Shadow Network – Terms of Service & Server Rules

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or playing on Shadow Network, you agree to comply with these Terms of Service and all in-game rules. Failure to follow these rules may result in punishment, including mutes, bans, or permanent removal from the server.

2. Purchases & Refund Policy

Must be 13+ or have parent/guardian permission to buy a rank.
All purchases are final and non-refundable.
This includes (but is not limited to): ranks, cosmetics, and items
Chargebacks or payment disputes will result in a permanent ban from the server.
The server reserves the right to modify or remove perks at any time without compensation.
Purchasing a rank, item, or perk does not exempt you from the rules or prevent punishment.
No payment fraud, use of stolen payment methods, or unauthorized purchases.

3. Account Responsibility

You are responsible for your account and any activity on it.
Sharing accounts is done at your own risk.
The server is not responsible for lost, stolen, or compromised accounts. You can recover an account with a lost or forgot password in a ticket.
Do not knowingly share your account with a banned, muted, death-banned, or otherwise punished player.
Do not use another player’s account without their permission.
Report compromised accounts or unauthorized account access to staff immediately.

4. Doxxing & Hacking Others

Doxxing is strictly prohibited on Shadow Network and is illegal in the state of Illinois where the network is hosted.
These rules apply to all players regardless of their location.
Any form of doxxing will result in immediate and severe punishment.
Hacking other players is NOT allowed in any way, including using a sibling’s or another player’s account without permission.
If you believe someone or the network has been hacked, please create a ticket immediately.
No sharing another person’s address, phone number, IP address, passwords, account information, private messages, photos, or other personal information without permission.
No threatening to hack, dox, DDoS, swat, harm, or expose another player.
No phishing, password stealing, token stealing, malware, malicious links, or attempts to compromise another person’s account or device.
No attempting to attack, disrupt, exploit, scan, or gain unauthorized access to Shadow Network systems.
No encouraging, paying, or asking another person to hack, dox, DDoS, or attack someone.

5. Server Rules

Gameplay & Fair Play

No hacking or use of unfair client modifications.
This includes X-ray, hacked clients, or unfair mods.
No exploiting glitches or bugs. Report them to staff immediately.
No duping or duplication exploits.
No macros or auto-clickers that give an unfair advantage.
No minimap mods that show player locations, caves, or extended render distance advantages.
No abusing server lag to gain an advantage.
No abusing plugin mechanics for unfair advantages.
No using bots or scripts to farm resources.
No AFK farms that may cause server lag.
Maximum AFK time is 2 hours.
AFKing for longer than 2 hours may result in a ban of up to 12 hours depending on the offense and punishment history.
No combat logging to avoid death, punishment, combat, or item loss.
No sharing, distributing, advertising, or promoting hacked clients, exploits, duplication methods, crash methods, or cheating tools.
No automated movement, mining, fishing, reconnecting, command execution, or other unauthorized automation.
Players who discover a bug or exploit must stop using it and report it immediately.
No hiding, storing, trading, or distributing items known to be duplicated or obtained through exploits.
No intentionally feeding kills, statistics, rewards, currency, or leaderboard positions.

PvP & Movement

No TP trapping.
No pearling into spawn to escape PvP.
No boosting with friends to farm hearts.
Normal traps are allowed. TP trapping is not allowed.
If you teleport to another player, they must wait at least 50 seconds before killing you.
If another player teleports to you, you must wait at least 20 seconds before killing them.
The waiting period no longer applies if the protected player attacks first.
Using another player, an environmental trap, lava, fall damage, mobs, explosives, or another method to bypass the TP protection timer is still considered TP trapping.

Economy & Trading

No scamming players in trades or deals.
No fake giveaways or fake events to mislead players.
No real-money trading unless explicitly approved by Shadow Network.
No buying, selling, or trading accounts, ranks, hearts, items, currency, services, or other server content outside approved server systems.
No impersonating Shadow Network, its store, or its staff during trades or transactions.

Accounts & Punishments

No alt account farming for hearts.
No ban evading or using alternate accounts to bypass punishments.
No evading punishments in any way.
No using VPNs, proxies, alternate IP addresses, alternate devices, or other methods to bypass punishments.
No mute evading through signs, books, renamed items, auction house listings, commands, private messages, alternate accounts, or any other indirect communication.
No helping another player evade a mute, ban, death ban, restriction, or other punishment.
No allowing a punished player to use your account.
No bypassing chat restrictions, filters, or blocked words using symbols, spacing, alternate spellings, signs, books, commands, or renamed items.

