By playing on CosmicReborn, you agree to follow all rules of the server. This ensures that we can protect the gameplay and social experience for all players and maintain integrity within the community. These rules are enforced by staff members, as they follow their guidelines to carry out appropriate punishments. Admins are able to punish for offenses not listed here, if they believe a player's actions fall within the scope of a prohibited action.

Most of these rules are applicable across all of our platforms. This includes the Minecraft server and Discord server. The rules listed here are very generalized and do not cover every possible case in detail. Punishment lengths are determined by severity of offense and previous infractions that the player has committed.

If you believe a player or faction is breaking the rules, or you would like to appeal a punishment, you can submit a Support Ticket on our Discord.

Rule Interpretation & Transparency

The Cosmic Reborn Staff Team reserves the right to interpret and enforce rules based on context, intent, and evidence.

Punishment decisions are not arbitrary: staff will consider prior warnings, severity, and fairness.

Major rulings or unique cases may be documented internally; when possible, affected players/faction leaders will be given reasoning.

Faction Punishments may be appealed by the faction leader only.

Updates to rules, clarifications, or changes will be announced and versioned so everyone can see what changed.

Rules Last Changed: 2025-11-22T18:00:00Z

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1. Text and Voice Chat

All players are expected to carry themselves appropriately within all text and voice chats. Text and voice chat rules have similar offenses, but some may be only applicable to one or the other. Breaking voice chat rules will warrant a much more severe punishment.

1.1. General Misconduct

1. Harassment and continuous disrespect of other players, including the use of offensive or obscene language towards them, is prohibited.
2. Spamming/flooding chat is prohibited.
3. Starting/trying to get a group of people to spam multiple words/numbers/phrases is prohibited.
4. Bypassing or finding alternative ways to avoid the chat filter is prohibited.
5. Encouraging suicide, self harm, or threatening another player with death or violence is strictly prohibited.
6. Acting in a manner that is not appropriate, such as discussing adult or obscene topics, is prohibited.
7. Discussing controversial topics or anything that could be deemed as a disruption to the server environment is prohibited.
8. Discussing or promoting the use of Blacklisted Modifications/Cheats is prohibited.
9. Intentionally boosting microphone volume to unbearable levels in voice chat is prohibited.
10. Using inappropriate nicknames/faction names is prohibited.

1.2. Discrimination

1. Use of discriminatory language is prohibited.
2. Targeting/Harassment of players based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic is prohibited.

1.3. Advertising

1. Promoting and discussing other servers/third party websites is prohibited.
2. Linking third party websites or Discord servers is prohibited.
3. Phishing for Minecraft accounts/personal information of other players on the server/discord is strictly prohibited.

1.4. Threats of Personal Information

1. Sharing a player's personal information is strictly prohibited.
2. Attempting to gain a player’s personal information through deception or threats is strictly prohibited.
3. Threatening or carrying out the act of DDOSing/Doxing is strictly prohibited.
4. Harassment involving any player's personal information is strictly prohibited.

2. Gameplay Rules

Violation of most gameplay rules will result in a ban without warning.

2.1. Unfair Advantages

1. Using modifications/cheats that provide an unfair advantage is prohibited (see Disallowed Mods).
2. Abuse/Exploitation of any bugs, even if well-known, is prohibited (e.g. Duplication exploits, Glitching into bases, Enderpearl Glitching, etc).
3. Using any method to boost statistics, such as abusing a bug or using numerous accounts, is prohibited.
4. Teaming with players that are blacklisted or using Disallowed Mods is prohibited.
5. All vanilla mechanics/exploits used for cave finding are use at your own risk. Using them to locate players is strictly prohibited.
6. Reloading shaders or using F3+A to locate players is prohibited.
7. Using a mod/resource pack that reduces the opacity of lava is prohibited.
8. Resource packs that outline ores for cosmetic purposes are allowed.
9. Use of Fullbright/gamma enhancing mods or resource packs are allowed.

