?Do not spam chat

Spamming in any form, including keyboard mashing, repeated messages, excessive capitalization, and character drag, should be avoided at all times. Pinging members at random or on a large scale should also be avoided and kept to a minimum, whether friends or not.

If a member of our community requests that they not be pinged, please respect their wishes at all times.

? Do not advertise

Do not promote your social media, whether indirectly through conversation or directly with a link. This includes server names as well as IP advertising.

Community members are exempt from this rule in our self-promotion channel on our Discord or through being a verified partner to The Divine Isles.

❕Please note: We do not accept any from of Discord link or other server advertisement on our self-promotion channel. unless partnered with The Divine Isles.

? Swearing is allowed, but in a non-directed and hateful way

Mild swearing is permitted, but never in a derogatory manner towards another person. Swearing at someone, whether a friend or a joke, is not appropriate and will be dealt with appropriately.

We recommend that you keep your swearing to a minimum, and any messages with stronger swear words or sexual connotation will be deleted.

❕Words that are considered too strong or inappropriate will be blocked by our filter automatically with a notification to our team. Bypassing the filter to say blacklisted words will result in a consequence for evading our filter system.

? Rioting is not permitted

Rioting is where the general environment on our services and community spaces have been disturbed by advocating for or against a particular issue in an aggressive manner. This includes drama between individuals or advocating for a player to be punished publicly in our community. We ask you to not disturb other players on the network and keep the environment positive and healthy.

To suggest feedback on The Divine Isles, please go to our Discord or alternatively go to our Report a Bug and Report a Player pages on our website. If you have been punished and are wanting your punishment to be potentially pardoned or shortened please fill out our appeal form.  

? Be respectful to all players

Under no circumstances should you be disrespectful to staff or other members. If a player complains about your behaviour and asks you to stop, please do so. This may interfere with someone's server experience.

?Bypassing the filter is prohibited

Please do not attempt to bypass the chat filter. This is in place to keep all members of the community safe from abuse. Any type of bypass is not permitted, including any other abbreviation of a specific blacklisted word. 

?Personal information should not be posted or leaked

Do not share personal information in any way, especially other players. Any passwords, addresses, emails and more will be deleted and removed from chats. This is to protect you and other people when on our platforms. 

?Threats of any kind are not tolerated

Do not maliciously threaten players on our services. Even if this is done in jest (a joke), we will treat it seriously and deal with it accordingly

? Don't be discriminatory

Do not use discriminatory language or act discriminatorily towards any player. This will not be tolerated and will be dealt with severely.

? Do not take advantage of any bugs or glitches.

Do not take advantage of any server bugs or glitches. Instead, please report them on our Discord or to our Report a Bug page so that they can be resolved. We want to ensure that the gameplay is fair to all players.

? On the server, do not use any inappropriate skins or usernames

Any inappropriate skins or usernames will result in an immediate sanction and removal of server access.

? Hacking in any form is not tolerated

Please do not hack on the server or use any hacked clients. Staff are trained to spot these types of behaviours.

? You are in charge of your own account

Your Minecraft account is entirely your responsibility; if it has been compromised, please notify us immediately. If we suspect that your account has been compromised, it will be temporarily banned.

❕Compromission of the account occurs due to a weak account password. Make sure to use a strong password and enable 2 Factor Authentication (2FA).

? Ban evasion is strictly prohibited

Do not try to avoid bans or other forms of punishment. This will result in a permanent ban from our servers.

Certain gamemodes require extra rulings to ensure the game can be played properly. These rulings apply to the specific gamemode only and not to the whole network.

SMP

? Do not create machines or areas that cause significant server lag.

Please do not build any type of machine that will cause a lot of lag. This will have an impact on everyone's server experience. Large farms that require a lot of redstone, such as guardian farms or 0 tick farms, are forbidden.

?Do not steal or cause grief in other people's areas or buildings.

Stealing or griefing another's build is not tolerated, whether within or outside of a claim. 

❕To prevent this, use the claiming mechanic on our servers. 

Seen someone breaking the rules? Report it to The Divine Isles Team by creating a support ticket in our Discord or going to our Report a Player Page.

❕Contacting staff through Discord DM's will be ignored, please use the services we provide.

You may alert staff members through ping (@staff - Discord only) or by creating a ticket to gain their attention. 

Thank you for making The Divine Isles as safe as possible!