Every violation is addressed according to its circumstances. UR may apply only from the third violation for the same cause onward, if violations continue despite notice to improve.
02
Penalty levels
Every violation is addressed according to the evidence and impact. Unless grounds for immediate termination apply, the first violation prompts a notice to improve; failure to improve or repetition of the same cause may result in gameplay restrictions.
M
1-day mute
LM
7-day mute
R
1-day restriction
SR
3-day restriction
SSR
7-day restriction
UR
Contract termination
03
Returns and compensation
Complete returns, repairs, or compensation within the reasonable deadline set by staff. These duties remain after a penalty ends; the method and scope depend on actual damage.
Return property
Return stolen, fraudulently obtained, or unjustifiably held items and game currency. If return is impossible, compensate based on verified facts.
Repair damage
Restore buildings, terrain, and facilities. Staff may restore data directly; restored damage is not compensated twice.
Compensate for losses
Measures may include items or game currency, corrections, content removal, or an agreed apology in a designated forum.
Remove improper gains
Staff may confiscate evidenced improper gains, including items and game currency, and return them to victims where appropriate.
04
Seven basic rules
Equivalent harm is assessed on evidence.
I
Fair play and automation
Do not use cheats, scripts, or unauthorised features—such as KillAura, Reach, X-ray, Fly, blueprint printers, bots, or removed mining cooldowns—to gain an unfair advantage or bypass normal settings. A report still requires investigation and does not automatically excuse the conduct. A test may go unpenalised only if it is verified as being in good faith, the tester stopped immediately, no impact was expanded, no one else's data was accessed, and no benefit was obtained or retained.
Auto-click, hold, and fishing may be used only within the announced scope in ordinary worlds. They must not obtain benefits unattended, evade restrictions, or affect fairness, and are prohibited in instances, PVP, events, and any separately restricted area.
II
Accounts, economy, and trades
No laundering, using multiple accounts, assistance in evading restrictions, or transfer of improper benefits. Simultaneous login is irrelevant. Accounts may not be shared, transferred, or traded, and real money, external virtual currency, top-ups, or boosting may not be advertised or traded.
Player trades require identifiable agreement, terms, and performance. Threats, fraud, counterfeit goods, unjustified non-performance after receiving consideration, and refusal to return benefits with no contractual or legal basis may be addressed on the evidence. CatBud does not guarantee player trades.
III
Minors and adult content
Do not distribute sexual, obscene, or other 18+ material through text, images, voice, signs, names, skins, or any other visible content, or send unsolicited indecent content to another person.
IV
Property, buildings, and access
No theft from private or public containers, farms, or facilities; unauthorised damage, changes, or construction on private or public buildings; redstone, portal, or mechanism interference; or entry into and use of clearly restricted private areas or facilities.
A public area does not make its property free to take. The function, structure, and access of public warps, farms, and facilities are protected; theft, obstruction, damage, or unauthorised building there is assessed more seriously by its actual impact.
V
Player interaction, PVP, and events
Do not attack, harm, or kill players outside PVP areas, or harass, provoke, or obstruct play through traps, illegal teaming, portal blocking, confinement, repeated invites, littering, or malicious naming.
Do not manipulate, damage, or disrupt events, contests, instances, or public facilities. Separate notices for PVP, events, or special modes also apply.
VI
Community speech, promotion, and privacy
No spam, repeated mentions, public insults, threats, discrimination, malicious rumours, or persistent harassment. Do not distribute content promoting self-harm, violence, hatred, sexual material, malicious false attacks, political propaganda, or religious hostility.
Do not promote forms, Discord groups, or other servers to redirect, recruit, or invite users, including by providing connection details or repeated comparisons. Context, audience, intent, and actual impact are considered; an objective mention alone is not automatically promotion.
Do not expose non-public personal data or publish or use another person's information, images, or protected work without permission.
VII
Reports, investigations, and administration
Reports must truthfully identify the parties, events, grounds, and available evidence. Malicious false reports, fabricated or concealed material facts, evidence destruction, threats, and abuse of report, support, feedback, or voting functions are prohibited.
Administrators may request further evidence or statements. Parties should stop ongoing conduct and preserve records. Good-faith criticism, reasonable questions, appeals, and constructive proposals are not violations merely because they are negative.
05
Case handling
Staff decide on evidence; player feedback informs the review.
Receive and preserve
Receive reports and preserve records. Use anonymity or redaction when needed to protect reporters and witnesses.
Notify and hear the parties
Invite statements, evidence, and improvement. No response within a reasonable period does not prevent a decision on available evidence.
Initial staff review
Identify the category, level, and restitution; record evidence and reasons.
Player-report feedback
Consult eligible players. Feedback must respect the applicable levels and must not harass the parties.
Review and decide
Review feedback and new evidence; communicate the result and reasons. Votes alone do not decide cases.
Enforce, restore, and hear appeals
Apply penalties and confirm restitution. Appeals, corrections, and notice follow the Catnip Terms.
Limits and appeals
Duration and repeat offences
Each gameplay restriction lasts at most 7 days. Do not split one act to evade limits or repeat thresholds. Preservation is not a penalty, but any actual gameplay restriction counts toward the limit.
Settlement and review
Returns, repairs, or settlement do not automatically excuse violations or reverse penalties. Staff still review the evidence to decide whether to reduce a penalty or close the case. Findings may be challenged with evidence. Good-faith criticism, questions, and appeals are permitted.
06
Administration
Staff follow the same rules.
Private reports
Contact a leader or administrator with the parties, time, events, and evidence. Submit staff-misconduct evidence directly to System; involved staff must recuse themselves.
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Community leaders
Support the community and receive reports and player concerns.
Administrators
Investigate evidence, handle cases, and perform authorised restoration.
System
Oversee the service and staff, and receive staff-misconduct reports.
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Staff conduct
Unjustifiably ignoring cases, arguing, spreading rumours, favouritism, abuse of authority, or harming Catnip or CatBud may lead to removal from office and a separate penalty after verification.
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Players eligible for player-report feedback may apply. Appointment requires review.
