Wikicraft 4.0 Pacifist Run

## Intro

So, not too long before the initial writing of this page (6/20/2020), I realized that playing Wikicraft with the poor internet connection I have at the moment is untenable. It seems that almost every time I enter any sort of combat situation, I die at least in part due to lag. Combat has always been a source of frustration for me, especially right now, and reflecting on this frustration got me to thinking: *What if I tried to play Wikicraft 4.0 without inflicting violence upon any mob?* I was never the best at combat (unless it's killing sam in a melee at castle dreiton, sry), so I wondered what would happen if I tried to be the best at *not* doing combat and took the idea of pacifism to its furthest extreme. I also added vegetarianism into this pacifist run because why not?

These are the rules I've crafted for this challenge...

## The Rules

1. No hitting or directly killing any living creature; this includes players and all mobs, whether they be passive or hostile
2. No setting lethal traps (ex: pressure plate-activated lava pits) to get mobs to kill themselves
	1. Provoking mobs to fight each other and setting non-damaging traps are allowed
	2. Provoking creepers to explode on their own is allowed, but should be used sparingly, especially if other mobs are within the blast radius
	3. Building Iron/Snow Golems is allowed, but should mainly be used for permanent settlements and not abused besides
3. No using the byproducts of dead mobs (ex: pork for eating, cow leather for making books); using byproducts of mobs that you can get through non-lethal methods is allowed (ex: shearing sheep for wool, getting eggs laid by chickens)
4. In group combat scenarios such as a fight with the Ender Dragon, taking a support role that doesn’t involve dealing damage is allowed (ex: throwing eggs/snowballs at the end crystals, placing water to catch falling teammates)
5. Outside of group combat situations, being saved from hostile mobs by allies who are not committed to doing a Pacifist Run is allowed, but should be done sparingly; the goal is to see how hard it is to succeed in Minecraft as a pacifist, and allowing people who can kill to do the dirty work for you all the time violates the spirit of the challenge
6. In the same vein as rule 5, using /home to escape a dangerous situation can be done, but should be done sparingly as it takes much of the challenge out of the Pacifist Run

Originally, I was going to force myself to commit an iron/diamond sacrifice any time i broke the rules of this challenge, and intended to force myself to either do the challenge until Wikicraft 4.0 is over or until I run out of iron/diamonds, but in hindsight I feel like these restrictions would only serve to stress me out. My new, updated goal is to do this challenge until the server upgrades to 1.16. I won't materially punish myself for transgressions against the rules, but I will record any time the rules are broken and reflect on mistakes in an attempt to correct them in the future.

## Adventures

I haven't fixed my internet issues, so this challenge has not begun yet. In the mean time, feel free to leave me any feedback and if you have any ideas for new rules to make this more difficult for me, let me know. Thank you for reading, and stay tuned for updates in this section periodically.