Server Guide
PickaxeMania is for everyone. We don't allow behavior that intentionally hurts others — keep everyone in mind, and avoid making anyone feel unwelcome. The challenge of survival is what makes it fun.
Follow the 50/100 rule: claim up to 50 blocks beyond your build, and stay at least 100 blocks from other players. Don't claim unnecessarily large areas, claim land just to sell it, or claim land you don't plan to build on within a month. Staff can judge whether a build is significant enough to justify a claim.
Don't steal from claims you're trusted in, or from players who just died or set something down.
Don't grief builds, leave junk towers, or break shared infrastructure like railroads. In the main survival world, nether, and end — don't take from unclaimed chests or take items that aren't yours (loot chests excepted). We won't pursue stolen items reported more than 6 months out.
Ancient World (World 3) exception: You may take resources from chests in unclaimed builds, and take a few placed rare blocks — as long as you don't destroy builds, claim them, or make things look griefed.
This is a PvP-free server. Never kill another player unless both players toggled PvP on and agreed first. Return all items unless otherwise agreed beforehand. Don't use player traps, lava, fire, or any other means to bypass PvP protection.
Don't trick or scam others during item trades or economy transactions.
Everyone shares responsibility for keeping lag down. If we find something causing problems — large animal farms, grinders, etc. — we may shut it down.
Don't bypass the AFK system. AFK grinding (leaving your game near a spawner or automated system while you're away) is not allowed. You can use automated grinders as long as you're actually present. Mob grinder holding chambers must be 1x1 or 1x2 blocks.
Enforcement
Sensitive topics like politics and religion are fine in public chat — as long as there's no hateful, inflammatory, or harassing language. Criticize ideas, not people.
Repeating the same thing over and over in public or private chat is spamming. Don't do it.
We're a family-friendly server — avoid sex-related discussions or builds. This includes sexual orientation topics, sexual references, and sexual jokes.
No profanity, insults, or antagonizing language. This includes the f-word and abbreviated versions like WTF. English only in public chats — we can't moderate other languages, so take those conversations to private channels.
Personal attacks and harassment will not be tolerated. Sexist, racist, and broad offensive generalizations about groups of people are not allowed.
Never promote other Minecraft servers, Realms, or Discord servers in public chat. You can share in private messages, but only if the recipient asked first. Content creators are welcome to share their work — just don't use us purely as a promotion platform.
Don't impersonate staff or portray yourself as one. It's fine to share rules with others, but don't try to enforce them yourself — reach out to staff instead. If a staff member is already helping a player, don't jump in; it creates confusion.
Enforcement
Any hack or mod that gives you an unfair advantage is not allowed. Most vanilla exploits are fine — unless they give you materials you shouldn't have (like duplication glitches). Exploiting our plugins is also prohibited.
Enforcement
Want to dispute a moderator's decision, a punishment, or a rule itself? Contact us privately. We understand things get frustrating and sometimes a discussion is needed — but we don't want sensitive conversations disrupting everyone else's gameplay.
Submit an appealDisciplinary steps only apply to players with 2+ hours of game time. Under that limit, it's at staff discretion. Players may be fast-tracked through the process if they stack rule violations while already under disciplinary action.
The unban form is always available to anyone who gets temp-banned or banned — to voice grievances, offer an apology, or discuss the situation.