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Rules & Guidelines

Below is every in-game and Discord punishment and its length on the GGPlays network. Please read thoroughly if you plan to actively play. If you feel you've been punished unfairly, open a ticket in our Discord.

Last Updated: 18th July 2026.

General Information

  • Admin+ reserves the right to issue punishments not listed here, and to adjust punishment types and lengths for any listed punishment where deemed necessary.
  • No staff member is exempt from any rule. If you believe a staff member has broken a rule, report them by opening a ticket.
  • Warnings apply for 7 days. If you break the same rule again within that time after being warned, you move up to a mute or ban and continue on that rule's punishment ladder. Once the warning expires without another break of the same rule, you return to a warning. After reaching a mute or ban, you cannot move back down the ladder. Kicks do no count towards the warning system, so once you've been kicked, you will no longer be able to move back down the ladder.

In-Game Offences

21

Rules covering how you play, compete, and interact with the world and other players.

Duping

A player who is duplicating items of any type, in any way.

1st OffencePermanent Ban

Insiding

On Skyblock, islands with multiple players are treated as a team, and items brought to an island become property of the island rather than the individual. Maliciously undermining the island — removing items, spawners, or collection boxes, griefing, or selling items and giving the money away — without the agreement of two or more senior members counts as insiding.

NoteReport insiding immediately by opening a ticket. Reports are reviewed case by case and can result in removal for the map, or the network, for the account and any affiliated accounts.

1st OffenceBan Until Season End

Manipulation

A player who gets another player to unknowingly break a rule.

NoteOnly applies if the manipulated player has not broken that same rule before.

1st Offence30 Day Ban
2nd OffencePermanent Ban

Abusing Alts

Using alt accounts to gain an advantage over other players, such as voting or actively playing on alts.

NoteAlt accounts may only be used to AFK, coinflip, and claim gkits or subscription perks. Only play on your main account.

NoteVoting, claiming battlepass rewards, entering giveaways, and using the auction house on an alt account are strictly prohibited.

1st Offence3 Day Ban
2nd Offence7 Day Ban
3rd Offence14 Day Ban
4th OffencePermanent Ban

Lagging Server

A player found to be lagging the server in any way.

1st Offence30 Day Ban
2nd OffencePermanent Ban

Doxxing / DDoS Threat

A player who threatens to “hack” or “dox” another player, or to disrupt their use of our services — sharing personal information about someone that should not be online.

Example“Give me items or I’ll tell everyone your IP address.”

1st OffencePermanent Ban

Exploit / Glitch Abuse

A player who has abused an unknown or known glitch.

NoteA player who uses a glitch only to gather information about it for management/admins should not be punished.

1st Offence14 Day Ban
2nd Offence30 Day Ban
3rd OffencePermanent Ban

In-Game Scamming

Scamming another user for in-game items. Always use /trade to reduce the risk of scams.

NoteWe will return items if they are found. We will not spawn in new items as a refund.

NoteCoinflip scams of any currency fall under this rule.

1st OffencePermanent Ban

Inventory Bombing

Filling your inventory with useless items and going to PvP with the only intention of dying and dropping all of your items.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd Offence1 Hour Ban
3rd Offence6 Hour Ban
4th Offence1 Day Ban
5th OffencePermanent Ban

Advertising Server IPs

A player who advertises a non-GGPlays server. Discussion of large-scale servers such as Hypixel is allowed provided no URLs are posted in the chat.

1st Offence30 Day Ban
2nd OffencePermanent Ban

Mute / Ban Evasion

A player who uses an alternative account while banned, or attempts to evade an active mute.

NoteEvading on multiple accounts may result in a ban for all of your accounts.

Mute Evading 1Verbal
Mute Evading 2Mute Re-applied
Ban EvadingBan Extended

Command Spam

Spamming commands such as /msg, /tp, or /pay that may annoy other players.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd Offence1 Hour Ban
3rd Offence6 Hour Ban
4th Offence12 Hour Ban
5th Offence3 Day Ban
6th Offence7 Day Ban

Inappropriate Username / Player Skin

A player who has an inappropriate username or skin.

NoteCan be appealed once the username or skin has been changed.

1st OffencePermanent Ban

Disallowed Modifications

A player who is using a 3rd-party Minecraft client or mod to gain an unfair advantage over other players. See the full Disallowed Modifications list at the bottom of this page.

1st Offence1 Day Ban
2nd Offence3 Day Ban
3rd Offence7 Day Ban
4th Offence14 Day Ban
5th OffencePermanent Ban

AFK Farming, Mining or Grinding

A player that uses any means to grind, mine or farm while they are away from the game.

NoteThis includes, but isn’t limited to, placing something down on your spacebar or mouse to help farm mobs while away.

NoteYou are responsible for responding to any and all staff AFK checks.

1st OffenceKick for AFK Grinding
2nd Offence3 Hour Ban
3rd Offence12 Hour Ban
4th Offence1 Day Ban

Block Glitching in PvP

A player who block-glitches in PvP to escape combat and avoid players, or to reach a place not normally accessible by players.

