Server Rules

• Practice moderation in all things. Don't cause lag by using excessive TNT, entities (like farm harvests or ore mining), etc. We will ban players who build with the intent to lag or crash the server. We don't allow over-the-top farms. Your massive mob farm won't yield the expected rates on the server, and there's no need for 20 double chests of pumpkins. Focus on creative and visually appealing builds instead of ones that induce lag.

• Don't operate high-frequency clocks. If you need a clock, make sure it runs at a reasonably slow tick rate to prevent server lag. It's best to find ways to run your farms without clocks.

  • On the BadWolfMC Beta server, we have stricter rules for redstone. Simple contraptions are allowed, but we will remove any unattended redstone (such as clocks or tick-update based contraptions) without warning.

• All redstone clocks must have an “off switch”, and you should never leave things running if you're AFK or not in the area. This is disrespectful to your fellow players.

• Please use hoppers with moderation, as these can create more lag than a running clock.

  • Dumping large quantities of items into a hopper system may cause clogs or slow transfers. For item inputs, use a single chest on top of the input hopper to allow items to go in one at a time.

  • Make sure hoppers are cleared and have no remaining items in them. Hoppers with items constantly check surrounding blocks and can cause significant lag.
  • Excessive hopper use will result in removal with a warning on Alpha and Gamma servers, and without a warning on Beta.

• Avoid using hopper minecart collection systems, especially if the carts are constantly moving. We prefer stationary hopper minecarts in low numbers.

• Public farms should be limited to simple, early-game items that do not compete with items sold in shops. These farms must be manual with no automatic harvesting or killing, and should not include enchanted items (except for natural mob drops) or traded items. We define "public farms" as farms that are accessible to 3 or more players. A residence must also be used for farms not considered public to prevent public use. Violations will be promptly deleted. While we understand the desire to build community-centric things, this can be satisfied in other ways. These types of farms (and similarly, the over-generosity of established players when helping out newbies) often have the opposite effect when players who gain items too easily get bored quickly and ultimately do not integrate into the community.

• Keep farms and mob grinders at reasonable levels. Limit the number of farms to one per mob/animal/plant type (double spawners are acceptable). Large quantities of mobs/animals/plants cause lag for everyone and reduce spawns for others. Most mob types have a limit of 50 per area. Entities beyond that may be automatically or manually removed by staff.

• Farms using water mechanics should be small and not receive automatic updates from any source. Manual control at reasonable intervals over small plots of land is required. Mob farms with flushing mechanics are prohibited.

• Farms involving entity cramming or having several entities in a small space are banned. This includes chicken and cow farms, as well as mob farms using cramming with minecarts or other mobs.

• Nether portal farms are not allowed. They unnecessarily load chunks in the corresponding world, causing lag and memory usage. Abusing this mechanic may result in the removal of entity transportation through portals.

• Shulker farms must be limited to 2 shulkers per farm.

• AFK fish farms are generally tolerated but with certain conditions:

  • Fish farms using note blocks or wooden trapdoors are strictly prohibited. Our block logger logs every interaction with a note block, and a single session on such a farm can add hundreds of thousands of entries to that log. Instead, refer to our forum for cheap and efficient alternatives.

  • Users of fish farms should not be members of the fisherman job to avoid economy manipulation. Violators will be fined and may lose job permissions.

  • Fish farms should be at least 180 blocks away from any mob farms to prevent compromising mob spawning for the server.

  • Finally, please remember that AFKing for extended periods is still not advisable. Keep it reasonable — anything more than an hour will risk a kick and loss of loyalty points.

• Limit mining and pillaging (including temples, sunken ships, treasure chests, etc.) to the RESOURCE WORLDS ONLY, and please help us remind all members to follow this rule. This will help us avoid resetting the main world for as long as possible. Use /worlds for the hub or /warps for the warps menu. You are allowed to excavate for your builds.

• Seek permission before building in a town or near someone else's area. Keep builds at least 250 blocks away from your neighbors unless you have explicit permission.

• Keep your own claims to approximately a 250 block diameter. A "claim" refers to a single area of the map that you occupy. It may include multiple residences but should still not exceed the ~250 block diameter in total. You may not claim entire continents or have two claims (as defined above) next to each other. Exceptions may be considered for exceptional builds—ask an admin.

  • Players are advised to use the Residence plugin to create a minimum 5x5x1 plot to ensure it appears on the live map. This is the first place players should look when scouting out potential claims to avoid building too close to others. However, you must also do due diligence in-game to ensure the intended area of your claim is outside the boundaries of other players’ claims in case a residence doesn’t exist.

  • Players are encouraged to clearly define the boundaries of their claim using walls, fences, natural boundaries, etc. This will ensure the autonomy of your claim in case a residence is absent for whatever reason.

• Each player is allowed a maximum of 5 claims per server (e.g., BadWolfMC Alpha) to accommodate new players and discourage excessive claim-hopping or abandonment.

  • When abandoning a claim, create a /ticket inside the claim to notify us. Do not remove your residence until the ticket is closed to verify ownership.

  • Exceptions include strictly community builds and official mall rentals or server build contests.

• Maintaining Residence protections requires active participation on the server. If you are inactive for more than 60 days, the plugin will automatically remove the residence, but your builds will remain intact. You can bypass this auto-cleanup by supporting the server. After 180 days of inactivity, we may reclaim the land entirely and delete player files to free up server resources. Membership would not be revoked, but starting from scratch would be necessary.

