Server Rules
By connecting to LemonCloud, or by using any of our services, you agree to all of the following rules.
LemonCloud strives to be an enjoyable and safe environment for all those in our community. To achieve this, we have formulated specific rules and corresponding punishments that are enforced by our staff team. If you see an individual neglecting any of the following and there are no staff members present, then make sure to submit a player report.
We cannot list every single way that it is possible to break a rule or how we enforce situations, so we ask that you use common sense in situations where the rule may not be listed. Breaking certain rules, such as Disallowed Modifications or Bug Abuse, may result in a loss or wipe of progress. If there's an action or rule that is against the rules elsewhere and you think we should feature it, please create a suggestion on our website.
Any chat messages caught by the filters or any chat otherwise not seen to the public can still be moderated, and senders are held accountable to all the rules. We cannot enforce non-blacklistable rule breaks if reported more than 14 days after the initial offence.
You will only be punished for these offenses if they take place in public chat unless otherwise reported.
Spamming - Character Spam
Messages such as "aaaaaaaaaaaaaa" or "akjfhdisujkfhaigrkefj".
Spamming - Similar Message Spam
Spamming the same or a similar message 3+ times is considered Similar Message Spam.
Spamming - Unique Message Spam
Repetitively spamming different messages in quick succession.
Spamming - Command Spam
Excessively spamming any command 3+ times in a way that can visibly spam a player's chat. This includes things like bounties and /afk.
Foreign Languages
LemonCloud's native language is English. For moderation purposes, please refrain from using foreign languages in main chat.
Political or Religious Discussion
Due to the potential for arguments and drama as a result of these conversations, any political or religious discussion is disallowed.
Indirect Swearing
Swearing indirectly in chat, not aimed at another player. Abbreviations are allowed (ie "wtf"). This is punishable when the filter is bypassed.
Impersonation
Impersonating a player or staff member through a similar nickname or just claiming to be them/an alt of them. This also includes claiming to be an ex-staff member or developer when you're not.
You will only be punished for these offenses if they take place in public chat unless otherwise reported.
Inappropriate Chat
Referencing vulgar, sexual, or (illegal) drug-related topics. Drug-related topics are anything deemed illegal by UK laws.
Direct Swearing
Swearing directly at another player. Abbreviations are allowed (ie "f u"). This is punishable when the filter is bypassed.
Calling Out Staff In Vanish
Any malicious attempt to expose a staff member in /vanish in order to cause disruption.
Inappropriate Display
Inappropriate Display is any form of vulgar, sexual, or (illegal) drug-related topics portrayed in a skin, cape, item, build or sign. This includes inappropriate items made visible to anyone e.g. sold on /ah or displayed at a warp.
Disallowed Trading
Advertising or completing an IRL trade or 'lemon loan'. A single loan of 10 or less lemons to a single account per IP at one time is permitted. Any attempts to circumvent this will result in punishment.
Chat messages that fall under a Tier 3 or above rule can be moderated in any chat.
Harassment
Initiating and participating in drama, bullying, or negative discussion about other players. Harassment must usually include some form of negative connotation, annoyance or insults to the player. This also includes misinformation spread about other players.
TP Trapping/Killing
TP trapping or killing is trapping a player via any kind of instant warp or tp in an attempt to kill them. This can also include traps, such as portal traps.
Griefing
Griefing a player by:
- Maliciously destroying/placing blocks or stealing inside of (including trusted members) or within 20 blocks of their claim (Survival). This also includes claims inside 20 blocks of other claims, which will be unclaimed without punishment unless continual or malicious
- Maliciously destroying/placing blocks or stealing on an island, as a trusted member of the island (Skyblock)
In-Game Scamming
Failure to deliver half of a trade deal including in-game items or in-game money. This also includes misleading auction house listings (renamed tripwire hooks to imitate crate keys, misleading names in shulkers, etc).
IRL Threats
Threatening another player IRL. This rule will be enforced even if phrases like "in-game" are added at the end of messages.
Disrespect
Unintentional or isolated marginalisation or disrespect based upon gender identity, sexuality or race. Additionally, suggesting connotations between something negative and an unchangeable attribute (disease or illness). This includes isolated slur use.
Non-Malicious Bug Abuse
Abuse of an unintentional server feature which does not impact others, the server, or the economy.
Non-Malicious Disallowed Modifications
Usage of Disallowed Modifications which do not significantly impact others, the server, or the economy. Please refer to Disallowed Modifications.
Encouraging Self-Harm
Encouraging any kind of harm to oneself. This includes, for example, violence, illness, self-injury, or suicide. This rule will be enforced even if phrases like "in-game" are added at the end of messages.
Discrimination
Any attempt of marginalising or disrespecting someone based on gender identity, sexuality or race. Additionally, suggesting connotations between something negative and an unchangeable attribute (gender, sexuality, race, etc.). This includes slurs.
