Rules FAQ
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This page answers common questions in plain language. It isn't part of the rules and doesn't create any. If anything here seems to differ from the rules or the detail pages, the rules control. Many of these started as questions asked in Discord; they're reworded, and never attributed.
Age and privacy
Can I say I have work tomorrow, or that I'm in college? Yes. Vague life-stage references aren't offenses. Don't post an exact age or birthdate, and don't ask anyone theirs. If staff ask you to dial it back, dial it back.
Can I put my age in my Discord bio? No. A bio or status is visible to everyone here; the same rule applies as in chat. Staff will ask you to remove it and won't write the number down.
Does the rest of my Discord profile count? What Cozy members can see inside Cozy does: nothing sexual, no "single, DM me," and the same care with your own real name, location, school, and personal accounts. Pronouns are fine, and so is how you identify — religion, orientation, gender, disability. Your real name isn't part of that: it's what makes you findable, and it stays out. An outside invite link in your bio isn't a violation by itself; telling Cozy members to go look at it is.
Can I comment on Cozy's posts on other platforms with my Minecraft username? Please don't, if the account carries your real name — it links the two for anyone who sees it, and nobody here should be findable. Cozy will never ask you to post a username, an age, or anything personal there, never confirms who anyone is, and hides comments that identify a member when staff see them or they're reported. Reports, verification, and appeals never happen there; open a ticket. Cozy's official accounts are listed on the About page; anything else claiming to be Cozy isn't.
Someone asked how old I am. What do I do? Don't answer. Say the rules don't allow it, and if it continues, open a ticket. Asking is the violation; you haven't done anything wrong.
Something already happened, and I went along with it. Am I in trouble if I report it? No. The person who comes forward is treated as the person at risk, not as the one under review, and nothing about coming forward is held against you — whether it was one message or a lot more, in Cozy or in private. Staff act on what the other person did. You don't have to explain your own part in it to report it; if you want to, you can, and it doesn't change the answer.
Do I have to say my age to report something? No, and staff won't ask — not even in a safety review. You don't need to explain anything about yourself to report what someone else did. If you mention your age in a ticket anyway, that isn't a violation; it stays in that ticket and isn't recorded anywhere else.
My username has my real first name in it. Is that a problem? No. Just don't confirm it's your real name, and nobody else may guess or announce it.
Can I say what country I'm in? About yourself: a country, language, or time zone is fine. Nothing more precise, and don't ask anyone else's.
Can I run a survey, poll, or research project with Cozy members? Not through Cozy. Cozy doesn't host, approve, or promote questionnaires, surveys, or research about its members, by anyone — not as a link in a channel, not as a thread for answers — because nobody's age is verified here, so anyone who answers may be a minor, and Cozy won't be the way anyone gathers information from them. That's the same answer for everyone, however careful the project. Your own experience here is yours to write about, as long as nobody else is identifiable, and Cozy's public pages can be cited. Cozy's own petitions and votes are about the shared world and never ask for personal information.
Can I mention my religion, orientation, gender, or disability? Yes. Saying how you identify isn't personal information under rule 3 and isn't campaigning under rule 2. Nobody may argue with it or ask you to justify it. Don't press your beliefs on other people, and don't interrogate anyone about theirs.
Can I video call a friend I met on Cozy? Discord lets any two people who share a server call each other, with or without video, and Cozy can't see or control those calls — it doesn't regulate private friendships, and that includes calls. Two things to know: nobody may pressure anyone to turn on a camera, and Cozy can't vouch for who's on the other end — so treat every Cozy contact as possibly a minor, and never share or ask for anything you wouldn't want a minor to see. If anyone asks you to keep a call secret, pushes you to turn on a camera, or asks for photos, report it.
My partner is joining Cozy. Is that a problem? No. The rule is about people who meet through Cozy — there's no exception for them because nobody here can tell who's an adult. A relationship that existed before Cozy is a different thing, and the rule says so: your partner is welcome, and being known as a couple isn't a violation. Keep the relationship out of Cozy spaces — no romantic conduct in chat or voice — and don't post anything that identifies either of you.
Can I turn on my camera in a Cozy voice channel? No. Cameras stay off in Cozy voice channels. Screen sharing your game is fine.
Can I screen-share gameplay from another Minecraft server? Not in Cozy voice — and that includes Realms. It turns into "where is that?" within a minute, and answering a channel full of Cozy members is promoting another server in a Cozy space — one of the things rule 7 prohibits. Cozy's own servers, your own worlds and builds, and the other games people play together are all fine to share — and whatever's on your screen is content in a Cozy space, so the content rules apply to it.
Can I screen-share my singleplayer world, or other games? Yes to both. A singleplayer world is yours, and nobody can be invited to it. Other games are fine to share because a game isn't a community. The line that doesn't move is rule 7's: name the game, never hand out an invite to a Discord or a private server.
Can I stream Cozy while I'm in a Discord call with a friend? Only Cozy voice chat is off limits — the voice channels on Cozy's Discord and in-game voice on the server — and that has no exceptions, so if you use the in-game voice mod, its audio can't be in your stream. A private Discord call isn't Cozy voice chat. With a real-life friend whose age you know for yourself, our rules don't reach that call. With a friend you met on Cozy, the Privacy page says you should not record anyone you can't independently confirm is an adult — and you can't confirm that about someone you met here — so please don't; if you do, you're responsible for their consent and the law, nothing personal about anyone can be in it, and none of it can be brought into Cozy. Your own voice is fine. Whatever the call, hide other players' nametags and the chat before you go live.
Can I chat in a language other than English? In DMs and in-game private messages, yes. Public channels and public chat are English so that moderators can read them.
Can I tell my friend from school about Cozy? Of course. Inviting people to Cozy is welcome. The rules are about moving Cozy members out.
Can I swear? Not in Cozy chat or voice, and that includes in-game private messages — they run on Cozy's servers, and the chat filter that's being set up covers them too. Working around the filter counts, and so does swearing before it's running. Discord DMs between friends aren't covered. Nobody reads your /msg logs routinely; staff see them only while handling a report or a specific concern.
What happens if I slip and swear? In text chat, once the filter is running: the filter catches it and tells you why, and that's the whole response — no reminder from a moderator, nothing on your record. Staff get involved only for what a filter can't handle — getting around it on purpose, keeping it up after the filter has already told you, voice, or swearing at someone — and the first of those is a correction, a reminder on the record rather than a penalty. Until the filter is running, a slip is a reminder and nothing more. Nobody is banned for a slip. Slurs and hate speech are different: they're on the immediate-removal list, as they always have been.
