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Terms of Service

Last updated 2026-10-25

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the loothost managed Minecraft hosting service (the “Service”), operated by Davos Dev LLC (“loothost”, “we”, “us”). By creating an account, purchasing a plan, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. The Service

loothost provides managed hosting for Minecraft: Java Edition servers and, as a beta, Minecraft: Bedrock Edition servers (Section 7B). We build, run, and maintain server instances on our infrastructure on your behalf. You are responsible for the content, configuration, and conduct of the worlds and communities you run on the Service.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be able to form a binding contract to use the Service. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for all activity under your account, and for notifying us promptly of any unauthorized use.

3. Plans

The Service is offered in several plans, listed at checkout. These differ in allocated memory, storage, and suitable player counts. Plan specifications are described at checkout and may be adjusted over time for new purchases.

3A. Loot chests

We may give your account loot chests: free promotional items that you open from your inventory for a reward. No purchase is needed to receive or open a chest. A reward has no cash value, may expire, and applies to loothost services only. Chests and rewards cannot be bought, sold, traded or transferred between accounts. We may change what a chest can hold and how likely each reward is before you open it, and we may end the program at any time; a reward you have already received keeps its own terms.

4. Billing, renewal, and cancellation

  • Payment. Subscriptions are billed in advance through our payment processor, Stripe. By subscribing, you authorize recurring charges to your payment method.
  • Term and renewal. You may choose monthly or annual billing, except that the Hotdog plan is billed monthly only and has no annual price. Annual billing on the other plans is priced at ten (10) times the monthly rate (two months’ savings), on every hardware class. The exact annual amount and saving are shown before you pay. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period at the then-current rate until cancelled.
  • Cancellation. You may cancel at any time. On cancellation your server is suspended (its world data preserved) for a 30-day grace period, during which resubscribing restores it immediately. After the grace period your world is saved to the Vault rather than deleted: it is kept while an active plan or a Vault Keeper subscription funds it, and otherwise retained for a further 30 days before permanent deletion.
  • Plan changes. You may upgrade to a larger plan at any time. Customer-initiated downgrades are not supported; contact us if your needs change.
  • Refunds. Your first purchase on the Service comes with a 72-hour, no-questions-asked refund: tell us within 72 hours of that first charge and we will refund it in full. Beyond that window, monthly and annual subscriptions alike may be cancelled at any time and the Service continues through the end of the period you have paid for, but fees already paid are not refunded or prorated, except for Bedrock Edition plans during the beta, which Section 7B covers. Where downtime or a service failure we caused materially affects your Service, we may offer credits or refunds as an accommodation, at our discretion. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable rights you have under applicable law.
  • Taxes. Stated prices may exclude applicable taxes, which are your responsibility.

5. Acceptable use

Your use of the Service is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms. We may suspend or terminate the Service for violations, as described there and in Section 9.

6. Your content, backups, and data

You retain ownership of the world data, configuration, and other content you store on the Service (“Your Content”). You grant us the limited rights necessary to host, back up, and operate the Service on your behalf. We take backups of server data as part of operating the Service. Backups of a server are deleted:

  • when the server is deleted;
  • when you park the server, change its game or wake a saved version on it, and when its world moves to the Vault at the end of the grace period after your plan ends (in each of these cases its world is saved to your Vault first);
  • when you lower the number of backups kept (we list them and ask first);
  • when you replace your restore point, or it fails and is cleared; and
  • when a newer backup, whether scheduled or taken by you or by us, replaces an older or failed one to stay within your backup count or backup space.

If your subscription is cancelled or lapses, your server is suspended immediately and its world data is preserved for at least thirty (30) days. After that grace period the world is saved to the Vault, where it is retained while an active plan or a Vault Keeper subscription funds it; an unfunded saved version is kept for a further thirty (30) days and then permanently deleted. Requests to export or delete Your Content are honored within thirty (30) days. Our handling of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy. You are responsible for keeping your own copies of any data that is important to you.

7. Third-party terms (Minecraft)

Minecraft is a product of Mojang Synergies AB and Microsoft. loothost is an independent hosting provider and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mojang or Microsoft. Your use of Minecraft on the Service must comply with the Minecraft End User License Agreement and applicable Microsoft terms.

