Server Rules

Almost all Minecraft servers have rules and WoodrockMC is no exception. To ensure community cohesion and enjoyment of gameplay for all, players are encouraged to observe and understand the server rules.

Rules Relating to Hacking, Cheating, and Unfair Gameplay:

No Hacked Clients or Cheating for Personal Gain

  • This includes, but is not limited to, X-Ray Mods, maps that allow teleportation, and cave mapping.
  • Client modifications that are used to do the following are allowed within gameplay:
    • Improve client performance
    • Aesthetic modification
    • Minimap modifications (provided they do NOT show additional data such as players, entities or underground cave systems)
    • Armor and status effect hud modifications
    No Use of Macros, Scripts, Autoclickers, Mouse or Keyboard Features, as well as weighted objects to control your gameplay.
    Do NOT Abuse Bugs, report them immediately to a staff member
    No Exploitation of Bugs or Glitches
  • Examples of such exploits and bugs include:
    • Enderpearl & Chorus Fruit Glitching
    • Illegal item Duplication (i.e., diamonds, etc.)
    • Nether/End Claiming

Rules Relating to Claiming, Griefing, and Structures:

Do NOT Grief or Intentionally Destroy Another Player’s Build

  • Destroying or placing Any blocks within 16 blocks of someone else’s claim still counts as griefing.
    Do NOT Claim Within 64 Claimblocks of Another Claim
  • The use of “Spider Claiming” is NOT allowed.
    • This is defined as creating multiple small claims within a surrounding area to take advantage of the 64 block rule, claiming a large space of land where others are NOT permitted to build.
  • Blocking off End Portals is NOT allowed. Claiming is allowed, however, it must be accessible to outside players.
  • Do NOT build huge dirt towers, dirt houses and the like, and do NOT waterlog the land or desecrate it with lava.

Rules Relating to Unfair Gameplay Towards Players:

  • TP Killing and TP Trapping Are NOT Allowed
  • TP killing only applies in two situations:
  • 1) You TP to someone and you fall into a trap that they have made for you
  • 2) You’re hit before you’re able to respond or defend yourself (5 Seconds or less after the TP has been accepted)
  • Do NOT Trap Players Within Portals
  • Do NOT Harass Staff Members or Players in Any Form
  • Killing Another Player in any Clearly Unfair Way is NOT Allowed
  • This applies to:
    • TP killing
    • TP trapping
    • Killing someone on their claim or any other instance where the player is unable to react (exploiting the player being unable to move) or where pvp would typically be disabled.
    • Open 1 sided fights does NOT apply to this rule, nor does grouping up on a target.
    Pushing Players Out of Their Claims is NOT Allowed

Rules Relating to Machines and Farms:

No Fully Automatic Redstone Farms/Machines, Lag Machines, or AFK Machines

  • Anything that causes lag can and will be removed by staff.
  • Any farm using redstone clocks or automated redstone loops.

Rules Relating to Individual Player Accounts:

The Use of Alternate Accounts (Or Multiple Accounts) is NOT Allowed
Ban Evading is NOT Allowed

Rules Relating to Outside Information and Policies:

  • Do NOT Reveal Real Life/Personal Information of Others
  • Do NOT Break the Mojang Terms of Service or Engage in Illegal Actions
  • No Real Life Trades or Sales for Personal Benefit
  • This includes trading ingame items or currency for real life money/items as well the sale/purchase of Minecraft accounts
  • Trading In-Game Items for In-Game Ranks IS Allowed.

Chat Rules:

Rules Relating to Inappropriate Discussions, Spam, and Filter

  • Do NOT Bypass the Filter, Swear, or Threaten Players and Staff
  • No Spamming, Double Posting, Posting in All Caps, or Flooding Chat
  • Do NOT Evade Mutes
  • Do NOT Use Signs to Bypass, or Speak/Act Inappropriately
  • Do NOT bypass /ignore (/showitem, signs, third party)

Rules Relating to General Respect:

  • Do NOT Impersonate Staff
  • Be Respectful to Both Staff Members and Players
  • Do NOT Harass Staff Members or Players
  • Direct Personal Threats or Attacks Are NOT Allowed

Rules Relating to the Server:

  • Do NOT Advertise Other Servers, Post Links, or Self-Promote
  • Do NOT Threaten the Server in Any Form

Rules Relating to Individuals:

  • Use Only English in the Main Chat. Keep it to Private Messages (PMs)
  • Do NOT Abuse /Nick
  • Keep All Drama Within Private Messages (PMs)

Rules Relating to Building Around Woodrock Administrative Protected Regions

  • Any structure(s) built outside the immediate parameters of an administrative protected region must be approved by staff
  • Structures must NOT be too big or too tall
  • Structures must NOT resemble anything profane or sexually explicit
  • Depending upon the protected region, structures must feature a functional shop
  • Nether Portals are NOT allowed
  • Unapproved structures will be destroyed
  • If in doubt consult staff