1.1 ~ Player Theft

Stealing from other players is allowed, any theft that occurs within towns is up to the mayor on what the punishment should be if any. Theft that occurs in towns due to incorrect permissions being set up is permittable. However if a mayor, co-mayor, councillor or builder steal or greif by abusing their positions will be punishable.

1.2 ~ Unwanted Behaviors

These behaviors are not allowed on the server:
~ Harassment and bullying
~ Repetitive use of slurs involving race, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or disability
~ Encouraging self-harm and violence
~ Inciting explicit forms of racial basis, hate speech against racial/social minorities. This includes  physical builds/items as well as in chat
~ Inappropriate dialogue or actions towards minors
~ Spamming
~ Conversations regarding controversial/explicit subjects relating to drugs, sex, politics or religion will be subject to staff discretion  if discussed in public chat

1.3 ~ Personal Information & Doxxing

Sharing personal information of other players is strictly forbidden without explicit consent from the player involved is forbidden. If the player no longer wishes for you to share their personal information this must be abided by. Personal information includes any form of information that shows the physical appearance, age, name, social network, IP address, work/home address, relatives/friends of the individual or geographical location.

1.4 ~ Link Sharing

You can share links in private messages and town/nation chats. You can only share server related links in general chat. Links must also be respectful to our server rules.
No linking to illegal, sexual, gore or violent content.

1.5 ~ Server Advertising

IP stealing/baiting is not allowed. Advertising/commenting to players to join another server to steal their IP or to persuade them to no longer play on H0mesteadMC is not permitted. 

1.6 ~ Selling Content

You are not allowed to sell in-game items or server perks for real life currency.

1.7 ~ Support Language

The main language in global chat is English. If you wish to speak another language, please do so in private messages or in town/nation chat. 

1.8 ~ Staff Impersonation

Impersonating staff to troll/trick other players is not allowed.

1.9 ~ Blackmail

Blackmailing individuals who break the rules instead of reporting them or blackmailing an individual to prevent their personal information from being made public will be punished regardless if the blackmailer's claims are true or not.

1.10 ~ Historical Accuracy

As the server is set in the wild west, it is encouraged that players build and wear skins in similar styles to those found in the time period. If players are to make more modern builds such as skyscrapers it should be done in a way that still fits in with the time period. Players however will be prohibited from re-enacting or endorsing certain aspects of the atrocities that happened during this time period. Whether that be through builds, map art or any  form of expression.

2.1 ~ Fake Evidence

Players who attempt to get another player punished with fake evidence  when the accused player is innocent, will be punished.

2.2 ~ Technical Errors and Server Exploits

Players are not allowed to take advantage of server bugs, exploits or other technical oversights.

2.3 ~ Game Glitches

Players are not allowed to take advantage of game bugs, exploits, such as duping, block-glitching, afk bypass or anything not meant to be possible in vanilla Minecraft.

2.4 ~ Alternative Accounts

Alternative accounts are not allowed. Exemptions are for those living with other players on the server whether that be friends/family. This information must be disclosed to staff to verify they are not being played on by the same person. If you are transferring accounts or creating a new account this must also be reported to staff. If a player has been banned, all other accounts that live with the banned player, will unfortunately be banned for the duration of the ban.

2.5 ~ Cheat Clients and Mods

Cheat clients, macro keying and other modifications that give you a technical/gameplay advantage over another player are not allowed. If you are found breaking this rule, you will be punished.
These rules do not apply to:
~ OptiFine/Performance improvement mods.
~ Litematica (printing is not allowed)
~ Armor/Effect Status HUD mods.
~ Minimap Mods (Minimaps must not show player icon or  underground structures/caves)
~ PvP Clients are allowed as long as it doesn’t give any unfair advantages

As the Minecraft EULA states, Unfair advantages is "in a competitive game something that, given equal skill levels, time investment, and circumstances, causes one player or group of players to perform better than another."

2.6 ~ Intentional Lag & Server Disruption

Intentionally causing harm to our services through DDOS, Spamming, raiding or other illegal exploitive methods is not allowed. All illegal access will be logged in detail and reported.

2.7 ~ Mob Platforms, XP Farms & Limitation Measures

Large mob platforms and large xp farms are forbidden as they may cause excessive lag.
Attempting to bypass any limitation measures will be punished.

2.8 ~ Impeding Staff Duties & Withholding Information

Knowingly benefitting from rule breaking and failing to report will result in punishment, any other form of intentional disruption to staff duties and investigations will also be subject to punishment depending on severity.