Encouraging Harm
Encouraging any kind of harm on another player. Harm could include for example any violence, illness, self-harm or suicide. This rule will be enforced even if phrases like "in-game" are added at the end of messages.
Malicious Bug Abuse
Significant abuse of an unintentional server feature will result in this punishment. Significant can include abuse which impacts the server's economy, the server itself, or other players.
Malicious Disallowed Modifications
Usage of Disallowed Modifications which do significantly impact others, the server, or the economy. This includes accounts that we deem have logged on simply to use Disallowed Modifications. Please refer to Disallowed Modifications.
A new tier of punishments featuring rules which do not fit into the aforementioned tiers.
Server Disrespect
Direct disrespect to the server. This excludes any factual statements or suggestions to improve the server, and only includes things that are insulting without offering any constructive criticism.
Toxicity
Simply put, don't be toxic or a nuisance. This includes spreading misinformation and generally bringing a negative vibe to chat through any form of toxicity. This can extend into the Nuisance Mute/Ban Pathways if excessive.
Non-Malicious Advertising
Sharing the IP address, website, Discord invite, or other applicable form of "advertisement" of another server inside of public chat (or in messages to multiple users), with no intention of permanently driving players away from LemonCloud.
Report System Abuse
Issued at staff discretion, submitting false, misleading, malicious, or spam reports is prohibited. The report system must only be used for legitimate rule violations. Abuse of this system will result in punishment.
Malicious Advertising
Sharing the IP address, website, Discord invite, or other applicable form of "advertisement" in a malicious manner to direct players away from LemonCloud. An example of this could include spamming a server IP into chat.
Alt Limit Bypass
Issued at management discretion, for players bypassing the 5-accounts per gamemode limit using VPNs or other evasion methods.
Inappropriate Username
A username which falls foul of any of the aforementioned rules.
Disallowed Alt Payout
You may not occupy more than one payout spot per competitive gamemode (Factions, Skyblock, Prison) using alternate gangs, factions, islands. Doing so will result in removal of lemons won and may lead to a ban for repeat offenses.
Nuisance Mute Pathway
A permanent mute, issued at management discretion, for players who continually break T1 or T2 offences in rapid succession, or beyond the 6th offence.
Nuisance Ban Pathway
A permanent ban, issued at management discretion, for players who continually break T3 or T4 offences in rapid succession.
Blacklists are permanent bans that cannot be appealed for at least 90 days.
Severe offences include but are not limited to the following:
- Threatening to or actively doxing, DDOSing, harassing or blackmailing others
- Sharing personal information
- Sending malicious links
- Extreme abuse of a bug
In addition to the Global Rules, the following rules apply to our Factions gamemode.
Please be aware that our rules can change at any time, it is your responsibility to ensure that you are knowledgeable about all rules and all changes. Please make sure to try and include all necessary information for your Faction ticket to be handled and use the newly created category "Report a Faction".
One Corner per Faction
Factions can only claim one corner. Additionally, inactive corners or corners claimed for the sole purpose of selling the claim for IRL money will be unclaimed.
Insiding
Any purposeful action that directly or indirectly (significantly) lowers a faction's F-Top value as a result. Insiding is a T4 Offense starting at a 7-day ban. In provable cases of Insiding, the Management, Sr. Mod and Mod Team will assist the factions in recovering lost items and valuables and if necessary rollbacks of areas affected.
This non-exhaustive list includes unclaiming land, breaking down defenses to let others in, and mining or destroying spawners.
Criteria that IS considered illegal:
- Mining or destroying spawners within faction claimed land without permission
- Aiding others in their efforts to destroy spawners within the faction
- Unclaiming land to cause loss in faction value
- Any other griefing that directly or indirectly causes (significant) faction value loss
Criteria that IS NOT considered illegal:
- Mining or destroying spawners during a raid in order to save them
- Griefing that doesn't cause F-Top value loss
- Unclaiming land that doesn't cause F-Top value loss
- Stealing items from chests (permissions are there for you to utilize them to prevent this)
- TPA'ing others outside of faction claims
- Revealing faction coordinates to the public
Alternate Factions
Alternate accounts or factions cannot be used to evade any of these rules or be used to evade penalties. Using an alt faction to be able to raid factions while your Shield is active is not allowed.
Nuisance Claims
You are not allowed to inhibit another faction from filling their 16-chunk buffer, unless it is for the sake of an active raid.
Active Raid
An active raid starts when the raiding faction fires their first cannon shot. Please note that removing your spawners during a raid is prohibited. An active raid ends 10 minutes after the last cannon shot from the raiding faction.