7A. Experimental versions

Some Minecraft versions we offer are labelled “Experimental”. An Experimental version is one that its publisher (for example PaperMC or PurpurMC) has not marked as stable. You get an Experimental version only by choosing it yourself and confirming, in a separate tick box next to your choice, that you understand it is Experimental. We do not accept an Experimental choice without that confirmation. We never choose one for you or recommend one. We never move an existing server to an Experimental version as an automatic or default update; you can move to one only by choosing it and confirming it in the same way.

If you choose an Experimental version:

  • its publisher has not marked it stable, and a newer version may already have replaced it;
  • plugins and mods may not support it yet; and
  • it may have bugs that a stable version does not have.

These are characteristics of the version you chose. We state them here, and next to the version when you choose it. Your plan is not affected: the resources, availability, support, and all other commitments of your plan apply in full to a server that runs an Experimental version.

Before we change the version of an existing server, including onto or off an Experimental version, we take a restore point of its world. Section 6 describes how backups are kept. We record which version you chose, whether it was Experimental, and when you confirmed that, when you order and at every later version change, so that we can help you if something goes wrong.

Nothing in this section limits any right you have under mandatory consumer law.

7B. Bedrock Edition (beta)

We offer Minecraft: Bedrock Edition servers as a beta. If you order one, the following applies to it in addition to the rest of these Terms:

  • Mojang’s terms are yours to accept. A Bedrock Edition server runs Bedrock Dedicated Server, Mojang’s server software. Before we accept a Bedrock Edition order you agree, yourself, to the Minecraft End User License Agreement and the Minecraft Usage Guidelines, in a separate tick box next to your order. We do not accept a Bedrock Edition order without it. We record that you agreed, when, and the wording you agreed to.
  • It is a beta. Mojang’s updates and changes to the Bedrock Edition platform can temporarily stop some or all devices from joining your server, and iPhone and iPad may be affected first. Such a change may also need maintenance on your server, during which it is unavailable.
  • Automatic updates. We update Bedrock Edition servers to new releases of Bedrock Dedicated Server automatically. You can turn automatic updates off for your server. If you do, players on newer Minecraft apps will be refused until the server updates.
  • Billing and refunds. During the beta, Bedrock Edition plans are billed monthly only. You can cancel a Bedrock Edition plan at any time during the beta and we refund the unused part of the billing period you paid for, in proportion to the time left, to your original payment method. Your plan then ends at once and your server is suspended as described in Section 4.
  • No other promise. Beyond that refund, we make no promise about the availability of a Bedrock Edition server, or that any particular device or app version can join it.
  • Add-ons. Add-ons, behaviour packs and resource packs are not supported yet on Bedrock Edition servers.

Nothing in this section limits any right you have under mandatory consumer law.

8. Service availability; disclaimer of warranties

We work to keep the Service available and reliable, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. The Service may be affected by maintenance, third-party providers, or events beyond our control. The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the maximum extent permitted by law.

9. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, with or without notice, if you violate these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, if necessary to protect the Service or other customers, or as otherwise permitted by law. On termination, your right to use the Service ceases and your server and data may be deleted following the grace period described in Section 4.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, loothost and Davos Dev LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service will not exceed the amount you paid us for the Service in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

11. Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless loothost and Davos Dev LLC, and our officers, employees, and contractors, from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of the Service; (b) Your Content and the worlds, communities, and conduct you host on the Service, including any claim that they infringe the rights of a third party or violate applicable law; (c) your violation of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy; or (d) your violation of any applicable law or the rights of any third party. We may, at our own expense, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.

12. General provisions

  • Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Acceptable Use Policy and the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
  • Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
  • Waiver. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that right or provision.
  • Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets.
  • Force majeure. We are not liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including network or power failures, acts of third-party providers, natural disasters, or acts of government.
  • Electronic communications. By using the Service you consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
  • Survival. Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including Your content and data (Section 6), the disclaimer of warranties (Section 8), Limitation of liability (Section 10), Indemnification (Section 11), and Governing law (Section 13), survive termination of these Terms.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through the Service or by email. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

15. Contact

Legal notices and questions about these Terms may be sent to [email protected] (Davos Dev LLC).