2.2. Gameplay/Playstyle Abuse

1. Trapping is allowed (obsidian trapping, derping, etc.), so long as the player's head is not suffocating.
2. Block-glitching into areas that other players are unable to access normally is prohibited.
3. Sabotaging teammates/insiding factions is prohibited.
4. Creation of inappropriate builds/signs is prohibited, this includes lag machines.
5. Having B-Claims on corners at SOTW is prohibited.
6. Cross server trading is prohibited.
7. TP trapping under any circumstance is prohibited.
8. Glitching/trapping players by the use of /pvp is prohibited.
9. Using gen buckets to trap a player is prohibited.
10. Glitching into bases (e.g. Border bouncing to bypass defenses) is prohibited.
11. Glitching/freezing your game to gain an advantage is prohibited.
12. Selling/buying/trading items on the server for IRL money is prohibited, this includes discussion of such.
13. You cannot use any derps or traps while your faction has a /f shield active in the claims of the derps or traps.
    - This includes using base claims while /grace is active.
14. You cannot use alt accounts to bypass the Warzone claim limit.
15. AFKing within the /raid outpost world is prohibited. Any player caught doing so will receive a temporary ban and the faction will be disciplined if its a recurring offence. 

2.3. Scamming

1. Scamming under any circumstances is prohibited.
   - Please review our Scamming Guidelines before submitting a report. Reports that do not meet the listed evidence requirements cannot be acted upon.
2. Renaming items to something they're not in /ah or in chat is prohibited.
3. Creating fake warps to try and trick players is prohibited.

2.4. Cross-Teaming

1. Cross-teaming, defined as intentional cooperation between players or factions who are not truced or allied, in a way that provides an unfair advantage in PvP, raiding, or progression, is prohibited.
   - Please review our Cross-Teaming Guidelines before submitting a report. Reports that do not meet the listed evidence requirements cannot be acted upon.
2. Cooperating with non-truced factions in fights, raids, or other engagements to gain a mutual advantage is prohibited.
3. Assisting another non-truced faction in defending their base, fighting enemies, or securing objectives/events is prohibited.
4. Coordinating attacks with non-truced factions, including engaging the same target simultaneously from multiple sides, is prohibited.
5. Splitting or sharing loot, rewards, or resources obtained through joint efforts with non-truced factions is prohibited.
6. Repeatedly avoiding conflict with a specific faction while working alongside them over time is prohibited.
7. Any form of planned or pre-arranged cooperation between non-truced factions that impacts the outcome of gameplay is prohibited.
8. All rulings regarding cross-teaming are based on clear, in-game evidence demonstrating intentional cooperation and advantage. Insufficient or unclear evidence will not be acted upon.

2.5. Account Misconduct

1. All players are responsible for their account and personal information, this includes taking responsibility for any actions performed on the account. DO NOT share your account information or password with anyone.
2. Use of inappropriate skins or usernames is prohibited.
3. Harmful use/exploitation of server commands is prohibited.
4. Selling/buying/trading accounts on the server is prohibited, this includes discussion of such.
5. Charging back any payment to CosmicReborn is prohibited.
6. Impersonating any player or staff is prohibited.
7. Making a ban appeal for a another player is prohibited.

2.6. Screensharing

1. Admins have discretion to request a player to screenshare if they suspect a violation of the rules.
2. Refusing to screenshare or cooperate during a screenshare is prohibited.
3. Logging out, deleting files, disabling PC processes or altering files while frozen/being screenshared is prohibited.
4. Recording while being screenshared is prohibited.

2.7. Faction Prize Eligibility

1. Any faction or allyship that shares a base can only claim one faction top prize.
   - The faction ranked higher on /f top will be the one to receive the prize.
   - If that faction is deemed ineligible, the next highest faction on /f top will receive the prize instead.
2. Any faction deemed an alt or secondary faction of another faction that receives a prize will be skipped in prize distribution.
3. Any faction that undermines the spirit of the game repeatedly breaks the rules throughout the map may be disqualified from receiving faction prizes or receive point deductions at the discretion of Admins.

3. Allowed Modifications

Here's a list of the allowed modifications on CosmicReborn. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a staff member in our Discord server!

3.1. Client Performance Improvement Modifications

1. Mods that only focus on improving the performance of the Minecraft client without making changes to the gameplay itself are allowed (e.g. OptiFine, Sodium, Lithium, Krypton or Iris).

