legal

terms of service

last updated: september 2026

These terms constitute a binding agreement between you (the “user”, “you”) and the operator of pluto (“we”, “us”, “our”). By creating an account, purchasing access, downloading the launcher, or using any build, you represent that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms and by the privacy policy and refunds policy, which are incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not create an account, do not pay, and do not use pluto. The operator trades as “pluto”; particulars required by applicable law are provided at checkout and on your receipt as described in section 20.

1. what pluto is, and is not

pluto is an independent third-party client modification for Minecraft: Java Edition, distributed as machine-specific builds through an authenticated launcher. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to Mojang AB, Microsoft Corporation, or any server operator. No Mojang or Microsoft intellectual property (including game code, artwork, text, logos, or trademarks) is reproduced or distributed in our launcher, builds, marketing site, or community materials. You must own a legitimate copy of Minecraft to use pluto, and nothing in these terms grants you any right in Minecraft itself or in any third party's intellectual property.

2. eligibility; capacity; restricted persons

You must be at least 18 years of age, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction if higher, and possess full legal capacity to enter into contracts. pluto is not directed at children, and accounts we learn are held by persons under 13 are deleted. You may not purchase or use pluto if you are located in, ordinarily resident in, or acting on behalf of any person in a jurisdiction subject to comprehensive sanctions, or if you are listed on any applicable sanctions or denied-party list. We may refuse, suspend, or terminate service to any person at our discretion, subject to applicable law.

3. license, not sale; scope

Subject to your compliance with these terms and payment of applicable fees, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the build matching your plan (stable or nightly) on one machine as bound under section 6. You do not own the software, and no title or intellectual property right is transferred. One account means one natural person. You shall not sell, rent, lend, lease, share, gift, transfer, assign, sublicense, publish, or otherwise make available your account, credentials, license tickets, session tokens, or builds, in whole or in part, whether for consideration or gratuitously, including through reselling, boosting, account-rental, or "config shop" services.

4. plans, billing, and subscriptions

Access is sold in monthly and yearly plans for the stable and nightly tiers, as described at checkout. Prices are displayed before payment and are exclusive of any taxes, duties, or processor or network fees, which are your responsibility. Both plan types renew automatically at the then-current rate at the end of each term until cancelled; before your first charge we present the renewal terms (price, billing interval, renewal date, and how to cancel), obtain your affirmative consent, and we retain proof of that consent. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid term: access continues until expiry and no prorated refund is owed for unused time. You may cancel at any time through the same medium you purchased in, including by opening a ticket in the Discord, without obstruction, retention offers excepted where the law permits them alongside an unobstructed cancel path. Where applicable law requires pre-renewal reminders (including for terms of one year or longer), we send them to the contact point on your account. We use third-party payment processors, including cryptocurrency processors; your payment is additionally subject to their terms, and cryptocurrency payments are irreversible by design. Obvious pricing errors may be corrected or cancelled with a full refund of amounts paid. We may change prices prospectively on reasonable notice; price changes never apply retroactively to a paid term.

5. one machine (hwid binding)

Your license is bound to a single hardware identity collected at first login, as described in the privacy policy. A second machine presenting different hardware is rejected. Self-service resets open once every 7 days; support may reset at any time for legitimate support or enforcement reasons. Deliberately falsifying, spoofing, virtualizing, or otherwise misrepresenting hardware identifiers, or sharing a bound machine's identity with another person, constitutes fraud under these terms and results in immediate termination without refund, in addition to any other remedies available to us.

6. acceptable use; prohibited conduct

You shall not, and shall not permit or assist any other person to:

7. third-party rights; your risk with mojang, microsoft, and servers

Using third-party clients breaches the Minecraft End User License Agreement and the rules of most servers. Detection methods and anti-cheat systems change constantly, including through measures we cannot observe or predict. We make no representation, warranty, or promise (express, implied, or arising from any statement on this site, in the Discord, or by any staff member or community member) that use of pluto is or will remain undetectable, or that any account, server profile, ranking, inventory, or virtual item is safe from restriction, suspension, termination, or ban by Mojang, Microsoft, or any server operator. Any such action is entirely your risk and your loss, and never grounds for a refund, credit, or damages. You are solely responsible for complying with the Minecraft EULA and with the rules of each server you join. No person is authorized to override this section on our behalf.

8. updates, sunsets, and the kill switch

We maintain the newest builds per channel; older builds sunset after a grace period with a warning, and sunset, revoked, banned, or killed builds cease to function. On cessation the client wipes its session material and refuses to boot. A license entitles you to access matching your plan while it is in force; it does not entitle you to any specific build, feature, module, timeframe of support, or continued operation of any particular Minecraft version. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time for security, legal, or operational reasons.

