed Trapping And Spawn Killing
Minor
Bed-trapping and spawn killing are fully permitted - proceed at your own risk with PVP enabled.
In shortBed-trapping and spawn killing are allowed.
PVP-03Important
Teleport Ambushes
Major
Using /tpa to ambush or eliminate another player is strictly prohibited. Only teleport to players you trust.
In shortNever use /tpa to kill someone.
PVP-04
Claim Traps
Major
No deceptive mechanics in claims - traps inside claimed areas are forbidden.
In shortNo traps inside claims.
PVP-05
Team Traps
Major
No team traps - using teams to lure a player into a claim and kick them to kill them is bannable at staff discretion.
In shortNo team-kick claim traps.
PVP-06
Staff Discretion
Moderate
If staff determine with reasonable justification that PVP rules (or any unlisted rule) were violated, temporary or permanent suspension may follow.
In shortStaff can act on the spirit of the rules.
AFK Area
Using the AFK area fairly.
AFK-01
One Account In The AFK Area
Minor
Only one account is allowed in the AFK Area at a time.
In shortOne account in the AFK area.
Other
Farms, mods and everything else.
OTHER-01
Mega Farms
Moderate
Mega farms such as raid, shulker, ghast or gold farms are not allowed - they lag the server.
In shortNo mega farms.
OTHER-02
Allowed Farms
Minor
Fairly sized farms (enderman, creeper, villager, enderpearl, iron, cactus, carrot, potato, melon, pumpkin, sugarcane, nether wart and more) are allowed, as long as they don't cause server-wide lag.
In shortReasonable farms are fine if they do not lag the server.
OTHER-03
Build Assist Mods
Moderate
Litematica and similar build-assist mods are permitted provided paste/print functionality stays untouched.
In shortLitematica is fine, printer mode is not.
Not sure if it's allowed?
Pick the closest situation and we will take you to the rules that cover it.
How enforcement works
Staff weigh severity, intent, history and context. The steps below are the usual shape of moderation, not a guaranteed path. Severe violations can skip straight to the end, and minor first-time mistakes often stop at the first step.
Warning
A staff heads-up and a chance to correct it.
Mute / temp action
Chat or feature restrictions.
Temporary ban
Time away from the island.
Permanent action
Removal from MineSea.
Durations written into the rules
- Bypassing ANTI-AFK detection: 24-hour ban (FAIR-03).
- Exploiting a bug without reporting it: rollback and 48-hour ban (FAIR-04).
- Lag machines: 5-day ban (GRIEF-02).
- Exploiting the reroll policy: two-week suspension (REROLL-03).
Anything not listed here is decided by staff based on the situation.
Someone broke the code?
If you believe a player violated the MineSea rules, collect any relevant evidence and contact the moderation team.
Found a loophole?
Don't exploit it. Report it.
If something clearly violates the intent of MineSea's rules but isn't explicitly covered, that does not automatically make it permitted.
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