Server Rules
These rules apply across WSE. Gamemode-specific rules are included below.
🤝 Community Rules
Respect everyone
- Be respectful to all players and staff.
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, hate speech, slurs, harassment, or bullying.
Appropriate content only
- Sexual, disturbing, or otherwise inappropriate content is not allowed.
- Offensive or disturbing discussions are not permitted.
No politics or religion
- Political or religious debates are not allowed.
- Avoid discussions that may create unnecessary conflict.
Privacy and safety
- Do not share personal information such as real names, addresses, IPs, phone numbers, or payment details.
- Doxxing, threats, or discussion of real-life harm is strictly prohibited.
Staff authority
- Follow staff instructions when given.
- Do not impersonate staff or mislead players about your authority.
- Punishment appeals or discussions must be handled through the proper support channels.
💬 Chat Rules
English only
- English must be used in global chat.
- English must also be used on signs, item names, and mob names.
No spam
- Do not flood chat with repeated messages.
- Avoid excessive capital letters, repeated characters, or symbol spam.
No advertising
- Advertising other servers, IPs, Discords, or communities is not allowed.
- Unapproved links, promotions, or shop advertising are not permitted.
Chat filter
- Do not attempt to bypass or test the chat filter.
Mute evasion
- Do not bypass chat mutes using signs, books, renamed items, or other players.
🎮 Gameplay Rules
Fair gameplay
- Do not use hacked clients or unfair modifications.
- This includes X-ray, auto clickers, reach or movement modifications, and macros that provide unfair advantages.
Disallowed mods
- Mods or texture packs that allow players to see ores, players, mobs, or containers through blocks are not allowed.
No exploits or dupes
- Do not use or abuse bugs, glitches, dupes, or unintended mechanics.
- All exploits must be reported to staff.
Server performance
- Lag machines, crash machines, or builds designed to harm server performance are not allowed.
- Farms or builds that negatively impact server performance may be limited or removed.
⛏ Survival (SMP) Rules
Claims and land protection
- The Survival world uses a claim protection system.
- Anything outside of claims is considered unprotected and may be interacted with by other players.
- Players are responsible for claiming their builds and valuables.
- Do not claim near other players without concent, generally leave 100 blocks between the edge of your claim. If you have concent, please save evidance to help with any disputes. If someone has claimed too close to you, please open a Player Report in the Discord
Trusted players
- If you trust another player in your claim, you are responsible for that decision.
- Staff will generally not intervene in disputes involving trusted players.
Claim abuse
- Do not attempt to bypass or exploit claim protections.
- Do not claim land around another player's base in order to trap, block, or sabotage them.
- Destroying or manipulating terrain around claims to harm the owner is considered griefing.
Unclaimed bases
- Bases built outside of claims are built at your own risk and are not guaranteed protection.
Player trapping
- Trapping players in any way is not allowed, even if PvP is enabled.
AFK
- Players are marked as AFK after 5 minutes of inactivity. While AFK, playtime and playtime rewards are paused.
- Do not abuse or bypass the AFK system to gain rewards unfairly.
- The AFK area provides reduced rewards every 5 minutes. You must remain properly AFK to receive these.
- Do not attempt to avoid being marked AFK while in the AFK area to gain both normal and AFK rewards.
- Do not perform activities such as moving, interacting, or fishing in the AFK area to gain rewards while not truly AFK.
💎 Economy Rules
Respect the economy
- Do not use exploits, dupes, or unintended mechanics to gain economic advantage.
- Respect the emerald economy system.
No scamming
- Scamming players is not allowed.
Trades
- Player trades are conducted at your own risk.
- Staff may intervene at their discretion when clear evidence is provided.
🧱 Creative Rules
Appropriate builds
- Offensive, inappropriate, or disturbing builds are not allowed.
Plot responsibility
- Players are responsible for anyone they trust on their plot.
- Staff will generally not intervene in disputes involving trusted players.
Server performance
- Redstone machines or builds designed to cause lag are not allowed.
🏝 OneBlock Rules
Island interference
- Do not attempt to access, grief, or interfere with other players' islands.
Exploit abuse
- Do not abuse OneBlock mechanics, bugs, or automation to gain unfair advantages.
Island responsibility
- If you invite players to your island, you are responsible for the access you give them.
👤 Accounts & Enforcement
Account responsibility
- You are responsible for everything done on your account.
Alt accounts
- Do not use alternate accounts to gain advantages such as vote rewards, economy benefits, or bypassing gameplay limits.
Ban evasion
- Ban evasion using alt accounts, VPNs, or proxies is not allowed.
- VPNs and anonymizing networks may be blocked.
Voting
- Vote only for your own account.
- Alt voting or IP abuse is not allowed.
⚖ Final Rule
Spirit of the rules
- Attempting to bypass the intent of the rules or abuse loopholes may still result in punishment.
- Rules may be updated at any time.
- By playing on the server you agree to follow all current rules.