Rules

*All punishments issued are done so at the discretion of the staff member issuing punishment. If you disagree with a punishment, please open a ticket in the Prismacraft Discord with as much information as possible for an Admin to investigate.*

## Act Respectfully

**a. No controversial topics in global chat.**
*Keep these to nation chat, town chat, party chat, or private messages.*
**b. Respect other players' boundaries**
**c. Do not make false reports or statements.**
*When staff investigate issues, do not lie to them.*
**d. No harassment, discrimination, or bullying.**
*Prismacraft is friendly to everyone. Propagation of hateful ideologies will not be tolerated. Repeatedly attempting to contact someone who doesn't want to be contacted will be considered harassment.*

## Voice & Text Chat Rules

**a. Do not use hateful language or slurs.**
**b. Intentionally misgendering people is not allowed.**
**c. No external links - keep these in town chat, nation chat, or private chat channels.**
**d. No spam.**
**e. Do not share (or threaten) the personal information of others.**
**f. This server adheres to US federal age of consent laws to shape our conduct policies between adult players:**
*Over 18: Do not engage in explicit jokes or interactions with our about minors in-game, on Discord, or elsewhere.*
*Under 18: Do not engage in explicit jokes or other explicit interaction with or about adults in-game, on Discord, or otherwise.*
**g. Keep general chat in English.**
*Other languages may be used in town chat, nation chat, or private chat channels.*

## Grief and Building

**a. Do not grief or raid claimed OR unclaimed bases/builds.**
**b. No overly explicit builds.**
*This rule includes hate speech symbols, genitalia, etc.*
**c. No lag machines**
*Intended or unintended, these are subject to removal.*

## PVP (Player-versus-Player)

**No player trapping in any form.**
**a. PVP areas should be clearly marked within towns.**
**b. All PVP should be consensual, with the exception of clearly marked areas.**
**c. If the PVP you engage with has rules (only certain armor, no weapon, etc), you are expected to respect the rules.**

## Modifications

**a. Do not use any mods or clients that may give you an unfair advantage.**
**b. No macros (automated input sequences that imitate keystrokes or mouse actions).**
**c. Physical modifications such as taping down your mouse are not allowed.**
**d. No duping or exploiting.**
*No duping includes TNT, rails, carpets, etc.*

## Economy

**a. No scamming.**
*This includes breaking the terms of agreements made between players.*
**b. Approved mods are not permitted to be used in money-making exploits.**
*Example: Building a massive pointless structure for grinding the builder job with Litematica.*
**c. Avoiding the AFK timer is not allowed.**
*AFK pools or any other in-game devices designed to prevent you from being marked as AFK or kicked for being AFK are not allowed.*
**d. No AFK grinding skill XP.**
*Skills are designed to be content that you actively engage with.*
**e. The MapArt world is exclusively for map art building.**

## Accounts

**a. You may have no more than three (3) accounts per IP address.**
*Exceptions can be made for families and larger groups of friends.*
*Using a VPN to bypass these limits is not allowed.*
**b. Alternate (Alt) accounts cannot have jobs.**
**c. All actions performed on your account are your responsibility.**
*This means "my brother was on my account" is not a valid excuse for misbehavior.*
**d. Do not use alternate accounts to generate money or accumulate extra in-game rewards.**
*Alts can be used for loading chunks, voting, key-alls, and cam accounts.*

## Towny Rules

**a. Town staff are allowed to kick players that violate town rules or server rules.**
**b. Town staff are allowed to kick inactive players.**
**c, Once players are kicked from a town, they MUST be given at least seven (7) days notice to move their belongings.**
*After this 7-day grace period has ended, what remains of their property may be repossessed by the town.*
**d. Town staff may not take items or destroy builds without the creator/owner's permission.**
*This only applies if they are still a member of the town.*
**e. Camping outside someone else's town with the purpose of being a nuisance is not allowed.**
*Harassment is against the rules on PrismaCraft.*
**f. If a town has become inactive, it may be given to another player, or merged with an active town if requested.**
*Towns automatically become inactive when they reach a town balance of -50,000.*

## Community

**a. Do not impersonate staff or other players.**
**b. Be mindful of the age of other players.**
*Though many PrismaCraft members are legal adults, this is a public Minecraft server.*
*Be wary that the people you interact with may be minors.*
**c. Bans may be appealed through the Discord server.**
*Any appeals may be made through the PrismaCraft Discord server by creating a ticket in the #create-a-ticket channel. If you are banned from the Discord, you may not appeal and your ban is final.*
*Appeals sent to staff members through DMs (direct messages) will be ingored.*
**d. Having multiple community complaints made against you may become grounds for a ban.**
**e. Pushing the limits of the rules can be grounds for a ban.**
*No rule lawyering.*

## No exploiting others' efforts without permission.

**a. Do not use other players' villagers without permission.**
**b. Do not set homes in other players' bases, farms, grinders, etc. without permission.**
**c. Do not use other players' farms, grinders, etc. without permission.**