Why is even a mild swear covered? The word for "excrement" is hardly the worst one. It isn't a judgment about the word. The rule is "no swearing in Cozy's spaces" rather than "no bad swearing" because that's the only version staff can apply the same way every time; a list of acceptable words turns every reminder into an argument about the list. The line sits where it does because Cozy is 13+ and mixed-age — a 13-year-old and an adult read the same chat, and Bedrock already filters swearing by default and locks it on for child accounts while Java filters nothing outside Realms — and because Cozy chooses to be listed on the Official Minecraft Server List as a server without swearing: the list allows listed servers to permit swearing if they say so, so this is a choice about what Cozy is, not a box the listing makes us tick. The cost is small: in text chat the filter stops the message and tells you why, and that's the whole response; in voice, a slip is a reminder and never a ban; and Discord DMs between friends aren't covered. Getting around the filter with symbols or spelling is the one thing that turns a non-event into a correction, because it's deliberate.
Couldn't the rule allow casual swearing and only ban swearing at people? Swearing at someone is already a violation under rule 1, with or without the swear, so the swearing rule only ever covers the casual kind — that's the rule, not a gap in it. It covers the casual kind because a 13-year-old and a parent read the same chat and the whole server is judged by what's in it, and because a filter can't tell a creeper from an insult and a moderator can't be asked to make that call the same way every time. It stays small on purpose: Cozy's own chat and voice, one category of word, and the filter's note as the whole response to a slip in text.
Do abbreviations and shortened spellings count? The rule is about the word, not the spelling. A spaced-out, symbol-swapped, or shortened version that's clearly the word is the word; the filter catches the usual ones, and a person handles the rest. If it isn't clearly a swear to the person reading it, it isn't a case. Nobody is hunting for them; deliberately dodging the filter is what makes one a case, and that starts with a correction — a reminder on the record, not a penalty.
English isn't my first language, and some words that count as swearing in English are just exclamations in mine. The rule is about what's on the screen, because a 13-year-old and a parent read the same chat and a filter can't read intent — but the response is built for exactly this. In text chat the filter's note is the whole response; in voice, a slip is a reminder, and a reminder is all it is; nobody is punished for how their first language works. Only keeping it up after the filter or a reminder has said so, or aiming words at someone, goes any further.
Do the rules apply in /msg? Yes. /msg runs on Cozy's servers, so every rule applies there — it isn't a way around any of them. Staff don't read private messages routinely; they see them only while handling a report or a specific concern, and anything unrelated isn't used or shared.
Gameplay
Will I really get caught if I take something? Yes. Every container interaction is logged with your name and the time, for 90 days, and anyone can see it with /co inspect. Reports come in constantly, staff trace items wherever they went, and a wipe clears everything you hold — inventory, ender chest, containers, and stashes. The best outcome a deliberate theft can have is a final warning and losing more than you took. We'd rather you never try — and we're telling you this so you don't. An honest mistake at a shop is a different thing; see below.
I was banned for theft. Is that permanent? Not usually — we'd like to help you come back and play within the rules. Open a support ticket in our Discord (or email [email protected] if you're not on Discord) and ask. A first theft ban usually ends in a return, with a final warning and a wipe — your inventory, ender chest, containers, and stashes are cleared, and shop stock and profits removed; builds stay. Staff decide on the facts. If the return is declined, or on a second theft, it's a final removal: permanent on Minecraft and Discord, with one written appeal no earlier than 12 months later, to [email protected].
I underpaid at a shop by mistake. What happens? Your Minecraft access is paused with a temporary review hold — not a finding — and the screen tells you to open a support ticket. Reply there and say you'll pay the difference or hand the item back; your access comes back, and you have a day to do it. Done, it's recorded as a correction, and that's the end of it; a second mistake within two years is a warning, a third a final warning. If you notice the mistake yourself and tell the shop owner or staff before anyone found it, you make it right and nothing is recorded. Not done, or arguing instead of paying, and it's treated as theft — and something hidden or passed on usually means it wasn't a mistake. A week of silence and the transaction is rolled back for the shop owner, with access paused until you return and hand the item back. A mistake at a shop is the most common ticket here and the least serious — the point of the hold is only that we can't sort it out without you.
There's a chest that looks abandoned. Can I take from it? No. Containers are never public by default, anywhere, no matter how old or unattended they look. Ask staff; they can check ownership and designate it if it's truly abandoned.
I bought something from a player and it turned out to be stolen. Do I lose it? Not if you bought it at a shop or in a normal trade without knowing. The owner gets their items back through the log, the thief loses what they gained, and staff don't take it from you. Items are taken back from a holder only when the log couldn't make the owner whole, or when the deal was obviously off — a secret pickup spot, an unmarked stash, a big unexplained gift right after a theft — and even then, holding them without knowing isn't an offense. If a thief cheated your shop — underpaid, or took without paying — open a ticket and the log makes you whole.
Can I sell items to a shop, or put an item back and take my diamonds out? Only if the shop's sign says so. A shop's sign is the owner's permission for exactly the trade it describes — pay the price, take the item — and nothing else. Taking diamonds out of a shop's payment chest because you left an item in its stock is taking from a container without permission, whatever the item is worth, and doing it across shops for the price difference is theft. A few shops are built to trade both ways, and their signs say so; what one shop allows is never permission at another. Made a mistake? Put the diamonds back, take your item, and tell staff in a ticket.
Can I take an item out of a shop barrel to look at it and put it back? No — the sign is the owner's permission to pay and take, and nothing else. Look without taking: tooltips show a shulker's first few items and a banner's pattern, a shulker-tooltip mod that shows the full contents is allowed, and the owner can show you. An owner who doesn't mind can say so on a sign ("look inside, put it back," or an example barrel) — that's their permission, at their shop, and it isn't permission at the next one. If you've taken something out and put it straight back, the log shows that and nothing happens; it just isn't permission. Clumsy clicks aren't a case either: a purchase that ends with the right items in the right places is a purchase.
What I bought wasn't what the sign said. What happens? The sign binds the seller too: the stock is what the sign says. A box sold as one thing that holds another isn't a sale — open a ticket, and the log settles what was paid and what was taken. An honest mislabel is made right (the item replaced or the payment returned) and recorded as a correction for the seller; a deliberate one is theft on the theft path. Keep what you bought until staff have looked, and don't "make it even" from the shop yourself.