3.2. Brightness/Gamma Adjustment Modifications

1. Mods that adjust the Minecraft client's brightness and gamma settings, such as Fullbright, are allowed.

3.3. Cosmetic HUD Modifications

1. Mods that customize and add elements to the HUD, without providing extra information that would otherwise be inaccessible to the player, are allowed (HUD mods displaying potion effects, armor status, coordinates).
2. Examples of mods that are prohibited include: Mini-Maps that display entity locations, enemy player health/armor indicators, and camera perspective mods that exceed the capabilities of the F5 camera function.
3. Any modification giving you extra information on an enemy player’s location, items or health is prohibited.

3.4. Aesthetic Modifications

1. Any resource pack or mod that alters the opacity of a block that would normally not be transparent is prohibited.
2. Shaders mods are allowed.
3. Gameplay recording modifications are allowed, such as Replay Mod.

3.5. Permitted Clients / Software

1. Cosmic/Lunar/Badlion Client are allowed.
2. Crystal/Orbit/Falcun Client are allowed, so long as the fly boost resembles the 3x fly speed on Cosmic Client.
3. Auto-clickers are allowed so long as the CPS does not exceed 10.

4. Disallowed Modifications

This is a list of some examples of blacklisted modifications on CosmicReborn. Any modification that provides any significant advantage over other players is prohibited.
Before using any modification that does not directly fall into Allowed Modifications, please be advised they are use at your own risk. We do not have the capability to check every single mod that exists to deem it allowed or blacklisted.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask a staff member in our Discord server!

4.1. Blacklisted Modifications

1. Use of Xray modifications or resource packs is prohibited.
2. Any modification that changes/increases the limits of vanilla Minecraft player functionality is prohibited (e.g. Fly, Reach, Speed, Spider, etc.)
3. Any modification which provides any significant advantage over other players, whether enabled or not, is prohibited (Except: Schematica Printer - so long as you have /printer turned on).
4. Any modification that alters the way in which a Minecraft client interacts with and communicates with the server is prohibited.
5. Any modification that automates the player’s actions are prohibited (e.g. Auto-miners, Path finding, Aim Assist including mob aura, Auto Fishing).
   * Excluding auto-clickers so long as the CPS does not exceed 10.
6. Any external hardware modification that provides any significant advantage over other players is prohibited (e.g. Macro keybinds, Double clicking mouse buttons, etc).
7. Only bots in alt factions are permitted to read/write chat messages and type chat info commands. Other actions (such as opening menus, bots not in alt factions) is not permitted.
8. Use of hacked clients or Utility mod is prohibited.

5. Base Rules

These rules outline restrictions regarding bases, faction points, and checkboxes on the server.

5.1. Base Limitations

1. Bases are allowed to be up to 15x15 chunks in size.
2. Bases are allowed up to 20 chunks of base defenses (buffer), starting from the exterior wall* of your base.
   * Exterior wall is defined as 1 block further than the first non-solid before the furthest strongest wall material from the core chunk (or closest if its not Obsidian)
3. Factions must leave a minimum of 15 chunks between the end of your buffer and the start of another faction’s buffer.
4. Factions are prohibited to claim within 4000 blocks/250 chunks of their base unless the claim is an anti raid claim* or a B-claim*.
   * Anti raid claims are defined as being a claim which is actively being used to counter an enemy faction’s cannon.
   * B-claim's are defined as being a 24-hour raid claim that deters an enemy faction from reclaiming a cannon box if they have allowed their own Raid/Cannon box claims to expire and naturally unclaim.
5. Regen walls can only be within your buffer. Having them inside of the base itself is prohibited, except for Regen Reverse Layers
6. Obsidian defenses of any kind are prohibited, except for: Outer Base Shell, Player Boxes, 256 Obby Cap, Y level:2 and below, Regen Bars, Patching walls while being actively raided*.
   * A raid is considered an enemy faction shooting TNT at your base claims (not including derp base claims).
7. Using unbreakable/special blocks in defenses is prohibited.
   * This includes Enchant Tables, Ender Chests, Normal/Trapped Chests, Anvils, Fence Gates, Brewing Stands, Soul Sand, Cobwebs, Custom Blocks etc.
8. Traps/derps/etc. must not have more than 1 regenerating defense.
9. Encasing your spawners/custom blocks in water/obsidian/etc. is prohibited.
10. Creating water/lava/obsidian-protected boxes inside a player box* is prohibited unless it is accessible via the player box / to enemies (e.g. leave a 2 block hole to access the protected box)
    * Player boxes are defined as the sub-division of a base for the purpose of private member areas, usually made out of obsidian.
    * All player boxes must be the same dimensions within a base. The largest box dimension will be used as the standard size for the base.
11. The use of creeper eggs to bypass the spawner mining cost is prohibited.
12. A faction/alliance may only own 1 corner. Any corners owned by the same faction (including alts) will be removed after 24 hours of SOTW.
13. Building extra defences within the /raid outpost world is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to:
    - Regen defences
    - Slab cakes (1 slab is allowed but not multiple)
    - Extra walls
14. Removing existing defences of the /raid outpost to allow another faction to take it is prohibited.
15. A faction's core chunk must be located within the base boundaries and is prohibited from being located in the buffer.

