Server Guidelines & Policies

Official Rules

Welcome to BingshoCraft, the survival SMP of the Bingsho community. Play fair, respect others, and don't ruin the experience for everyone else.

Respect Everyone

Treat all players and staff with respect. No harassment, bullying, or discrimination.

1.1

Mutual Respect

Medium Severity

Treat players and staff with respect at all times.

1.2

No Harassment or Hate Speech

Critical Severity

No harassment, bullying, hate speech, discrimination, threats, or excessive toxicity.

1.3

No Inappropriate Content

High Severity

No inappropriate, sexually explicit, NSFW, or harmful content in chat, skins, or builds.

1.4

No Impersonation

High Severity

Do not impersonate other players, content creators, or staff members.

1.5

Playful Banter vs Toxicity

Low Severity

In-game teasing or playful banter is permitted, but must remain friendly and free of genuine toxicity.

Builds, Claims & Graves

Land claim protections, grief prevention guidelines, and grave interaction policies.

2.1

No Griefing Claimed Property

Critical Severity

Do not grief, destroy, modify, or steal from another player's claimed property.

2.2

Respect Protected Areas

High Severity

Respect server spawns, public infrastructure, and other players' protected land claims.

2.3

No Claim Abuse or Bypassing

High Severity

Do not abuse, encircle, trap, or intentionally attempt to bypass the land claim protection system.

2.4

No Claiming Player Graves

High Severity

Do not claim another player's death grave or the area containing it to prevent them from retrieving their items.

2.5

Grave Defense vs Claiming

Medium Severity

You may tactically block or defend access to a grave during PvP, but you may not create a land claim over the grave or its surrounding perimeter.

2.6

Unclaimed Land Ownership

Low Severity

Unclaimed areas in the wilderness are not protected by ownership simply because someone is using or building there. Always claim your base.

PvP & Trapping

Wilderness combat regulations, Passive Mode safeguards, and trap restrictions.

3.1

PvP Combat Allowed

Low Severity

PvP is enabled in wilderness and designated zones. Players may attack and kill other players unless they are in Passive Mode.

3.2

Wilderness Ambushes & Traps

Low Severity

Players may trap, ambush, or outplay other players in unclaimed wilderness areas.

3.3

No Traps in Foreign Claims

High Severity

Traps must never be built inside another player's claim without explicit permission.

3.4

No Teleport Trapping

Critical Severity

Teleport trapping is strictly prohibited. Do not create traps specifically designed to kill players immediately upon accepting a teleport request.

3.5

Legitimate Survival Combat

Low Severity

Normal survival mechanics, terrain, blocks, projectiles, and tactical environment modifications may be legitimately used during PvP.

3.6

Passive Mode Protection

Medium Severity

Players who do not wish to participate in PvP combat can activate Passive Mode to explore and build peacefully.

3.7

No Passive Mode Abuse

High Severity

Do not abuse PvP mechanics, combat logging, or server systems to unfairly bypass Passive Mode restrictions or bait players.

Cheating & Exploiting

Zero tolerance policy for unfair modifications, cheat clients, and duplication glitches.

4.1

No Hacked Clients or Cheats

Critical Severity

No hacked clients, X-Ray packs/mods, unfair modifications, cheats, killauras, baritone automation, or combat macros.

4.2

No Duplication Glitches

Critical Severity

No duplication glitches, exploit tools, or item/entity cloning methods.

4.3

No Bug or Plugin Abuse

Critical Severity

Do not abuse bugs, glitches, plugin loopholes, or server mechanics for an unfair survival advantage.

4.4

Mandatory Bug Reporting

Medium Severity

If you discover a serious exploit or bug, report it immediately via Discord tickets instead of abusing or sharing it.

Farms & Server Performance

Redstone, farm limits, and entity controls to keep server TPS smooth for everyone.

5.1

Farm Performance Standards

Medium Severity

Automated and semi-automated farms are allowed as long as they do not cause excessive server load or drop TPS.

5.2

Lag Machines Strictly Prohibited

Critical Severity

Lag machines and contraptions engineered solely to disrupt server performance are strictly bannable.

5.3

No Entity or Redstone Cramming

High Severity

Do not intentionally create excessive mob, item, redstone clock, projectile, or entity buildup that degrades server stability.

5.4

No Bypassing Performance Limits

High Severity

Do not attempt to circumvent server entity culling, redstone throttling, or performance caps.

5.5

Staff Intervention on Problematic Farms

Medium Severity

Staff may require problematic, lag-inducing farms or redstone loops to be modified or safely removed.

Economy & Trading

Fair marketplace guidelines, anti-fraud standards, and real-money trade policies.

6.1

No Currency Generation Exploits

Critical Severity

Do not duplicate or artificially generate items or coins through glitches or exploits.

6.2

No Shop or Auction Abuse

High Severity

Do not abuse player shops, trading systems, auctions, or market features to deceive players or distort the economy.

6.3

No Unauthorized Real-Money Trading (RWT)

Critical Severity

Real-money trading of server items, coins, accounts, or services outside the official BingshoCraft Store is strictly prohibited.

Chat & Community

Maintaining a clean, enjoyable, and scam-free communication environment.

7.1

No Spam or Chat Flooding

Medium Severity

No chat spam, character flooding, excessive caps, or intentional chat disruption.

7.2

No External Advertising

Critical Severity

No advertising unrelated Minecraft servers, Discord networks, or commercial services.

7.3

No Malicious Links or Scams

Critical Severity

No phishing links, scams, IP loggers, malware, or harmful downloads.

7.4

Welcoming Atmosphere

Low Severity

Keep the community welcoming, positive, and enjoyable for newcomers and veteran players alike.

Staff & Common Sense

Staff interaction protocols, common sense expectations, and server governance.

8.1

Follow Staff Instructions

High Severity

Follow reasonable instructions and directives issued by the BingshoCraft moderation and administration team.

8.2

No Investigation Interference or Evasion

Critical Severity

Do not interfere with staff investigations, conceal evidence, or attempt to evade punishments with alternate accounts.

8.3

Official Reporting Procedures

Medium Severity

Report rule breakers and bugs via Discord support tickets instead of retaliating or taking matters into your own hands.

8.4

Common Sense & Unlisted Scenarios

High Severity

Not every situation can be covered by a written rule. Staff reserve the right to act against any behavior that clearly harms the server, community, or economy.

Enforcement & Player Agreement

Disciplinary Actions

Breaking rules may result in warnings, mutes, kicks, item/progress removal, temporary bans, or permanent bans depending on violation severity and prior history.

Server Evolution & Agreement

Rules may be updated as BingshoCraft evolves. Staff may take action against serious behavior even when not explicitly listed. By playing, you agree to follow these rules.

Need to Report a Violation or Appeal a Ban?

Our moderation team reviews player reports and ban appeals through our Discord ticket system on the BingshoCraft Discord.

Open Discord Ticket