NoteThis includes using slime blocks within PvP.

1st Offence1 Hour Ban

Inappropriate Builds

A player who builds something inappropriate — for example, anything that can be seen as sexual or racist.

NoteThe owner of the area is responsible for builds created in it. Refusal to remove the build goes straight to a ban.

1st OffenceWarn + Remove
2nd Offence1 Hour Ban
3rd Offence1 Day Ban
4th Offence3 Day Ban
5th Offence7 Day Ban
6th OffencePermanent Ban

Griefing

A player who goes around other people’s islands or survival lands nonchalantly destroying builds and/or farms. This counts as moving people’s mobs, intentionally getting in the way of players grinding, and so on.

1st Offence12 Hour Ban
2nd Offence1 Day Ban
3rd Offence3 Day Ban
4th Offence7 Day Ban
5th Offence14 Day Ban
6th Offence30 Day Ban
7th OffencePermanent Ban

IRL Trading

A player who attempts to trade, or successfully trades, GGPlays items/currencies for items/currencies not related to GGPlays.

ExampleTrading in-game currency for PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, or another server’s items.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd Offence30 Day Ban
3rd OffencePermanent Ban

Account Sharing

Multiple players gaining an advantage by using one account collectively to get further ahead in the season.

ExampleA player mines on another player’s account to get more blocks broken and tokens.

1st Offence30 Day Ban
2nd OffencePermanent Ban

Coinflip Harassment

Repeatedly pressuring, spamming, threatening, baiting, or targeting other players into using /coinflip or participating in coinflip bets. Respect a player’s decision if they decline.

NoteYou may say you have a coinflip up, but you cannot repeatedly encourage other players to take it.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd OffenceCoinflip Ban

Chat Offences

13

Rules that apply to anything you say in public chat or private messages.

Staff / Player Harassment

A player who harasses or verbally abuses a staff member or another player, making them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

1st Offence12 Hour Mute
2nd Offence3 Day Mute
3rd Offence7 Day Mute
4th Offence14 Day Mute
5th Offence30 Day Mute
6th OffencePermanent Mute

Race Baiting

A player trying to incite racism or spark racial / anti-Semitic conflict.

1st Offence3 Day Mute
2nd Offence7 Day Mute
3rd Offence14 Day Mute
4th Offence30 Day Mute
5th OffencePermanent Mute

CP Jokes

A player making jokes about children engaging in sexual acts, or comments interpreted in a sexual manner. Joke or not, this is taken seriously.

1st Offence30 Day Mute
2nd OffencePermanent Ban

Staff Impersonation

A player who impersonates, or otherwise tries to portray themselves as, a staff member.

NoteCan be appealed once the name is changed or the title is removed.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd OffencePermanent Mute

Racism / Homophobic Slurs

A player who is racist, uses a racial slur, acts antisemitic, or uses homophobic slurs in any way.

1st Offence3 Day Mute
2nd Offence7 Day Mute
3rd Offence14 Day Mute
4th Offence30 Day Mute
5th OffencePermanent Mute

Death Threats / Suicide Encouragement

A player who encourages another user to kill or harm themselves in any way, or makes any kind of death threat in real life or in-game. Joke or not, this is taken seriously.

1st Offence3 Hour Mute
2nd Offence6 Hour Mute
3rd Offence1 Day Mute
4th Offence7 Day Mute
5th OffencePermanent Mute

Inappropriate Behaviour

A player who sends continuous inappropriate messages in chat — disturbing messages, messages that spark conflict, or attempts to put a person in an uncomfortable situation. This also includes sexual remarks, whether directed or not.

1st Offence6 Hour Mute
2nd Offence1 Day Mute
3rd Offence3 Day Mute
4th Offence7 Day Mute
5th Offence14 Day Mute
6th Offence30 Day Mute
7th OffencePermanent Mute

Excessive Toxicity

A player who sends several hostile or toxic messages towards another player.

1st Offence6 Hour Mute
2nd Offence1 Day Mute
3rd Offence3 Day Mute
4th Offence7 Day Mute
5th Offence14 Day Mute
6th Offence30 Day Mute
7th OffencePermanent Mute

Advertising Spam

A player who advertises, auctions, or otherwise solicits users in the main chat more than twice within a one-minute span.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd Offence30 Minute Mute
3rd Offence3 Hour Mute
4th Offence12 Hour Mute
5th Offence1 Day Mute
6th Offence3 Day Mute
7th Offence7 Day Mute
8th Offence14 Day Mute
9th Offence30 Day Mute
10th OffencePermanent Mute

Inappropriate Join Message

A player who changes their join message to something that baits chat or impersonates staff.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd OffenceJoin Message Ban

Misuse of Staff Communication

A player who misuses the /report or /helpop functionality.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd Offence10 Minute Mute
3rd Offence30 Minute Mute
4th Offence1 Hour Mute
5th Offence6 Hour Mute

Chat Spam

A player who posts 5 or more messages within 15 seconds, or 3 identical/similar messages within 10 seconds. Character spam and caps spam are included.