Alting

Using alternate accounts to bypass death bans on lifesteal is strictly forbidden.
Killing alt accounts for extra hearts is also forbidden!
Please alert a staff member of mod or higher if you are planning on swapping main accounts!
No using alternate accounts to repeatedly claim kits, rewards, votes, crates, quests, referrals, currency, or other limited benefits.
No using alternate accounts to boost kills, statistics, playtime, leaderboard positions, or event progress.

Server Integrity

No lag machines or redstone machines designed to crash the server.
No mass item dumping to cause lag.
No intentionally causing chunk bans.
No using items or exploits to crash other players’ games.
No loopholing or attempting to bypass rules.
No intentionally overloading chunks, entities, hoppers, redstone, commands, packets, or plugins to harm server performance.
No attempting to crash, freeze, disconnect, or corrupt another player’s client.
No attempting to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to the server, proxy, website, Discord, store, database, or other Shadow Network services.

World & Spawn Protection

No griefing spawn or protected areas.
No misleading players into dangerous situations with false information.
No bypassing region protection, build protection, container protection, or other protected-area restrictions.
No inappropriate, hateful, sexual, discriminatory, or offensive builds, signs, books, banners, skins, capes, usernames, item names, or pet names.

Conduct & Chat Rules

No spamming in chat.
No advertising other servers in chat, signs, or direct messages.
No DM advertising.
No staff impersonation under any circumstances.
No disrespecting staff.
Do not ping staff unnecessarily.
No harassment, bullying, threats, personal attacks, hate speech, slurs, or discrimination.
No NSFW, sexually explicit, excessively graphic, or otherwise inappropriate content.
No flooding chat with repeated messages, commands, emojis, images, links, characters, or unnecessary content.
No malicious links, scams, phishing attempts, malware, or account-stealing content.
No unauthorized self-promotion or advertising of social media, websites, products, services, or communities.
No advertising through coded messages, server addresses, invite links, signs, books, item names, auction listings, private messages, or voice chat.
No illegal content or promotion of illegal activity.
Do not share private conversations or another person’s personal information without permission.
Avoid intentionally starting heated or targeted arguments involving politics, religion, or other sensitive topics.
Follow Discord’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines while using the Shadow Network Discord server.
Do not publicly argue about punishments or staff decisions. Use the ticket or appeal system.
Do not ping the Founder for support. Use tickets or the proper support channels.

Reports & Evidence

Reports from regular players must be submitted through a ticket with reasonable screenshot or video evidence.
No false reports, fabricated evidence, edited evidence, misleading evidence, or intentionally wasting staff time.
Staff are not required to publicly show evidence when they witnessed the violation or when showing evidence could expose private information or staff detection methods.
Do not harass staff or players involved in an active report, investigation, ticket, or appeal.

5. Enforcement & Punishments

Punishments include warnings, mutes, temporary bans, or permanent bans.
You may get muted for chat violations.
Punishments are issued at staff discretion based on severity and history.
Attempting to bypass or undermine punishments will result in harsher penalties.
Repeated violations may result in stronger punishments than a first offense.
Helping another player break the rules or evade punishment may result in punishment.
Punishments may apply across the Minecraft server, Discord server, website, store, and other Shadow Network services.
Players may appeal punishments through the official ticket or appeal system.

6. Staff Authority

Staff decisions are final.
Staff may intervene in situations not explicitly covered in the rules.
Rules may be updated at any time without prior notice.
Players must follow reasonable staff instructions during active incidents, investigations, events, or emergencies.
Do not impersonate staff through usernames, nicknames, skins, ranks, prefixes, messages, or claims of staff authority.
Staff decisions regarding gameplay may be appealed through the official ticket system.

7. Changes to Terms

Shadow Network reserves the right to update or modify these Terms of Service at any time. Continued use of the server implies acceptance of any changes. *Will notify when changes are made (Last Update 7/17/26)

8. Agreement

By playing on Shadow Network, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms of Service and rules.