3.1 ~ Town Griefing

Griefing is forbidden in town claims this includes joining a town with the intent of griefing.

3.2 ~ Destroying Wilderness

The land (3 chunks) surrounding towns are protected from grief. Any land outside of this range can be modified by players freely with the exception of any pathways or roads. Minecart tracks that are connected to the main train line are protected from grief but players can modify the tracks in order to adjust the position/design/layout of the track. Players are also able to connect their own train rack to the main train line.

3.3 ~ Town Claims

You are required to fill in your town claims, do not leave unclaimed chunks inside of your town  borders  in order to prevent other towns from claiming that land.  Towns must also avoid  "spaghetti" claiming or claim blocking  instead of naturally expanding your town to prevent other towns from expanding naturally into your area.

It is forbidden to fully encircle a town without the permission of the mayor.

"Anchor Towns", towns started by an enemy/ally nation for the sole purpose of claim blocking noticably within anothers territory is not allowed.

3.4 ~ Mass Griefing

Griefing with the use of lava, TNT cannons, water or lava casts is not allowed.

3.5 ~ Major Terraforming

Major terraforming of the natural terrain is not allowed. You can terraform land within the borders of the ocean/rivers, but terraforming beyond them changes the resemblance and accuracy. Do not drain large lakes or rivers, create artificial islands or  drastically amend the coastline (ships are okay).

3.6 ~ Map Art

Map art is only allowed in Greenland and within your own town. Map art must follow the following guidelines and will be subject to staff approval:
~ Cannot depict or contain violence, gore, hate speech or symbols
~ Cannot be sexually explicit and be inappropriate for minors
~ Not contain any symbolism or language  against a certain race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or ethnicity
~ Destroying map art in wilderness whilst it's being made is not allowed but killing the map maker is permitted

3.7 ~ 

Map art is only allowed in Greenland and within your own town. Map art must follow the following guidelines and will be subject to staff approval:
~ Cannot depict or contain violence, gore, hate speech or symbols
~ Cannot be sexually explicit and be inappropriate for minors
~ Not contain any symbolism or language  against a certain race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or ethnicity
~ Destroying map art in wilderness whilst it's being made is not allowed but killing the map maker is permitted

4. Combat/PVP

4.1 ~ Engaging in Combat

Players are allowed to engage in combat wherever PvP is enabled whether that is in wilderness, towns or PvP enabled plots. However it is not allowed to repetitively kill the same player unless the player retaliates.

4.2 ~ Claiming Hopping

You are not allowed into a claim where pvp is disabled to avoid death, or to give yourself an advantage over other players. If you start fighting you need to commit to it and restrain from running into claims(you are allowed to run away). It is good practice to enable PVP for your whole town during sieges as not to violate this rule.

4.3 ~ Spawn Camping

Do not repetitively kill someone after they have spawned in. This includes waiting outside of any protected areas such as starter towns, base camps or towns. Setting homes close to the players town after killing the player is not allowed.

4.4 ~ TP Killing
Setting up TP traps or killing someone as soon as they have teleported is not allowed. This includes teleporting to any homes, towns or nations. Any TP traps must allow the player the ability to teleport out of the trap or kill themselves.

5.1 ~ Town Names.

When creating a town, make sure your name complies with naming rules. Names can be changed by staff members if they're not following the rules.
~ Fictional town names are allowed.
~ Town names cannot be inappropriate, offensive or toxic.
~ Towns cannot have similar names to already established towns, where one could easily be confused with another.
~ Town names must fit into the aspect of geopolitics and worldly game play. Meme towns are not allowed.
~ Town names cannot include symbols except underscores or hyphens.
~ Town names cannot prevent players from accessing information from it.

5.2 ~ Nation Names.

When creating a Nation, make sure your name complies with naming rules. Names can be changed by staff members if they're not following the rules.
~ Nation names must be a former, existing, proposed or fictional country, state, geographical location based on the physical location of the capital
~ Nation names cannot be inappropriate, offensive, culturally insensitive, or toxic.
~ Nations cannot have similar names to already established Nations/Towns, where one could easily be confused with another.
~ Nations' names must fit into the aspect of geopolitics and worldly game play. Meme nations are not allowed.
~ Nation names cannot include symbols except underscores or hyphens.
~ Nation names cannot prevent players from accessing information from it.

5.3 ~ Accounts

Minecraft Usernames, Nicknames, Player Skins, Towny Titles may not be inappropriate, offensive or toxic. You may not also change your name to match the similar username of another person on the server.