1st OffenceWarn
2nd Offence30 Minute Mute
3rd Offence1 Hour Mute
4th Offence3 Hour Mute
5th Offence6 Hour Mute

Discord Rules

12

Rules that apply to our official Discord server, its chats, and its voice calls.

Advertising

Posting links such as Discord invites, server IPs, or irrelevant websites.

NoteDM advertising counts in certain situations.

1st OffencePermanent Ban

DDoSing, Doxing and/or Hacking Other Users

Grabbing a user’s IP, leaking personal information, or threatening to do so.

NoteYou may also be permanently banned in-game for breaking this rule in Discord.

1st OffencePermanent Ban

Supporting Child Pornography

Any content, messages, or discussions that involve minors in a sexual way are strictly prohibited. This is a zero-tolerance rule, and even jokes or indirect references are not accepted.

NoteDo not accuse other users of this publicly. If you believe someone is breaking this rule, open a ticket with staff immediately.

1st Offence30 Day Mute
2nd OffencePermanent Ban

Racism, Homophobia or Race Baiting

The use of any racial or homophobic slurs in our Discord, or anything to do with race, religion, etc.

1st Offence1 Day Mute
2nd Offence3 Day Mute
3rd Offence7 Day Mute
4th Offence30 Day Mute
5th OffencePermanent Mute

Light Homophobia

Making demeaning remarks towards an individual or group for being gay, transgender, or similar.

1st Offence6 Hour Mute
2nd Offence12 Hour Mute
3rd Offence1 Day Mute
4th Offence3 Day Mute
5th Offence7 Day Mute
6th OffencePermanent Mute

Death Threats

The use of any death threats in chat, including any wishes of harm or death towards another user.

1st Offence3 Day Mute
2nd Offence7 Day Mute
3rd Offence14 Day Mute
4th Offence30 Day Mute
5th OffencePermanent Mute

Excessive Toxicity

A user being extremely toxic to another user or staff.

1st Offence1 Day Mute
2nd Offence3 Day Mute
3rd Offence7 Day Mute
4th Offence14 Day Mute
5th Offence30 Day Mute
6th OffencePermanent Mute

NSFW Messages

Posting any NSFW images or emotes, such as pornographic images.

NoteAny links that lead to NSFW content fall under the Advertising rule.

1st Offence6 Hour Mute
2nd Offence1 Day Mute
3rd Offence3 Day Mute
4th Offence7 Day Mute
5th Offence14 Day Mute
6th Offence30 Day Mute
7th OffencePermanent Mute

Inappropriate Profile Picture, Nickname or Username

Having a profile picture, nickname, or username that breaks any of our other rules.

1st OffenceMute Until Changed

Ping Spam

Spam pinging someone, or pinging that is seen to be intentionally annoying.

1st Offence1 Hour Mute
2nd Offence12 Hour Mute
3rd Offence1 Day Mute
4th Offence3 Day Mute
5th Offence7 Day Mute
6th Offence14 Day Mute
7th OffencePermanent Mute

Chat Spam

Spamming the same message over and over, character spam, chat-line spam, or flooding chat with excessive emotes/stickers.

1st Offence30 Minute Mute
2nd Offence1 Hour Mute
3rd Offence12 Hour Mute
4th Offence3 Day Mute
5th Offence7 Day Mute
6th Offence14 Day Mute
7th Offence30 Day Mute
8th OffencePermanent Mute

Producing Loud Noises / Ear Rape in VC

Intentionally creating loud noises while in a voice call. All other rules also apply in voice channels.

1st OffenceServer Mute for Calls

Disallowed Modifications

Some disallowed modifications may not be listed, but if a modification provides an unfair advantage it is bannable. Contact a staff member if you are unsure about a modification.

  • Aim Assist / Aimbot
  • Autoclicker
  • Auto-Clicking Keybinds
  • AntiBlindness
  • AntiCactus
  • AntiFire
  • AntiKnockback
  • Auto-Action
  • Auto-Harvest
  • Auto-Mining
  • Auto-Movement
  • Auto-Fishing
  • Auto-Profit
  • Auto-Salvage
  • Auto-Sell
  • Auto-Switchers
  • AutoArmour
  • AutoFire
  • AutoSoup
  • Blink
  • Cave Finders
  • Cheating Essentials Mod
  • Chest Finders
  • Chest Stealer
  • Derp
  • Dolphin
  • Fly Hacks
  • Forcefield
  • Freecam
  • Ghost Clients
  • Hacked Clients
  • Headless
  • Jesus
  • KillAura
  • Larger Name Tags
  • Linked Spam Bots
  • NoFall
  • NoWeb
  • Nukers
  • Picture In Picture Mod
  • Player Finders
  • Player Radars
  • Printer (Schematica is allowed)
  • Reach Modifiers
  • Scaffold
  • Scenters
  • Skin Blinkers
  • Smart Moving
  • Spider
  • Throw Trajectories
  • ToggleJump
  • Tracers
  • TriggerBots
  • X-Ray

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