• Do not give level-inappropriate items to other players, even if they ask for them! We love how generous our community is, but please allow others to enjoy the game for themselves. Giving players items beyond their level removes the satisfaction of earning those items. New players can instead be directed to the Second-Hand Shop at /spawn.

• The BadWolfMC Bank sets prices for certain items like iron, gold, and diamonds. Attempting to sell these items below the bank's price to manipulate the economy may result in a ban. Players and the economy itself determine prices for other items. However, prices for advanced-game items should be reasonably high to prevent them from being easily obtainable. Please see the table on the wiki for some examples of minimum prices for popular items.

• Reselling items by buying from other shops to sell in your own shop is prohibited. Our focus is on Minecraft, not playing an economy. You can purchase component parts as long as they make up less than 50% of any single item you're selling, unless you have a written agreement with the seller.

• In the Alpha Mall, each player is limited to two rental units. You can combine shops on floors 1-3, but the first floor is limited to one shop (additional shops can be obtained on higher levels). In the Gamma Mall, players are limited to one rental unit, and combining shops is not possible.

• Mall rental spaces are exclusively for shops. We will evict squatters and remove ads.

• Once you rent a space, you have 7 days to stock your shop with items for sale. After that, we will reclaim it and make it available to other players. Inactive shops may also be cleared at the admins' discretion.

• It is your responsibility to ensure your rent is paid or that you have sufficient funds for auto-renewal. We cannot recover items lost due to shop reversion.

• In the malls, you can customize the blocks if you can break them. However, please maintain opaque and solid walls, except when combining your shop with another.

• Mall shops must make an attempt to be lag-friendly. Wherever possible, please use barrels over chests, use physical blocks over a shop to describe the contents rather than an item frame, avoid transparent decoration blocks (e.g. leaves, vines, etc. that are not otherwise used to directly illustrate an item for sale), avoid use of any blocks or items that generate particles, avoid entities of any kind including but not limited to player heads, armor stands, item frames (some are fine of course but please use other methods wherever possible), etc. Any excessive use of any of the above will receive a warning. Ignoring a warning for whatever reason (even if offline) may result in eviction and shop reversion. Any items lost due to shop reversion may be bid on at The Chest.

If you you want to take advantage of our crossplay feature we recommend linking your accounts so you can pick up where you left off regardless of the platform you're joining from. Linking accounts will unify both accounts under your Java user, so any permissions or purchases will carry over. Essentially your Bedrock account would no longer be treated as an alt while linked, but would still need to apply as an alt to be able to link in the first place.

These rules will apply to all alt accounts, whether they are Bedrock or Java.

• We’re cool with using one alt when it comes to helping with builds and even getting a second island on SkyBlock.
• We’re not cool with alts if they’re being used for grinding/afking or for allowing other players to bypass the application process.
• Regardless of your current rank, alts will receive a special role on the server that includes the same interaction permissions and homes as a Member, but they will not have the ability to create additional residences or creative plots.
• Both of your accounts will be responsible for the actions of your alt.
• No, sorry, we will not put your alt into spectator mode.
• Only one alt account will be allowed per player with the exception of a linked Bedrock account, which will not be considered as an alt as long as the accounts remain linked.

If you’re an established member who’d like to bring on your alt, please:

1. Create a ticket in game from your main account letting us know you're bringing on an alt, being sure to include the username of that alt.
2. Fill out a membership application for the alt account (age proofs and a second forum account aren't necessary). The alt must have joined the server at least once to be able to be added to the greylist.

PvP is enabled by default, but you must obtain consent. You can disable PvP within your residence if desired and can also post a sign at your property entrance with your preferences. You still cannot spawn camp or grief anywhere. If a player does not consent you are responsible for returning their inventory even if you lost it. Any repeated killing of players without consent will be considered harassment, and we will ban you.

• We don't really care that much if you give one to a friend on the DL, but Fate Coins should not otherwise be sold, traded, or given away randomly.
  
• We will not replace any lost or accidentally used Fate Coins even if you're the one who purchased them. Keep them in a safe spot and avoid right clicking them from your hotbar unless you intend to use them! Clicking a chest with one in your hand, for example, will use the coin!
• Items dropped on a player's death on Gamma are considered fair game. Losing your inventory should be expected in hardcore mode. If dropped items are found, the decision to keep them or return them to the deceased is entirely at the discretion of the one who found them.
• BadWolfMC PvP rules are still in full effect. PvP is only allowed by consent. We highly recommend coming to an agreement about how items are handled before engaging in any PvP.
• Players are limited to one rental unit in the Gamma Mall, and combining shops is not possible.

Breaking these rules will result in us removing your ability to participate in the Vaults or Vault-related activities.

• We forbid players from trading, selling, or giving away Vault items/loot.

• Any mapping or location distribution beyond what is included in the wiki is prohibited.

• Players can collaborate in vaults, but discovery should be equitable - no leading, babysitting, or tour-guiding through the vaults is allowed. Please allow novice players to discover the vaults for themselves.

• Vault entrance fees are one-time only. Once the run begins, you cannot teleport away and back, disconnect from the server, or regain entry on death.

• The Tardis will attempt to remove any soul-bound boots upon entry to the Vaults, and you will not be able to reequip them. We recommend only taking in boots that are not soul-bound, or you may be forced to complete the run barefoot.