F-Top Addendum
You are not allowed to use additional bases, cores, shells, or factions to spread out your f-top value. Value is to be placed in a single base, core, or shell. Any violation of this rule will result in penalty and potential removal of spawners.
Minimum Base Distance
There must be a minimum of 50 chunks between your base and another faction's base.
Illegal Raiding
A blanket term for anything illegal while attempting to or raiding another base or countering a cannon.
Raid Claims
When planning a raid you (or anyone in coordination with you) may not claim more than a 10x10 area for your cannon box and the walls that surround it.
Interference
No factions are allowed to interfere in active raids between the raiding faction with a cannon actively being used and the defending faction.
Illegal Cannons & Semtexing
There are only a few cannon technologies disallowed on LemonCloud:
- A cannon capable of destroying more than one wall per button press
- Cannons that shoot at or above the world height limit or a base roof
- Lefty/Righty Cannons - Any cannon where the shot hits the walls or world border and then moves left or right instead of firing directly through. You may only adjust within your raid claim, not off of enemy walls.
- Worms
- Y1 Tunnelers
Cannon Claims
All cannons used for raiding must be built within a raid claim (/f raidclaim). Using normal claims (/f claim) to build, fire or protect a cannon is not allowed. Any raid attempt involving non-raid claims will be deemed illegal and result in a penalty.
Illegal Walls & Blocks
You cannot protect your base with illegal walls, illegal blocks, or blocks which are unraidable.
Disallowed blocks include: enchantment tables, walls, cobwebs, fence posts and gates, anvils, banners, enderchests and chests. Items outside of slabs that act as less than a whole block such as walls, fences are all subject to the same punishment if they're being used for defenses.
Disallowed walls include: reverse 45s (completely disallowed), regular 45s (completely disallowed), as well as hotdogs, pilters, filters.
16 Chunk Buffer Limit
You may claim up to 16 chunks outward in each direction from your base. Your buffer begins in the chunk containing your first defensive wall. Any chunk beyond that will count towards your 16 chunk buffer limit.
Walls, shells, pillars, or other structures do not extend the starting point of your buffer. The buffer starts at the innermost wall, not after. Any claims after this point have to be raidclaims that can only be used to counter the faction raiding your base.
Within your 16 chunk buffer, you may only have 8 chunks (half of your buffer) of regen walls and the rest have to be without the use of lava.
Illegal Patching
Patching with Printer, Gen Buckets or Water Buckets no matter if you are the attacker or the defender is prohibited.
Using Gen Buckets to repair your walls is only allowed after 10 minutes of the last cannon shot, signalling the end of the active raid. You cannot patch in the wilderness, only within your designated buffer for defenses.
Watering & Boxing Spawners
If you are caught blocking off/placing water on your spawners to protect them from being taken during a raid, warnings may be issued and we may take some spawners away from your base. Water limits the number of spawners that factions can loot during a raid.
Additionally, enclosing spawners in boxes that contain no air gaps between the walls and spawners is also disallowed. Extra defenses in the way of walls, boxes for spawners within the base shell will be considered illegal defenses.
Removing Spawners during Active Raid
The removal of spawners during an active raid is not permitted.
Spamming
Repetitively spamming different or similar messages in quick succession.
Impersonation
Impersonating a player or staff member through a similar nickname or just claiming to be them/an alt of them. This also includes claiming to be an ex-staff member or developer when you're not.
Microphone Disruption
Making unpleasant or loud noises into your microphone, or using voice changers.
Misusing Features
Misusing channels such as #support or misusing any of our bots. This also includes misusing suggestions, posting troll/off-topic messages in suggestions.
Political or Religious Discussion
Due to the potential for arguments and drama as a result of these conversations, any political or religious discussion is disallowed.
Inappropriate Chat
Referencing vulgar, sexual, or (illegal) drug-related topics. Drug-related topics are anything deemed illegal by UK laws.
Direct Swearing
Swearing directly at another player. Abbreviations are allowed (ie "f u"). This is punishable when the filter is bypassed.
Server Disrespect
Direct disrespect to the server. This excludes any factual statements or suggestions to improve the server, and only includes things that are insulting without offering any constructive criticism.
Inappropriate Username, Status, or About Me
Referencing vulgar, sexual, or (illegal) drug-related topics. Drug-related topics are anything deemed illegal by UK laws.
Unnecessarily Pinging Users
Pinging users for absolutely no reason is against our rules. Create a support ticket where necessary. Avoid pinging the owner or a developer at all costs.
Non-Discreet Advertising
Sharing the IP address, website, Discord invite, or other applicable form of "advertisement" of another server inside of public chat (or in messages to multiple users), with no intention of permanently driving players away from LemonCloud.
Malicious Advertising
Sharing the IP address, website, Discord invite, or other applicable form of "advertisement" in a malicious manner to direct players away from LemonCloud. An example of this could include spamming a server IP into chat.