Someone told me a container was free. Can I take from it? Only if the owner says so — a sign on it, or the owner's own word to you. "Someone said it was free" isn't permission, and a tip about free stuff somewhere is how new players get set up. If you're not sure whose it is, leave it and ask staff.
Does the world ever reset? No. The survival world has been running since December 14, 2024, and anything players have built, or spent real time in, stays. Every few months — usually after a Minecraft update that adds new biomes or features — the parts of the map that players only passed through are refreshed: chunks where players have spent less than about five minutes in all, like land that was flown over or quickly looted. That keeps fresh terrain and the newest biomes within reach of home, and keeps the world's size manageable. If you've built somewhere or spent real time there, it stays; a few blocks placed in passing, somewhere you barely stopped, might not.
How do decisions about the world get made? By the players. Shared areas, community infrastructure, and specific builds are decided by petition and vote in #world-decisions: anyone with the Voter role (from #register-to-vote) can file a petition or vote, voting runs three full days, and a petition passes with at least 60% of valid votes. If you think the community would prefer something different — a build opened, moved, or replaced, or a rule for a shared area added, changed, or dropped (players voted in every one of them, spawn's lag limits included) — build support in #cozy-forums and propose it. Staff check only that a petition is clear and can be carried out — never whether it should pass. Petitions decide changes to the world, not whether anyone broke a rule; reports go in a ticket. The pinned posts in #world-decisions have the current world rules and how to write a petition.
Can I build at spawn? In the Overworld, only with a vote. Since August 5, 2026, anything permanent within 500 blocks of 0,0 — X and Z from -500 to 500, at every height — needs a passed petition before it's built: buildings, paths, farms, landscaping, all of it. A build that already showed real effort on that date, outside the spawn revamp's central 320×320, is grandfathered and can be repaired and maintained. Anything permanent started without approval isn't protected, however much effort goes into it, and the spawn committee can remove it — never what's in a container — with disputes decided by staff in a ticket. Build your base more than 500 blocks out; the rest of the world is open. The details, and the Nether and End spawn areas' own rules, are pinned in #world-decisions.
Why can't spawn shops stock explosives, ghast tears, or beds? If they were stocked, a griefer could log on, grab them, and blow up the shopping district — griefers used to do exactly that with TNT and wither skulls. So nothing that explodes, or quickly becomes something that does, is kept in a container, shop, or display in a spawn area: TNT, gunpowder, end crystals, ghast tears, respawn anchors, beds, and wither skulls. An end crystal hits harder than TNT, needs no fuse, and stacks to 64; a ghast tear is what one is made from; a respawn anchor explodes outside the Nether, and a bed in the Nether or the End. For this rule, the spawn areas reach 500 blocks from spawn in the Overworld and the End, and 200 in the Nether. You can stock any of these farther out, trade them player to player — unless you have reason to think the other player is breaking the rules — and stock dried ghasts or regeneration potions instead of ghast tears. This is a server rule, on the Gameplay page, so it changes through #policy-discussion, not by petition.
Can I kill chickens, or other mobs the world rules bar, at spawn? Yes, where a world rule bars them — chickens anywhere in the End spawn area, and non-natural mobs there outside the wither farm and approved pet shops — pets included. Any player may fix a violation of the world rules that way, and it isn't griefing. The same goes for an empty item frame, armor stand, banner, or painting where it's banned; keep nothing that drops. What you can't do is take anything: an item frame or armor stand with something on it, or a mob carrying a chest, counts as a container — leave it and tell its owner, or open a ticket. If it's disputed, stop and ask in a ticket. Outside the spawn areas, or anywhere no rule bars them, killing someone's animals is griefing.
What counts as a build that "shows effort"? The standard is in #world-decisions, post 1, and it's been the rule since January. Low-effort things don't claim or protect land, and anyone may clear or build over them without a petition: holes or craters, loose or partial paths, random walls or fencing, signs, scattered blocks or scaffolding, minimal or placeholder structures — a build that took a few minutes doesn't count. Significant effort means a clear, intentional, developed build: a completed or substantially developed structure, infrastructure built for ongoing use, a shop or public-facing build, a maintained feature with clear design intent, or a path that's part of or directly beside an effortful build. Effort decides, not whether the builder is still active. If it's in doubt, staff have the final say — open a ticket before you act, never after.
What happens to a base whose owner was banned, or who's gone for good? It doesn't become free. Its containers are still off limits, and a permanently banned player can't give the base away afterward — they're no longer part of Cozy to give anything. A gift made before the ban counts if it's in writing somewhere: a sign, a book, a message, a ticket. Otherwise it changes hands the way any effortful build does — a takeover petition in #world-decisions, with the coordinates. Anyone can file one, including the people already living there, and the vote decides; staff don't pick who gets it. Until a petition passes, nobody takes from it or dismantles it — the neighbors included. Since October 22, 2026, when a player is permanently removed staff may clear the containers that player placed — at the removal or whenever one is found afterward; the contents are held 30 days for anyone with a claim, then voided — so the chests may already be empty, and one that isn't is reported and left closed; the base itself still changes hands only by petition. A single stray container whose owner is gone for good is different: ask staff, who can check the log and designate it free.
My kingdom or group disbanded. Can I take what's left in its shared chests? Not without asking. Shared storage belonged to the group, and a group folding doesn't make its chests free — containers are never public by default, however old they look, and when ownership is unclear the rule is to leave it and ask. The stock can be released by the people who stocked it, if they're still here, or by the founders in writing — a sign, a book, a message in the group's channel — before they go; a permanently banned founder can't give anything away afterward. With nothing written and nobody left to ask, open a ticket: former members can claim their own share through staff, and what nobody claims is held by staff and voided — nobody hands out a group's stock, staff included. Taking it on your own because you used to have access is a container matter: made right and recorded as a correction when everything shows you believed it was yours to share, theft if you knew better or were told and carried on. The group's base is a separate question — an effortful build changes hands only by a passed petition, and its remaining containers stay closed until then.
Can I give my base to someone with a petition? You don't need one. Outside the shared spawn areas — where plots and shop rights need staff approval to change hands — you can give your own build to anyone, and it's best to put it in writing (a sign, a book, a message in a ticket) so staff can see it later. A petition can't give away someone else's build as if it were the filer's own. If you want a build that isn't yours to change hands, file a takeover petition for it, with the coordinates, and the vote decides.