9. eu / uk withdrawal rights for digital content

If you are a consumer domiciled in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you ordinarily hold a 14-day right of withdrawal from distance contracts. Because pluto is digital content delivered instantly on purchase, checkout requires your express prior consent to immediate performance and your express acknowledgment that you thereby lose the withdrawal right once performance has begun, pursuant to Article 16(m) of Directive 2011/83/EU (and the corresponding UK provisions). Without that consent and acknowledgment we cannot deliver your license. Your statutory rights where the digital content is non-conforming remain unaffected to the extent the law provides them.

10. termination and enforcement

We may suspend or terminate your license with immediate effect, without refund and without prejudice to any other remedy, upon: breach of these terms; payment fraud, chargebacks, or disputes; account sharing or transfer; hardware-identity fraud; copying, redistribution, or leaking; reverse engineering in violation of section 6; conduct harmful to the service, its users, or our operations; or unlawful conduct. On termination your builds cease to function as described in section 8 and server-side session material is revoked. You may stop using pluto at any time; unexpired time is not refunded except as required by law or stated in the refunds policy. Termination does not affect accrued rights, sections 11 through 16, or any provision that by its nature should survive.

11. intellectual property; complaints

As between you and us, we own all right, title, and interest in the launcher, builds, site, branding, documentation, and all related materials, including all intellectual property rights therein. Except for your limited license under section 3, nothing grants you any right in our intellectual property. If you believe material in our service or community infringes your intellectual property rights, open a ticket in the Discord identifying the work, the infringing material, and your authority to act; we investigate valid complaints promptly and remove or disable infringing material where appropriate, and repeat infringers lose access. Nothing in this section limits remedies available to us for infringement of our own rights, including under applicable anti-circumvention law.

12. disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, pluto is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, availability, accuracy, or error-free operation. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, secure, or free of defects, or that defects will be corrected.

13. limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall we be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, nor for loss of accounts, profiles, rankings, virtual items, data, goodwill, revenue, or profits, or for any ban, suspension, or restriction imposed by any third party, however caused and regardless of the theory of liability, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to pluto shall not exceed the amounts you actually paid to us in the 3 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or damages; in such jurisdictions our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law, and nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, or death or personal injury caused by negligence where such limitation is prohibited.

14. indemnity

You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our officers, staff, contractors, and agents against all claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: your breach of these terms; your misuse of pluto; your violation of any third-party right (including the Minecraft EULA or any server's rules); or your violation of applicable law. We may assume exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification, at your expense, and you shall cooperate with us in asserting available defences.

15. governing law; disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of Sweden, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Before commencing proceedings, the parties shall attempt good-faith resolution by negotiation through a Discord ticket for 30 days following written notice of the dispute. Failing resolution, disputes shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Sweden, except that (a) we may seek interim, injunctive, or equitable relief (including for intellectual-property infringement or breach of sections 3, 5, or 6) in any court of competent jurisdiction; and (b) where the mandatory consumer law of your domicile grants you the right to bring proceedings in, or to have applied, the law of your home courts, those rights prevail over this section to that extent. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

16. sanctions, export control, and acceptable jurisdictions

You represent that you are not located in, ordinarily resident in, or acting for or on behalf of any person located or resident in a comprehensively sanctioned jurisdiction, and are not listed on any applicable sanctions, denied-party, or debarred list. You shall not use, export, re-export, or transfer pluto in violation of applicable export-control or sanctions laws. We may geo-restrict, suspend, or terminate service where continued provision would violate applicable law.

17. assignment; severability; waiver; entire agreement

You may not assign or transfer these terms or your license without our prior written consent; any attempted assignment in violation of this section is void. We may assign our rights and obligations in connection with a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or restructuring, subject to applicable law. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions continue in full force. No waiver of any provision is effective unless in writing, and no waiver constitutes a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. These terms, together with the privacy and refunds policies, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding pluto and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings, representations, and agreements, whether written or oral, including any statements on the site or in the Discord except as expressly incorporated here.

18. force majeure

Neither party is liable for failure or delay in performance (other than payment obligations) caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, sanctions, governmental action, internet or infrastructure failure, or action by Mojang, Microsoft, or a platform operator that disrupts the service.

19. changes to these terms

We may amend these terms from time to time. Material changes are announced in the Discord at least 7 days before taking effect; continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance. The version in force at the time of your purchase governs that purchase with respect to its scope and price, subject to mandatory applicable law.

20. contact; notices; operator

All support, billing, privacy, and abuse contact runs exclusively through tickets in the pluto Discord at https://discord.pluto.lgbt. We do not publish, and do not accept, contact by email, post, or telephone; correspondence sent elsewhere may not be received or acted upon. Notices to you are given through the Discord, your account contact point, or the launcher. The operator trades as “pluto”. Full trader-identity particulars (legal name, form, registration number, and address) are provided at checkout and on your payment receipt, and constitute the definitive operator record for the transaction. Until a registered entity or merchant-of-record arrangement is in place, identity disclosure is limited to what the checkout and receipt carry; nothing here authorizes you to demand disclosure through any other channel. This section does not limit any mandatory statutory contact or complaint channel available to you under applicable consumer law.