Server Rules

Note that each servers rules are slightly different to each other so please use /rules when you join!

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Keeping the Server Safe

We want SootMC to be the safest place possible for our players, so in order to do that we adopt some common sense rules.

• We do not allow harassment. Please do not bully or put down people as this is not how we should be treating others. This includes racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism etc.
• We do not allow drama in chat – this should be kept private or preferably not occur at all.
• Any use of slurs will not be tolerated and shall result in a PERMANENT ban from the server as these are personal attacks. This includes use of the r slur. If you’re not sure what a slur is or whether a specific word counts as a slur, please contact a staff member. Swearing is allowed but please don’t swear in excess.
• Respect other’s builds! You may take resources from unclaimed builds, claim them as your own, or even completely remove them – but please avoid making things unnecessarily ugly. Please do not “grief” (damage with intent to harm) as you gain nothing from this.

Play Fair

We want to keep this server as fair as possible for all players. Cheating to win removes the fun out of the game as it removes the challenge in it. We ask that you please don’t ruin the game for everyone else!

• SootMC is a “PvP free” server by default. However, we do allow you to toggle PvP on and off. By enabling PvP you are acknowledging and accepting the risk of being killed and losing your items.
• Alt accounts are allowed on this server as long as you have not been banned. If you have been banned we ask you not to join the server on an alt account as you risk being permanently banned for ban evasion. We ask if you have other people in your household playing on the server to notify staff to avoid future complications.
• Any hack or mod that gives a player an unfair advantage is not allowed. We do allow most exploits except for duping, using a composter and piston to mine, clay/gravel patch mining or exploiting our plugins. If you are unsure about a specific exploit please contact staff.

 We allow modifications in the following categories:

• Mods that improve client performance (Optifine)
• Minimaps, as long as it doesn’t show anything you can’t normally see (caves, dungeon locations, etc.)
• Aesthetic modifications that do not give you an unfair advantage or change gameplay (Shaders)
• Inventory management systems, such as automatic organization
• Mods for recording gameplay (ReplayMod)
• The Schematica mod (auto-build and easy place features are prohibited)
• Armor and status HUDs (as long as info shown is accessible in vanilla)
• Macros (setting certain actions to specific buttons)
• Hotbar Items that have been brought in on the plots server must follow the guides linked in this document:

Other Rules

• AFK Grinding is allowed as long as it is not during peak times when the server is full. If you are caught doing this you will be kicked and banned if it is a repeated occurrence.
• Please refrain from speaking any language except English, as doing so prevents us from effectively moderating chat.
• Self Promotion is not allowed. You can share things you have created as long as you don’t share it with the intention of promoting it. Please ask us before promoting to avoid punishment.
• Spamming through chat, private messages and commands is not allowed.
• Abuse of permissions bought on store.sootmc.com may result in the removal of them.
• If a moderator feels it is appropriate, they may enforce stricter rules in order to control a situation that is occurring. However if you believe any abuse of power has happened,  you can open a modmail in the discord and report this. 

Reducing Lag

In order to reduce lag we use a plugin called Lagassist, which will despawn certain mobs and turn of some block physics such as water flow when the server is lagging. Our development team is constantly working hard to improve server performance. 

Rules we employ for you to help us reduce lag include:

• Put switches to turn your automatic farms on and off. Don’t make these farms too large and keep farms off during peak times.
• Seperate your afk farms out so they aren’t all loaded at once.
• Reduce the amount of animals/mobs around your bases.

Anything causing too much lag will simply be removed from the server

Please use /report in game if you see any players abusing a rule mentioned above!

If would like to appeal your ban than you can do so here

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Server Specific Rules

Some servers have more rules to cover specific gameplay features that the server has, the network wide rules however still apply to these servers!

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Prison

• Do not use alts to access mines you have already passed
• Camping PVP areas is allowed but do not target players

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Commands You Need To Know