Can a vote take over, give away, or remove my build? Yes, if a petition passes. A build that shows real effort is protected from anyone acting alone — nobody may build over, take over, change, or remove it without a vote. But a passed petition, at least 60% of valid votes over three days, can take it over, give it to someone else, open it to everyone, repurpose it, or remove it — shops included — whether or not its builder is still active. A petition about a build has to name it with coordinates, describe the change neutrally, and tag its builder in the thread if they're still on the Discord — and anyone who knows who built it is encouraged to ping them — so you hear about it and can say what you think before the vote ends. Voters are asked to weigh whether you want to keep it, how much the community uses and needs it — the closer to spawn, the more it should serve everyone — and whether something less drastic would do. A petition can't be used for a personal dispute or to punish anyone; those go in a ticket, and debate is about the build, never the person. What's inside stays yours: a takeover transfers the build, not the items in its containers, item frames, and armor stands — staff clear those before the new owner moves in, keep them for a time if you may still be around, and you can ask for them in a support ticket. One exception, at Overworld spawn: anything permanent started after August 5, 2026 without an approving petition isn't protected at all — see "Can I build at spawn?"
I took over a shop or a build by vote. Is what's in its chests mine? No. The vote transfers the build, not what's in it. Items in its containers, item frames, and armor stands go to staff, who clear them before you move in — kept for a time if the previous owner may still be around, otherwise destroyed — and the previous owner can ask for them in a support ticket. If staff haven't cleared them yet, leave them where they are and open a ticket: taking them is a container matter under the Gameplay rules, whatever the vote said.
Someone started a big build near a project we were planning. Can staff set a boundary or make them move? No. Cozy has no land claims, on purpose, so an area that isn't built on isn't anyone's yet, however real the plan behind it is — and a plan nobody can see can't reserve land, or every plan would be a claim. Staff don't draw boundaries, set buffers, or move anyone. What they will do is host: a ticket with one coordinator from each project, where you agree where each one ends and post it in your own groups' channels. The best protection for a planned area is to make it visible early — an outline, signs with the project's name, coordinates in your group's channel. If you think large projects should check in before building within some distance of each other, propose it to everyone as a petition in #world-decisions, with the exact wording and distance. Overworld spawn works differently: nothing permanent goes up there without a passed petition, and a petition can reserve an exactly mapped area for a stated purpose.
Can a kingdom's rules, or something I signed on joining, give the kingdom my build or the land? No. A kingdom's rules bind its members as members — who's in, who holds which role, what its channel is for — and a founder can remove a member or strip a role at any time. They don't reach land or builds, because nothing does except effort: there are no land claims, a border between groups is an agreement between neighbors, not a wall, and a build that shows real effort changes without its builder only by a passed petition or by its builder's own written gift of that one build. Something you signed on joining can't hand over builds that didn't exist yet, and leaving a kingdom takes nothing from you — your builds stay yours wherever its border is drawn. Nobody, founder included, can stop anyone travelling anywhere, touch a build, or keep a builder out of their own; a dispute about a build is a petition, not a kingdom decision. Staff act on conduct and don't rule on how a kingdom runs itself.
How do I check who placed or opened something? /co inspect, then click a block or container. Anyone can use it, and we'd rather you check than guess.
Can I harvest crops from someone's farm? Crops growing in the world, yes. Anything in a container, no. Item frames and armor stands count as containers.
Can I trade with someone's villagers? Yes — at spawn or in someone's base. Trading takes nothing that doesn't come back, so it's like harvesting crops, not like opening a chest, and at spawn a villager is manual activity, not a shop. The villager itself is theirs: killing it, moving it, or carting it off is griefing. Courtesy still applies — it's their build, so don't trade a hall dry or leave it a mess, and if the owner asks you to stop, stop. A "take one" barrel is storage, not a villager: the spawn rules on shops and storage apply to it, and outside spawn it's still a container that only its owner can mark free.
What happens if I took something by mistake? Return it and tell staff before they find it. Self-reporting is the difference between a conversation and a case.
I took something from a chest by accident — a misclick while browsing, or I forgot what I was doing. What happens? The same as a shop mistake: a hold until you respond in a ticket, you give it back, and a correction goes on the record; it isn't a theft finding and doesn't count as one. What makes it a mistake is the whole picture, starting with the log — not how valuable the item was. The usual signs of a mistake are one chest, one time, nothing moved on or used, and returning it as soon as it's pointed out; picking out the good stuff, moving it to your own storage, going back for more, or going quiet when asked point to theft. They're signs, not a checklist: saying it was a mistake doesn't make it one, and what you tell us counts where the log backs it up.
I underpaid at a shop by mistake — diamonds instead of diamond blocks, or two items for the price of one. Is that theft? It's still your responsibility, and the fix is the same either way: pay the difference or return the item. If the circumstances show it was a mistake, that's the whole consequence plus a correction on the record — no wipe, no ban, and it doesn't count as a first theft. A second mistake within two years is another correction; a third is a warning, a fourth a final warning. A deliberate taking is theft, whatever came before; which it was is decided from the whole picture, starting with the shop owner's log.
Someone else was using my account. Am I responsible? Yes. Your account is you: whatever happens on it is your conduct, and "someone else was using it" doesn't change a finding. It adds one: letting anyone else play on your account puts an unverified person — possibly under 13 — on Cozy through you, which is bypassing verification. Staff won't ask who it was or how old they are; they'll tell you the account is yours alone. If it comes out that the other person is under 13, your Minecraft access is paused until you confirm in writing, in your ticket, that you're the account's only user, and restored on that confirmation — nobody under 13 can be on Cozy through anyone's account. The same goes for your microphone: what it sends into Cozy voice chat is yours, whoever or whatever made the sound — if you can't control what it picks up, use push-to-talk.
Is griefing a ban? Ordinary griefing isn't. A crop stepped on or a block broken passing through is fixed and forgotten. Deliberate damage in the course of playing — breaking into a build, taking down a wall, killing someone's animals — is rolled back and handled on the ladder, a warning first. Destruction as the purpose is different: TNT, lava, fire, or tools used to wreck a build, a farm, or a shared area is a deliberate attack on the server, which is on the immediate-removal list — permanent, both platforms, closed. Hardcore is the one world where griefing is part of the settings.
I only punched someone once, and they killed me. Is that allowed? Yes. PvP here is consent only, and starting a fight is how consent is given: hit someone, and they may fight back until the fight ends, including by killing you. The rule doesn't measure force, so a punch isn't a smaller kind of consent, and it doesn't matter whether you were invisible, joking, or testing. If you want a fight kept to fists, agree it with the other player first; without an agreement, hitting someone is the agreement. Hitting someone who didn't start anything and doesn't want to fight is the violation, and it's handled on the ladder like griefing.
