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The prohibition covers both direct real-world earnings and indirect pathways—such as in-game currency that can later be cashed out—closing a potential workaround.
You may not create a mod that enables any play-to-earn mechanism involving real-world currency, out-of-game currency, or convertible in-game currency.
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"The mod doesn't create a play-to-earn function where players earn real-world or out-of-game currency or in-game currency that can be cashed out for real-world currency— Excerpt from Minecraft's Minecraft Usage Guidelines
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The prohibition covers both direct real-world earnings and indirect pathways—such as in-game currency that can later be cashed out—closing a potential workaround.
You may not create a mod that enables any play-to-earn mechanism involving real-world currency, out-of-game currency, or convertible in-game currency.
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