Server Guide
PickaxeMania is for everyone. Don't make 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. No player traps, lava, fire, or other ways around 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. Automated grinders are fine while 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, references, jokes, or builds.
No profanity, insults, or antagonizing language (including abbreviations 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. Private messages are fine 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 enforce rules 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 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 it's at staff discretion. Stacking violations while under disciplinary action can fast-track the process.
The unban form is always available to anyone temp-banned or banned — to voice grievances, apologize, or discuss the situation.