Will staff give back what I lost in a fight? Not for a fight you started or agreed to: items lost in consensual PvP stay lost, the same as items lost to a fall or a creeper. Staff restore what's taken or broken against the rules — a theft from a container, a griefed build — from the log. If someone attacked you when you hadn't started anything and didn't agree to fight, open a ticket.
I hit someone by accident. Am I in trouble? No. A misclick or a stray swing, stopped at once, isn't a violation — say sorry and move on, and staff treat it like a crop stepped on. It still counts as a hit for consent, though: the other player may hit back, and that's allowed.
Which mods are allowed, and which ones get people removed? The test is on the Mods page: a mod that changes what you see or how information is shown is fine; one that changes what you can do, or shows you what vanilla hides, isn't. Most mistakes are a correction — turn it off. Two things aren't, because they're X-ray by another name and X-ray is on the immediate-removal list: removing lava fog, which lets you see ancient debris through lava, and outlined, glowing, or recolored ores — any texture pack, shader, or mod that makes ore stand out through stone. Several shader and mod packs have both as one-click settings, so check before you install, not after: cozymc.com/rules/mods says which.
Which minimap can I use? Any of them, as long as cave mapping and entity or player radar are off. The test is whether it shows you something vanilla hides.
Is Freecam allowed? Yes, for screenshots and cinematics, as a camera that can't pass through blocks — the mod's "no clip" setting off — and can't interact. It's a camera, not a scout. Using it, or Replay Mod, to see through walls, roofs, or the ground, to find caves, ores, or players, or to act on anything from the camera's position isn't allowed. Peeking into someone's build that way is a correction; finding resources that way is treated like X-ray.
Is the bridging mod (reach-around placement) allowed? Not on Survival. It changes where and how fast you can place blocks, with reach-around placement and shorter delays between placements, and its own page says it's an unfair advantage. Bedrock players can place blocks out in front of them because that's how the Bedrock edition itself works; the rule is about what you add to your own game. The test for any mod: does it change what you see (fine) or what you can do (not on Survival)? If the mod's page says it gives an advantage, that settles it.
Is Litematica's Easy Place allowed? Not on Survival — and neither is Printer, or any mode, addon, or tweak that places blocks for you or changes where, how fast, or on what you can place them (Tweakeroo's placement tweaks included). Litematica itself is fine for your own builds and shared designs: it shows you where the block goes, and you place it. That's the test on the Mods page — convenience is fine, capability isn't. The Creative server may allow building-assist tools that Survival doesn't; check its list.
Are inventory mods like Mouse Tweaks allowed? Yes. Mouse Tweaks, and mods that sort your inventory on a key press, change how you move items inside an inventory screen — every one of those moves is something a vanilla player can do with more clicks. They don't touch the world, reveal anything, or act without you. Convenience, not capability. The line is features that act on their own — refilling a hotbar stack when it runs out, swapping in a fresh tool, anything that moves items without a click from you. That's automation that acts for you, the same line as AutoTotem, and those settings stay off.
Can I remove Nether fog? Regular Nether fog, yes. Lava fog, no — that's an X-ray-class exploit.
Is dynamic lighting allowed? Yes, since version 2.1 (October 9, 2026) — the mod and a shader's handheld-light setting alike. It lights what's around a torch or lantern in your hand; it doesn't show anything hidden, and you still need placed light to keep mobs from spawning and to light a build. Fullbright is different and stays out: it removes darkness everywhere, including the caves and corners vanilla keeps dark.
Can I use a seed map, Chunkbase, or a seed finder here? No. The seed isn't public, and recovering it (seed crackers included), sharing it, or using it in any seed-based tool is against the Mods and Gameplay rules, whoever gave it to you. If someone offers you the seed, or you come across it, tell staff in a ticket — that's what the rules ask, and it isn't a problem for you. Trying one without knowing the rule, in the open, is a correction; using one after you've been told is a final warning; using the seed to find ores or ancient debris is treated like X-ray. For finding a spot to build: explore, or ask in #general — people love pointing out nice areas.
How many chunk loaders can I run? Up to 3 per person without asking — an alt account doesn't add three more, and neither does a kingdom; related projects run by the same people count as one. An account left online to keep an area loaded counts as one, whoever's account it is. Beyond that, one named player requests approval for the project.
Why is there a chunk-loader limit at all? Every always-loaded chunk keeps entities ticking and block changes flowing into the server's logging database around the clock. A handful is nothing; dozens across the world add up to lag and database strain for everyone. The limit is about total server load, not about anyone's build.
Does the same rulebook apply on Hardcore? The community rules do. Hardcore's gameplay settings allow PvP, griefing, theft, and traps within that world; nothing about kindness, privacy, or content changes.
What does the voice chat mod pick up, and how do I set it up? Cozy's in-game voice is proximity chat through the Simple Voice Chat mod (Java only), and it opens once you're verified. Press V in game to open its menu, pick your microphone, and choose push-to-talk (hold Caps Lock by default) or voice activation; M mutes your mic and N switches voice off. Choose push-to-talk unless you're sure of your room: what your mic sends into voice chat is yours, the same as what's typed from your account, whoever or whatever made the sound — and sexual content or a slur through it is handled exactly as if you'd typed it.
Map art, books, and builds
I found someone's map art in the world. Can I make a map of it? Not without the creator's permission. If there's a sign at the canvas or shop saying copies are open, yes. Otherwise ask them — and if you can't reach them, ask staff in a ticket.
I bought a map art. Can I give it to a friend? That copy, yes — it's yours. Making a second copy for them isn't, without the creator's permission.
The artist has left the server, or I can't reach them. Permission can also come from a passed petition, the way any build can be opened. Ask staff in a ticket if you're not sure whether the creator is still around — unreachable by itself isn't permission.
A map art or a build has more than one creator. Whose permission do I need? Everyone's who made it. A sign at the canvas or the shop marking the work open speaks for all of them; without one, ask each creator, and one you can't reach isn't permission — the petition route is there for that, the same as for a creator who has left.
Can I copy a build with Litematica? Your own, or a design that's been shared — a public tutorial, a schematic someone posted or gave you — yes. Taking a schematic of someone else's build needs their permission, and so does rebuilding their distinctive build block for block. Learning from it and building your own version is always fine.
