Arda's Rules
Arda is a "play at your own risk" server. We do not actively moderate most gameplay, but we do enforce fair PvP. The Mandos Anti-Cheat is the primary enforcement system — if Mandos bans you, that decision will stand in most cases. Admins also reserve the right to manually ban players for obvious abuse, exploits, or unfair mods.
Arda aims to preserve the anarchy feel while maintaining balanced and fair PvP. Mandos is lenient on mods that don't significantly impact PvP, while strictly disallowing those that do.
Allowed Mods
These don't directly affect combat mechanics.
Performance / Optimization
- Sodium
- Lithium
- Phosphor
- Starlight
- ImmediatelyFast
- Indium
Information Mods
- AppleSkin
- Minimap (including entity radar)
- Coordinates / compass HUD
- Durability viewers
- Shulker box viewers
- Container previews
- Light level overlays
- Waypoints
Utility / Quality of Life
- Tweakeroo
- Litematica
- Freecam
- Tracers
- ESP
- Auto-Fishing
- Zoom mods
- Screenshot / recording tools
- Chat improvements
Visual / Cosmetic
- Fullbright
- Custom HUD mods
- Dynamic lighting mods
- Replay / recording mods
- Entity Outliner
- Resource packs
Client Platforms
- Fabric
- Quilt Loader
- Forge
Banned Mods
Mods that provide unfair PvP advantages, automation, or exploit mechanics are strictly forbidden.
PvP Combat Cheats
- Kill Aura
- Trigger Bot
- Aim Assist
- Auto-Totem
- Crystal Aura
- Bow Aimbot
- Auto Shield
- Auto Criticals
- Anti-Knockback
- Reach hacks
- Hitbox expansion
Movement Cheats
- Fly hacks
- Speed hacks
- Bunny hop
- Step hacks
- Spider / wall climbing
- No-fall mods
- Elytra flight cheats
- Phase / clipping mods
- Jesus / water walking
Inventory Automation
- Inventory macros
- Quick hotbar switching mods
- AutoSwitch
- Auto-refill mods
- Auto crafting
- Auto armor equip
Exploit / Automation Mods
- Baritone / Fabritone
- Auto mining mods
- Auto farm bots
- Auto villager trading
- AFK automation scripts
- Bedrock breaking mods
- Duping tools (Exception: tnt, rails, carpet, and hooks)
Client-side Desync / Anti-Cheat Bypass
- AntiGhost
- Ping spoofing mods
- Packet manipulation tools
- Anti-cheat bypass mods
- Fake lag tools
Ban Appeals
If you believe your ban was issued in error, open a ticket in our Discord or use the website contact form. All appeals are reviewed, but reversal is not guaranteed.
Final Word
Mandos has the final say. Admins may act against any player ruining PvP fairness even if their mod isn't listed here. If it automates gameplay, changes combat or movement, or bypasses anti-cheat — don't use it.