Minecraft Servers Rules & Guidelines
Everything you need to know about listing your Minecraft server on ServerSeek
Table of Contents
✅ Allowed Server Types
🏠 Survival & Vanilla
Traditional Minecraft survival servers with minimal modifications, focusing on the core gameplay experience.
- Pure vanilla survival servers
- Semi-vanilla with quality-of-life plugins
- Hardcore and challenging survival
- Seasonal and temporary worlds
- Community-driven building projects
🎨 Creative & Building
Servers focused on creative building, architectural projects, and artistic expression within Minecraft.
- Free-build creative servers
- Plot-based building worlds
- Architectural competitions
- Redstone engineering servers
- Art and pixel art communities
🔧 Modded & Custom
Servers featuring modifications, custom content, and enhanced gameplay experiences through mods and plugins.
- FTB and modpack servers
- Tekkit and industrial mods
- Magic and adventure modpacks
- Custom plugin combinations
- Experimental gameplay features
🏆 Mini-Games & Competition
Servers dedicated to competitive gameplay, mini-games, and organized tournaments.
- Hunger Games and battle royale
- Parkour and racing challenges
- PvP arenas and tournaments
- Puzzle and adventure maps
- Team-based competitions
🎭 Roleplay & Adventure
Servers that create immersive roleplay experiences and story-driven adventures for players.
- Medieval and fantasy roleplay
- Modern life simulation
- Custom adventure maps
- Quest-based progression
- Character development systems
🏭 Economy & Towny
Servers featuring economic systems, town building, and community management mechanics.
- Player-driven economies
- Town and nation building
- Trade and commerce systems
- Land claiming and protection
- Business and shop management
❌ Prohibited Content
🔞 Inappropriate Content
Servers containing or promoting content inappropriate for Minecraft's family-friendly audience.
- Adult or sexual content
- Graphic violence beyond game mechanics
- Drug-related themes or content
- Gambling with real money
💰 Pay-to-Win Systems
Servers that provide unfair gameplay advantages through monetary transactions, violating Minecraft's EULA.
- Selling gameplay advantages
- Premium-only areas with better rewards
- Pay-gated essential features
- Real-money for in-game currency (not cosmetic)
🏴☠️ Piracy & Cracked Servers
Servers that support or encourage the use of pirated Minecraft accounts or unauthorized game modifications.
- Cracked/offline mode servers
- Supporting pirated accounts
- Unauthorized game modifications
- Copyright infringement content
🔨 Griefing & Toxic Environments
Servers that promote harmful behavior, harassment, or provide poor community management.
- Griefing-encouraged servers
- Harassment and bullying
- Hate speech or discrimination
- Unmoderated toxic environments
⚙️ Technical Requirements
🖥️ Server Performance
🔧 Software Requirements
🛡️ Security & Protection
🏆 Quality Standards
Active Community
Servers should have a consistent player base with regular activity. Empty or abandoned servers may be removed from listings.
- Regular player activity and engagement
- Active staff and administration team
- Community events and activities
- Responsive player support
Proper Moderation
Effective moderation ensures a safe and enjoyable environment for all players, preventing griefing and maintaining server rules.
- Clear and enforced server rules
- Active moderator presence
- Fair and consistent rule enforcement
- Appeals process for banned players
Clear Server Identity
Servers should have a well-defined purpose and theme that's accurately represented in their listing and gameplay.
- Consistent server theme and gameplay
- Accurate description and features
- Clear progression and objectives
- Unique selling points and features
📋 Listing Guidelines
Required Information
Recommended Assets
🔍 Monitoring & Compliance
📊 Automatic Monitoring
We continuously monitor server uptime, player counts, and performance metrics to ensure listings remain accurate and servers remain accessible.
🔍 Manual Reviews
Our team conducts regular manual reviews of server content, community quality, and compliance with our guidelines.
📱 Community Reports
Players can report servers that violate our guidelines. All reports are investigated within 24-48 hours.
⚠️ Violation Handling
Servers violating guidelines may receive warnings, temporary suspension, or permanent removal depending on the severity and frequency of violations.
Questions About Server Listing?
If you have questions about our Minecraft server guidelines or need help with your listing, we're here to assist you.