Someone built a farm just like mine. Is that a violation? No. Nobody owns a farm type, a style, or a technique. What needs permission is taking a schematic of your build or reproducing it block for block.
Can I copy a banner design? Yes. Banners aren't in the copying rule: a pattern is a recipe anyone can read off the banner and make again at a loom, nobody owns a style, and no rule can tell a copy from someone arriving at the same layers on their own. Two things are still rules. Taking a banner you don't own is a taking like any other — from a shop barrel, off a wall, or for a minute to copy it in a crafting grid. And flying another kingdom's or group's flag as if you were them is a Respect question, not a copying one. A banner shop can ask you not to copy its designs; honoring that is good manners, but it's a request, and staff don't enforce it.
Can I build a schematic I downloaded, or a design from YouTube or another server? If you're allowed to use it, yes — that's what shared designs are for, and building it in survival is your work. Where it came from is on you; Cozy doesn't check outside provenance or settle disputes about work made elsewhere. Just don't present it as your own design.
Can I type a book I like, or a movie script, into Minecraft books? Not a whole work — that's copying someone's copyrighted work into Cozy. Quotes, references, parody, and your own writing are fine, and map art of a character or scene is fan art. If a rights-holder ever asks us to take something down, we will.
Someone built a famous YouTube build and is calling it their design. That's the one part of an outside design Cozy does care about. It's a correction — credit it, stop claiming it — not a ban. Events and contests can require original work, and each event says so.
Will I get banned for copying a map? Not for a first mistake: it's a correction, and the copy is removed. Selling copies, or carrying on after being told to stop, escalates like anything else. If the creator says yes after the fact, there's nothing to correct — their yes is theirs to give or not, and pressing them for it is a Respect matter. A copy you removed before anyone reported it is a conversation, not a case.
Other communities
Can I play on other Minecraft servers? Yes — on your own, with friends, or with Cozy friends. Cozy has no interest in where you play. The rule is about how people get somewhere, not where they are: the violations are things like giving a Cozy member access to a private space, bringing Cozy members to a server you run, promoting another community to Cozy members, and posting addresses on Cozy. Playing isn't on the list.
Can I be in a Discord with other Cozy members? Yes. Being in the same community as other Cozy members is not a violation.
Which servers are OK to play on with Cozy friends? Any public one that neither of you runs — a server anyone can join on their own, without an invite, whitelist, application, or someone letting them in. That's the whole test. Being advertised somewhere — the official Minecraft Discord, Reddit, a server list — isn't the test either way: plenty of servers advertised there run a whitelist or take applications, which makes them private, and an open server is public whether or not anyone is advertising it. If you'd need someone to let your friend in, it's private, and Cozy members can't be brought there. If it's yours, bringing Cozy members to it is recruiting, however open it is. Cozy doesn't keep a list and doesn't vouch for any server; its rules and staff stop at Cozy's door.
I run a public server. Can my Cozy friends play on it? They can play anywhere, and Cozy doesn't decide who your server admits. What you can't do is be the reason they're there: asking Cozy members to come, sending the address, or bringing them over is recruiting — public or private, friends or not. Listing it publicly and then telling Cozy members to go find it is the same as sending the address. The public-server allowance is for meeting a Cozy friend on a server neither of you runs. Cozy members who find yours on their own, through a listing or a search, have done nothing wrong, and neither have you.
I know my Cozy friend is an adult — we've talked for months. Can I invite them to my private server or Realm? No. The rule is about the space, not your friend: a private space is where Cozy's safeguards stop, and Cozy won't be the way anyone gets there. However sure you are, Cozy can't be — nobody here has verified anyone — and the same rule has to work for everyone. Play together on a public server, or use Cozy's Creative server.
Is the private-invite rule just about stopping people poaching members? That's half of it. The other half is safety, and it's the half that makes it a rule: Cozy doesn't verify anyone's age, a private world or Discord is where Cozy's moderation stops, and Cozy won't be the way anyone — possibly a minor — gets there. That's why a personal world or private Discord is covered, however close the friend — it's a space someone controls and lets people into — and a group chat isn't: a group chat is a conversation, which Cozy doesn't regulate or see inside, though the rules that apply to any private contact still apply there. The person invited is never in trouble.
Can I play on a server run by someone who was banned from Cozy? Yes. Where you play is your business, and a ban here doesn't follow anyone elsewhere. Two things do matter: helping a banned person get back into Cozy is ban evasion, and if a community run by someone removed for a safety violation or ban evasion is used to recruit or target Cozy members, Cozy may designate it — you'd be told privately, by name, before anything else happened.
Can I make a Discord just so my kingdom can use a server tag? No. A Discord that exists so kingdom members can join it is a kingdom Discord, whatever's inside it, and kingdoms are organized here. Cozy can't check what an outside server contains, doesn't supervise other servers or take roles in them on Cozy's behalf, and can't make an exception it has no way to check. A tag from a server that's yours alone is like an invite in your bio — fine by itself; pointing kingdom members to it isn't.
Can my kingdom use a Google Doc or spreadsheet for schedules and maps? As a read-only reference, yes: a document isn't a community, and the links rule is about Discord and server links. Make it view-only with Google's "publish to the web," which shows no one's name — anyone editing while signed in shows their Google name to everyone with the link, and that can be a real name, possibly a minor's. An editable document, or one with comments open, is a chat: a place the kingdom talks where Cozy's safeguards don't reach, and kingdoms are organized here. The tools for the job are already in your kingdom channel: a scheduled event (ask a staff member to create one), a pinned post or thread for the schedule, an image for a map, and the Creative server for planning.
How do we arrange to play on a public server together? In DMs or a group chat, like any plan with friends — for a public server neither of you runs. That's meeting up, not inviting: a DM is still the wrong place for access to a private space, or to a server you run or recruit for. DMs are not exempt from rule 7. Cozy channels aren't for arranging play on other servers, and outside links and addresses never go on Cozy — typed or spoken. Saying a server IP in a Cozy voice channel is the same as posting it.
Can I tell people I play somewhere else? Yes, including which one — where you play is a fact about you, not an invitation. Playing with a Cozy friend on a public server neither of you runs is fine, and so is naming it so they can meet you there; do that in DMs, as a plan between friends. A server's address or link never goes on Cozy, typed or spoken, and Cozy channels and voice aren't for pitching a server or gathering people for one. Promoting another community to Cozy members, encouraging them to move there, or handing out invites to private or invite-only spaces is a violation in a channel or in a DM.
