Community Standards & Fair Play

HarmonyNetwork Rules

These rules exist to ensure that HarmonyNetwork remains a welcoming, fair, and enduring home for all players. By connecting to play.harmonynetwork.au or participating on this website, you agree to abide by these guidelines.

The Golden Principle: Respect & Common Sense

We expect all players to treat each other with courtesy. If an action gives you an unfair advantage or diminishes someone else's enjoyment of the game, it is not permitted—even if it is not explicitly listed below.

1. Community Conduct & Respect

Harmony is a shared community. We maintain a respectful, toxicity-free space.

1.1 Respect All Players

Treat everyone with dignity. Harassment, personal attacks, bullying, discrimination, racism, homophobia, sexism, or hate speech of any variety will result in immediate removal from the network.

1.2 Clean Chat & Communication

Keep public chat civil. Excessive profanity, spamming, repeated messages, ASCII art flooding, or screaming in all-caps is not permitted. Please use English in public chat so our moderation team can understand and keep the space safe for everyone.

You are welcome to speak any language in private messages and group chats. Use /msg <player> <text> (or the shorthand /m, /w) for one-to-one whispers, and /r to reply. For group conversations, create a group with /groupchat create <name> (or /gc create), invite friends with /groupchat invite <name> <player>, and send messages with /groupmsg <name> <text> (or /gmsg).

1.3 No Advertising or Solicitation

Do not promote other Minecraft servers, Discord communities, personal commercial services, or external links in chat, whispers, signs, books, or forum posts.

1.4 Appropriate Usernames, Skins & Capes

Offensive, sexualised, or hateful Minecraft usernames, skins, or capes are not permitted. Players with violating skins will be kicked until their profile is changed.

2. Fair Play & Client Modifications

We take cheating and unapproved automation very seriously. All gameplay must be human and fair.

✓ Permitted Modifications

Performance Clients: Sodium, Iris Shaders, Lithium, FerriteCore, Phosphor, OptiFine.
Visual / Aesthetic: Shaders, texture packs, skin layers, cosmetic capes.
Information HUDs: Armor durability status, potion effect timers, FPS and coordinate displays.
Basic Minimaps: Minimaps that display surface terrain only (no cave mapping or player/entity radar).
Inventory Sorting: Client-side inventory tweaks (e.g. Item Scroller, Inventory Tweaks) used at human speed.

✗ Prohibited Modifications

Hacked Clients: Any client offering flight, speed, killaura, reach, auto-totem, Jesus/water-walking, or scaffold.
X-Ray: X-ray texture packs, mods, fullbright cave finders, or freecam block inspection.
Hardware / Script Automation: Auto-clickers, macro recorders, keyboard weights, and Baritone pathfinding.
AFK Fish Bots: Automated fishing scripts or bypasses that reel rods unattended.
Printer / Schematica Auto-Build: Automated block placement modules from Litematica or Schematica.
VPNs & Proxies: Commercial VPNs, anonymous proxies, or hosting tunnels (screened at network gateway).

2.1 Exploiting Bugs & Glitches

Duplication glitches (items, rails, TNT, gravity blocks), bedrock removal glitches, or exploiting server desync are strictly forbidden. If you discover a bug or unintended mechanic, report it immediately via a Discord support ticket or by email to mc@harmonynetwork.au (never post bugs or exploits on the forum).

2.2 No VPNs, Proxies or Ban Evasion

Connecting to HarmonyNetwork via commercial VPNs, anonymous proxies, Tor exit nodes, or datacenter IP tunnels is strictly prohibited. This policy is strictly enforced to protect not only us the server owners, but all players across our community from griefers, spammers, and malicious activity. Our Velocity gateway automatically screens incoming connections and rejects VPN IPs. Attempting to bypass security filters or circumvent an existing IP or account ban will result in immediate escalated action on your account and permanent blacklisting from the network. If you have an extraordinary circumstance or ISP routing issue, submit a Discord support ticket or email mc@harmonynetwork.au to request a manual whitelist review.

3. Building, Griefing & Land Claims

Player builds represent countless hours of creativity. We safeguard them completely.

HarmonyCoreProtect Active Logging

Every single block placed, block destroyed, container opened, item taken, and entity hurt is permanently indexed into our network database by HarmonyCoreProtect. Our staff can inspect and restore any area to any point in time with surgical accuracy.

3.1 Zero Tolerance for Griefing

Destroying, defacing, modifying, or looting structures built by other players without their explicit permission is strictly prohibited. Unlocked chests or unprotected builds are NOT free game. If you didn't place it, do not touch it.

3.2 Respect Neighboring Space

Do not build immediately adjacent to another player's settlement without asking first. Leave reasonable buffer space for future expansion.

3.3 Traps & Teleport Killing

Trapping players in Nether portals, sending deceptive /tpa requests to kill players upon arrival, or building lethal traps around spawn points is prohibited.

3.4 Skyblock Island Co-op Safety

Skyblock islands are run by HarmonySkyblock, our own plugin. Only invite trusted players with /is invite. Staff will look into griefing, and you are responsible for who you let build.

4. Economy & Trading

Safe commerce and honesty are foundational to Harmony's long-term economy.

4.1 No Scamming or Fraud

Honour all agreed trades. Reneging on trades, swapping agreed items, or stealing payments during in-game swaps is considered theft and treated as griefing.

4.2 No Real-World Trading (RMT)

Trading in-game items, currency, accounts, or Skyblock islands for real-world currency, gift cards, or external services is forbidden. The only legitimate monetary transactions are through our official Tebex webstore.

5. Redstone, Performance & Farms

We want every player to enjoy a steady 20.0 TPS without lag spikes.

5.1 Redstone Clock Loops

Rapid redstone clocks must include an automatic shut-off mechanism or manual lever. Never leave rapid pulsers running unattended when you leave the chunk.

5.2 Excessive Entity Farms

Farms that breed hundreds of entities into a single cramped space cause severe server tick drag. Staff may trim excessive entities without refund if they are found to be impacting realm performance.

5.3 Inactivity Bypasses

AFK machines designed to bypass inactivity timeouts during high-population hours are discouraged to ensure queued players can join.

6. Moderation, Staff & Appeals

Our staff are volunteers who work to keep the server fair, fun, and safe.

6.1 Comply with Staff Instructions

If a staff member asks you to alter a build, adjust a redstone machine, or stop a particular chat discussion, please comply promptly.

6.2 Submitting an Appeal

If you feel a mute or ban was enacted in error, you may submit a polite appeal by opening a Discord support ticket (invite code: rspWnd7ax8) or via email to mc@harmonynetwork.au (appeals must never be posted on the forum). Public arguments in chat or harassing staff about punishments will immediately void any appeal.

6.3 Ban Evasion & Alternate Accounts

Attempting to bypass an existing account ban, mute, or IP ban by connecting through a VPN, proxy service, or alternate Minecraft account is strictly forbidden. This rule is vital to protect our player base and server owners. Any player caught evading a punishment will face immediate permanent network removal across all associated accounts with zero right to appeal.