Minecraft Accounts & Items

Minecraft Items and Services: What Mojang Allows

Minecraft's official currency is Minecoins, and most of the third-party market is about items and services on community servers: ranks, keys, in-server currency and boosting. Mojang's guidelines say what server operators may sell and what in-server currency may do, and each server adds its own rules on top.

Official versus server economies

Minecoins are sold by Mojang and Microsoft for Bedrock marketplace content. Community servers run their own economies, with in-server currencies, ranks and items. Our Minecraft XP and resources guide and leveling guide cover earning progress in game.

What Mojang's guidelines say

Mojang's Usage Guidelines allow server operators to make money from their servers on conditions. In-server currency must have no real-world value and cannot be cashed out, transferred across servers or converted into any real-world currency, must not look like or be named like Minecoins, and must not suggest an affiliation with Mojang. Servers, entitlements and advertising must be suitable for all ages, and anyone paid real money must be given a purchase history. The guidelines permit selling entitlements that affect gameplay provided they do not ruin other players' experience or give a competitive advantage. The EULA separately bars selling or transferring access to a Realm, and Mojang reserves the right to suspend or ban anyone who violates its community standards or the EULA.

What that means for buyers

Buying real-money items or in-server currency from players, rather than from the server's own store, usually breaks the server's rules and, by Mojang's framing, can conflict with the rule that server currency cannot be cashed out or transferred. Enforcement is by each server's staff, who can ban you and remove items with no recourse, and outside sellers may not deliver.

Risks

• Server bans. Staff can remove items and ban accounts at their discretion.
• Login sharing. Services such as boosting often ask for your Microsoft account details, which link to other Microsoft services.
• Minor audiences. Many players are young, and scam and phishing risks are high.

Safer options

Buy from the server's official store, follow that server's rules, and use Minecoins for marketplace content. Parents should keep payment methods off a child's device.

If you decide to buy from a third party

We cannot make a purchase compliant with any server's rules, and we don't encourage breaking them. If you go ahead, never share your Microsoft login, use a payment with dispute rights and read our Minecraft buying guide and safety guides.

Sources

• Minecraft — Usage Guidelines for Fans and Creators
• Minecraft — EULA
• GameServerKings — what Mojang allows for server monetisation (Aug 2026; a hosting company's summary)