Our Rules

Community Standard

Player Content & Safety

Chat & Content

Fair Play

Claims & Griefing

Lag & Build Limits

Economy

Trading

PVP

Shop Plots

• 1 You can start selling in a shop plot or open your own shop starting at 16 votes, Traveler rank, or any paid rank. Hydra rank is required to sell in a Hydra shop plot.
• 2 All server rules apply to shops.
• 3 Building above the barrier block height limit or below the bedrock limit is not allowed.
• 4 Joke/empty shop builds are not allowed. Shops must sell at least one item at a reasonable price within 7 days of the plot being claimed to avoid being reset.
• 5 Saplings and other plants that expand may not be placed anywhere, unless they are in a spot where they cannot expand.
• 6 A plot being used for farming is not allowed. Note: crops could be farmed by anyone on a plot and will not be considered griefing.
• 7 Animals, active beacons, and active jukeboxes are not allowed.
• 8 Redstone and pistons are not allowed, except for a simple redstone door. For this, you can build a 2x2 piston door using redstone dust/torches.
  8.1 A redstone lamp activated with a daylight sensor, redstone block, lever, or button is allowed.
  8.2 Hoppers leading to a donation bin or services (i.e. drop a paper in the hopper for x service) is allowed up to 4 hoppers.
• 9 Block Limits:
  • Item frames (standard plots): 40, including glow item frames.
  • Item frames (Hydra plots): 60, including glow item frames.
  • Glow Item Frames: 10.
  • Glow Signs: 10.
• 11 If you are going away and do not want your plot reset, place a sign on top of the barrier blocks of your plot saying so. Plots may be held for up to 60 days.
• 12 Alt accounts may not claim shop plots - 1 plot per person. Having official shop chests outside of the shop world is not allowed, however, you may use redstone to build shop chests in the overworld. This is to be built at your own risk.
• 13 Claim flags may not be set in shop plots.
• 14 Up to 4 players can share a plot.

Creative World

• 1 You can claim a creative plot starting at 16 votes, Traveler rank, or any paid rank. Elven/Wyvern can claim 2 plots, and Hydra can claim 4 plots.
• 2 All server rules apply to creative world, including lag/building limits, our Player Content Guidelines, and our Mods, Clients, & Resource Pack Guidelines.
• 3 As per the lag limit rules, any builds/plots causing lag may be removed.
• 4 Items that cause lag to the server or other players are not allowed, including but not limited to large fireworks, potions, and particles.
• 5 Abuse of WorldEdit is not allowed. This means using Worldedit to cause server lag, manipulate areas outside of your plot, or any other form of abuse outside the intended use of WorldEdit. Abuse may result in having your WorldEdit access revoked.
• 6 Plots created for Build Competitions will be disabled after the competition ends, but can still be viewed.
• 7 Alt accounts may not claim creative plots - 1 plot per person.

Player Content

Our goal is to create a safe server for all of our players. We do not allow content that contains discriminatory content or unsafe behavior. Although we have outlined a list of some examples of content that is not allowed, this list is not all inclusive, and all content on SnailCraft in-game and Discord is subject to moderation by our staff team. Please feel free to reach out to a staff member for approval on the content you want to create before making it.

Some examples of disallowed content include:

• Any form of discriminatory content, such as racism, homophobia, and hate speech.
• 18+, NSFW, and Rated-R content, such as adult clubs, overtly sexual or pornographic material, brutal or unpleasant violence, and nudity (full or partial).
• Inappropriate content or behavior directed at or involving a minor, including but is not limited to:
  - Sharing, requesting, or discussing explicit content with/involving minors.
  - Engaging in or encouraging inappropriate interactions with minors.
  - All players under the age of 18 are considered a minor.
• Content depicting or encouraging drug use, including cocaine and marijuana
• Alcohol content is allowed, except excessive or underage drinking may not be promoted.
• Extremist content, such as terrorism, violence, and abuse.
• Guns pointed at the viewer or another character, as well as other extreme, violent, or gore or otherwise unpleasant content is not allowed. Content depicting firearms should be sent to FaeLilly for approval before creation.
• Politics, including modern or historically controversial figures, events, elections, groups/parties, and ideas.
• Religion, such as general religious discussion, promoting or opposing a religion, and any hateful speech or actions towards a religious group, figure, or believers.

Mapart & Written Books
Our general guidance is that this content should follow a PG-PG13 standard. All of the above standards apply. Please click here for what qualifies as PG and PG-13 (Note: This link will bring you to an external website). Content involving sexual, offensive, or otherwise mentioned in the guidelines above may be especially limited despite the noted standard. QR codes are not allowed.

Item Names
Items may not have a name that violates the above content guidelines.

Violations, Punishments, & Reporting
Content violating the guidelines above will be removed without warning. Punishments may include an immediate ban, especially for extreme content. Our staff team is watching for violations of the above expectations, although we kindly ask our players to assist us in reporting content that we have not yet discovered.
If you are concerned about the safety or wellbeing of a player, create a Player Safety Report in our Discord server.

Mods, Clients, & Resource Pack Guidelines

Custom mods, clients, and resource packs can help you customize your Minecraft experience. Our goal is to allow modifications that enhance your gameplay without creating an unfair advantage over other players. Please contact a staff member if you have any questions or concerns regarding a specific modification.

Allowed Mods

• Performance or Feature Improvement Clients, such as Optifine and Badlion/Lunar Client
• Aesthetic Modifications, such as texture packs, shaders, brightness/gamma mods
• Litematica/Printer
• Inventory-sorting mods
• Auto-swap tools, except in PVP.
• Auto-Swap Tools (except in PVP)
• Auto-Clickers (except in PVP)
• Armor & Effect Status
• Macros, only for simple tasks, such as crafting, walking in a straight line, or sending convenience/quality-of-life commands on an as-needed basis (i.e. not used for farming). Complicated tasks and scripting, such as turning your player or sending chat messages, is not allowed

Disallowed Mods

• Mining assistance, such as x-ray (including transparent lava) and automine
• PVP advantages, including Kill-Aura, Reach, Anti-Knockback, Auto-Clickers, or Macros
• Minimap, Freecam, Radar maps/mods that show anything invisible to you
• Fly speed, or other movement mods
• Any modifications that violate any of our rules

Community-Created Mods & Resources

• Any mods, websites, wikis, resource packs, or any other resources not developed by SnailCraft must receive approval from the Admin team to distribute.
• Resources may not collect any personal data, non-public or unreleased content, use any kind of trackers, or pose any privacy concerns.
• Resources must clearly disclose they are not affiliated with SnailCraft.

Enforcement

• Violation of rules is subject to a mute, ban, or jail. Our team follows specific, consistent guidelines when issuing a punishment.
• Players who continuously engage in/promote a toxic environment may receive extended mute times or a ban.
• In cases of repeated, abnormal, or severe offenses, a longer punishment may be issued, including a permanent ban, especially if we are concerned about the safety or well-being of another player.
• You are responsible for your account and the accounts you play on. If someone plays on an account you use, whether it's a friend or public account, you may still end up with a punishment if that shared account is issued a punishment.
• Punishments can be appealed in Discord in the #support channel. For Discord bans, contact a staff member directly.

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