5.2. Insiding

1. Once a player contributes to the faction pool (e.g. /f top, derps, etc), these contributions are now considered property of the faction leader rather than of the player that contributed it.
2. Selling/stealing/taking spawners/items/money from boxes you don't have access to is prohibited.
3. Removing faction defenses (e.g. mining holes in the cap) or claims without permission from the faction leader is prohibited.

5.3. Faction Points

1. Point farming of any kind is prohibited, including but not limited to:
   - Creating alt or secondary factions of any kind to raid their points.
   - Intentionally allowing other factions to raid your base without making reasonable defense efforts.
   - Any arrangement/agreement/understanding between factions designed to artificially farm points.
2. Raiding your own base/core chunk is prohibited.
3. Raiding an allies base/core chunk is prohibited, unless you have been enemied for more than 24 hours.
4. If two or more factions merge*, it is prohibited to raid that faction’s core chunk within 24 hours.
   * Merging refers to the combining of two or more separate factions into a single faction, including cases where members of one faction join another faction regardless of whether the entire faction moves. Factions that share a base are prohibited from merging.

5.4. Checkboxes

1. A checkbox is an area that utilizes redstone for a faction to check their buffers more easily with the use of redstone lamps.
2. Factions are allowed only 1 checkbox.
3. Redstone checkboxes must be within 10 chunks of your base shell. Anything further is prohibited.
4. AFKing inside a checkbox is prohibited. Players must leave once they check their walls.
5. Raid detectors of any kind are prohibited.

6. Cannoning Rules

These are rules for cannon usage on the server, detailing limitations on certain types of cannons, restrictions on cannon box claims, and permissible actions during raid events and in the Overworld.

6.1. Cannoning Limitations

1. Auto cannons are prohibited.
2. Using levers to shoot cannons is prohibited. Cannons actively being fired are prohibited from being left unattended.
   * A player must remain with the cannon for the duration of the shoot cycle.
   ** Cannons without a player nearby will misfire.
3. Using any sort of “TNT Array” cannon is prohibited.
4. Using a cannon to shoot through multiple walls with only one button press is prohibited. (Rule of thumb: 1 wall per button press, excludes “double tapping*” and tunnelling)
   * Double tapping is defined as a mechanism on a cannon which allows you to shoot 1 shot with a delayed scatter, followed by a second shot with no scatter allowing you to backstack on a regen wall.
   ** Obsidian placed at y256 and y1 are protected by a 5 second cooldown between each durability loss.
5. Shooting over 256 is permitted. (e.g. Lstackers, Lofters, midairs, etc.)
6. Left/Right shooting is permitted.
7. Push L/Rs are prohibited.
8. Factions are only permitted to shoot 1 cannon at a time. Using multiple cannons on the same raid is permitted, but you must wait at least 15 seconds when switching between cannons.
9. Buffer counters Cannons in Base Claims are not allowed.

6.2 Cannon Box Limitations

1. Claiming your cannon box with base claims is prohibited.
2. Cannon Boxes are only permitted to have a maximum of 3 Minechat regen walls & unlimited flat walls. Anything else is prohibited.
3. Cannon Boxes are allowed to be up to 9x9 7x7 claims in size, excluding flight path* and guider claims**.
   * Flight path is defined as the path TNT/Sand travels from the cannon all the way to the wall.
   ** Guider claims are defined as claims used to alter the path of your TNT/Sand.
   *** Flight path/Guider claims can be no wider than 4 3 chunks thick.

6.3 Defending From Cannons

1. Factions can only create defensive measures in their own or allied claimed territory. (i.e. no wild patching)