Player & Account Safety Rules

Valegate is a server that accommodates all age-groups, whilst some more mature content is tolerated, any harmful behaviours towards younger players will not be tolerated.

Content on the server must not be upsetting, offensive, inappropriate, or jeopardize a player's safety. This applies universally, including to your username, skin, chat, builds, and items. Below, we've outlined some key rules.

1.1 Objectionable Content

1.1.1 Discrimination: Any references or comments regarding religion, race, sexual orientation, or gender.

Objectionable content is prohibited in all areas. Examples include:

1.1.2 Harmful Behaviour: Discussions of rape, suicide, or encouraging drug use.

1.1.3 Harassment: Defined as creating an unpleasant or hostile situation through unwelcome verbal or physical conduct.

1.1.4 Abusive Language: Strongly cursing at other players with the intent to harm them.

1.2 Inappropriate, Political, and Religious Content

Inappropriate, political, and religious content is not permitted. Examples include:

1.2.1 Sexual Material: Overtly sexual or pornographic content, including 18+ clubs, builds, or any content involving sexual experiences, desires, or requests for pictures.

1.2.2 Map Art and Written Books: Must adhere to a PG-13 standard, particularly restricting sexual or offensive material.

1.2.3 Political Content: Depictions of political figures, campaigns, elections, derogatory viewpoints, or heated/controversial topics. Non-controversial historical references and usernames may be exempt.

1.2.4 Religious Content: Depictions of religious figures, promoting, criticizing, or mocking a religion or religious figures, derogatory viewpoints, or heated/controversial topics.

1.3 Personal Identifiable Information

Sharing personal identifiable information, known as doxxing, is forbidden. Examples include:

1.3.1 Personal Information: Any identifiable information about yourself or another player, such as full names, physical addresses, or social media profiles.

1.4 Chat Conduct

Spamming or flooding the chat is prohibited. Examples include:

1.4.1 Repeated teleport requests.

1.4.2 Excessive use of caps lock: A single line of caps is allowed, but multiple lines or an overall excessive amount is not.

1.4.3 Repeated personal advertisements: Shop ads, event ads, item requests, price checks, stream ads, etc., can be posted, but they must completely disappear from the chat before being posted again.

1.4.4 Posting links in chat: Only links to our website and live streams of Valegate on appropriate streaming platforms are allowed.

1.4.5 Advertising or discussing other servers or realms: This is not allowed, except for Hypixel, Mineplex and 2B2T, which can be discussed without sharing their server IP addresses.

1.4.6 Language in global chat: English is the only language permitted. Other languages can be used in private messages or local chat, except at server locations such as spawn, shops, and events.

1.4.7 Impersonating staff: Claiming to be a staff member or changing your name to resemble a staff member's name is prohibited.

Fair Play Rules

3.1 Exploits and Bugs

3.1.1 Bug Abuse: The exploitation of any bug within the servers software is strictly prohibited, all bugs should be reported to our Administrator Team.

3.1.2 Invalid Enchantments: Items with enchantments they shouldn't have may be removed.

3.1.3 Nether Roof: Vanilla methods to access the nether roof are permitted. 

3.2 Prohibited Mods and Hacks

The following mods and hacks are not allowed:

3.2.1 X-ray and Automine: This includes any third-party methods or exploits to assist in mining or finding ores, as well as using vanilla or server exploits, bugs, lag, or any other form of abuse for mining.

3.2.2 Speed hacks.

3.2.3 Fly hacks.

3.2.4 PVP Hacks: This includes Kill-Aura, Anti-Knockback, and Auto-Clickers. Note: Auto-Clickers are allowed outside of PVP.

3.2.6 Unauthorized Clients/Mods: Clients or mods that violate any of our rules are prohibited. Pre-approved clients/mods include: Optifine, Badlion, shaders, brightness/gamma mods, Litematica (Without Printer Function) & Xaero's Minimap.

4.1 No Griefing, Raiding, Stealing, or Unauthorized Killing

4.1.1 - No Griefing: No griefing, raiding, stealing, or killing anything that does not belong to you, including in unclaimed areas

4.1.2 Claim Hijacking: Claiming another player's belongings is not allowed.

4.1.3 Shared Bases: If you share a base with another player, you cannot leave a player's belongings unprotected or remove their access without mutual agreement.

4.1.4 Nether & End: The Nether and end are considered public domain, claiming is disabled in these worlds, anyone who wishes to make a public farm in either of these worlds should contact an administrator, who can protect this for the player.

4.2 Respecting Land and Boundaries

You have the right to your land and should not bother other players on their land.

4.2.1 Building Proximity: Do not build or claim within 100 blocks or range of another player or their claim. If the land is claimed, build away from the edge of the player's claim. If the land is unclaimed, build away from the other player's build. If players agree to live near each other, this rule will not be enforced. We recommend screenshotting these agreements for evidence.

4.2.2 Troll Claims: Claims or builds intended to block or troll a player may be removed.

4.2.3 Respecting Requests: If a player asks you to leave their claim/area, you need to leave and move at least 100 blocks away or out of range from the claim. Do not use local chat or sethome in that area.