GENERAL RULES
• This rule includes skins and IGN's too, if it's inappropriate you will be banned until it's changed.
• Profanity is allowed only in PM's if both players consent (see rule 2).
• Abbreviations that include or imply profanity cannot be used either.
• No flaming, flame-baiting, or trolling.
• Inherently controversial topics should be kept to a minimum.
• Any form of trade scamming is not allowed.
• Selling a copied map art without the author's permission is not allowed.
• Any builds considered inappropriate are not allowed and will be taken down.
• No copying skins or making similar IGNs to other players without their permission.
• Do not attempt to bypass /ignore.
• Advertising external servers/sites/accounts are not allowed, new players that log on and immediately advertise are permanently banned.
• Do not advertise Etherea Survival on other servers.
• Spam of any kind is not allowed. This includes character spam, repeated messages, begging for items, unnecessary space fillers (►, ▇, », etc) and overuse of striking colors.
• As a part of the spam rule, English must be used in public chat.
• Links are not allowed in chat.
• In-game trade advertisements must be limited to once every 10 minutes. Attempting to bypass the 10 mins by having multiple players advertise a single establishment is not allowed.
• Automatic/autokill, as well as fishing and gold farms, are not allowed.
• Only one iron farm per player/city, the farm may have no more than 4 villages.
• Please keep 30 entities or below per chunk.
• Areas that are creating significant lag and are affecting FPS due to entities/redstone/mobs must be modified or completely removed so they do not affect other players.
• AFKing at grinders is not allowed. Includes using alts/second accounts to activate spawners, even if you're playing on your main account, is not allowed.
• Redstone clocks cannot be left running at all times. Add a toggle to such circuits.
• You will lose all ores, valuables, spawners found in dungeons, armor, etc. if caught using an exploit/texture pack/unfair way of mining.
• Using known Minecraft exploits is not allowed.
• The only game modifications allowed are Optifine and shaders.
• Duping is not allowed.
• This rule applies to both unclaimed and claimed builds and their surrounding areas.
• When in doubt if an unclaimed build is abandoned and reclaimable, ask a moderator for a check. Even if the build is effectively abandoned, you're not allowed to loot it: any valuable items inside will first be removed and placed in the inactive player's inventory.
• Blocking public pathways, claims and warp exits is not allowed.
• Do not claim land within 100 blocks of another player's claim, unless it is within 500 blocks of an admin claim/warp.
• Land claims created in infringement of this rule will be removed at the other claim owner's request.
• The only exception to this rule is inappropriate IGN bans - if you're banned on your main account for having an inappropriate IGN, you can still play on an alt account.
• Warnings that are given to one account may also be given to alternate accounts.
• Players are not allowed to trade real money for in-game goods, or vice-versa, exception made for trading in-game goods for donations (ranks) in the Store.
• Offending players will be subject to punishment at the discretion of the server Staff, proportionally to the severity of the offense.