Someone in game chat asked me for a good server. Can I answer? Say where you play if you like — "I play on X" is fine anywhere. What can't go in the answer is the address or link: it never goes on Cozy, typed, spoken, or spelled out, and Cozy chat isn't the place to point people to other servers, whoever asked. If a friend wants to meet you on a public server, arrange it in DMs. A first slip is a correction, not a ban.
Could someone DM a lot of Cozy members to get them playing on a public server? No. The public-server allowance is for friends meeting up — a plan between people who already play together. Working through Cozy's members — DMing people you don't play with, or lots of them — to get them onto another server is recruiting, and the rule says public or not, yours or not: you don't have to run a server to recruit for it. It's the same violation by DM as in a channel. If you get a DM like that, you're not in trouble; one ticket saying who and how is the whole job.
Is a group DM with Cozy friends okay? Yes. A group chat is a conversation, not a server, and Cozy doesn't regulate private friendships or see inside them. What you can't do is run a Cozy kingdom or group out of one, or use it to hand out invites or recruit — and the rules that apply to any private contact still apply there: no asking for personal information, no romantic conduct, and treat every Cozy contact as possibly a minor.
Anything to know about playing other games with Cozy members? Cozy's privacy and conduct rules come with you. Share a gamertag, not a phone number, real name, or personal social account; don't pressure anyone to turn on a camera; and remember Cozy can't vouch for anyone's age. A game lobby or party is where you play, not a private community — that's fine. If someone uses a game invite to ask for personal information, asks you to keep something secret, or keeps offering you gifts, report it.
Can I invite a Cozy friend to my Realm or test world? No. Private and invite-only spaces — Realms, whitelisted servers, test worlds, private Discords — are where Cozy's safeguards stop, and we won't be the way anyone gets there. Public servers with their own moderation are fine to play on together. For testing and planning, use Cozy's Creative server.
Someone invited me to their private server or Discord. Am I in trouble? No — not for being invited, and not for joining. The rule is about the person who invites. If it felt off, open a support ticket and say who invited you and how; that's the whole job, and nobody may pressure or expose you for reporting.
What happens to someone who runs a Discord or server to recruit Cozy members? Inviting a friend to your private Discord is a warning, and closing it or removing them is the fix. Running a group to draw from Cozy — people with recruiting roles, members posted at spawn to meet new players, DMs to newly verified members — is bad-faith participation under the Community rules, and the first finding can be removal. The people who were invited are never in trouble.
A Cozy member asked me for the invite to my server. Can I give it to them? No. "They asked first" doesn't make it okay to provide access. Tell them it's against Cozy's rules for you to hand it over.
My friends and I want to start our own server. Are we in trouble? Starting a server isn't against the rules. Using your Cozy connections to fill it — invites, onboarding, promoting it to members, running it as a home for a Cozy group — is. If it's built from Cozy's membership, it's the thing the rule exists for.
What's an "advisory notice"? A heads-up, not a penalty. If staff have reason to think a specific outside community is being built from Cozy's membership, they may tell you so privately. Nothing is required of you and it isn't a mark against you; it means that from then on, helping bring Cozy members into that community would be a knowing violation. You can stay a member there.
What's a "safety designation"? A narrow tool for one situation: a community run by someone who was removed from Cozy for a safety violation or ban evasion, and that's targeting Cozy members. If that ever applies, you'd be told privately, by name, and asked to leave; you'd be reinstated on your word. It has nothing to do with ordinary outside communities, and you're never expected to guess which community it is from who's in it. Not sure whether a community you're in is the one? Ask in a ticket, by name — you'll get a yes or a no, and asking isn't evidence of anything.
Enforcement
I got a "temporary review hold." Am I banned? No. A review hold pauses access while staff look at something. It's not a finding. The notice tells you how to respond.
Will staff DM me about a ban? Not from a personal account, ever. On Minecraft, the notice is the ban screen and — unless it's a final removal, which ends Discord membership too — your support ticket, which stays open to you. On Discord, a notice is sent by DM at the time of the ban where practicable, and it never comes from a moderator's own account — a personal message claiming to be a staff decision isn't one. If you didn't get a notice, email [email protected] with your username and it will be sent to you.
Can my friend appeal for me? No. Appeals come from the person themselves.
How long does a warning stay on my record? Two years from the day it was issued. During that time staff can see it, and a repeat inside that window counts as a repeat — a warning, then a final warning, then whatever the final warning named. After two years it stops counting and the record is deleted under the Privacy Notice's retention schedule. Corrections are recorded the same way and go at the same time. The one record that doesn't expire is a final removal, kept while Cozy operates as the account, the reason, and the date.
I got a final removal — FINAL on Discord, or on the Minecraft screen. Can I ever come back? If it was for one of the immediate-removal violations, no. Otherwise, one written appeal, no earlier than 12 months after the removal, by email to [email protected] — it can ask about both platforms, and it needs to say what's different now. A message sent before the 12 months are up isn't reviewed and doesn't use up your one appeal. That's for asking to come back. If you're saying the finding itself was wrong — the wrong account, or facts we didn't have — email [email protected] any time with the specifics, whatever the ban was for; it's looked at when it arrives, and it doesn't count as your appeal.
What counts as hate, and what's an insult? Words and "jokes" whose only use is to degrade a group — slurs, and things like "attack helicopter" as pronouns — are hate, on the immediate-removal list, whoever they're aimed at and whether they're aimed at anyone. An insult aimed at a person is handled on the ladder: a slip is a correction, aimed at a member it's a violation, and as an attack on who someone is — their sex, race, orientation, identity, or disability — it's hate too. Pronouns in your profile are fine, however unusual, as long as they mock nobody. Mocking a member's pronouns or gender identity is hate, on the same list. A profile field that jokes about pronouns in general comes down when staff ask and stays down; if staff find a particular one is hate, that holds for everyone from then on.
I'm banned. Can I still report something dangerous? Yes. Email [email protected]. It won't reopen your ban, and it won't be held against you.
I bought a Minecraft account and it turns out it's banned here. Can it be unbanned? First, what this isn't: an account bought new from Minecraft is yours, has no history anywhere, and can't be banned here before you've ever joined. This only happens with a second-hand account from a resale site, which comes with everything its previous owner did — including a ban here. Bans stay with the account, whoever is using it now: Cozy can't verify that an account changed hands, and "it was someone else" is something every banned account could say. Second-hand accounts aren't allowed here anyway — the Gameplay page says accounts may not be bought, sold, or transferred, and Minecraft's own terms don't allow it — so one isn't treated as a new person: no fresh start, and its verification link doesn't move. The ban has whatever route its reason gives it, and nothing more. If you're new here, play on an account that's yours; you're welcome to.