Chat messages that fall under a Tier 3 or above rule can be moderated even if filtered.
Disrespect
Unintentional or isolated marginalisation or disrespect based upon gender identity, sexuality or race. Additionally, suggesting connotations between something negative and an unchangeable attribute (disease or illness). This includes isolated slur use.
Harassment
Initiating and participating in drama, bullying, or negative discussion about other players. Harassment must usually include some form of negative connotation, annoyance or insults to the player. This also includes misinformation spread about other players.
Being a Nuisance
Keeping it simple - just don't be a nuisance. This includes spam pinging staff members, or being generally annoying.
Encouraging Self-Harm
Encouraging any kind of harm to oneself. This includes, for example, violence, illness, self-injury, or suicide. This rule will be enforced even if phrases like "in-game" are added at the end of messages.
Discrimination
Any attempt of marginalising or disrespecting someone based on gender identity, sexuality or race. In addition to this, suggesting connotations between something negative and an unchangeable attribute (gender, sexuality, race, disability, disease, etc.). This includes slurs.
Encouraging Harm
Encouraging any kind of harm on another player or themselves. Harm could include for example any violence, illness, self-harm or suicide. This rule will be enforced even if phrases like "in-game" are added at the end of messages.
IRL Threats
Threatening another player IRL. This rule will be enforced even if phrases like "in-game" are added at the end of messages.
Blacklists are permanent bans that cannot be appealed for at least 90 days.
Blacklists can also be issued for severe Discord offences. Read the full policy for more information.
The following table outlines all modifications and their allowed/disallowed status on LemonCloud. Modifications are categorized based on their impact and whether they provide unfair advantages.
| Modification Name | Offense 1 | Offense 2 | Offense 3 | Offense 4 | Offense 5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivecraft (VR Mods) | Permitted | |||||
| Optifine | Permitted | |||||
| Toggle Sprint | Permitted | |||||
| Minimaps and Maps | Permitted* | Players, mobs, caves, entities and radar must be disabled on these maps. You must only show above ground terrain on them. | ||||
| Armor and Potion HUDs | Permitted | |||||
| Gamma | Permitted | |||||
| Schematics | Permitted* | You must NOT use printer. | ||||
| Damage Indicators | Permitted | |||||
| Image Uploading Mods | Permitted | |||||
| Inventory Tweaks | Permitted* | Auto Potting and Auto Armor is not allowed, this will get you banned. | ||||
| Co-Ordinate Mods | Permitted | |||||
| EiraIRC | Permitted | |||||
| Saturation Mods | Permitted | |||||
| Cape Mods | Permitted | |||||
| Client Side Chat Mods | Permitted | |||||
| Mod Loaders | Permitted* | Only using allowed mods. | ||||
| LiteLoader | Permitted* | Only using allowed mods. | ||||
| Forge | Permitted* | Only using allowed mods. | ||||
| 5zig | Permitted | |||||
| LabyMod | Permitted | |||||
| Shaders | Permitted | |||||
| PvP Clients | Permitted* | Must have no advantage to them. Specific clients allowed include: Badlion Client, Lunar Client, Cosmic Client. If you get banned while using one of these, it is your own fault. | ||||
| Vanilla Auto-Clickers | Permitted* | Disallowed for AFK Grinding and PvP usage. Includes F3+T method and the built in toggle. | ||||
| X-Ray | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| Hacked Clients | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| Fly Hacks or Boosts | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| Macros and Keybinds | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | Includes hotkeys. |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| Scripts | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| Radar or ESP Mods | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| Printer | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | Allowed on Creative and Common servers. NOT allowed on any other gamemode. |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | This includes anything that modifies placing behavior beyond vanilla such as 'Easy Place' / 'Safe Place'. | |
| Attack Keybind | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | You may rebind your attack keybind as long as you are not AFK grinding. |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| OQMineBot | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | ||
| External Auto-Clickers | Malicious 7d | Malicious 14d | Malicious 30d | Malicious Permanent | Malicious Permanent | Disallowed for AFK and PvP usage. |
| Non-Malicious 1d | Non-Malicious 3d | Non-Malicious 7d | Non-Malicious 14d | Non-Malicious Permanent | Includes using a weight to hold down keys to afk grind. | |
Blacklist Policy
When We Blacklist
We only punish in the situation where we feel a player's behaviour has gone over the top, or if we feel that they are a threat to the safety of a member in the community, or the stability of the community as a whole.
How to Appeal
You must have been blacklisted for at least 90 days before you can appeal.
Send your appeal to support@lemoncloud.org
Include the reasoning for your blacklist and details on how you've changed.
If your blacklist appeal is denied, you must wait 365 days before appealing again.
Important: Do not join any of our platforms while blacklisted.