Last updated: 16/08/2025

KoalaServers is a community for all ages - that means both mature players and younger ones are welcome! So here's the deal:

• Be kind, be respectful, and don’t do anything you wouldn’t want a kid to see.
• We aim to keep things fair and fun for everyone.
• We only take action when there’s solid evidence (like logs, screenshots or videos).
• Please avoid assumptions - always report based on facts.
• If you see a problem, report it to staff instead of trying to handle it yourself.
• Thanks for helping keep KoalaServers safe and fun for all!

Report players here.
Report bugs here.
Feedback/Bugs/Reports can also be posted on our Discord here.

1. Use Common Sense:

Anything that harms the community, players, the server economy, or KoalaServers as a whole — and that isn’t an intended feature or mechanic — is punishable, even if it's not explicitly listed in these rules & guidelines.

2. No Cheating, Hacking or Exploiting Bugs:

• Cheating — Bypassing game systems to gain an unfair advantage (e.g., exploiting bugs or unintended mechanics).
• Hacking — Using modified clients, scripts, or external programs to gain an unfair advantage.

Allowed Mods: Only the following client modifications are allowed:

• Minimaps / Waypoints
• Lighting mods (e.g., shaders, brightness)
• Optifine and other FPS boosters
• Shulker peek
• Crafting recipe helpers (e.g., REI, NEI, JEI)
• Schematica / Litematica (Auto-build is not allowed)
• Itemscroller (may trigger anticheat — just reconnect if kicked)
• Appleskin

All other modifications or programs are not allowed.

Not Allowed:

• Auto-clickers
• Using objects or contraptions (like whirlpools or pistons) to avoid being marked as AFK
• Chunk loaders

Bug Abuse:

• Exploiting bugs (e.g., duping or abusing staff errors) is strictly forbidden.
• If you find a bug, report it via a ticket.
• Hiding, abusing, or sharing bugs will increase your ban length.

3. Bypassing Bans, Mutes, or Filters:

• Do not use alternate accounts to bypass a ban or mute.
• Do not try to bypass the chat filter (e.g., by misspelling blocked words).
• If you're caught bypassing any punishment, your ban or mute will be extended.

4. No Disrespect / Harassment / Trolling / Toxicity / Racism / Questionable Terms:

A. Respect & Chat Conduct:

• Be respectful to everyone — no harassment, trolling, or toxic behavior.
• No racism, sexism, homophobia, or use of slurs — in any form or language.
• Do not impersonate staff.

B. Chat Rules:

• If a player tells you to leave their land or stop messaging, you must stop.
• If a chat topic becomes too heated, staff may step in and mute players to calm things down.
• Follow staff instructions or face punishment.

C. Hate Speech & Questionable Terms:

• No use of socially unacceptable terms, including variations or misspellings.
• This includes the N-word, racist, sexist, or homophobic terms.
• Applies in all languages.

D. Politics & Sensitive Topics

• No political talk in public chat — keep it in private messages (/msg).
• Avoid discussing sensitive topics (e.g., religion, abortion) in public chat.

If someone is being toxic: Use (/ignore) and/or report the player to staff (/report) — do not engage or escalate the situation.

5. Chat Rules: Language, Swearing, Spamming & Advertising:

A. Chat must be in English:

• Keep all public chats in English.
• Other languages are allowed only in /msg or private team chats.
• Do not engage if you see others chatting in your language (not English) publicly.

B. No excessive derogatory swearing:

• Swearing to express frustration is allowed (e.g., "Fuck, I died from a creeper.")
• Swearing to insult or attack others is not allowed (e.g., "Fuck you, asshole.")
• Most swearing will be censored as KoalaServers is family-friendly.
• Staff will decide when swearing is excessive or unnecessary.

C. No spamming:

• Includes excessive caps, symbols, repeated messages or links, overuse of non-ASCII characters, excessive colored text, and encouraging spam.
• Staff will judge what counts as spam.

D. No advertising:

• Advertising other servers or Discords not affiliated with KoalaServers is prohibited.

E. No death threats, malicious threats, or encouraging suicide:

• Malicious threats include DDOS attacks or leaking personal information.
• Threatening to kill someone in real life is considered a death threat.
• Encouraging or telling players to commit suicide, including joking with terms like "kys," is strictly prohibited.

6. No Scamming:

Scamming is falsely promising one thing and then doing another. The following are examples of scamming:

• Modifying items to appear as if they are still in their original state when they are not.
• Renaming items in your shop and pretending it is something else (ex: naming tripwire hook "Gold Key" and selling it)
• Putting an enchanted item through a grindstone and then selling it as if it was the original item.
• Tricking players to gain profit.

KoalaServers is not responsible and does not condone any transactions between players that involve real life money.

7. No PVP’ing Unless Agreed Upon:

• Do not PvP unless both parties agree. This includes using in-game items/mechanics/mobs to purposely harm players.
• When someone bothers you, this does not give you the right to kill them.
• PvP is disabled by default, but that doesn’t mean that you can PvP anyone that has it enabled.
• Attempting to kill a player through any means that has PvP disabled is not allowed whatsoever.
• Making any sort of trap that would lead to a player's death is against the rules and will be considered a malicious act.

8. No Griefing, Stealing, or Claim Abuse:

• Do not destroy or steal anything that isn’t yours including in unclaimed/expired claims — this includes dropped items, chests and builds.
• Do not grief land near someone’s claim (within 48 blocks) or build within 64 blocks of a claim unless both parties agree.
• Use common sense: if the builder or claim owner doesn’t want something there, it’s likely considered griefing.
• Even if land isn’t claimed, but is clearly built on and active, staff may roll back grief or theft.

9. Keep Skins, Usernames/Nicknames, Builds & Farms appropriate:

• Skins: No nudity, racism, Nazi skins, or violent imagery.
• Usernames: No swearing, NSFW terms, or racist/offensive meanings.
• Builds: No swastikas, phallic shapes, swear words, political or sensitive topics, or gambling-themed builds. Portal trapping is prohibited. All Nether & End portals must not be blocked off with doors or blocks.
• Item Names: No inappropriate jokes, political topics, vulgar language, or anything offensive.

A. Redstone & Farm rules:

• Staff may ask you to adjust your redstone builds, farms, or villager trading halls.
• All redstone builds must have an on/off switch.
• Do not bypass AFK systems — you may be kicked for it.
• Staff will decide what is inappropriate. If something is questionable, it's best not to do it.