Server guide/Punishment guide

This is a general guide which provides a suggested course of action for common offenses, but staff discretion is always key.

You can find other Froobworld policies at https://policies.froobworld.com

Informing your decisions

Use /punishmenthistory <player> and /notes read <player> to find information on a player's history. Players who are found to be problematic may be met with more severe punishments.

Please make sure to use /warn <player> <details of offense> and /notes add <player> <note> so that future punishments can be informed properly!

Punishment Guide

General Staff Considerations

• When punishing a player for their actions, a staff member should always have regard to the player's intentions.

• As a general rule, staff members should be lenient. In most cases, a private warning is sufficient in the first instance.

Severity Guide

Punishment Type	Action (sequentially, with discretion)
Minor 🟢	<1 day mute/jail, <3 day mute/join, <5 day mute/jail, moves to a moderate 🟠 punishment, procede likewise
Moderate 🟠	<5 day mute/jail, 7 day mute/jail, <2 week temporary ban, moves to a major 🔴 punishment, procede likewise
Major 🔴	<2 week temporary ban, < 1 month temporary ban, permanent ban, moves to a major 🟣 punishment, procede likewise
Severe 🟣	permanent ban, exile (contact an admin)

Griefing

• It is against the rules grief another player. This includes, but is not limited to, knowingly:

• causing damage to someone else's property 🔴
• hampering someone else's enjoyment of the game 🟣
• limiting someone else's progress through the game 🔴
• killing someone else's animals without their permission 🟣
• intentionally and purposely causing the server to lag 🟣
• trolling. 🔴

Stealing, luring and scamming

• It is against the rules to steal from, lure or scam another player. This includes, but is not limited to:

• taking items from someone else's chests 🟠
• taking someone's items after they die 🟠
• having someone teleport to you in the hope they lose their items 🔴
• purposely giving someone a bad deal by withholding information (e.g. selling a mending book with curse of binding). 🟠

Cheats and exploits

• It is against the rules to use cheats or exploit glitches and game design flaws. This includes, but is not limited to:

• duping 🟣
• x-ray mods, texture packs or glitches 🟠
• mods and texture packs that significantly reduce lava fog (for finding ores) 🟠
• auto-mining/auto-building mods 🔴
• any mod that provides a significant advantage over other players. staff discretion

• For the purpose of this section, and despite 14, the following are not cheats or exploits:

• accessing and using the nether ceiling
• minimap mods
• autoclickers.
• litmatica

Disrespectful behaviour

• It is against the rules to be disrespectful towards other people. This includes, but is not limited to:

• making derogatory remarks about a person or group of persons based on their personal beliefs or attributes. 🔴
• general distruption or rudeness 🟢

Profanity

• It is against the rules to use profanity on the server, whether that be in chat, on signs, in books, in item names, or any other medium. 🟢

Advertising

• It is against the rules to use the server as a medium for advertising.

• A player should be considered to be advertising only if they are consistently or expressely using the server to make better known to other players a link, server or other service that is uncalled-for in the given context or generates financial benefits for that player. This includes, but is not limited to:

• directing other players to affiliate links 🟢
• joining the server expressly to direct players to a different server or link 🟠
• in contexts uncalled-for, linking players to a non-FroobWorld related Discord server. 🟠

• For the avoidance of doubt, the following examples should not be considered advertising:

• where context calls for it, providing another player a recommendation for a product they are not affiliated with
• inviting a friend to play on another server.

Arguing with Staff / direct messages

• It's strongly advised to not engage with players who argue or DM about punishments. These themselves are not offenses, though if players become agitated or vulgar, further action may be taken.