Can I report a staff member — or the owner? Yes. Email [email protected] with the subject "STAFF CONDUCT." That mailbox is read by the owner and nobody else, so the person you're reporting doesn't see it. Don't use a ticket for this yet — tickets are currently seen by the moderation team as a whole; a ticket type that only the owner can see is being set up. A report about the owner will go to a designated reviewer, at an address he doesn't receive, once both are set up — the Staff Code says what applies until then, including that such a report currently does reach him. If it's about anyone's safety, or you'd rather it not reach him at all, you can always go straight to Discord, Minecraft, or law enforcement.
Cozy doesn't read DMs — so what happens if I report one? We look at what you sent, for that report, and nothing more. We never go looking, and the other person's other messages aren't ours to read. Send the relevant part, not the whole conversation.
Can I record voice chat to report what someone said? No — the rule against recording Cozy voice chat has no reporting exception, and a recording isn't something staff take. Describe it in a ticket instead: when, where, who was there, and what kind of thing was said. Staff act on accounts of what was heard, and a report is never turned away because there's no recording.
Someone posted something and deleted it before staff saw it. Can staff still see it? Usually not, and that's deliberate. Cozy's logging bot records that a text message was deleted and by whom, but it keeps no copy of deleted images — a bot that re-posted every deleted picture into a staff channel would be making copies nobody chose to make, including of images nobody should ever hold. So for anything serious — your personal information, an intimate image, a threat — report it to Discord from the message itself (right-click → Report Message) while it's still there, then tell us in a ticket. Never screenshot an intimate image. For everything else, staff work from what's left: the thread, who said what, and what people own up to — and a screenshot you took at the time can go to us in a ticket, never into a channel.
Can I discuss the rules publicly? Always. #policy-discussion is for exactly that. What stays in tickets is individual cases.
Can I ask staff whether someone is banned? No — not in public, and not in a ticket. Staff confirm nobody's standing to anyone else, whatever the truth is, because the line only holds if it never moves: a "no" when it's no makes "can't say" a yes, and after "yes" comes "for what" and "for how long." Someone's standing is theirs, and the one person entitled to tell you is them. You never need the answer to know what to do. Away or gone, a player's build stays and changes hands only by petition, their chests stay closed, anything you're holding for them stays held or goes to staff, and if you want to do something with a shared space, a ticket gets you what you may do without a word about who they are. What anyone can see without asking is whether someone is still in the Discord and whether they've been online.
Can I keep a copy of my own ticket? Yes. A ticket is a conversation you were part of, and keeping it for yourself is your business. What the rules ask is that individual cases stay out of public spaces: don't post it in chat or use it to argue a dispute in public, and if it shows anyone else's messages or personal information, the privacy rules apply to those as they would anywhere. When a ticket closes, Cozy keeps its transcript for the time in the privacy notice, visible only to staff.
Do Discord's and Minecraft's own rules apply here too? Yes, alongside Cozy's. Discord's Terms of Service and Community Guidelines cover the Discord; Minecraft's Usage Guidelines and Community Standards, and the Xbox Community Standards, cover the game and every account on it. Cozy's rules are stricter than any of them, so following Cozy's keeps you inside theirs — and a platform can act under its own rules whether or not Cozy does, which is why the Reporting page says serious conduct can also be reported to Discord, Mojang, or Xbox directly.
Verification
I sent the word and nothing happened. That's expected — AutoMod hides the message. If you joined the Minecraft server with that account first, then sent the word, one space, and your exact Minecraft username, wait up to 24 hours. You're verified when you can break blocks, pick up items, and use in-game voice. If you sent the word before ever joining the server, join now and send it again.
I switched from Java to Bedrock. Join the server with the new account, then verify again with that username.
About Cozy
Why is Cozy run by an LLC? Two reasons, and they pull the same way. Cozy costs money to run and takes in none — no payments, no donations — so someone has to sign for the servers it runs on, plugins, the domain, and the mail. Under Cozy MC, LLC, Cozy signs for its own things under Cozy's name, and no private person's real name sits on every account and contract behind the server; that's the same privacy the rules give every member, applied to the owner. And an LLC is a public legal entity with a registered agent, so Mojang, Discord, a parent, an attorney, or a court can always reach the operator — most servers are run by a username that nobody can reach — and it can make commitments and be held to them. It also keeps the server's legal risks separate from a person's, which is what limited liability means and why small clubs and leagues are set up the same way. It's a one-person LLC with no board, investors, or revenue; it isn't a nonprofit because a nonprofit needs a board, bylaws, and annual filings, more structure than a server with no income can justify. The entity is public and the owner's name isn't, for the same reason yours doesn't have to be — the difference is that Cozy's obligations to you are written down: the Privacy Notice, the Staff Code, and the Safety Reporting page, which includes the route for a report about the owner.
How is Cozy paid for, and why doesn't it take donations? The owner pays for it. It's a passion project, and it always has been. Cozy doesn't take donations or payments because money changes what a place is: a payment creates an obligation and an expectation, a refund becomes a dispute, and a server where many members are under 18 shouldn't be asking anyone for anything. With nothing for sale and nobody owed anything, the rules can be about conduct and nothing else.
How can I support Cozy? Not with money — Cozy doesn't take donations or payments. Videos and streams are welcome and help more than anything: record and post your gameplay freely, following the Recording & Posting rules (never record Cozy voice chat, no other players' nametags outside Cozy, nothing from DMs, and post as yourself, not as Cozy). Beyond that, the things that help most are the ordinary ones: welcome new players at spawn and show them around, report what feels off, build things others can use, vote when a petition comes up, and bring a friend who'd like it here.
How do I become a moderator or admin? There's no application, and asking doesn't count against you. Now and then the owner invites a member who has been here a while. Staff have to be adults — every staff member has confirmed that in writing, as the Staff Code says — so an invitation asks you to confirm you're 18 or older, yes or no, with no proof and nothing more; it's the one time Cozy asks anything about age, and only of someone being invited. The way to be considered is the way to be a good member anyway: know the rules and why they're there, be the person new players are glad to run into, report what feels off, and build things people enjoy. Most of what keeps Cozy cozy isn't done by staff.
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