Server Rules
Play fair, be kind, and keep the server fun for everyone.
Tier 1 · Warnings
Punishment: Warning
-
Accidental spam. Repeating messages unintentionally.
Definition & examples
Sending repeated messages unintentionally, such as from lag, confusion, or a mistake.
- “Can someone help me?” sent 3 times in a row.
- “Selling sword /msg me” sent multiple times.
- “Why can’t I join the event?” repeated a few times without hostile intent.
-
Minor chat flooding. Cluttering chat with lots of short messages.
Definition & examples
Sending several messages in a short time in a way that clutters chat, but does not seriously disrupt it.
- Sending “who” “wants” “to” “trade” as separate messages.
- “lol” “lol” “lol” back to back.
-
Rule misunderstanding. Breaking a rule without realizing it.
Definition & examples
Breaking a rule because the player clearly misunderstood it, rather than intentionally trying to cause harm or gain an unfair advantage. Usually staff discretion, based on how new the player is and their punishment history.
- Saying “join my friend’s SMP” without realizing that counts as advertising.
- Using a command or mechanic in a way you thought was intended, but staff clarifies it is not allowed.
-
Slightly inappropriate comments. Immature or mildly suggestive messages.
Definition & examples
Sending immature, mildly suggestive, or low-level inappropriate messages that are not targeted, extreme, or repeated.
- An inappropriate joke that does not involve threats, slurs, harassment, or explicit content.
- Crude humor that staff determines is not severe but still not acceptable.
-
Being annoying without serious harm. Minor disruptive or irritating behavior.
Definition & examples
Acting irritating, disruptive, or obnoxious in a minor way that does not seriously affect players, staff, or gameplay.
- Saying “staff help” every few seconds after staff already responded.
- Repeatedly saying “1v1 me” to someone who clearly does not want to.
- Following staff around asking for free items, ranks, or special treatment.
Tier 2 · Minor Offenses
Chat offenses: Warning → 2h mute → 12h mute → 1d mute → 3d mute
-
Spam. Flooding chat on purpose.
Definition & examples
Repeatedly sending the same or similar messages, flooding chat, or intentionally making chat hard to read (more than 3 messages sent in a short period).
- “BUYING POTS MSG ME” sent 5+ times in a short period.
- “go koth go koth go koth go koth”
- “L L L L L L L L L”
- “any staff?” repeated every few seconds.
-
Excessive caps. Yelling in chat with all-caps messages.
Definition & examples
Using large amounts of capital letters in a way that disrupts chat or appears like yelling.
- “WHY DID I DIE THAT IS SO DUMB”
- “STAFF HELP ME RIGHT NOW”
- “EVERYONE GO KOTH”
-
Light filter bypassing. Sneaking mild language past the chat filter.
Definition & examples
Slightly altering words, spacing, symbols, or spelling to avoid the chat filter for mild inappropriate language.
- Adding spaces between letters to avoid the filter.
- Replacing letters with numbers or symbols.
- Intentionally misspelling a blocked mild word.
-
Mild staff disrespect. Insulting or mocking staff in a minor way.
Definition & examples
Insulting, mocking, arguing with, or speaking disrespectfully toward staff in a minor or non-severe way.
- “This staff team is useless.”
- “Imagine muting for that lmao”
- Arguing with staff in public chat after being told to stop.
- Accusing staff of abuse without evidence in a disruptive way.
-
Minor inappropriate chat. Low-level suggestive or offensive messages.
Definition & examples
Sending mildly inappropriate, immature, suggestive, or low-level offensive messages that do not rise to harassment or extreme toxicity.
- Low-level suggestive comments.
- A joke that is inappropriate for the server but not severe.
-
Annoying behavior after a warning. Continuing after staff tells you to stop.
Definition & examples
Continuing disruptive or irritating behavior after a staff member has clearly told you to stop.
- Staff says “stop spamming trade messages” and the player continues posting them.
- Staff says “drop the argument” and the player keeps bringing it back up.
- Staff says “leave them alone” and the player keeps messaging or following that player.
Tier 3 · Moderate Offenses
Chat offenses: 6h mute → 1d → 3d → 7d → 30d mute
Gameplay offenses: 1d ban → 3d → 7d → 14d → 30d ban
-
Targeted toxicity. Hostile or degrading comments aimed at a player or group.
Definition & examples
Repeatedly directing hostile, personal, or degrading comments toward a specific player or group in a way that goes beyond normal competitive trash talk. Light PvP banter like “ez” or “skill issue” is not punishable by itself.
- Repeatedly insulting someone after killing them or dying to them.
- Following a specific person around in chat to mock them.
- Turning a normal argument into personal insults.
-
Repeated harassment. Continuing to bother a player after being told to stop.
Definition & examples
Continuously bothering, insulting, targeting, or provoking another player after being told to stop or after prior punishment.
- Sending “1v1 me coward” after the other player says no.
- Repeatedly messaging someone after being ignored or blocked.
- Using alternate accounts to continue bothering someone.
-
Sexual or inappropriate chat. Explicit or clearly inappropriate messages.
