Exploiting

Make sure to review the 🧑‍⚖️ Overview of Policies and Punishment Guidelines before punishing players.

Exploiting involves using glitches, bugs, or unintended vanilla mechanics to gain an unfair or unauthorized advantage on the server.

Exploiting Infractions Include:

• Abusing vanilla mechanics (block glitching, viewing through chunks/blocks, etc.) to get an unfair advantage.
• Taking advantage of quirks and unintended side effects of custom mechanics with the goal of getting an advantage not intended by that mechanic (e.g. placing other blocks to destroy deepslate with a Jackhammer).
• Joining group chats you have not been given permission to join.
• Particular vanilla mechanics that require going out of your way to gain information (using F3/debug data such as entity count, "pie-raying" using the F3 debug menu pie chart to locate bases, or any other debug information).

Suggested Punishment:

• First Offense: Permanent Ban
  /ban <player> Exploiting (Proof In Logs)

Staff Action Steps:

1. Document Evidence: Ensure you have definitive proof of the exploit (video recordings, screenshots, block logs, or server database records).
2. Escalate Immediately: Report the exploit details directly to Admins and Owners so it can be patched.
3. Prevent Dissemination: Under no circumstances should you discuss or share details of the exploit with regular players. Keep all exploit details strictly confidential.