Definition & examples
Sending sexual, overly suggestive, explicit, or clearly inappropriate messages in chat.
- Making sexual comments in public chat.
- Directing sexual comments toward another player.
- Continuing suggestive comments after being warned.
-
Repeated filter bypassing. Dodging the chat filter after warnings.
Definition & examples
Repeatedly altering words, spacing, symbols, or spelling to avoid the chat filter after already being warned or punished.
- Testing different versions of a blocked word until one gets through.
- Bypassing the filter again after staff tells you to stop.
- Encouraging others to bypass the filter too.
-
Exploit abuse with minor impact. Using bugs or glitches for a small advantage.
Definition & examples
Using a bug, glitch, or unintended mechanic to gain an advantage with limited impact on the server or other players.
- Getting outside the arena boundary and attacking from a spot others cannot reach.
- Finding a way to leave combat early and avoid death.
- Using a bugged shop price for small profit.
-
Stat boosting. Artificially inflating stats or rewards.
Definition & examples
Intentionally manipulating stats, rankings, kill counts, playtime, or rewards in an unfair or artificial way.
- Two players agreeing to trade kills so both climb the leaderboards.
- Repeatedly killing a friend who is not fighting back.
- Abusing a reward system to gain currency faster than intended.
-
Kill farming. Farming the same player or alt for kills.
Definition & examples
Repeatedly killing the same player, alternate account, or cooperating player to gain stats, rewards, or leaderboard progress.
- Killing the same alt 20 times to increase your KDR.
- A group feeding one teammate kills to get them on the leaderboard.
- Abusing spawn mechanics to repeatedly kill the same person for points.
-
Teaming where not allowed. Teaming in modes or zones that forbid it.
Definition & examples
Cooperating with other players in events or gamemodes where teaming is not permitted.
- Teaming inside in-game zones where teaming is explicitly disallowed.
-
Abuse of safe zones. Misusing protected areas in combat.
Definition & examples
Misusing protected areas to avoid combat, bait players, escape consequences, or gain an unfair advantage.
- Hitting someone, then running into spawn protection every time you get low.
- Using the edge of spawn protection to bait combat tags.
- Escaping combat by glitching into a safe zone.
Tier 4 · Severe Offenses
Bans & mutes: 7d–30d → 30d → Permanent → Permanent or blacklist (extreme cases)
-
Extreme toxicity. Severe abusive or degrading attacks on a player.
Definition & examples
Sending severely hostile, abusive, or degrading messages meant to seriously attack, shame, or harm another player.
- Extremely aggressive insults toward another player.
- Severe personal attacks after losing a fight.
-
Hate speech or slurs. Discriminatory language of any kind.
Definition
Using slurs, hateful language, or discriminatory comments targeting race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, or other protected traits.
-
Suicide encouragement. Telling someone to harm or kill themselves.
Definition
Telling, encouraging, or implying that another player should harm or kill themselves.
-
IRL threats. Threatening someone outside of the game.
Definition
Threatening to harm, attack, find, swat, or otherwise endanger someone outside of the server.
-
Doxing or leaking personal information. Exposing someone's private info.
Definition
Sharing or attempting to expose another person’s real name, address, school, phone number, IP, private accounts, or other personally identifiable information.
-
Ban or mute evasion. Bypassing an active punishment.
Definition
Using alternate accounts, VPNs, or other methods to bypass an active ban, mute, or punishment.
-
Hacked clients. Playing with cheat software.
Definition
Using modified clients or cheat software that provides unfair gameplay advantages over normal players.
-
Unfair macros. Automating gameplay with scripts.
Definition
Using scripts, keybinds, or automated actions that perform gameplay tasks faster, more consistently, or with less effort than normal play allows.
-
Combat cheats. AutoTotem, CrystalAura, AutoAnchor, AutoPot, KillAura, Reach, Velocity, etc.
Definition
Using combat cheats or automation that affects aiming, attacking, knockback, item usage, healing, crystal placement, anchor usage, or other PvP mechanics.
-
Major exploit abuse. Serious bug abuse that harms the server.
Definition
Abusing a serious bug, glitch, or unintended mechanic that causes major harm, unfair advantage, economy damage, or server disruption.
-
Duping. Duplicating items through exploits.
Definition
Creating, duplicating, or distributing items, currency, or resources through unintended bugs, glitches, or exploits.
-
Webstore chargeback. Reversing a store purchase you received.
Definition
Reversing, disputing, or charging back a webstore purchase after receiving the purchased rank, item, perk, or service.
-
Bot attacks. Attacking the server with automated accounts.
Definition
Using bots, automated accounts, or mass join attempts to spam, lag, disrupt, or attack the server.
-
Crashing or attempting to crash the server. Intentionally causing lag or crashes.
Definition
Intentionally causing or attempting to cause server lag, instability, errors, disconnects, or crashes through exploits, packets, bots, commands, or other methods.
-
Webstore scamming. Scamming players out of store items.
Definition
Scamming people for things that can be purchased on our store (ranks and crate keys). This also includes any items received by means of our webstore.
UtopiaMC